Sharp Corporation announced that, at its Board of Directors Meeting held on June 27, 2016, a resolution was made to appoint Mr. Kazuya Nakaya and Mr. Yoshihisa Ishida, who were appointed at the 122nd Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders held June 27, 2016 (the 'General Meeting') as, and assumed the position of, Outside Directors, to be the Members of the Special Committee established based on the Plan Regarding the Large-Scale Purchases of Sharp Corporation Shares. Sharp also announced that Mr. Makoto Kato, Mr. Shigeo Ohyagi, and Mr. Mikinao Kitada, the former Members of the Special Committee, have resigned from their positions as Members of the Special Committee as a result of their resignation from the role of Directors (Outside Directors) of Sharp upon the expiration of their terms of office at the end of the General Meeting.