Following the recommendation of the Nominating Committee, and approval at the meeting of the Board of Directors held on October 31, 2016, Asahi Glass Co. Ltd. announced the following changes in the assignments of Executive Officers, as well as organizational reform and other personnel changes. The company will abolish the Glass Company and instead newly establish the Building & Industrial Glass Company and the Automotive Company. Architectural & industrial glass business and automotive glass business are two totally different markets with different business models. This organizational reform will enable more agile business operations that better cater to the needs of each market. Changes in the assignments of Executive Officers that will be made as of January 1, 2017. Yoshiaki Tamura appointed as Executive Vice President Assistant to CEO; Marehisa Ishiko appointed as Senior Executive Officer, President of Automotive Company; Jean-François Heris appointed as Senior Executive Officer President of Building & Industrial Glass Company; Tetsuo Tatsuno appointed as Senior Executive Officer, Assistant to CEO; Tadayuki Oi appointed as Executive Officer, Senior Vice President of Building & Industrial Glass Company; Takashi Shimbo appointed as Executive Officer, Assistant to CEO; Kazuyoshi Watanabe appointed as Executive Officer, Assistant to CEO; Kihachiro Okamoto appointed as Executive Officer, Assistant to President of Automotive Company; Takayasu Ide appointed as Executive Officer, Assistant to CEO; Seigo Washinoue appointed as Executive Officer, GM of Display Glass General Div. Electronics Company; Masahiro Takeda appointed as Executive Officer, Regional President for Asia Pacific Building & Industrial Glass Company; Tatsuo Sugiyama appointed as Executive Officer, Regional President for Americas, Automotive Company; Jean-Marc Meunier appointed as Executive Officer, Regional President for Europe,Automotive Company, Naoki Sugimoto appointed as Executive Officer, GM of Business Development Division; Fumiaki Hayashi appointed as Executive Officer; GM of Purchase & Logistics Division; Katsufumi Yajima appointed as Executive Officer, Senior Vice President of Automotive Company; Executive Officer,GM of Finance & Control Division; Tadashi Hiraoka appointed as Executive Officer, GM of Technology Management General Div., Chemicals Company; Junichi Kobayashi appointed as GM of Legal Division; Kazumi Tamaki appointed as GM of Corporate Communications & Investor Relations Office,Corporate Planning Division; Toshihiro Ueda appointed as Chief Representative of AGC Group for China; Yoshio Takegawa appointed as Regional President for Asia, Automotive Company; and Yutaka Sugaya appointed as GM of Strategy & Planning Office, Automotive Company.