Mitsui & Co., Ltd. announced new positions of Masami Iijima as Representative Director from the current position of Chairman and Representative Director, Tatsuo Yasunaga as Chairman and Representative Director from the current position of Representative Director, President and Chief Executive Officer, Kenichi Hori as Representative Director, President and Chief Executive Officer from the current position of Representative Director, Senior Executive Managing Officer, and Masami Iijima is scheduled to retire as Representative Director as his term expires on the close of the general shareholders' meeting to be held in June 2021, and be appointed as Counselor, at the meeting of the board of directors held on December 23, 2020 to further drive growth and increase corporate value by pursuing "Transformation and Growth" under new leadership amidst drastic changes in the business environment.