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TDK Announces Changes of Directors, and Corporate Officers

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April 28, 2008

TDK Corporation today announced that its Board of Directors has resolved to make the following changes to its Directors and Corporate Officers. The appointments of Directors are subject to Shareholder approval at the General Shareholders Meeting to be held on June 27, 2008. The appointments of Corporate Officers are subject to Board approval at the meeting of the Board of Directors following the General Shareholders Meeting.

Directors (new appointment and resignation)
Director Candidate

Kenichi Mori (Ph.D.)
Professor Tokyo University of Science
Graduate School of Management of Science and Technology

Retiring Director

Jiro Iwasaki
Director , Executive Vice President
Corporate Officers
Corporate Officer Candidates

Atsuo Kobayashi
General Manager of the Data Storage & Thin Film Technology Components Business Group

Junji Yoneyama
General Manager of the Human Resources Dept.

Changes in Corporate Officer Positions

New Position Former Position
Seiji Enami Executive Vice President Senior Vice President

Retiring Corporate Officers

Jiro Iwasaki
Executive Vice President

Michinori Katayama
Senior Vice President

Shunji Itakura
Corporate Officer

New Executive Lineup

As a result of the above changes, the new executive lineup as of June 27, 2008 will be as follows.

Directors

Chairman and CEO	Hajime Sawabe
President and COO	Takehiro Kamigama
Director	Seiji Enami
Director	Shinji Yoko
Director	Yasuhiro Hagihara^* (Attorney at Law, Squire Sanders Gaikokuho Kyodo Jigyo Horitsu Jimusho)
Director	Minoru Takahashi
Director	Kenichi Mori*

* Outside Director

Corporate Auditors

Corporate Auditor	Masaaki Miyoshi
Corporate Auditor	Noboru Hara
Corporate Auditor	Kaoru Matsumoto^* (Certified Public Accountant, Matsumoto & Co.)
Corporate Auditor	Ryoichi Ohno^* (Prudential Financial, Inc., Japan Representative Office Regional CFO-Japan (USGAAP Reporting))
Corporate Auditor	Yukio Yanase^* (Director, Representative Executive Officer President and Chief Operating Officer, ORIX Corporation)

*Outside Corporate Auditors

Corporate Officers

Chairman and CEO	Hajime Sawabe
President and COO	Takehiro Kamigama
Executive Vice President	Seiji Enami
Senior Vice President	Shinji Yoko
Senior Vice President	Takeshi Nomura
Senior Vice President	Takaya Ishigaki
Senior Vice President	Minoru Takahashi
Senior Vice President	Raymond Leung
Senior Vice President	Shiro Nomi
Senior Vice President	Shinichi Araya
Senior Vice President	Takeo Suzuki
Corporate Officer	Kenichiro Fujiwara
Corporate Officer	Shinya Yoshihara
Corporate Officer	Atsuo Kobayashi
Corporate Officer	Junji Yoneyama