Daiichi Sankyo : Announces Changes to Representative Directors, Directors and Audit & Supervisory Board Members

Company name: DAIICHI SANKYO COMPANY, LIMITED

Representative: Sunao Manabe, Representative Director, President and CEO (Code no.: 4568, First Section, Tokyo Stock Exchange)

Please address inquiries to Junichi Onuma, Vice President, Corporate Communications Department Telephone: [phone] https://www.daiichisankyo.com

Daiichi Sankyo Announces Changes to Representative Directors, Directors, and Audit & Supervisory Board Members

Tokyo, Japan - (May 13, 2021) - Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited (hereinafter, the Company) today announced that its Board of Directors has approved changes to its Representative Directors, Directors, and Audit & Supervisory Board Members as follows. Appointments will be subject to approval at the Company's 16th Annual General Meeting of Shareholders on June 21 and formal resolutions at a subsequent board meeting.

1. Changes to Representative Directors (as of June 21, 2021) Reason for change: Expiration of Representative Director's term

(1)	Appointed Representative Director
	Name	Current Position	New Position
		Director	Representative Director
	Satoru Kimura	Senior Executive Officer	Senior Executive Officer
		Head of Japan Business Unit	Head of Japan Business Unit
(2)	Retiring Representative Director
	Name	Current Position	New Position
	Toshiaki Sai	Representative Director	Corporate Adviser
	Executive Vice President

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1. Changes to Directors (as of June 21, 2021)
2. 1. New candidate for Director
   2. • Hiroyuki Okuzawa (Executive Officer, Head of Corporate Planning & Management Div., CFO)
   3. Retiring Director
   4. • Toshiaki Sai (Representative Director, Executive Vice President)*
      • • Toshiaki Sai will be appointed as a Corporate Adviser.
3. Changes to Audit & Supervisory Board Members (as of June 21, 2021)
4. 1. New candidate for Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member
   2. • Masako Watanabe (Representative of Masako Watanabe Certified Public Accountant Office)*
      • • Masako Watanabe is a new candidate for Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member as defined in Article 2-16 of the Companies Act.
   3. Retiring Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member
   4. • Sayoko Izumoto (Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member)

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Attachment

Curriculum Vitae

1. Appointed Representative Director Satoru Kimura: Born September 27, 1957

Current Position Held

Director, Senior Executive Officer, Head of Japan Business Unit, Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd.

Career Summary

Apr.	1981	Joined Daiichi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
Apr.	2009	Vice President of Kyoto Branch, Sales & Marketing Div., Japan Company of the
Company
Apr.	2014 Corporate Officer, Head of Sales & Marketing Div. and Vice President of Marketing
		Dept., Japan Company of the Company
Apr.	2015	Executive Officer, Head of Sales & Marketing Div. of the Company
Apr.	2016	Senior Executive Officer, Head of Sales & Marketing Div. of the Company
Jun.	2019	Director, Senior Executive Officer, Head of Sales & Marketing Div. of the
Company
Apr.	2021	Director, Senior Executive Officer, Head of Japan Business Unit of the Company (to
		present)

The number of shares of the Company Held: 65,488

2. Candidate for Director

Hiroyuki Okuzawa: Born October 31, 1962

Current Position Held

Executive Officer, Head of Corporate Planning & Management Div., CFO, Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd.

Career Summary

Apr.	1986	Joined Sankyo Co., Ltd.
Apr.	2017	Vice President of Business Planning Dept., ASCA Company of the Company
Apr.	2018	Corporate Officer, President of ASCA Company of the Company
Apr.	2021	Executive Officer, Head of Corporate Planning & Management Div., CFO of the
		Company (to present)

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3. Candidate for Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member Masako Watanabe: Born January 29, 1962

Current Position Held

Representative of Masako Watanabe Certified Public Accountant Office

Career Summary
Apr. 1984	Joined The Fuji Bank, Ltd (currently "Mizuho Bank, Ltd.")
Oct. 1990	Joined Tohmatsu LLC (currently "Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC")
Aug. 1994	Registered as Certified Public Accountant
Jul. 2007	Partner of Tohmatsu LLC
Aug. 2020	Representative of Masako Watanabe Certified Public Accountant Office (to
present)

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For Reference:

Directors and Audit & Supervisory Board Members after the election at the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders (as of June 21, 2021)

Name	Positions and Assignments
Sunao Manabe	Representative Director, President and CEO
Satoru Kimura	Representative Director, Senior Executive Officer,
Head of Japan Business Unit
Masahiko Ohtsuki	Director, Senior Executive Officer,
Head of Digital Transformation Management Div.
Shoji Hirashima	Director, Senior Executive Officer,
Head of Corporate Strategy Div.
Hiroyuki Okuzawa	Director, Executive Officer,
Head of Corporate Planning & Management Div., CFO
Noritaka Uji	Outside Director
Tsuguya Fukui	Outside Director
Kazuaki Kama	Outside Director
Sawako Nohara	Outside Director
Ryoichi Watanabe	Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Kenji Sato	Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Tateshi Higuchi	Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Yukiko Imazu	Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Masako Watanabe	Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member

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