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April 28, 2006

Directors and Executive Officers Changes

Changes of positions and responsibilities of Directors and Executive Officers.
Effective on June 27, after 140th General Shareholders Meeting and the subsequent Meeting of the Board of Directors.

Name	New Post (Effective on June 27, 2006)	Current Post
Hisakazu Imaki	Representative Director and Chairman of the Board, President and CEO	Representative Director, President and CEO
John G. Parker	Representative Director and Vice Chairman of the Board, Senior Executive Vice President Assistant to President In charge of China Business R&D, Purchasing, Quality Assurance, Marketing, Sales, IT Solutions and Environment	Representative Director and Senior Executive Vice President Assistant to President; In charge of China Business R&D, Purchasing, Quality Assurance, Marketing, Sales, IT Solutions and Environment
Mutsumi Fujiwara	Representative Director and Executive Vice President In charge of Corporate Liaison and Purchasing	Director and Executive Vice President In charge of Corporate Liaison and Purchasing
David E. Friedman	Representative Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer and CFO In charge of Corporate Planning	Senior Managing Executive Officer and CFO In charge of Corporate Planning
Seita Kanai	Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer In charge of R&D	Senior Managing Executive Officer In charge of R&D

Representative Directors to step down from their positions:

Name	Current Post
Kazuhide Watanabe	Representative Director and Chairman of the Board
Gideon Wolthers	Representative Director

In a separate document, please find a complete list of executive officers and the areas for which they will be in charge after the General Shareholders Meeting and the subsequent meeting of the Board of Directors. Both meetings were held on June 27, 2007. [Click here(PDF format)]

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