Koito Manufacturing : Announcement Regarding Changes of Representative Directors, Other Directors and Corporate Officers

April 27, 2021

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 121th Annual General Meeting of Shareholders scheduled to be held on June 29, 2021 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:	Michiaki Kato
	New position:	President
(Newly Appointing)	Name:	Masami Uchiyama
	New position:	Executive Vice President
(Retiring)	Name:	Hiroshi Mihara
	Former position: President

Note: Retiring President, Hiroshi Mihara is scheduled to be appointed to KOITO's Director and Senior

Adviser.
(Retiring)	Name:	Koichi Sakakibara

Former position: Executive Vice President

Note: Retiring Director, Koichi Sakakibara is scheduled to be appointed to KOITO's Standing Audit and Supervisory Board Member.

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(3) Career History of Newly Appointing Representative Director
			Number of shares
Name			of the Company
	Career history	held
(date of birth)
		(thousand
			shares)
	April 1982 Joined the Company
	June 2007	Director
	June 2011	Managing Director
Michiaki Kato	June 2012 Managing Corporate Officer
June 2013	Director and Managing Corporate Officer	12.2
(June 23, 1959)
June 2017	Senior Managing Director (present position)
		Sales Headquarters
		International Operations Headquarters
		(present position)
	April 1983 Joined the Company
	June 2007	Director
	June 2011	Managing Director
	June 2012 Director and Managing Corporate Officer
	June 2017 Senior Managing Director (present position)
Masami Uchiyama		Production Headquarters
	Shizuoka Plant	6.4
(May 12, 1959)		Haibara Plant
		In charge of
		Logistics Department
		Safety Environment Department
		Production Control Department
		Electronics Products Production Department
		(present position)
(4) Scheduled Date of Appointment	June 29, 2021

2. Changes of Representative Directors and Corporate Officers (Scheduled Date of Appointment: June 29, 2021)

・Director Candidate to be Promoted

Senior Managing Director	Jun Toyota
	(current position: Director and Managing Corporate Officer)

・New Director Candidate

Director and Managing Corporate Officer Atsushi Inoue

(current position: Managing Corporate Officer)

・New Audit and Supervisory Board Member Candidate

Standing Audit and Supervisory Board Member Koichi Sakakibara

(current position: Executive Vice President)

・Retiring Audit and Supervisory Board Member
Standing Audit and Supervisory Board Member	Yohei Kawaguchi

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3. Changes in Corporate Officers (Scheduled Date of Appointment: June 29, 2021)

・Corporate Officer to be Promoted
Managing Corporate Officer	Kakuya Yamamoto	(current position: Corporate Officer)
Managing Corporate Officer	Eisuke Shibara	(current position: Corporate Officer)
Managing Corporate Officer	Takahito Otake	(current position: Corporate Officer)

・Newly Appointing Corporate Officers
Corporate Officer	Masayuki Otake	(current position: General Manager, Corporate Planning
		Department)
Corporate Officer	Koji Shimakura	(current position: General Manager, Toyota Design
		Department)

・Retirering Corporate Officer

Managing Corporate Officer Kiyoshi Sato (planned to be appoint president of Aoitec Co., Ltd.)

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4. Positions and Assignments of Each Directors and Corporate Officers (Scheduled Date of Appointment: June 29, 2021)

(1) Directors

Name	New Positions and Assignments	Current Positions and Assignments
Masahiro Otake	Chairman and CEO	Chairman and CEO
		Senior Managing Director
Michiaki Kato	President and COO	Sales Headquarters
		International Operations Headquarters
	Executive Vice President	Executive Vice President
	Engineering Headquarters	Engineering Headquarters
Kenji Arima	Sales Headquarters	Mobility Strategy Department
	Mobility Strategy Department	Research & Development Department
	Research & Development Department	Intellectual Property Department
	Executive Vice President	Senior Managing Director
	Production Headquarters
	Production Headquarters
	Shizuoka Plant
	Shizuoka Plant
	Haibara Plant
	Haibara Plant
	General Affairs Department, Shizuoka
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
	Senior Managing Director	Senior Managing Director
Hideharu Konagaya	Finance & Accounting Headquarters	Finance & Accounting Headquarters
	Purchasing Department	Purchasing Department
	Senior Managing Director	Senior Managing Director
	Corporate Planning Department
	Corporate Planning Department
	Compliance Department
	Compliance Department
	Personnel Department
Katsuyuki Kusakawa	Cost Administration Department
Cost Administration Department
	Engineering Department	Engineering Department
	Engineering Headquarters
	Engineering Headquarters
	Mobility Strategy Department
	Mobility Strategy Department
Jun Toyota	Senior Managing Director	Director and Managing Corporate Officer
International Operations Headquarters	International Operations Headquarters
Takashi Ohtake	Director and Senior Adviser	Director and Senior Adviser
Hiroshi Mihara	Director and Senior Adviser	President and COO
	Director and Managing Corporate Officer	Director and Managing Corporate Officer
	General Affairs Department	General Affairs Department
Hideo Yamamoto	Public Relations Department	Public Relations Department
	Information System Department	Information System Department
	Internal Audit Department	Internal Audit Department
	Director and Managing Corporate Officer	Director and Managing Corporate Officer
	Engineering Headquarters
	Engineering Headquarters
	Quality Assurance Department
	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
	Mobility Strategy Department

