PRESSRELEASE
Announcement of Changes of Organizational Structure,Assignments for Director and Corporate Officer,and Personnel Changes
Hyogo, Japan – May 27, 2019 – Toyo Tire Corporation (President and CEO: Takashi Shimizu)
announced the following changes to its organizational structure, assignments for a director andcorporate officers, and personnel changes, with a view toward ensuring the steady implementationof its growth strategy and the further strengthening of its management foundation.
1．Organizational Structure Changes （effective on June 15, 2019)
a. For the purpose of flexibly accomplishing its growth strategy, the company will create a unit
directly reporting to the president.
●The Corporate Strategy Division will be newly established.
b. The functionality of divisions under the Corporate Headquarters will be clarified and realignedwith a view toward further strengthening the management foundation.
●The Corporate Planning Division will change its name to the Corporate Infrastructure Division, andits functions will be reorganized.
●The Administration Division will change its name to the Corporate Administration Division, and its
functions will be reorganized.
●The Corporate Administration Department will be newly established under the Corporate
Administration Division.
●The Corporate Planning Department operating under the Corporate Infrastructure Division will
be dissolved. The department’s functions will be transferred to the Corporate Strategy Divisionand the Corporate Administration Department.
●The Corporate Communications Planning Department and the Brand Communications
Department, both operating under Corporate Infrastructure Division, will be integrated andreorganized to newly establish the Corporate Communications Department.
●The Information Systems Department operating under the Corporate Infrastructure Division willbe transferred to the Corporate Administration Division.
●The Human Resources Department and the General Affairs Department, both operating under theCorporate Administration Division, will be transferred to the Corporate Infrastructure Division.
2．Changes of Assignments for a Director and Corporate Officers
In accordance with the organizational structure changes shown above and other reasons, theCompany will change the assignments for a director and corporate officers as follows on June 1 andJune 15, 2019.

Ⅰ．Change of Assignment for a Director （effective on June 15, 2019)Name
New Position（Former Position）
Director
Director
Corporate Officer
Corporate Officer
Vice President,
Vice President,
Corporate Headquarters,
Corporate Headquarters
Takehiko
Division General Manager,
Division General Manager,
Sasamori
Corporate Infrastructure DivisionCorporate Planning Division
Division General Manager,
Division General Manager,
Capital and Business Alliance
Capital and Business Alliance
Co-ordination Division
Co-ordination Division
Ⅱ．Change of Assignment for Corporate Officers （effective on June 1, 2019)Name
New Position（Former Position）
Corporate Officer
Division General Manager,
Original Equipment Sales Division,
Sales Headquarters
ToshihikoDeputy Division General Manager,
Honbo
Seismic Rubber Task Force
Headquarters
Chairman,Toyo Tire (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
Corporate Officer
Division General Manager,
Central Research Center,
R&D Headquarters
Division General Manager,
TetsuoAdvanced Process Development
Shimomura Division,
R&D Headquarters

Corporate Officer
Division General Manager,
Original Equipment Sales Division,
Sales Headquarters
Deputy Division General Manager,
Seismic Rubber Task Force
Headquarters

Corporate Officer
President,
Toyo Tire Europe GmbHKenta
President,
Kuribayashi
Toyo Tire RUS LLC

Corporate Officer
President,
Toyo Tire Europe GmbHPresident,
Toyo Tire Deutschland GmbHPresident,
Toyo Tire RUS LLC

Corporate Officer
Division General Manager,
Central Research Center,
R&D Headquarters
Division General Manager,
Advanced Process Development
Division,
R&D Headquarters
General Manager,
New Production Method
Development Dept.

Ⅲ．Change of Assignment for a Corporate Officer （effective on June 15, 2019)Name
New Position（Effective on June 1, 2019）
Corporate Officer
Corporate Officer
President,President,
Toyo Tire Europe GmbH
Toyo Tire Europe GmbH
Kenta
President,President,
Kuribayashi Toyo Tire RUS LLC
Toyo Tire Deutschland GmbH
Corporate Strategy Division
President,
Toyo Tire RUS LLC

3．Personnel Changes
In accordance with the organizational structure changes shown above and other reasons, theCompany will carry out personnel changes as follows on June 1 and June 15, 2019.
Ⅰ．Personnel Changes （effective on June 1, 2019)Name
New Position（Former Position）

Masami
Miyamori

Plant General Manager,
Sendai Plant,
Domestic Production Division

President,
Toyo Tire (Zhucheng) Co., Ltd.

Masayoshi
AbeGeneral Manager,
New Production Method
Development Dept.,
Advanced Process Development
Division

New Production Method
Development Dept.,
Advanced Process Development
Division

Ⅱ．Personnel Changes （effective on June 15, 2019)Name
New Position
Tomohisa
Division General Manager,
Yamaguchi Corporate Administration Division（Former Position）

Division General Manager,
Administration Division

Haruhiko
Kitagawa

Deputy Division General Manager,
Deputy Division General Manager,
Corporate Infrastructure DivisionCorporate Planning Division
General Manager,
General Manager,
Corporate Communications Dept. Corporate Communications
Planning Dept.

KazushiHisajimaGeneral Manager,
Corporate Administration Dept.

General Manager,
Corporate Planning Dept.

Ⅲ．Personnel Changes at Affiliated Companies （effective on June 1, 2019)Name
New Position（Former Position）
HiroyaToda

Marco
Stezelow

President,
Toyo Tire (Zhucheng) Co., Ltd.

President,
Toyo Tire Deutschland GmbH

General Manager,
Manufacturing Dept.,
Sendai Plant,
Domestic Production Division
Toyo Tire Deutschland GmbH

Corporate Communications Planning
Head officeTelephone: +81-72-789-9110 Facsimile: +81-72-789-3272
Tokyo Branch office Telephone: +81-3-5822-6621 Facsimile: +81-3-3865-2240