February 27, 2017

To Whom It May Concern:
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Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd.
Shunsuke Betsukawa
President and Chief Executive Officer
6302
Tsuneyoshi Sato
General Manager, Corporate
Communications Department+81-3-6737-2333

Notice Regarding Changes to the Responsibilities of Directors of the Company
At a Board of Directors meeting held today, a preliminary decision was made with respect to the transfer of directors to new
posts within Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “SHI” or the “Company”). Details of the decision areprovided below:DETAILS(Effective March 31, 2017)
New Post(s) / Title(s)Resigning from the position ofSenior Vice President
Resigning from the position of
Executive Vice President(Effective April 1, 2017)
New Post(s) / Title(s)General Manager, Industrial
Equipment Division
General Manager, Ehime Works
President and Chief Executive
Officer, Sumitomo Heavy
Industries Material Handling
Systems Co., Ltd.;

Previous Post(s) / Title(s)Senior Vice President;
General Manager, Industrial
Equipment Division
Executive Vice President;
General Manager, Ehime Works
President and Chief Executive
Officer, Sumitomo Heavy
Industries Material Handling
Systems Co., Ltd.;

Post(s) / Title(s) Retained
Director

Previous Post(s) / Title(s)Post(s) / Title(s) Retained
Senior Vice President

General Manager, Defense
Systems GroupSenior Vice President

Katsuhide
YokotaSenior Vice President

President and Chief Executive
Officer, Nihon Spindle
Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

１

Name
KazutoKaneshigeName
TetsuyaOkamuraTatsuya Endo

Hiroshi Arito

Senior Vice President;
General Manager, Ship andMarine Division;
President and Chief Executive
Officer, Sumitomo Heavy
Industries Marine & Engineering
Co., Ltd.
Senior Vice President;General Manager, Corporate
Planning Group
General Manager – Geared
Motors Department, PowerTransmission & Controls Group;
General Manager, Nagoya
Works
Vice President

Vice President;
General Manager – Global
Headquarters, Power
Transmission & Controls Group
Full-Time Advisor
Full-Time Advisor
Full-Time Advisor

General Manager, Corporate
Quality Group
General Manager, Defense
Systems Group

Director and General Manager –Manufacturing, Sumitomo
Heavy Industries Marine andEngineering Co., Ltd.

HideshiShimamotoGeneral Manager – Corporate
Planning Department, Corporate
Planning Group
General Manager – Geared
Vice President
Motors Department, Power
Transmission & Controls GroupMorihiro Kondo

General Manager, Technology
Research Center,Corporate Technology
Management GroupManaging Director and CEO,
Sumitomo(SHI) Cyclo Drive
Germany GmbH
Executive Vice President;
General Manager, Corporate
Quality Group
Executive Vice President

Isao Kono

Toshihiko
Chijiiwa
Shaun Dean

KatsuhikoTaniguchi
President and CEO, LBCE
Holdings,Inc.

Senior Vice President;
General Manager, Ship andMarine Division;
President and Chief Executive
Officer, Sumitomo Heavy
Industries Marine & Engineering
Co., Ltd.
General Manager – ProductQuality Control Department,
Corporate Quality Group
Principal Engineer, Defense
Systems Group

Chuck Martz
Nobutaka
MiyawakiToshihiko
TaguchiHirozumi Suzuki※ Sumitomo Heavy Industries Material Handling Systems Co., Ltd., Nihon Spindle Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Sumitomo Heavy
Industries Marine & Engineering Co., Ltd. , Sumitomo(SHI) Cyclo Drive Germany GmbH and LBCE Holdings, Inc are allwholly-owned subsidiaries of Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd.
(Effective May 1, 2017)
New Post(s) / Title(s)President and CEO, LBCEHoldings, Inc.

Previous Post(s) / Title(s)Vice President and CFO, LBCE
Holdings, Inc.

Post(s) / Title(s) Retained

Name
Melvin Porter(End of June, 2017)
1. Nomination of candidate for a new Director – Eiji Kojima (currently Senior Vice President, General Manager – Energy andEnvironment Group)
2. Expected to leave the post of Director – Kazuto Kaneshige(currently Director and Senior Vice President, General Manager– Industrial Equipment Division)
3. Nomination of candidates for a new External Auditor – Masakazu Nakamura (currently Certified Public Accountant)
4. Expected to leave the post of External Auditor – Tomoyuki Kato (currently External Auditor of SHI)END２