KOITO MANUFACTURING : Announcement Regarding Changes of Representative Directors, Other Directors and Corporate Officers

April 23, 2019

PRESS RELEASE

KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. Representative Director: Hiroshi Mihara, President (Stock Code: 7276 First Section, TSE)

Inquiries: Atsushi Inoue, Managing Corporate Officer General Affairs Dept.

(Tel: [phone])

Announcement Regarding Changes of Representative Directors,

Other Directors and Corporate Officers

KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. ("KOITO") announces that it schedules to change some of its Representative Directors, other Directors and Corporate Officers at the 119th Annual General Meeting of Shareholders scheduled to be held on June 27, 2019 and at the subsequent meeting of the Board of Directors, as follows:

1. Changes of Representative Directors

(1) Reasons for the Changes of Representative Directors

KOITO Group faces a challenging business climate. With this background, KOITO has decided to change some of its Representative Directors to strengthen the management system of the Company and its Group as a whole, and further improve its business achievement.

(2) Names and Positions of Representative Directors Subject to Change

(Newly Appointing) Name: Kenji Arima

New position: Executive Vice President

(Retiring)	Name:		Yuji Yokoya
	Former position: Executive Vice President
Note: Retiring Director, Yuji Yokoya is scheduled to be appointed to KOITO's Adviser.
(3) Career History of Newly Appointing Representative Director
Name				Number of shares
			Career history	of the Company
(date of birth)				held
				(thousand shares)
	Apr. 1977 Joined the Company
	Jan. 2005 Director, Koito Europe NV (KENV)
	Jun. 2005 Director, the Company
Kenji Arima	Jun. 2011	Managing Director
	Jun. 2012	Director and Managing Corporate Officer		9.7
(Sep. 11, 1954)	Jun. 2013	Senior Managing Director (present position)
		International Operations Headquarters
		Engineering Headquarters
		In charge of Quality Assurance Department
		(present position)
(4) Scheduled Date of Appointment			June 27, 2019
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2. Changes of Representative Directors (Scheduled Date of Appointment: June 27, 2019)

・Director Candidate to be Promoted

Senior Managing Director Katsuyuki Kusakawa

(current position: Director and Managing Corporate Officer)

・New Director Candidate

Director and Managing Corporate Officer Takayuki Katsuda

(current position: Managing Corporate Officer)

3. Changes in Corporate Officers (Scheduled Date of Appointment: June 27, 2019)

・Newly Appointing Corporate Officers
Corporate Officer	Eisuke Shibata	(current position: General Manager, American Department -
		North American Region)
Corporate Officer	Takahito Otake	(current position: Adviser)
Corporate Officer	Kazuhiro Aoshima	(current position: General Manager, European Operations)
Corporate Officer	Masayasu Ito	(current position: General Manager, Mobility Strategy
		Department and Research & Development Department)
Corporate Officer	Manabu Kobayashi	(current position: Vice President, North American Lighting
		Mexico, S.A. de C.V. )

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4.Positions and Assignments of Each Directors and Corporate Officers (Scheduled Date of Appointment: June 27, 2019)

