Asahi Glass : Changes in the Audit & Supervisory Board Members and Executive Officers (PDF 58KB)

December 12, 2017

Corporate Name: Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. President & CEO: Takuya Shimamura (Code Number: 5201; TSE 1st section) Contact: Kazumi Tamaki, General Manager, Corporate Communications & Investor Relations

Corporate Planning Division

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Changes in the Audit & Supervisory Board Members and Executive Officers

Following the recommendation of the Nominating Committee, and approval at the meeting of the Board of Directors held today, Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. (AGC) hereby announces the following changes in the Audit & Supervisory Board Members and Executive Officers as described below.

The change of the Audit & Supervisory Board Member will be made subject to approval at the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders to be held in late March, 2018.

1. Changes in Audit & Supervisory Board Members:

(1) Candidate for newly appointed Audit & Supervisory Board Member:

(2) Resigning Audit & Supervisory Board Member:

[New Position]	[Name]	[Former Position ]
Audit &	Akio Sakumiya	Director, Executive Vice President of OMRON
Supervisory Board	Corporation
Member
[Current Position ]
Audit & Supervisory Board Member

[Name]

Toru Hara

2. Changes in Executive Officers:

Resigning Executive Officers: [Name]

Shinichi Kawakami

[Current Position ]

Executive Officer, GM of General Affairs Division [Position effective on January 1, 2018]

Executive Officer, Assistant to CEO

Akinobu Shimao

[Current Position ]

Executive Officer, President of AGC Ceramics Co., Ltd. [Position effective on January 1, 2018]

Executive Officer, Assistant to CEO

Tomoya Takigawa

[Current Position ]

Executive Officer; GM of Innovative Technology Research Center, Technology General Division

[Position effective on January 1, 2018] Executive Officer, Assistant to CEO [Post-resignation position]

AGC's Executive Fellow; President of AGC Research Institute, Inc.

Hiroyuki Watanabe

[Current Position ]

Executive Officer; GM of New Product R&D Center, Technology General Division

[Position effective on January 1, 2018] Executive Officer, Assistant to CEO [Post-resignation position]

Director of AGC's related organization

[Reference]

Members of the Board of Directors, Audit & Supervisory Board Members and Executive Officers after the changes

1. Board of Directors: 7 persons	(*) Representative Director, (**) Outside Director
Kazuhiko Ishimura	Chairman
Takuya Shimamura (*)	President & CEO
Yoshinori Hirai(*)	Senior Executive Officer, CTO
Shinji Miyaji(*)	Senior Executive Officer, CFO, CCO
Hiroshi Kimura (**)	Chairman of the Board of Director
Masako Egawa (**)
Yasuchika Hasegawa (**)

Members of Nominating Committee and Compensation Committee are as described below.

Chairman	Members
Nominating Committee	Masako Egawa	Kazuhiko Ishimura, Takuya Shimamura, Hiroshi Kimura, Yasuchika Hasegawa
Compensation Committee	Yasuchika Hasegawa	Kazuhiko Ishimura , Takuya Shimamura, Hiroshi Kimura, Masako Egawa

(***) On a full-time basis

• 2. Audit & Supervisory Board Members; 4 persons

  Tetsuo Tatsuno (***)

  Yasushi Marumori (***)

  Hiroshi Kawamura

  Akio Sakumiya

• 3. Executive Officers; 28 persons

President & CEO

YTaoksuhyinaoSrihHimiraami ura ((CCETOO))

Executive Vice Presidents

(GM of Technology General Div.)
Shinji Miyaji	(CFO)
(CCO)
Senior Executive Officers
Marehisa Ishiko	(President of Automotive Company)
Jean-François Heris	(President of Building & Industrial Glass Company)
Yoshinori Kobayashi	(President of Electronics Company)
Masao Nemoto	(President of Chemicals Company)
Kenzo Moriyama	(GM of Corporate Planning General Div.)
3

Executive Officers
Tadayuki Oi	(Senior Vice President of Building & Industrial Glass Company)
Kimikazu Ichikawa	(Chief Representative of AGC Group for Asia Pacific)
Shigekuni Inoue	(GM of Production Technology Div., Technology General Div.)
Seigo Washinoue	(GM of Display Glass General Div., Electronics Company)
Kazuaki Koga	(GM of Essential Chemicals General Div., Chemicals Company)
Takashizu Minato	(GM of Performance Chemicals General Div., Chemicals Company)
Masahiro Takeda	(Regional President for Asia Pacific, Building & Industrial Glass Company)
Takashi Misu	(GM of Human Resources Div.)
Tatsuo Sugiyama	(Regional President for Americas, Automotive Company)
Takahisa Sugiyama	(GM of Electronic Materials General Div., Electronics Company)
Jean-Marc Meunier	(Regional President for Europe, Automotive Company)
Naoki Sugimoto	(GM of New Product R&D Center, Technology General Div.)
Fumiaki Hayashi	(GM of Purchase & Logistics Div.)
Katsufumi Yajima	(Senior Vice President of Automotive Company)
Toshiro Kasuya	(GM of Finance & Control Div.)
Tadashi Hiraoka	(GM of Technology Management General Div., Chemicals Company)
Philippe Bastien	(Regional President for Europe, Building & Industrial Glass Company)
Toshihiro Ueda	(Chief Representative of AGC Group for China)
Hideyuki Kurata	(GM of Life Science Div., Chemicals Company)
Atsushi Ichikawa	(GM of Innovative Technology Research Center, Technology General Div.)

(Abbreviation) "GM": General Manager