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№SBF0379 (December 10,2015)


Notification concerning Organizational Changes and Executive Appointments


Suntory Beverage & Food Limited (President: Nobuhiro Torii) hereby notifies you about the following organizational changes and executive appointments.


  1. Organizational Changes Effective April 1, 2016

    ●Reorganization of the Suntory Beverage & Food Limited, Quality Assurance & Technology Department and the Suntory Foods Limited, Quality Assurance Department

    We will merge the Suntory Beverage & Food Limited, Quality Assurance & Technology Department with the Suntory Foods Limited, Quality Assurance Department and newly establish the Suntory Beverage & Food Limited, Quality Assurance Division. The purpose of this move is to build a thoroughgoing quality assurance system with a view to integrating all domestic quality assurance activities and promoting quality assurance activities abroad.


    ●New Establishment of Suntory Beverage Solution Limited

    Please refer to 'Notice Concerning Establishment of a Subsidiary

    for the Full-line Beverage Service Business ' (News Release No.SBF0378)

  2. Executive Appointments


●Suntory Beverage & Food Limited


Director, Corporate Auditor: Scheduled for late March, 2016

Executive Officer: As of April 1, 2016



New Position


Former Position

(All are positions at Suntory Beverage

& Food Limited unless otherwise noted)

Continued Position

(All are positions at Suntory Beverage

& Food Limited unless otherwise noted)


Name

President, Chief Executive Officer, Member of the Board,

Representative Director


Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer, Member of the Board



Saburo Kogo


In charge of Risk Management


Senior Managing Director, Member of the Board Division COO, Business

Administration Division


Nobuhiro Kurihara


Senior Managing Director, Member of the Board

Division COO, Beverage & Food Business Division

Managing Executive Officer, Suntory Holdings Limited Senior Managing Director, Member of the Board Division COO, Supply Chain Management Division Senior General Manager, Supply Chain Management Department,

Suntory Business Expert

Limited



Yukio Okizaki


Director, Member of the Board

President, Chief Executive Officer, Member of the Board,

Representative Director



Nobuhiro Torii


Director, Member of the Board

Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer, Member of the Board,

In charge of R & D

Production


President, Chief Executive Officer, Member of the Board,

Suntory Products Limited


Yoshihiko Kakimi


Director, Member of the Board

Senior Managing Director, Member of the Board, Division COO, Overall Sales

& Marketing Division,

Suntory Foods Limited



Hachiro Naiki



Director, Audit & Supervisory Committee Member

Managing Executive Officer, Division COO, Finance & Accounting Division,

Suntory Holdings Limited



Kozo Chiji


In charge of Research

& Technology Development Division


Managing Executive Officer, Division COO, Production & Supply Chain Management Division ,

Division COO, Beverage & Food Business Division, Production Planning &

Development Department


Yuji Sawa

Managing Executive Officer,

In charge of Corporate Planning Division Division COO, Finance

& Accounting Division


Executive Officer, Division COO, Business Management & Monitoring Department,

Suntory Holdings Limited



Haruhisa Inada

Managing Executive Officer,

Division COO, Quality

Assurance Division

Executive Officer, Senior General Manager, Quality Assurance &

Technology Department



Takashi Nakamura

Executive Officer, Senior General Manager, Human

Resources Department


Senior General Manager, Human Resources Department



Atsushi Inoue


Leaving

Director, Member of the Board

President, Chief Executive Officer, Representative Director, Suntory Beverage

Service Limited



Yasuhiko Kamada


Leaving


Director, Member of the Board

Senior Managing Director, Member of the Board

In charge of Group Strategy Planning Division, Finance

& Accounting Division,

Global Business Development Division,


Shinichiro Hizuka


Beam Suntory Inc., Suntory Holdings Limited


Leaving

Director, Audit & Supervisory Committee Member


Seiichiro Hattori


Leaving

Managing Executive Officer, In charge of Corporate Planning Division,

Division COO, Finance &

Accounting Division



Kazuhiro Saito


Leaving

Executive Officer, Deputy Division COO, Business Administration

Division and Senior General Manager, Human Resources

Department



Junichi Sumikawa

*Nobuhiro Torii will become Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer, Member of the Board, Representative Director, Suntory Holdings Limited (concurrent positions)

*Yasuhiko Kamada will become Senior Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Suntory Holdings Limited.

*Kazuhiro Saito will become Senior Advisor, Suntory Beverage & Food Limited.


●Suntory Foods Limited




New Position

Former Position

(All are positions at Suntory Foods Limited unless otherwise noted)

Continued Position

(All are positions at Suntory Foods Limited unless otherwise noted)


Name

President, Chief Executive Officer, Member of the Board,

Representative Director

Senior Managing Director, Member of the Board Division COO, Overall Sales

& Marketing Division



Hachiro Naiki

Managing Director, Member of the Board Division COO, Nationwide Chainstores Sales

Division


Executive Officer, Division COO, Nationwide

Chainstores Sales Division, Suntory Liquors Limited



Tsuyoshi Hamamoto


Leaving

President, Chief Executive Officer, Member of the Board, Representative Director

In charge of Vending Machine

Director, Member of the Board

Suntory Beverage & Food

Limited


Masato Tsuchida


Business Division, Beverage

& Food Business Division, Suntory Beverage & Food Limited


Leaving

Senior Managing Director, Member of the Board Division COO, Nationwide Chainstores Sales Division, In charge of Sales Development & Marketing

Promotion Division



Josuke Kimura

*Josuke Kimura will become Executive Officer, Suntory Holdings Limited.


●Suntory Beverage Solution Limited



New Position

Former Position

Continued Position

Name


President, Chief Executive Officer, Member of the Board, Representative Director

President, Chief Executive Officer, Member of the Board, Representative Director, Suntory Foods Limited

In charge of Vending Machine Business Division, Beverage

& Food Business Division, Suntory Beverage & Food

Limited


Director, Member of the Board

Suntory Beverage & Food Limited


Masato Tsuchida

*Suntory Beverage Solution Limited is new company. It is scheduled to be officially founded on April 1, 2016.


●Suntory Beverage Service Limited




New Position

Former Position

(All are positions at Suntory Beverage Service Limited unless otherwise noted)


Continued Position


Name


President, Chief Executive Officer, Member of the Board, Representative Director

Executive Officer, Deputy Division COO, Business Administration

Division and Senior General Manager, Human Resources Department,

Suntory Beverage & Food



Junichi Sumikawa


Limited


Leaving

President, Chief Executive Officer, Member of the Board,

Representative Director



Yasuhiko Kamada


●Suntory Beverage & Food Asia Pte. Ltd.




New Position

Former Position

(All are positions at Suntory Beverage & Food Asia Pte. Ltd. unless otherwise noted)


Continued Position


Name


Chief Executive Officer

Managing Executive Officer,

In charge of Corporate Planning Division, Division COO, Finance & Accounting Division Suntory Beverage & Food

Limited



Kazuhiro Saito


Leaving


Chief Executive Officer


Koushoku

Boku

*Koushoku Boku will become Executive Officer, Suntory Holdings Limited.

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