The board of directors of Sharp Corporation approved the following management changes. The board appointed Katsuhiko Machida as Director, Corporate Advisor from the previous position of Representative Director, Chairman; Mikio Katayama as Director, Chairman from the previous position of Representative Director, President. Katsuhiko Machida will retire from the Director's post and is scheduled to be assigned as Corporate Advisor as of the upcoming shareholders' meeting in June 2012. The board also approved the appointment of Takashi Okuda as President from the previous position of Executive Managing Officer, General Manager, Global Business, Administration and Manufacturing Promotion; Group General Manager, Global Business Group.