Sumitomo Corporation announced that the retirement from executive officers as of March 31, 2018: the resignations are: Naoki Hidaka resigning as Representative Director, Assistant to President and CEO; Masao Tabuchi resigning as Representative Director; Hiroyuki Takai resigning as Adviser and Toshiaki Murai resigning as Adviser. Reappointment of executive officers as of April 1, 2018: all executive officers, except for Kuniharu Nakamura, Naoki Hidaka, Masao Tabuchi, Hiroyuki Takai and Toshiaki Murai, who will retire from Executive Officers on March 31, 2018, will be reappointed as Executive Officers. The newly appointed executive officers (as of April 1, 2018): the appointments are: Kenji Shinmori, Shinji Nakano and Mitsuhiro Takeda will be appoint as executive officer; Shinichi Kato will be appoint as executive officer and General Manager, Automobility Business Division and Hirokazu Higashino will be appoint as executive officer and General Manager, Materials, Supplies & Real Estate Division. The promotion of executive officers as of April 1, 2018, they are: Fumihiro Koba and Shingo Ueno promotes to Senior Managing Executive Officer from Managing Executive Officer; Tsutomu Akimoto promotes to Managing Executive Officer, General Manager, Infrastructure Business Unit from Executive Officer; Masato Ishida promotes to Managing Executive Officer, General Manager for Europe, Middle East, Africa & CIS from Executive Officer, Assistant General Manager for Europe, Middle East, Africa & CIS, General Manager for Middle East; Nobuki And promotes to Managing Executive Officer, General Manager, Living Related & Real Estate Business Unit from Executive Officer, Assistant General Manager, Media, ICT, Lifestyle Related Goods & Services Business Unit, General Manager, Planning Coordination Dept., Media, ICT, Lifestyle Related Goods & Services Business Unit; and Hideki Yamano promotes to Managing Executive Officer, Chief Strategy Officer and Chief Information Officer from Executive Officer, General Manager, Corporate Planning & Coordination Dept. The other personnel changes of executive officers as of April 1, 2018, they are: Masato Sugimori promotes to senior managing executive officer from senior managing executive officer; Toshikazu Nambu promotes to General Manager, Media & ICT Business Unit from General Manager, Media, ICT, Lifestyle Related Goods & Services Business Unit; Shoichiro Oka promotes to General Manager, Transportation & Construction Systems Business Unit from Assistant General Manager, Transportation & Construction Systems Business Unit, General Manager, Automotive Division, No. 2; Takeshi Murata promotes to Assistant to General Manager, Transportation & Construction Systems Business Unit from General Manager, Ship, Aerospace & Transportation Systems Division; Takayuki Seishima promotes to Assistant General Manager for the Americas; and Toyoaki Funakoshi promotes to General Manager, Planning Coordination Dept., Infrastructure Business Unit from General Manager, Social Infrastructure Business Division; Masaki Nakajima promotes to Assistant General Manager for the Americas from General Manager, Automotive Division, No.1; Yasushi Fukuda promotes to General Manager, Global Power Infrastructure Business Division; Masaru Shiomi promotes to Assistant CFO, Finance from General Manager, Finance Dept.; Bin Haga promotes to General Manager, Corporate Planning & Coordination Dept. from Assistant General Manager for Europe, Middle East, Africa & CIS. Reappointment of directors (proposed at the ordinary general meeting of shareholders in June): All Directors, except for Kazuo Ohmori, Naoki Hidaka and Masao Tabuchi, who will retire from Directors, will be proposed to be reappointed as Directors. All Directors (proposed at the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders in June), except for Kuniharu Nakamura, Yayoi Tanaka, Nobuyoshi Ehara, Koji Ishida, Kimie Iwata, Hisashi Yamazaki will be proposed to be appointed as Representative Director. Retirement from Audit & Supervisory Board Member (After the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders in June): Nobuhiko Yuki. Newly appointed audit & supervisory board member (proposed at the ordinary general meeting of shareholders in June): Toshiaki Murai. The newly appointed corporate officers as of April 1, 2018, they are: Kei Kato appoints as Corporate Officer, Yoshikatsu Nakamura will be appoint as Corporate Officer, General Manager, Food & Agriculture Business Division, Ryota Yoshimura will be appoint as Corporate Officer, Deputy General Manager, Global Coordination Dept.; Satoshi Tokuda will be appoint as Corporate Officer, Deputy General Manager, Corporate Planning & Coordination Dept.; Hiroki Takeno will be appoint as Corporate Officer; Hiroshi Karashima will be appoint as Corporate Officer, General Manager, Social Infrastructure Business Division; Yukihito Honda will be appoint as Corporate Officer, Assistant General Manager for the Americas, Kotaro Tameda will be appoint as Corporate Officer, General Manager, Life Science Division; and Tadayuki Ueno will be appoint as Corporate Officer.