(1) Directors

Name	New Positions and Assignments	Current Positions and Assignments
Masahiro Otake	Chairman and CEO	Chairman and CEO
Hiroshi Mihara	President and COO	President and COO
	Executive Vice President,	Executive Vice President,
		Personnel Department
Koichi Sakakibara	Personnel Department
		General Affairs Department, Shizuoka
	General Affairs Department, Shizuoka
		Purchasing Department
	Quality Assurance Department
		Aircraft Equipment Division
	Executive Vice President	Senior Managing Director
	Engineering Headquarters
		International Operations Headquarters
Kenji Arima	Mobility Strategy Department
		Engineering Headquarters
	Research & Development Department
		Quality Assurance Department
	Intellectual Property Department
	Senior Managing Director	Senior Managing Director
	Production Headquarters	Production Headquarters
	Shizuoka Plant	Shizuoka Plant
	Haibara Plant	Haibara Plant
Masami Uchiyama	Logistics Department	Logistics Department
	Safety Environment Department	Safety Environment Department
	Production Control Department	Production Control Department
	Electronics Products Production	Electronics Products Production
	Department	Department
	Director, KI HOLDINGS CO., LTD.	Director, KI HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
	Senior Managing Director	Senior Managing Director
Michiaki Kato	Sales Headquarters	Sales Headquarters
	International Operations Headquarters	International Operations Headquarters
	Senior Managing Director	Senior Managing Director
	Finance & Accounting Headquarters
		Finance & Accounting Headquarters
Hideharu Konagaya	Purchasing Department
		Audit and Supervisory Board Member,
	Audit and Supervisory Board Member,
		KI HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
	KI HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
	Senior Managing Director
	Engineering Headquarters	Director and Managing Corporate Officer
	Corporate Planning Department
		Corporate Planning Department
Katsuyuki Kusakawa	Compliance Department
		Compliance Department
	Cost Administration Department
		Cost Administration Department
	Engineering Department
	Mobility Strategy Department
Takashi Ohtake	Director and Senior Adviser	Director and Senior Adviser
	Director and Managing Corporate Officer	Director and Managing Corporate Officer
Hideo Yamamoto	General Affairs Department	General Affairs Department
	Information System Department	Information System Department
	Internal Audit Department	Internal Audit Department
		Director and Managing Corporate Officer
		International Operations Headquarters
Jun Toyota	Director and Managing Corporate Officer	American Department - North American
	International Operations Headquarters	Region
		American Department - Latin American
		Region
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Name	New Positions and Assignments	Current Positions and Assignments
	Director and Managing Corporate Officer	Managing Corporate Officer
	Engineering Headquarters
		Engineering Headquarters
	Project Management Department
		Project Management Department
Takayuki Katsuda	System Product Development Department
		System Product Development Department
	Shizuoka 1st Design Department
		Shizuoka 1st Design Department
	Toyota Design Department
		Toyota Design Department
	Mobility Strategy Department
	Director	Director
Haruya Uehara	[Senior Advisor, Mitsubishi UFJ Trust	[Senior Advisor, Mitsubishi UFJ Trust
	and Banking Corporation]	and Banking Corporation]
Kingo Sakurai	Director	Director

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(2) Corporate Officers

Name	New Positions and Assignments	Current Positions and Assignments
	Managing Corporate Officer	Managing Corporate Officer
Atsushi Inoue	Corporate Planning Department	Corporate Planning Department
	General Affairs Department	General Affairs Department
Kiyoshi Sato	Managing Corporate Officer	Managing Corporate Officer
		President, INDIA JAPAN LIGHTING
	Quality Assurance Department
		PRIVATE LIMITED (IJL)
	Managing Corporate Officer	Managing Corporate Officer
	Production Headquarters	Production Headquarters
Masatoshi Yoneyama	Fujikawa Tool Department	Fujikawa Tool Department
	Light Source Division	Light Source Division
	Aircraft Equipment Division	Aircraft Equipment Division
	Managing Corporate Officer	Managing Corporate Officer
	Engineering Headquarters	Engineering Headquarters
Toshiyuki Katsumata	China Tech Center Planning Office	China Tech Center Planning Office
	Product Development Department	Product Development Department
	Shizuoka 2nd Design Department	Shizuoka 2nd Design Department
	Corporate Officer	Corporate Officer
Koichi Toyoda	Sales Headquarters	Sales Headquarters
	Osaka Branch	Osaka Branch
Shinji Watanabe	Corporate Officer	Corporate Officer
	Quality Assurance Department	Quality Assurance Department
	Corporate Officer	Corporate Officer
	Production Headquarters	Production Headquarters
Mamoru Murakoshi	Sagara Plant	Sagara Plant
	Production Kaizen Division	Production Kaizen Division
	Production Engineering Department	Production Engineering Department
	Corporate Officer	Corporate Officer
Masahiro Otake	Chairman, North American Lighting, Inc.	Chairman, North American Lighting, Inc.
	(NAL)	(NAL)
	Corporate Officer	Corporate Officer
	Engineering Headquarters	Engineering Headquarters
Yuji Higashi	Advanced Electronics Development	Advanced Electronics Development
	Department	Department
	Electronics Design & Development	Electronics Design & Development
	Engineering Department	Engineering Department
	Corporate Officer	Corporate Officer
Hideki Ochiai	President, THAI KOITO COMPANY	President, THAI KOITO COMPANY
	LIMITED (THAI KOITO)	LIMITED (THAI KOITO)
Masataka Choji	Corporate Officer	Corporate Officer
	President, Koito Czech s.r.o. (KCZ)	President, Koito Czech s.r.o. (KCZ)
	Corporate Officer	Corporate Officer
Kakuya Yamamoto	International Operations Headquarters	International Operations Headquarters
	China Operations	China Operations
	Corporate Officer	Corporate Officer
Kohei Yamasaki	Finance & Accounting Headquarters	Finance & Accounting Headquarters
	Financial Department	Financial Department
	Affiliated Companies Finance Division	Affiliated Companies Finance Division
	Corporate Officer	Corporate Officer
Kirk Gadberry	President, North American Lighting, Inc.	President, North American Lighting, Inc.
	(NAL)	(NAL)
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