NamePositionResponsibilities(important concurrent <strong>of</strong>fice), etc.Etsuhiko Shoyama Outside Director [Independent Director](Senior Corporate Advisor to Hitachi, Ltd.)Masahiro Sakata Outside Director [Independent Director](Attorney-at-Law, Of Counsel at Anderson Mori &Tomotsune)Hiroshi Komiyama Outside Director [Independent Director](Chairman <strong>of</strong> Mitsubishi Research Institute, Inc.)Hiroko Ota Outside Director [Independent Director](Pr<strong>of</strong>essor at the National Graduate Institute forPolicy Studies)Fumio ItoFull-timeCorporate AuditorHideo Tabuchi Full-timeCorporate AuditorHidehiko HaruOutside [Independent Corporate Auditor]Hiroyasu WatanabeMitsudo UranoHideki Nakagome(Notes)Corporate AuditorOutsideCorporate AuditorOutsideCorporate AuditorOutsideCorporate Auditor[Independent Corporate Auditor](Pr<strong>of</strong>essor at Graduate School <strong>of</strong> Finance,Accounting and Law, Waseda University)[Independent Corporate Auditor](Representative Director and Chairman <strong>of</strong> NichireiCorporation)[Independent Corporate Auditor](Partner at Fuji Partnership Law Office (Fuji GodoHouritsujimusho))1. Mr. Rentaro Tonoike, Mr. Akira Omachi, Mr. Seiichi Isshiki, Mr. Yukio Uchida, Mr. YoshimasaAdachi, and Ms. Hiroko Ota have assumed the <strong>of</strong>fice <strong>of</strong> director after having been newly elected atthe second ordinary general meeting <strong>of</strong> shareholders held on June 27, 2012.2. Mr. Shinji Nishio, Mr. Mitsunori Takahagi, Mr. Kiyonobu Sugiuchi, Mr. Yukio Yamagata, Mr.Kazuo Kagami, Mr. Makoto Koseki, Mr. Masanori Okada, and Mr. Juichi Takamura retired asdirectors upon the expiration <strong>of</strong> their terms <strong>of</strong> <strong>of</strong>fice at the conclusion <strong>of</strong> the second ordinarygeneral meeting <strong>of</strong> shareholders held on June 27, 2012.3. Mr. Hideki Nakagome has assumed the <strong>of</strong>fice <strong>of</strong> corporate auditor after having been newly electedat the second ordinary general meeting <strong>of</strong> shareholders held on June 27, 2012.4. Mr. Masao Fujii resigned as corporate auditor upon the conclusion <strong>of</strong> the second ordinary generalmeeting <strong>of</strong> shareholders held on June 27, 2012.5. Mr. Hidehiko Haru, the Outside Corporate Auditor, has long been in charge <strong>of</strong> the ControllerDivision at Tokyo Electric Power Company.He also has experience serving as a member <strong>of</strong> theBank <strong>of</strong> Japan’s Policy Board, having a considerable amount <strong>of</strong> knowledge and insight regardingfinance and accounting.6. Mr. Hiroyasu Watanabe, the Outside Corporate Auditor, has long worked at the Ministry <strong>of</strong>Finance (Okurasho) (current Ministry <strong>of</strong> Finance (Zaimusho)), and has held positions such as theMinister <strong>of</strong> the National Tax Agency.He is also a pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> the Graduate School <strong>of</strong> Finance,Accounting and Law, Waseda University, having a considerable amount <strong>of</strong> knowledge and insightregarding finance and accounting.7. No relationship exists between important concurrent <strong>of</strong>fices held by any <strong>of</strong> the outside directors or46
outside corporate auditors, and the Company, that needs to be specifically indicated herein.8. Each <strong>of</strong> the Outside Directors Mr. Etsuhiko Shoyama, Mr. Masahiro Sakata, Mr. HiroshiKomiyama, and Ms. Hiroko Ota, and each <strong>of</strong> the Outside Corporate Auditors Mr. Hidehiko Haru,Mr. Hiroyasu Watanabe, Mr. Mitsudo Urano, and Mr. Hideki Nakagome are independent directorsor independent corporate auditors based on the rules <strong>of</strong> each stock exchange in Tokyo, Osaka, andNagoya on which the Company is listed.47
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