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June 30, 2006

Organization and Personnel Changes

Mazda Motor Corporation has announced the following organizational and personnel changes, effective July 1, 2006:

1. Organizational changes: R&D
<Goals>
Looking to the future, Mazda aims to further accelerate its efforts to become more eco-friendly and continue to produce "Zoom-Zoom" products by:

(1)	Strengthening the development of advanced technologies.
(2)	Promoting operational efficiency, enhancing the R&D process and further accelerating infrastructure development by consolidating development work processes that apply to the mass production of powertrains.

(1)

The advanced development functions of the Engine Development Dept. No.1, Engine Development Dept. No.2, Engine Development Dept. No.3, Engine Development Dept No.4, Drivetrain Development Dept and the Powertrain System Development Dept., as well as the advanced technology development functions pertaining to powertain development at the Technical Research Center are all transferred to the Powertrain Advance Development Dept.

(2)

- The newly formed Engine Design Dept. now consists of the design functions of the former Engine Development Dept. No.1, Engine Development Dept. No.2 and Engine Development Dept. No.4.
- The newly formed Engine Testing & Research Dept. now consists of the testing and research functions of the former Engine Development Dept. No.2, Engine Development Dept. No.3 and Engine Development Dept. No.4.
- In line with the above changes, Engine Development Dept. No.1, Engine Development Dept. No.2, Engine Development Dept. No.3, and Engine Development Dept. No.4 are to be eliminated.

2. Personnel Changes
(1) General managers and above

<New Post>	<Old Post>	<Name>
Deputy General Manager and Program Manager Powertrain Development Div.	Deputy General Manager Powertrain Development Div. and General Manager Engine Development Dept. No.4 and Program Manager Powertrain Development Div.	Takashige Tokushima
Program Manager Powertrain Development Div.	Program Manager Powertrain Development Div. and General Manager Engine Development Dept. No.1	Hiroyuki Oda
General Manager Engine Engineering Dept.	Staff Manager Engine Development Dept. No.2	Iwao Utsumi
General Manager Engine Testing & Research Dept.	General Manager Engine Development Dept. No.3	Shin Okamoto
Deputy General Manager Purchasing Div. and General Manager Purchasing Planning Dept.	General Manager Purchasing Program Coordination Dept. and Manager Local Purchasing Support Gr.	Kazuki Imai
General Manager Purchasing Program Coordination Dept. and Manager Local Purchasing Support Gr.	Manager Engine Parts Gr. Parts Purchasing Dept. No.3	Masahiko Ichida
General Manager CS Promotion Dept.	Manager Domestic Launch Gr. Product Brand Marketing Dept.	Takashi Yukami
General Manager Regional Sales Dept. No.3	Manager Sales Development Gr. Sales Development Dept.	Tatsuo Tanaka
General Manager Customer Service Div. and General Manager Customer Service Parts Purchasing Dept.	General Manager Customer Service Div.	Derek Clatworthy
Staff Manager Customer Service Div.	General Manager Customer Service Parts Purchasing Dept.	Kazuo Nii
Staff Manager Internal Auditing Div.	General Manager Engine Development Dept. No.2	Kazhuhiro Uchida
Dispatched to Sanfrecce Hiroshima Inc.	General Manager Purchasing Planning Dept.	Takao Shimomura
Dispatched to Shizuoka Mazda Co. Ltd. (Representative Director and President)	General Manager CS Promotion Dept.	Motohisa Hayakawa
Dispatched to Minami Kyushu Mazda Co.Ltd. (Representative Director and President)	General Manager Regional Sales Dept. No.3	Masayuki Hamanaka

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