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TDK Announces Changes of Directors and Audit & Supervisory Board Members

April 27, 2018

TDK Corporation today announced that its Board of Directors has resolved to make the following changes to its Directors and Audit & Supervisory Board Members. The appointments of Directors and Audit & Supervisory Board Members are subject to Shareholder approval at the General Shareholders Meeting to be held on June 28, 2018.

  1. Directors (change in director position, retirement and new appointment)

    Change in Director position

      New Position Former Position
    Makoto Sumita Chairman & Director Outside Director

    Retiring Director

    Takehiro Kamigama Chairman & Representative Director

    Director Candidate

    Kazunori Yagi* Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Yokogawa Bridge Holdings Corporation,
    Outside Director of OYO Corporation,
    Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Sojitz Corporation

    * Outside Director

  2. Audit & Supervisory Board Members (retirement and new appointment)

    Retiring Audit & Supervisory Board Member

    Kazunori Yagi* Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Yokogawa Bridge Holdings Corporation,
    Outside Director of OYO Corporation,
    Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Sojitz Corporation

    Audit & Supervisory Board Member Candidate

    Yayoi Tanaka* Special Appointed Professor of National Institution for Academic Degrees and Quality Enhancement of Higher Education,
    Special Appointed Professor of Shibaura Institute of Technology,
    Guest Professor of Osaka University,
    Outside Director of SUMITOMO CORPORATION,
    Outside Director of IHI Corporation

    * Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Members

New Executive Lineup

As a result of the above changes, the new Director and Audit & Supervisory Board Member lineup as of June 28, 2018 will be as follows.

Directors

Representative Director Shigenao Ishiguro
Representative Director Tetsuji Yamanishi
Director Makoto Sumita
Director Seiji Osaka
Director Kazumasa Yoshida*
(Outside Director of Onkyo Corporation,
Outside Director of CYBERDYNE Inc.,
Outside Director of Mamezou Holdings Co., Ltd.,
Outside Director of FreeBit Co., Ltd.)
Director Kazuhiko Ishimura*
(Chairman & Director of Asahi Glass Co., Ltd.,
Outside Director of IHI Corporation)
Director Kazunori Yagi*
(Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of
Yokogawa Bridge Holdings Corporation,
Outside Director of OYO Corporation,
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of
Sojitz Corporation,)

* Outside Directors

Audit & Supervisory Board Members

Audit & Supervisory Board Member Junji Yoneyama
Audit & Supervisory Board Member Osamu Yotsui
Audit & Supervisory Board Member Toru Ishiguro*
(Partner of Mori Hamada & Matsumoto LPC,
Outside Director of Daiwa Asset Management Co. Ltd.,
Director of Japan Investor Protection Fund,
Director of Japan Exchange Regulation)
Audit & Supervisory Board Member Kiyoshi Fujimura*
Audit & Supervisory Board Member Yayoi Tanaka*
(Special Appointed Professor of National Institution for
Academic Degrees and Quality Enhancement of Higher
Education,
Special Appointed Professor of Shibaura Institute of
Technology,
Guest Professor of Osaka University,
Outside Director of SUMITOMO CORPORATION,
Outside Director of IHI Corporation)

* Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Members

Contact for media

Contact Phone Mail
Mr. Kazushige Atsumi TDK Corporation +81 3 6778-1055 TDK.PR@tdk.com