Announcement of personnel and organization changes

Feb. 28, 2018

TDK Corporation announces the following personnel and organization changes.

1. Changes in executives’ responsibilities as of April 1, 2018

   Name	New Position	Former Position
   Hiroyuki Uemura	Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Executive Officer of Electronic Components Business Company, in charge of Magnet Products	Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Executive Officer of Electronic Components Business Company, in charge of Magnet Products and Safety & Environment
   Seiji Osaka	Executive Vice President, General Manager of Corporate Strategy HQ	Executive Vice President, General Manager of Corporate Strategy HQ, in charge of Human Resources
   Joachim Zichlarz	Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer of Electronic Components Business Company, and General Manager of Europe HQ	Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer of Electronic Components Business Company
   Keiichi Imamoto	Corporate Officer, Assistant to President	Corporate Officer, General Manager of Power Systems Business Group
   Hong Tian	Corporate Officer, General Manager of Micro-actuator Solutions Business Group	Corporate Officer, General Manager of China HQ of Corporate Strategy HQ
   Andreas Keller	Corporate Officer, General Manager of Human Resources HQ	General Manager of Human Resources & Administration HQ

2. Changes in personnel responsibilities as of April 1, 2018

   Name	New Position	Former Position
   Fumio Sashida	Chief Executive Officer of Energy Solutions Business Company, and General Manager of Energy Devices Business Group of Energy Solutions Business Company	Chief Executive Officer of Energy Devices Business Company
   Hiroyuki Yashiro	Chief Operating Officer of Energy Solutions Business Company, and General Manager of Power Systems Business Group	Deputy General Manager of Power Systems Business Group
   Richard Han	General Manager of HDD Heads Business Group of Magnetic Heads Business Company	General Manager of Magnetic Heads Business Group of Magnetic Heads Business Company
   Shigetaka Maeyama	General Manager of Energy Systems Business Group of Energy Solutions Business Company	General Manager of Energy Systems Business Group
   Shinji Kito	General Manager of Administration HQ	Deputy General Manager of Human Resources & Administration HQ
   Chener Hsu	Deputy General Manager of Micro-actuator Solutions Business Group	-
   Tetsuya Kuwashima	General Manager of Production Engineering & Environment Planning Group of Production Engineering HQ	General Manager of Safety & Environment Group of Production Engineering HQ
   Toshihide Asanuma	General Manager of China HQ	-
   Frank Sweeney	General Manager of Americas HQ	-

3. Organization Changes as of April 1, 2018
   • Magnetic Heads Business Group of Magnetic Heads Business Company is renamed HDD Heads Business Group
   • Energy Devices Business Company is renamed Energy Solutions Business Company and Energy Devices Business Group, Energy Systems Business Group and Power Systems Business Group are set in it.
   • Micro-actuator Solutions Business Group is established.
   • Split Human Resources & Administration HQ into Human Resources HQ and Administration HQ.
   • Safety & Environment Group of Production Engineering HQ is renamed Production Engineering & Environment Planning Group.
   • China HQ in Corporate Strategy HQ is set under the direct control of the president.
   • Europe HQ and Americas HQ are established.

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