Taikisha Ltd. has resolved, at the meeting of the Board of Directors held on December 26, 2018, to change representative directors. Toshiaki Shiba appointed as Director from his current position Representative Director, President Corporate Officer; Koji Kato appointed as Representative Director, President Corporate Officer from his current position Representative Director, Executive Vice President Corporate Officer; Hiroshi Mukai appointed as Representative Director, Executive Vice President Corporate Officer from his current position Director, Executive Corporate Officer. Effective April 1, 2019, Representative Director, President Corporate Officer, Toshiaki Shiba will retire from the position of Director at the Annual Shareholders' Meeting scheduled to be held on June, 2019 and then assume the position of Executive Adviser of the Company.