PRESSRELEASE
Announcement of Changes of Organizational Structure,Assignments for Executives, and Personnel Changes
Hyogo, Japan – August 30, 2021 – Toyo Tire Corporation (President & CEO: Takashi Shimizu;
hereinafter, “Toyo Tire”) announces the following changes to its organizational structure,assignments for executives, and personnel changes.

1. Organizational Structure Changes (effective October 1, 2021)
1) Business Headquarters (elimination and re-establishment)
The product planning function that handles consumer tires and commercial tires under theProduct Planning Division will be reorganized as independent departments to bolster productplanning capacities for trucks and buses to accelerate its expansion of its commercial tirebusiness currently underway.
(1) The Product Planning Department under the Product Planning Division will be eliminated,and a Consumer Tire Product Planning Department and Commercial Tire Product Planning
Department will be established.
2) Production Headquarters (elimination and re-establishment of Divisions; transfer ofDepartments to Divisions; departmental reorganization)
Manufacturing functions will be divided between Japan and abroad, and a structure will bereorganized based on their respective divisions to bolster the company’s capacity to promote
projects and meet challenges.
(1) The Production Division will be eliminated; the Domestic Production Division andInternational Production Division will be established.
(2) The Production Management Department under the Production Headquarters will betransferred to the Domestic Production Division.
(3) The Process Design Development Department under Production Headquarters will betransferred to the International Production Division.
(4) The Sendai Plant, Kuwana Plant, and Hyogo Manufacturing Complex under Production
Divisions will be under the Domestic Production Division; the Europe Project Development
Department will be under the International Production Division.

2. Appointment of Corporate Officers and Full-Time Business Advisor
The following appointments will be effective as of September 1 and October 1, 2021.
1) Appointment of Corporate Officer (effective October 1, 2021)
Name

Current position

New appointment

Division General Manager, Americas
Business Development Division,
Sales Headquarters

Kiyohito

Executive Vice President,

Corporate Officer

Hasumi

Chief Financial Officer,

Vice President, Business Headquarters

Toyo Tire Holdings of Americas Inc.
Chairman,
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2) Changes in business duties of Corporate Officer (effective September 1, 2021)
Name

Current position

New appointmentCorporate Officer

Corporate Officer

Division General Manager,

Masao

Division General Manager,

Compliance & Legal Division

TakiwakiCompliance & Legal Division

General Manager,

Corporate Headquarters

Compliance Dept.,
Corporate Headquarters

3) Changes in business duties of Corporate Officers (effective October 1, 2021)
Name

Current position

New appointment
Senior Corporate Officer

Senior Corporate Officer
Tomoshige

Chairman & CEO, Nitto Tire U.S.A. Inc.

Mizutani

President & CEO,Toyo Tire North America OE Sales LLC

Chairman & CEO, Nitto Tire U.S.A. Inc.
President & CEO,Toyo Tire North America OE Sales LLC
Division General Manager,
Americas Business Development
Division, Sales Headquarters
Corporate Officer

HideakiTakahashi

Corporate Officer

Division General Manager,

Vice President,

Quality Assurance Division,

Business Headquarters

Quality Assurance, Environment &Safety Headquarters

4) Changes in business duties of Advisor (full-time) (effective October 1, 2021)
Name

Noriyuki
Isobe

Current position

New appointment

Advisor (full-time)

Advisor (full-time)

Division General Manager,

Assistant to Division General Manager,

Quality Assurance Division,

Quality Assurance Division,

Quality Assurance, Environment &Quality Assurance, Environment &Safety Headquarters

Safety Headquarters

3. Personnel Changes
The following personnel changes will take effect as of September 1, 2021 and October 1, 2021.
1) Personnel changes (effective September 1, 2021)
Name

Current position

New appointment

Masatsugu

General manager,

General Manager,

Yamamoto

Procurement Dept.,

Procurement Administration Dept.,

Procurement Division

Procurement Division

TatsuoSawadaProcurement Dept.,
Procurement Division

General Manager,
Procurement Dept.,
Procurement Division

2) Personnel changes (effective October 1, 2021)
Name
Masateru
AdachiCurrent position
General Manager,
SCM Administration Dept.,

SCM Division

New appointment
Division General Manager,
SCM DivisionGeneral Manager,
SCM Administration Dept.

Akihiko

General Manager,

General Manager,

Shinkai

Product Planning Dept.,

Consumer Tire Product Planning Dept.,

Product Planning Division

Product Planning Division

Hiroaki

General Manager,

Sugimoto

Commercial Tire Technical Service
Dept.,
Quality Assurance Division

MasamiPlant General Manager,

Miyamori

Sendai Plant,
Production Division

General Manager,
Commercial Tire Product Planning Dept.,
Product Planning Division
Division General Manager,
Domestic Production DivisionKazuma

Deputy Plant General Manager,

Nishitani

Kuwana Plant,
Production Division

Hiroya Toda

General Manager, Toyo Tire(Zhucheng) Co., Ltd.

Takeshi

Production Dept.,

Hayashi

Kuwana Plant,
Production Division

YasushiKawakubo

Production Management Dept.

Division General Manager,
International Production Division
Plant General Manager,
Sendai Plant,
Domestic Production Division
General Manager,
Toyo Tire (Zhucheng) Co., Ltd.
General Manager,
New Pacific Industry Company Limited

MakotoOperations Management Consulting

Maezawa

Group,

President,

Production Dept.,

TOYO RUBBER CHEMICAL

Kuwana Plant,

PRODUCTS (THAILAND) LIMITED

Production Division
ShigemiOhsunaGeneral Manager,
Process Design Development Dept.

Ken
Suzuki

General Manager,
Process Design Development Dept.,
International Production Division
General Manager,

Rubber Products Development Dept.,

Automotive Parts Production Technology

Technology Development Division

Dept.,
Technology Development Division

MasatoGeneral Manager,

General Manager,

Furukawa

Americas Business Development Dept.,

Commercial Tire Technical Service

Americas Business Development

Dept.,

Division

Quality Assurance Division

Akiyuki
Kashihara

Americas Business Development Dept.,
Americas Business Development
Division

Head office
Tokyo office

General Manager,
Americas Business Development
Department,
Americas Business Development DivisionCorporate Communications Department
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