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January 8, 2020

Change in Director and Executive Officer

This is to notify you of the recent informal appointment as follows.

1. Resignation of Director (Effective date : 31st December 2019)

(1) Name of resigning Director

Name Current Appointment
Toshitaka Shimomura Director,
Managing Executive Officer,
Head of Research & Development Division,
Supervising Overall Research & Development and Metrological Standards Office

(2) Reason for resignation

Voluntary resignation

(3) Miscellaneous

Even after resignation noted above, the remaining number of Directors will continue to satisfy the Articles of Incorporation as well as applicable laws.

2. New Appointment of Executive Officer (Effective date : 1st January 2020)

Name New Appointment Current Appointment
Makoto Abe Executive Officer,
Deputy Head of Research & Development Division, Supervising Domestic Research & Development(Except Strategic Products Development) and Metrological Standards Office
Adviser
Kazuhiko Hidaka Executive Officer,
Deputy Head of Research & Development Division, Supervising Strategic Products Development, President of RCE and Member of New Business Development Office
Manager of Strategic Products Development Office and Member of New Business Development Office

3. Change in Executive Officer (Effective date : 1st January 2020)

Name New Appointment Current Appointment
Michael Nahum Senior Executive Officer,
Head of Research & Development Division, President of MEI and Advisor of New Business Development Office
Executive Officer,
President of MEI and Advisor of New Business Development Office

4. Resignation of Executive Officer (Effective date : 31st December 2019)

(1) Name of resigning Executive Officer

Name Current Appointment
Hiroyuki Hidaka*1 Senior Executive Officer,
Deputy Head of Research & Development Division, Manager of Component Development Department and Manager of Development Management Department

*1 Becoming Advisor of Mitutoyo Corporation on 1st January 2020.

(2) Reason for resignation

Voluntary resignation

5. Reference (New Management as of January 1, 2020)

[Director]

Yoshiaki Numata Representative Director, President
Supervising New Business Development Office
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 Mitutoyo Measuring Instruments (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. ,
Chairman of Mitutoyo Leeport Metrology Corporation,
and Chairman of Mitutoyo Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd.
Tomoo Sakai Director, Managing Executive Officer
Supervising Overall Production(including overseas),
Production Planning & Control Department,
Nakatsugawa Plant , Kawasaki Plant and Miyazaki Plant
and President of Kochi Mitutoyo Co.
Shigeyuki Sasaki Director, Managing Executive Officer
President of Mitutoyo Europe GmbH
Hiroshi Shikishi Director, Senior Executive Officer
Manager of Corporate Planning and Management Department
Takafumi Kano Director, Senior Executive Officer
Head of Utsunomiya Operations,
Head of MC Plant
Tatsuya Tonomura Director, Senior Executive Officer
and Supervising IT Systems
and Manager of Supply Chain Process Re-engineering Office
Shohei Hida Director
External Director
Sojiro Tsuchiya Director
External Director

[Auditor]

Yoshihiro Arata Auditor

[Executive Officer (Except Directors)]

Hidekazu Yamaguchi Senior Executive Officer
Head of Sales Division
Yukihiro Sakata Senior Executive Officer
President of Mitutoyo Measuring Instruments (Shanghai) Co., Ltd
Koichi Yoshimori Senior Executive Officer
Manager of Personnel Department
and Supervising Corporate General Affairs Department
and Kawasaki General Affairs Department
Michael Nahum Senior Executive Officer
Head of Research & Development Division,
President of MEI and Advisor of New Business Development Office
Masashi Inoue Executive Officer
Assistant to the president for special assignments
Kenji Okabe Executive Officer
Supervising Quality Assurance Department
and Security Trade Control Department
Haruo Tsuruoka Executive Officer
Manager of Legal and Compliance Department
and Supervising Internal Auditing Office
Matt Dye Executive Officer
President of Mitutoyo America Corporation
Shigeo Kikuchi Executive Officer
Deputy Head of Hiroshima Operation and Head of Kure Plant
Takao Ishitoya Executive Officer
Supervising Sales Engineering Department of Sales Division
and Manager of New Business Development Office
Makoto Sato Executive Officer
Head of Hiroshima Operations
Shigehiro Ushijima Executive Officer
Head of Techno-Service Business Division
and Supervising Mitutoyo Institute of Metrology
Makoto Abe Executive Officer
Deputy Head of Research & Development Division,
Supervising Domestic Research & Development
(Except Strategic Products Development)
and Metrological Standards Office
Kazuhiko Hidaka Executive Officer
Deputy Head of Research & Development Division,
Supervising Strategic Products Development,
President of RCE and Member of New Business Development Office