PRESSRELEASE
Announcement of Changes of Organizational Structure,Assignments for Director and Corporate Officer,and Personnel Changes
Hyogo, Japan –January 27, 2020 - Toyo Tire Corporation (President & CEO: Takashi Shimizu)
announces the following changes to its organizational structure, assignments for Directors andCorporate Officers, and personnel changes.
1. Organizational Structure Change (effective on February 1, 2020)
The Company will establish the Digital Innovation Division, a unit with full-time personnel thatreports directly to the president, with a view toward promoting the reorganization of its businessacross the board, creation of a strategic business management structure, and deployment ofbusiness strategies with a focus on next-generation mobility by introducing and leveraging digitaltechnologies.
 The Digital Transformation Division will be constructively dissolved and replaced by the Digital
Innovation Division.
2. Changes of Assignments for Directors and Corporate Officers
Effective on February 1, 2020, the following changes of assignments for directors and corporate
officers will be made as shown in Tables 1) and 2) below.
1) Change of Assignments for Directors (effective on February 1, 2020)
Name
New Position
Former PositionMasayuki
Kanai

TatsuoMitsuhata

Director
Senior Corporate Officer
Division General Manager,
Digital Innovation Division
Deputy Division General Manager,
Seismic Rubber Task ForceHeadquarters

Director
Senior Corporate Officer
Vice President,
R&D Headquarters
Deputy Division General Manager,
Seismic Rubber Task Force
Headquarters
Division General Manager,
Digital Transformation Division

Director
Corporate Officer
Vice President,
Sales Headquarters
Division General Manager,
Original Equipment Sales Division

Director
Corporate Officer
Vice President,
Sales Headquarters

2) Change of Assignments for Corporate Officers (effective on February 1, 2020)
Name

MasajiIshinoSatoruMoriyaNew PositionSenior Corporate Officer
Senior Corporate Officer
Deputy Division General Manager,
Division General Manager,
Seismic Rubber Task Force
Seismic Rubber Task Force
Headquarters
Headquarters
Division General Manager,
Division General Manager,
Business Restructuring Division
Business Restructuring DivisionCorporate Headquarters
Corporate Headquarters
President,President,
Toyo Chemical Industrial Products Co., Toyo Chemical Industrial Products Co.,
Ltd.
Ltd.
Corporate Officer
Vice President,
R&D Headquarters

Corporate Officer
Division General Manager,
Technology Development Division
R&D Headquarters
Division General Manager,
Product Development Division
R&D Headquarters

Corporate Officer
Assistant to Sales Headquarters

Corporate Officer
Division General Manager,
Original Equipment Sales Division
Sales Headquarters
Chairman,Toyo Tire (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.

Corporate Officer
Division General Manager,
Seismic Rubber Task Force
Headquarters

Corporate Officer
Division General Manager,
Customer Relations Division
Seismic Rubber Task Force
Headquarters

Toshihiko
Honbo

Hidefumi
Uematsu

Former Position

3. Personnel Changes
Effective on February 1, 2020 and March 1, 2020, the following personnel changes will be made asshown in Tables 1) and 2) below.
1) Personnel Changes (effective on February 1, 2020)
Name
New Position
Deputy Division General Manager,
Katsutoshi
Digital Innovation Division
OhishiYutaka
Nozaki

Division General Manager,
Customer Relations Division
Seismic Rubber Task Force
Headquarters

Former Position
General Manager,
Advanced Technology DevelopmentDept.
Technology Development Division
Deputy Division General Manager,
Customer Relations Division
Seismic Rubber Task Force
Headquarters

Hiroyuki
Nakamura

General Manager,
Internal Audit Dept.

Internal Audit Dept.

Yoshihiro
Higashibata

General Manager,
Information Systems Dept.
Corporate Administration Division

Information Systems Dept.
Corporate Administration Division

Tamotsu
Mizutani

Division General Manager,
Technology Development Division
Division General Manager,
Product Development Division

Division General Manager,
Product Planning Division

Junichi
Uda

Division General Manager,
Product Planning Division
General Manager,
Global Marketing Dept.

General Manager,
Global Marketing Dept.
Product Planning Division

Yoshihiro
TanakaGeneral Manager,
Advanced Technology Development
Dept.
Technology Development Division

Advanced Technology Development
Dept.
Technology Development Division

2) Personnel Change (effective on March 1, 2020)
Name
New Position
Daisuke
Tsuji

General Manager,
O.E. Sales Dept. No.1
Original Equipment Sales Division

Former Position
Division General Manager,
Planning Division
Toyo Tire Japan Co., Ltd.

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