New Appointment of Officers and Change of Assignment ofDirectors and Officers
March 1, 2019TOKYO - Nikon Corporation (Nikon) resolved at the Meeting of the Board of Directors on March 1, 2019, toappoint new officers and change the assignment of its Directors and Officers as follows.

New Appointment of Officers
1. Promoting Officer (as of April 1, 2019)
Name
MasatoHamatani

New title
Senior Vice President
General Manager of Semiconductor
Lithography Business Unit

2. New Officers (as of April 1, 2019)
Name
Nobuyuki
Ishizuka

Tatsuya
Yamaguchi
Naoyuki
Murakami
Yasuhiro
OhmuraNew title
Corporate Vice President
Deputy General Manager ofSemiconductor Lithography Business Unit
Corporate Vice President
General Manager of Healthcare Business
Unit and Sector Manager of MarketingSector
Corporate Vice President
Department Manager of 1st Designing
Department, Development Sector,Imaging Business Unit
Corporate Vice President
General Manager of Optical Engineering
Division

3. Retiring Officers (as of March 31, 2019)
Name
Yasuyuki Okamoto

Kiyoyuki Muramatsu
Toru Iwaoka
Hiroyuki Hiraiwa
Naoya Sugimoto
Makoto Shintani

Current title
Corporate Vice President
General Manager of Healthcare Business
Unit, Sector Manager of Technology
Solutions Sector and Department Managerof 2nd Development Department
Current title
Deputy General Manager of Semiconductor
Lithography Business Unit
Deputy General Manager of Healthcare
Business Unit and Sector Manager ofMarketing Sector
Department Manager of 1st Designing
Department, Development Sector, Imaging
Business Unit
General Manager of Optical Engineering
Division
Current title
Senior Vice President
Director
Officer in charge of Healthcare BusinessUnit
Senior Vice President
Assistant to President
Corporate Vice President
President of Nikon Europe B.V.
Corporate Vice President
General Manager of Glass Business Unit
Corporate Vice President
Corporate Strategy DivisionCorporate Vice President
Deputy General Manager of Healthcare
Business Unit

Change of Assignment (as of April 1, 2019)
NameKazuo
UshidaNew
Representative Director
Chairman of the Board
Matters related to the Group’s importantmanagement policies

Toshikazu
UmatatePresident*
Officer in charge of Business
Development Division, Research &Development Division and Precision
Components & Modules Business Unit

MasashiOka

Representative Director
Senior Executive Vice President & CFO
Officer in charge of Internal Audit
Department, Finance & Accounting
Division and Intellectual Property Division

SatoshiHagiwara

Senior Vice President
DirectorGeneral Manager of Corporate Strategy
Division, Officer in charge of GlassBusiness Unit

MasatoHamatani

Senior Vice President
General Manager of Semiconductor
Lithography Business Unit, Officer incharge of Healthcare Business Unit

TetsuyaMorimotoCorporate Vice President
President of Nikon Europe B.V.

Current
Representative Director
President
Officer in charge of Business
Development Division, OpticalEngineering Division and Research &Development Division
Senior Vice President
General Manager of Semiconductor
Lithography Business Unit, Officer incharge of Technology Strategy andPrecision Components & Modules
Business Unit
Representative Director
Senior Executive Vice President & CFO
Officer in charge of Internal Audit
Department, Officer in charge ofCorporate Strategy Division and General
Manager of the division, Officer in chargeof Finance & Accounting Division andIntellectual Property Division
Senior Vice President
Director
General Manager of Finance &Accounting Division, Deputy General
Manager of Corporate Strategy Division
and Department Manager of Strategic
Finance Planning Department, Finance &Accounting DivisionCorporate Vice President
General Manager of Healthcare Business
Unit, Sector Manager of Technology
Solutions Sector and Department
Manager of 2nd Development Department
Corporate Vice President
Department Manager of Business
Planning Department, Imaging Business
Unit* Toshikazu Umatate will be Representative Director, President and CEO after the resolution of the Annual
Shareholders’ Meeting and the subsequent Board of Directors’ Meeting scheduled on June 27, 2019.

Directors and Officers (as of April 1, 2019)* changes*****TitleRepresentative Director
Chairman of the BoardPresident*

Name
Kazuo
UshidaToshikazu
UmatateRepresentative Director
Senior Executive VicePresident & CFO
Senior Vice President
Director
Senior Vice President
DirectorDirector

MasashiOka

Senior Vice President

Senior Vice President*Senior Vice President
Corporate Vice President
Corporate Vice President
Corporate Vice President

Corporate Vice President
Corporate Vice President*

Corporate Vice President
Corporate Vice President*

Corporate Vice President*

Corporate Vice President*

Corporate Vice President*

Corporate Vice President

Takumi
Odajima
SatoshiHagiwara
YasuyukiOkamotoTomohide
HamadaNobuyoshi
Gokyu
MasatoHamatani
Kenji
Yoshikawa
Jun
Nagatsuka
TadashiNakayama
HiroyukiSuzukiHiroyuki
IkegamiTetsuyaMorimoto
Juro
KimparaNobuyuki
Ishizuka
Tatsuya
Yamaguchi
Naoyuki
Murakami
Yasuhiro
OhmuraBusiness in charge
Matters related to the Group’s important management
policies
Officer in charge of Business Development Division,
Research & Development Division and Precision
Components & Modules Business Unit
Officer in charge of Internal Audit Department, Finance &Accounting Division and Intellectual Property Division
General Manager of Human Resources & Administration
Division, Officer in charge of Risk Management
General Manager of Corporate Strategy Division, Officerin charge of Glass Business Unit
―General Manager of FPD Lithography Business Unit,
Officer in charge of Industrial Metrology Business Unit,
Customized Products Business Unit and Encoder
Business Unit
General Manager of Imaging Business Unit
General Manager of Semiconductor Lithography
Business Unit, Officer in charge of Healthcare BusinessUnit
Deputy General Manager of Corporate Strategy Division
General Manager of Production Technology Division
General Manager of Industrial Metrology Business Unit,
Department Manager of Global Marketing Department,
Industrial Metrology Business Unit, and Director (C.E.O.)
of Nikon Metrology NV
General Manager of Information Security Division and IT
Solutions Division
Sector Manager of Development Sector, Imaging
Business Unit
President of Nikon Europe B.V.
Deputy General Manager of FPD Lithography Business
Unit and Department Manager of Production Department
Deputy General Manager of Semiconductor Lithography
Business Unit
General Manager of Healthcare Business Unit andSector Manager of Marketing Sector
Department Manager of 1st Designing Department,Development Sector, Imaging Business Unit
General Manager of Optical Engineering Division* Toshikazu Umatate will be Representative Director, President and CEO after the resolution of the Annual
Shareholders’ Meeting and the subsequent Board of Directors’ Meeting scheduled on June 27, 2019.