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TDK Announces Changes of Directors and Audit & Supervisory Board Members

April 26, 2019

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 27, 2019.

  1. Directors (no changes)

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

    Retiring Audit & Supervisory Board Member

    Junji Yoneyama  
    Osamu Yotsui  
    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
    Kiyoshi Fujimura* Outside Director of Takasago Thermal Engineering Co., Ltd.

    Audit & Supervisory Board Member Candidate

    Saroru Sueki  
    Takakazu Momozuka  
    Jun Ishii*  
    Douglas K. Freeman* Principal of Law Offices of Douglas K. Freeman,
    Outside Director of U-Shin Ltd.
    Michiko Chiba* Principal of Chiba Certified Public Accountant Office,
    Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of CASIO COMPUTER CO.,Ltd.,
    Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of DIC 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 27, 2019 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 AGC Inc.,
Outside Director of IHI Corporation,
Outside Director of Nomura Holdings, Inc.)
Director Kazunori Yagi*
(Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of
Yokogawa Bridge Holdings Corporation,
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of
Sojitz Corporation)

* Outside Directors

Audit & Supervisory Board Members

Audit & Supervisory Board Member Satoru Sueki
Audit & Supervisory Board Member Takakazu Momozuka
Audit & Supervisory Board Member Jun Ishii*
Audit & Supervisory Board Member Douglas K. Freeman*
(Principal of Law Offices of Douglas K. Freeman,
Outside Director of U-Shin Ltd.)
Audit & Supervisory Board Member Michiko Chiba*
(Principal of Chiba Certified Public Accountant Office,
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of
CASIO COMPUTER CO.,Ltd.,
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of DIC 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