TDK Corporation today announced that its Board of Directors has resolved to make the following changes to its Directors. The appointments of Directors are subject to Shareholder approval at the General Shareholders Meeting to be held on June 23, 2021. 1. Directors (retirement and new appointment) Retiring Director Kazunori Yagi* (Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Yokogawa Bridge Holdings Corporation,

Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Sojitz Corporation) Director Candidate Mutsuo Iwai* (Deputy Chairman of the Board of Japan Tobacco Inc.,

Outside Director of Benesse Holdings, Inc.) Shigeki Sato (Senior Vice President and Director,

General Manager of Technology and Intellectual Property HQ)

* Outside Directors New Executive Lineup

As a result of the above changes, the new Director and Audit & Supervisory Board Member lineup as of June 23, 2021 will be as follows. Directors Representative Director Shigenao Ishiguro Representative Director Tetsuji Yamanishi Director Makoto Sumita Director Seiji Osaka Director Shigeki Sato Director Kazuhiko Ishimura*

(Director of AGC Inc.,

Outside Director of IHI Corporation,

Outside Director of Nomura Holdings, Inc.,

President of the National Institute of Advanced

Industrial Science and Technology) Director Kozue Nakayama*

(Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of

Imperial Hotel, LTD.

Outside Director of the Board of Isuzu Motors Limited,) Director Mutsuo Iwai*

(Deputy Chairman of the Board of Japan Tobacco Inc.

Outside Director of Benesse Holdings, Inc.)

* Outside Directors Audit & Supervisory Board Members Audit & Supervisory Board Member Takakazu Momozuka Audit & Supervisory Board Member Satoru Sueki Audit & Supervisory Board Member Jun Ishii* Audit & Supervisory Board Member Douglas K. Freeman*

(Principal of Law Offices of Douglas K. Freeman) Audit & Supervisory Board Member Michiko Chiba*

(Principal of Chiba Certified Public Accountant Office,

Outside Director, Audit & Supervisory Committee Member

of CASIO COMPUTER CO.,Ltd.,

Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of

DIC Corporation)

* Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Members

*Information in the press releases is current on the date of the press announcement. Contact for media Contact Phone Mail Mr. Kazushige Atsumi TDK Corporation +81 3 6778-1055 pr@jp.tdk.com

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