May 11, 2017
NEWS RELEASE
Name of Listed Company

TSUMURA & CO.

RepresentativeTerukazu Kato
President & Representative Director(Code: 4540 First Section of the Tokyo
Stock Exchange)

ContactNoboru Suzuki
Head of Corporate Communications Dept.
Telephone: 81-3-6361-7100

Notice Regarding Executive Appointments after Transition to Company with Audit andSupervisory Committee
Tsumura & Co. (Headquarters: Tokyo, Japan; President & CEO: Terukazu Kato; hereinafter“Tsumura”) announces that at a meeting held on May 11, 2017, its Board of Directors passed a resolution
concerning the transition to a company with an audit and supervisory committee, subject to approval at the81st Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders to be held on June 29, 2017. At the same time, Tsumura
informally decided on the appointment of executive officers after the transition to a company with an audit andsupervisory committee as stated below.
Matters concerning the transition to a company with an audit and supervisory committee and the partialamendments to the Articles of Incorporation are disclosed separately in “Tsumura Announces Transition toCompany with Audit and Supervisory Committee” and “Notice Regarding Partial Amendments to the Articlesof Incorporation” announced on May 11, 2017.

1. Candidate for director (excluding directors as audit and supervisory committee members)(Scheduled to be discussed at the 81st Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders to be held onJune 29, 2017)
NameTerukazu Kato

New title
President &Representative Director

Current title
Same as the left

Toru Sugita

Director

Same as the left

Yasunori Fuji

Director

Same as the left

Shigeru Sugimoto

Outside Director

Same as the left

Kenichi Matsui

Outside Director

Same as the left

Yayoi Masuda

Outside Director

Same as the left

2. Candidates for directors as audit and supervisory committee members(Scheduled to be discussed at the 81st Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders to be held on
June 29, 2017)
NameNew title

Current title

Director
Kimikazu Okochi

Audit and Supervisory
Committee Member

General Manager

Audit & Supervisory Board
Office(Full-time)
Kiyomi Haneishi

Outside Director

Outside Audit &Audit and Supervisory

Supervisory Board

Committee Member

MemberOutside Director
Mitsutoshi Matsushita

Audit and Supervisory

Newly appointed

Committee Member

3. Candidate for director as substitute audit and supervisory committee member(Scheduled to be discussed at the 81st Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders to be held on
June 29, 2017)
Name

New title

Current title

Substitute Audit andSeiko Noda

Supervisory Committee
Member (Outside)

Substitute Audit &Supervisory Board Member

4. Audit & Supervisory Board Member to retire (as of June 29, 2017)
Name
Terunari Nakayama

Current title
Standing Audit &Supervisory Board Member
Standing Audit &Tsuyoshi Iwasawa

Supervisory Board
MemberOutside Audit &Kuniko Ouchi

Supervisory Board
MemberOutside Audit &Kiyomi Haneishi*

Supervisory BoardMember＊Kiyomi Haneishi is a candidate for director as audit and supervisory committee member.

5. [Reference] Status of executive officer (as of April 1, 2017)
PositionPresident &Executive Officer
Senior Managing
Executive Officer
Managing
Executive Officer
Senior ExecutiveOfficer

Name
Terukazu Kato

Toru Sugita

Ryuji Takasaki

Departments to be supervised
In charge of External Affairs Department/Internal Auditing Department
In charge of Kampo Research & Development
Division
Head of Sales & Marketing Division
Head of Compliance Control Department

Yasunori Fuji

In charge of Personnel Department/
Information Technology

Department

Head of Secretary Department
Executive Officer

Ryoichi Murata

In charge of General Affairs Department/
Legal Department/
Healthcare Department

Executive Officer

Koin Toda

Executive Officer

Kimitoshi Usui

Head of Botanical Raw Materials Divisionand Head of China Coordination Department
Head of Production Division
In charge of Purchasing Department
Head of Corporate Planning Department
In charge of Corporate

Executive Officer

Susumu Adachi

Communications

Department/
Accounting Department/
Kampo Scientific Strategies Division

Executive Officer

Takashi Sekine

Head of Quality & Safety Management
Division