NEWS RELEASE
March 27, 2009
FDK CORPORATION

Notice on the Executive Personnel Changes
FDK CORPORATION (TSE: 6955) today announced the following changes to its Board ofDirectors and auditor, which were resolved at a meeting of the Board of Directors on March27, 2009.

1.

Changes in Board of Directors (effective on April 1, 2009)- Representative Director

Akira Kamada(current Director)- Director (Board Members)

Toshiharu Sugimoto(current Representative Director)

Mr. Toshiharu Sugimoto, Mr. Satoshi Sakiura and Mr. Hiroshi Rikukawa will retire at theend of the annual shareholders’ meeting which will be held in June 2009.
2.

Changes in Corporate Auditors (effective on March 31, 2009)- Auditor to retire

3.

Toshimasa Wada

(Mr. Wada will be a Corporate Senior Vice President
at FDK CORPORATION as of April 1, 2009)

Changes in Corporate Officers (effective on April 1, 2009)- President (New)Tozo Ono(current Advisor, FUJITSU Limited and Special
Advisor, FUJITSU Component Limited)- Corporate Senior Vice
President (Promoted)

Akira Kamada(current Corporate Executive Vice President)- Corporate Senior Vice
President (New)Toshimasa Wada

(current Standing Director, FUJITSU Limitedand Auditor, FDK Corporation)- Corporate Vice
President (New)Toshiaki Otsubo(current Group Senior Vice President,Electronic Devices Sales Group)

Current President: Toshiharu Sugimoto, current Corporate Senior Vice President: Satoshi
Sakiura and current Corporate Vice President: Hideyuki Sasaki will resign on the sameday.
After approval at the annual shareholders meeting and the board of directors’ meeting, tobe held in June 2009, Tozo Ono will become a Representative Director and President andAkira Kamada and Toshimasa Wada will become Representative Director and Executive
Vice President respectively.

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4.

Profile of Representative Directors(1) Akira Kamada
Name
Akira Kamada
BirthFebruary 16, 1948
Education
Mar. 1970 Graduated from the Faculty of Engineering, Shibaura
Institute of Technology
Career Profile

Apr. 1970
Jun. 2002
Apr. 2006
Jun. 2006
Feb. 2007
Apr. 2007(2) Tozo Ono
Name
Birth
Education
Career Profile

Joined FDK Corporation
Corporate Officer, FDK Corporation
Corporate Senior Vice President, FDK Corporation
Board of Directors, FDK Corporation (Present Post)
Group President, Electronic Devices Group, FDK Corporation(Present Post)
Corporate Executive Vice President, FDK Corporation(Present Post)Tozo Ono
November 7, 1940
Mar. 1959 Graduated from the Mechanical Department, Kurashiki
Industrial High School
Apr. 1959 Joined Kobe Industries Corporation
Jun. 1995 Standing Director, FUJITSU Limited
Jun. 2000 Executive Vice President (Board of Directors), FUJITSU
Takamizawa Component Limited
Advisor, FUJITSU Limited (Present Post)
Sep. 2001 Executive Vice President (Board of Directors), FUJITSU
Component Limited
Jun. 2002 Representative Director, FUJITSU Component Limited
Jun. 2007 Special Advisor, FUJITSU Component Limited (Present Post)(3) Toshimasa WadaNameToshimasa WadaBirthMay 13, 1951
Education
Mar. 1974 Graduated from the Faculty of Economics, Kobe University
Career Profile Apr. 1974 Joined FUJITSU LimitedJun. 2005 Group Senior Vice President of Electronic Devices Businessand Strategic Planning Dept., FUJITSU Limited
Mar. 2008 Standing Director, FUJITSU Limited (Present Post)
Mar. 2008 Device Solution Dept., FUJITSU Limited (Present Post) andAuditor, FDK Corporation (Present Post)