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Name	New Positions and Assignments	Current Positions and Assignments
	Director and Managing Corporate Officer	Managing Corporate Officer
Atsushi Inoue	Corporate Planning Department	Corporate Planning Department
General Affairs Department	General Affairs Department
	Public Relations Department	Public Relations 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
Masatoshi Yoneyama	Production Headquarters	Production Headquarters
	Production Engineering Department	Fujikawa Tool Department
	Aircraft Equipment Division	Aircraft Equipment Division
	Managing Corporate Officer
	Engineering Headquarters	Managing Corporate Officer
	1st Product Development Department	Engineering Headquarters
Toshiyuki Katsumata	2nd Product Development Department	1st Product Development Department
Shizuoka 2nd Design Department	2nd Product Development Department
	Product Performance Confirmation	Shizuoka 2nd Design Department
	Department	China Tech Center Planning Office
	China Tech Center Planning Office
	Managing Corporate Officer	Corporate Officer
	International Operations Headquarters	International Operations Headquarters
Kakuya Yamamoto	Administration Department - International	Administration Department - International
	Operations	Operations
	China Operations	China Operations
	Managing Corporate Officer	Corporate Officer
Eisuke Shibata	International Operations Headquarters	International Operations Headquarters
American Department - North American	American Department - North American
	Region	Region
	Managing Corporate Officer	Corporate Officer
Takahito Otake	Finance & Accounting Headquarters	Finance & Accounting Headquarters
	Accounting Division	Accounting Division
	Corporate Officer	Corporate Officer
Koichi Toyoda	Sales Headquarters	Sales Headquarters
	Toyota Branch	Toyota Branch
	Corporate Officer	Corporate Officer
	Production Headquarters	Production Headquarters
Mamoru Murakoshi	Sagara Plant	Sagara Plant
	Fujikawa Tool Department	Production Engineering Department
	Production Kaizen Division	Production Kaizen Division
	Corporate Officer	Corporate Officer
Masahiro Otake	Chairman, North American Lighting, Inc.	Chairman, North American Lighting, Inc.
	(NAL)	(NAL)
		Corporate Officer
	Corporate Officer	Engineering Headquarters
Yuji Higashi	Advanced Electronics Development
Quality Assurance Department
	Department
		Electronics Design & Development
	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
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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Name	New Positions and Assignments	Current Positions and Assignments
	Corporate Officer	Corporate Officer
Kazuhiro Aoshima	International Operations Headquarters	International Operations Headquarters
ASEAN, South Asia & Africa Operations	ASEAN, South Asia & Africa Operations
	European Operations	European Operations
	Corporate Officer	Corporate Officer
	Engineering Headquarters
	Engineering Headquarters
Masayasu Ito	Intellectual Property Department
Mobility Strategy Department
	Mobility Strategy Department
	Research & Development Department
	Research & Development Department
	Corporate Officer	Corporate Officer
Manabu Kobayashi	President, North American Lighting	President, North American Lighting
	Mexico, S.A. de C.V. (NAL Mexico)	Mexico, S.A. de C.V. (NAL Mexico)
Masayuki Otake	Corporate Officer	Corporate Planning Department
Corporate Planning Department
	Corporate Officer
	Engineering Headquarters
Koji Shimakura	Advanced Electronics Development	Toyota Design Department
Department
	Electronics Design & Development
	Toyota Design Department

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