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February 8, 2019

Change of Directors at Mitutoyo Corporation

This is to notify you of the recent informal appointment at the directors meeting on 30st January as follows. Directors will be officially appointed on 27th March 2019 at the shareholders' meeting.

1.Appointment (Effective Date:27th March 2019)

(1) Resignation of Representative Director

Name New Appointment Current Appointment
Toru Nakagawa Chairman Representative Director
and Chairman

(2) New Appointment of Director

Name New Appointment Current Appointment
Tatsuya Tonomura Director, Senior Executive Officer
and Supervising IT Systems
Senior Executive Officer
and Supervising IT Systems
Sojiro Tsuchiya External Director Advisor

(3) Resignation of Director

Name New Appointment Current Appointment
Takafumi Nakagawa Advisor Director, Senior Executive Officer
and Supervising Accounting Department

(4) New Appointment of Executive Officer

Name New Appointment Current Appointment
Makoto Sato Executive Officer
and Head of Hiroshima Operations
Manager of Production Department of MC Plant at Utsunomiya Operations
Shigehiro Ushijima Executive Officer,
Head of Techno-Service Business Division and Manager of Central Japan Service Department, and Supervising Mitutoyo Institute of Metrology
Deputy Head of Techno-Service Business Division and Manager of Central Japan Service Department

(5) Transfer of Executive Officer

Name New Appointment Current Appointment
Yukihiro Sakata Senior Executive Officer
and President of Mitutoyo Measuring Instruments (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.
Executive Officer
and General Manager of Mitutoyo Measuring Instruments (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.
Hiroyuki Hidaka Senior Executive Officer,
Deputy Head of Research & Development Division, Manager of Component Development Department and Manager of Development Management Department
Executive Officer,
Deputy Head of Research & Development Division, Manager of Component Development Department and Manager of Development Management Department
Koichi Yoshimori Senior Executive Officer
Manager of Personnel Department and Supervising Corporate General Affairs Department
Executive Officer
Manager of Personnel Department and Supervising Corporate General Affairs Department

(6) Resignation of Executive Officer

Name New Appointment Current Appointment
Takashi Takagi Advisor Executive Officer,
Head of Techno-Service Business Division and Supervising Mitutoyo Institute of Metrology
Nobuyuki Hama Advisor
Head of Gohara Plant at Hiroshima Operations and President of Hirokosan Co.
Executive Officer
Head of Hiroshima Operations, Head of Gohara Plant, Supervising Miyazaki Plant and President of Hirokosan Co.

2. Reference (New Management from 27th March 2019 after the annual shareholders' meeting and extraordinary board of directors meeting of Mitutoyo Corporation.)

(1)Director

  Name Position
Reappointment Yoshiaki Numata Representative Director, President
and Supervising New Business Development Office
Reappointment Motohiro Egusa Director,
Managing Executive Officer,
Supervising Headquarters (except Production Planning & Control Department, New Business Development Office, Metrological Standards Office and Mitutoyo Metrology Institute), Accounting Department, Control Department, Technical Communication Office and Supply Chain Process Re-engineering office, Chairman of the Board of Mitutoyo Measuring Instruments (Shanghai) Co. Ltd., Chairman of Mitutoyo Leeport Metrology Corporation and Chairman of Mitutoyo Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd.
Reappointment Toshitaka Shimomura Director,
Managing Executive Officer,
Head of Research & Development Division,
Supervising Overall Research & Development and Metrological Standards Office
Reappointment Tomoo Sakai Director
Managing Executive Officer,
Supervising overall of production(including overseas), Production Planning & Control Department, Nakatsugawa Plant, Kawasaki Plant and Miyazaki Plant and President of Kochi Mitutoyo Co.
Reappointment Shigeyuki Sasaki Director, Managing Executive Officer,
and President of Mitutoyo Europe GmbH
Reappointment Hiroshi Shikishi Director, Senior Executive Officer and
Manager of Corporate Planning and Management Department
Reappointment Takafumi Kano Director, Senior Executive Officer,
Head of Utsunomiya Operations and
Head of MC Plant
New Appointment Tatsuya Tonomura Director, Senior Executive Officer and
Supervising IT Systems
Reappointment Shohei Hida External Director
New Appointment Sojiro Tsuchiya External Director

(2)Auditor

Name Position
Yoshihiro Arata

(3)Executive Officer (Except Directors)

Name Position
Hidekazu Yamaguchi Senior Executive Officer
and Head of Sales Division
Yukihiro Sakata Senior Executive Officer
and President of Mitutoyo Measuring Instruments (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.
Hiroyuki Hidaka Senior Executive Officer,
Deputy Head of Research & Development Division, Manager of Component Development Department and Manager of Development Management Department
Koichi Yoshimori Senior Executive Officer,
Manager of Personnel Department and
Supervising Corporate General Affairs Department
Masashi Inoue Executive Officer and
President of Mitutoyo Sul Americana Ltda.
Kenji Okabe Executive Officer and
Supervising Quality Assurance Department and Security Trade Control Department
Michael Nahum Executive Officer
and President of MEI
Haruo Tsuruoka Executive Officer,
Manager of Legal Affairs Department and Compliance Advancement Office
and Supervising Internal Auditing Office
Matt Dye Executive Officer
and President of Mitutoyo America Corporation
Shigeo Kikuchi Executive Officer,
Deputy Head of Hiroshima Operation, Head of Kure Plant and Manager of Products Design Department
Takao Ishitoya Executive Officer,
Manager of Sales Engineering Department of Sales Division
and Manager of New Business Development Office
Makoto Sato Executive Officer and
Head of Hiroshima Operations
Shigehiro Ushijima Executive Officer,
Head of Techno-Service Business Division,
Manager of Central Japan Service Department and
Supervising Mitutoyo Institute of Metrology