April 26, 2024
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Makita Corporation
Munetoshi Goto, President, Representative Director
6586

Announcement of Change in Representative Director and Changes in Managements
Makita Corporation is pleased to announce that the Board of Directors resolved, at a meeting held today on thefollowing change in representative director and changes in managements.
The change in Directors will be formally decided following approval at the 112th Ordinary General Meeting ofShareholders scheduled on June 26, 2024 (hereinafter referred to as the “Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders”) andthe subsequent resolution of the Board of Directors.

1.

Change in Representative Director (scheduled to take effect on June 26, 2024)(1) Reason for the change
The present Chairman will retire from the position of Representative Director and Director of the Company withthe expiration of the term of office at the conclusion of the 112th Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders.
(2) Name and title of Representative Director scheduled to retire
Name
Present Title
Masahiko Goto

Chairman, Representative Director

Note: Masahiko Goto is expected to be appointed as Honorary Chairman.
2.

Changes in Directors (scheduled to take effect on June 26, 2024)(1) Candidates for newly appointed Directors
Name

New Title

Yoshihisa Inuzuka

Director, Corporate Officer,
General Manager of Purchasing Headquarters

Hideyuki Kawase

Director, Corporate Officer,
General Manager of Quality Headquarters

Present Title
Corporate Officer,
Assistant General Manager of Research andDevelopment Headquarters
Corporate Officer,
Assistant General Manager of Production
Headquarters(2) Directors scheduled to retire
Name
Shinichiro Tomita
Tomoyuki Ota

Present Title
Director, Corporate Officer,
General Manager of Purchasing Headquarters
Director, Corporate Officer,
General Manager of Quality Headquarters

Note: Shinichiro Tomita and Tomoyuki Ota are expected to be appointed as Advisors.

English Translation of press release originally issued in Japanese1(3) Candidate for promoting Director
Name
Tetsuhisa Kaneko

3.

New Title
Director, Managing Corporate Officer,
General Manager of Research andDevelopment Headquarters

Present Title
Director, Corporate Officer,
General Manager of Research andDevelopment Headquarters

Changes in Corporate Officers (scheduled to take effect on June 26, 2024)
Newly appointed Corporate Officers
Name
Koki Hyodo
Hiroshi Murata
Minoru Nakamura

New Title
Corporate Officer,
Assistant General Manager of Research andDevelopment Headquarters
Corporate Officer,
Assistant General Manager of Research andDevelopment Headquarters
Corporate Officer,
Assistant General Manager of Production
Headquarters (in charge of plants in Europe)

English Translation of press release originally issued in JapanesePresent Title
Manager of Research and Development
Planning Department
Manager of Electronic Design andDevelopment Department 1
President of Makita EU S.R.L.

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New management system (Date of assuming offices: June 26, 2024)
Official Title

NamePosition

President, Representative Director

Munetoshi Goto

Director, Managing Corporate Officer

Tetsuhisa Kaneko

General Manager of Research and Development Headquarters

Director, Corporate Officer

Takashi Tsuchiya

General Manager of Domestic Sales Headquarters: concurrently
in charge of Osaka Area

Director, Corporate Officer

Masaki Yoshida

General Manager of Production Headquarters

Director, Corporate Officer

Takashi Omote

General Manager of International Sales Headquarters

Director, Corporate Officer

Yukihiro Otsu

General Manager of Administration Headquarters

Director, Corporate Officer

Yoshihisa Inuzuka

General Manager of Purchasing Headquarters

Director, Corporate Officer

Hideyuki Kawase

General Manager of Quality Headquarters

Outside Director

Masahiro Sugino

Outside Director

Takahiro Iwase

Director (Standing Audit & Supervisory
Committee Member)
Outside Director (Audit & Supervisory
Committee Member)
Outside Director (Audit & SupervisoryCommittee Member)

Advisor of LIXIL Corporation
Outside Director of KITAKEI CO., LTD.
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of DMG MORICO., LTD.

Mitsuhiko Wakayama
Shoji InoueKoji Nishikawa

Attorney at Law
Outside Director of Okuma Corporation
Certified Public Accountant
Representative partner of Seimei Audit Corporation
Certified Public Accountant
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Yamaha MotorCo., Ltd.
Partner of Kagayaki Audit Corporation
Outside Director, Audit & Supervisory Committee Member ofRiken Vitamin Co., Ltd.
Assistant General Manager of Domestic Sales Headquarters:
Tokyo Area
Assistant General Manager of Domestic Sales Headquarters:
Nagoya Area
President of Makita Corporation of America and in charge ofBrazil Plant

Outside Director (Audit & Supervisory
Committee Member)

Ayumi Ujihara

Corporate Officer

Tomoharu Yasuda

Corporate Officer

Hideki Shimazoe

Corporate Officer

Larry Peck

Corporate Officer

Rich Chapman

Executive Vice President of Makita U.S.A. Inc.

Corporate Officer

Franz Claes

Sales and Marketing Director of Makita Werkzeug GmbH(Germany)

Corporate Officer

Kazuhisa Makino

In charge of Europe Sales

Corporate Officer

Koki Hyodo

Corporate Officer

Hiroshi Murata

Corporate Officer

Minoru Nakamura

English Translation of press release originally issued in Japanese

Assistant General Manager of Research and Development
Headquarters
Assistant General Manager of Research and Development
Headquarters
Assistant General Manager of Production Headquarters (incharge of plants in Europe)3