TDK Announces Changes of Directors and Corporate Officers

April 27, 2012

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 28, 2012. The appointments of Corporate Officers are subject to Board approval at the meeting of the Board of Directors following the General Shareholders Meeting.

1. Directors (new appointment and resignation)

   Director Candidate
    

   Atsuo Kobayashi

   Senior Vice President,
   General Manager of Data Storage & Thin Film Technology Components Business Group

   Hiroyuki Uemura

   Senior Vice President,
   General Manager of Ceramic Capacitors Business Group and General Manager of Magnetics Business Group

   Retiring Director
    

   Hajime Sawabe

   Director and Chairman of the Board
   (to be appointed as Adviser)

   Shinichi Araya

   Director and Senior Vice President, General Manager of Technology HQ

2. Corporate Officers

   Corporate Officer Candidates
    

   Mitsuru Nagata

   General Manager of China Sales Division of Electronic Components Sales & Marketing Group

   Joachim Zichlarz

   Senior Executive Vice President of TDK-EPC

   Joachim Thiele

   Deputy General Manager of Electronic Components Sales & Marketing Group

   Changes in Corporate Officer Positions
    

    

   New Position

   Former Position

   Atsuo Kobayashi

   Executive Vice President

   Senior Vice President

   Hiroyuki Uemura

   Executive Vice President

   Senior Vice President

   Seiji Osaka

   Senior Vice President

   Corporate Officer

   Yoshiaki Hirota

   Senior Vice President

   Corporate Officer

   Retiring Corporate Officers
    

   Kenichiro Fujihara

   Senior Vice President

   Takeshi Nomura

   Corporate Officer

   Gerhard Pegam

   Corporate Officer

New Executive Lineup

As a result of the above changes, the new executive lineup as of June 28, 2012 will be as follows.

Directors

Representative Director	Takehiro Kamigama
Director	Kenichi Mori* (Visiting Professor at Tokyo University of Science Graduate School of Innovation Studies)
Director	Yukio Yanase* (Advisor of ORIX Corporation, Outside Director of Ubiteq, INC.)
Director	Junji Yoneyama
Director	Ryoichi Ohno* (Senior Officer of Prudential Holdings of Japan, Inc.)
Director	Atsuo Kobayashi
Director	Hiroyuki Uemura

  * Outside Directors

Corporate Auditors

Corporate Auditor	Osamu Yotsui
Corporate Auditor	Noboru Hara
Corporate Auditor	Osamu Nakamoto* (Representative of Nakamoto Law Office, Outside Company Auditor of Foster Electric Company, Limited, Outside Company Auditor of Value Commerce Co., Ltd.)
Corporate Auditor	Koichi Masuda* (Advisor of The Japanese Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Outside Company Auditor of Enterprise Turnaround Initiative Corporation of Japan, Outside Company Auditor of NKSJ Holdings, Inc. Outside Director of Eisai Co., Ltd., Outside Company Auditor of The Daishi Bank, Ltd.)
Corporate Auditor	Makoto Sumita* (Representative Director of INNOTECH CORPORATION, Director of IT Access Co., Ltd.)

  *Outside Corporate Auditors

Corporate Officers

President and CEO	Takehiro Kamigama
Executive Vice President	Raymond Leung
Executive Vice President	Atsuo Kobayashi
Executive Vice President	Hiroyuki Uemura
Senior Vice President	Shinichi Araya
Senior Vice President	Seiji Osaka
Senior Vice President	Yoshiaki Hirota
Corporate Officer	Takaya Ishigaki
Corporate Officer	Shinya Yoshihara
Corporate Officer	Junji Yoneyama
Corporate Officer	Robin Zeng
Corporate Officer	Masataka Kajiya
Corporate Officer	Kaoru Matsuoka
Corporate Officer	Noboru Saito
Corporate Officer	Takakazu Momozuka
Corporate Officer	Mitsuru Nagata
Corporate Officer	Joachim Zichlarz
Corporate Officer	Joachim Thiele

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