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February 4, 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 : 27th March 2020)

(1) Name of resigning Director

Name New Appointment Current Appointment
Hiroshi Shikishi Adviser Director, Senior Executive Officer
Manager of Corporate Planning and Management Department

(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 : 27th March 2020)

Name New Appointment Current Appointment
Kiyoharu Watanabe Executive Officer,
Manager of Accounting Department
Manager of Accounting Department

3. Reference (New Management as of 27th March 2020)

(1) Director

Name Position
Yoshiaki Numata Representative Director, President
and Supervising New Business Development Office
Motohiro Egusa Director, Managing Executive Officer,
Manager of Corporate Planning and Management Department,
Supervising Headquarters (except Production Planning & Control Department, New Business Development Office, Metrological Standards Office and Mitutoyo Metrology Institute), 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.
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.
Shigeyuki Sasaki Director, Managing Executive Officer,
and President of Mitutoyo Europe GmbH
Takafumi Kano Director, Senior Executive Officer,
Head of Utsunomiya Operations and
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 External Director
Sojiro Tsuchiya External Director

(2) Auditor

Name Position
Yoshihiro Arata Auditor

(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.
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
and 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
and 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
Kiyoharu Watanabe Executive Officer,
Manager of Accounting Department