Announcement of Changes of Assignment for Directors, Corporate
Officers and Others, Personnel Changes and Organizational Changes
Osaka, Japan – June 30, 2015 – TOYO TIRE & RUBBER CO., LTD. (President: Takuji Yamamoto),announced the following changes of assignment for Directors, Corporate Officers and Others, Personnel
Changes and Organizational Changes.
1. Changes of Assignment for Directors, Corporate Officers and Others and Appointment of Compliance
Officers (Effective July 1, 2015)
Name
TakujiYamamoto

New Position
General Manager,
Seismic Isolation Rubber
Division

Former Position
General Manager,
North America Business Unit,
Tire Business GroupHeadquarters

Continuing Position
President
Representative Director
Group Executive Officer,
Tire Business
Chief Risk Management Officer
Chief Compliance ManagementOfficer

SadaoIchihara

Deputy General Manager,
Seismic Isolation Rubber
Division
In charge of dealing withcustomers and repairing work

Tetsuya
Kuze

Senior Corporate Officer
Deputy General Manager,
Seismic Isolation Rubber
Division
In charge of dealing with
control departments

Representative Director
Executive Corporate Officer
Overseeing CSR Center

General Manager,
Administrative Division
General Manager,
Corporate Planning Division
Overseeing Corporate
Purchasing Division

Koichi
OnoSenior Corporate Officer
General Manager,
Central Research Center

Corporate Officer

General Manager,
Tire R&D Division,
Tire Business Group
Headquarters

Tomoshige
Mizutani

Senior Corporate Officer

Corporate Officer

General Manager,
Nitto Business Unit,
Tire Business Group
Headquarters
President,
Toyo Tire Holdings ofAmericas Inc.
President,
Toyo Tire U.S.A. Corp.

Director
Senior Corporate Officer
Group Executive Officer,
DT Business
General Manager,
Chemical & Industrial
Products Business Unit

Name
Takashi
Shimizu

New Position
Senior Corporate Officer
General Manager,
North America Business
Unit, Tire Business Group
Headquarters
Compliance Officer,
Tire Business Group
Headquarters

Former Position
Corporate Officer

Continuing Position
General Manager,
Tire Planning Division,
Tire Business Group
Headquarters
Deputy General Manager,
Administrative Division

YasushiTakagi

Senior Corporate Officer
Chief Compliance Officer

Corporate Officer

General Manager,
Original Equipment Sales
Division, Tire Business Group
Headquarters
General Manager,
O.E. Sales Planning and
Administrative Dept.,
Tire Business Group
Headquarters

Michihiro
KawadaGeneral Manager,
Recall Division,
Seismic Isolation RubberDivisionCorporate Officer,
General Manager,
Rubber Autoparts Business
Unit, DT Business Group
Headquarters
General Manager,
Rubber Autoparts Production
Dept.

TetsuoTataraGeneral manager,
Fundamental Technology
CenterCorporate Officer,
General manager,
Production Engineering
CenterYoshikazu
NishiwakiCompliance Officer,
control departments

Corporate Officer
General Manager,
Corporate Purchasing Division

MasajiIshino

Deputy Group ExecutiveOfficer,
DT Business
Compliance Officer,
DT Business Group
Headquarters

General Manager,
Central Research Center

Kazuyuki
Ito

Advisor (full-time)
General Manager,
Hyogo Manufacturing
Complex
Plant General Manager,
Akashi Plant, Toyo Chemical
Industrial Products Co., Ltd.
General Manager,
Technology & Production
Division, Toyo Chemical
Industrial Products Co., Ltd.

Director
Senior Corporate Officer
General Manager,
Technology ManagementCenter
Overseeing Tire Production
Division
Overseeing Central ResearchCenter
Overseeing Technology
Development of DT

Corporate Officer

2. New Corporate Officers (Effective July 1, 2015)
NameKenichi
Ueda

New Position
Corporate Officer,
General Manager,
Quality Assurance Division

Toshihiko
Hombo

Corporate Officer,
General Manager,
Customer Facing Division,
Seismic Isolation Rubber
Division
Compliance Officer,
Seismic Isolation Rubber
Division

Masao
Takiwaki

Corporate Officer,
General Manager,
Compliance & Legal Center

Former Position
Of Tire Business Group
Headquarters
Temporary transfer to Toyo Tire
Holdings of Americas Inc.

Continuing Position

General Manager,
Urethane Autoparts Business
Unit, DT Business Group
Headquarters

General Manager,
CSR Center
General Manager,
CSR Promotion Dept.

3. Personnel Changes (Effective July 1, 2015)
NameKenji
MuraseNew Position
Deputy General Manager,
Recall Division, SeismicIsolation Rubber Division

Former Position

SatoshiTakashina

Management Dept.,
Customer Facing Division,
Seismic Isolation RubberDivision

General Manager,
Business Sustainability
Planning Dept.

MinoruSeismic Isolation Rubber Division General Manager,
MatsumuraPurchasing Dept., Corporate
Purchasing Division
Michihiro
General Manager,
General Manager,
Tamaki
Purchasing Dept.,
Purchasing Administration
Corporate Purchasing Division
Dept., Corporate Purchasing
Division
Shinichi
General Manager,
Purchasing Administration
MurataPurchasing Administration
Dept., Corporate Purchasing
Dept., Corporate Purchasing
Division
Division
Yasukiyo
General Manager,
Tire Quality Assurance Dept.,
ItohStandards Management Dept.,
Technology Management
Quality Assurance Division
CenterMasahiro
General Manager,
Human Resources
ShimodaCompliance Promotion Dept.
& General Affairs Dept.,
Compliance & Legal Center
Administrative Division
Kenji
Deputy General Manager,
MuraseRecall Division, Seismic
Isolation Rubber Division
SatoshiTakashina

Management Dept.,
Customer Facing Division,
Seismic Isolation Rubber
Division

General Manager,
Business Sustainability
Planning Dept.

Continuing Position
General Manager,
Rubber Autoparts R&D
Division

General Manager,
Rubber Autoparts R&DDivision

NameNew Position
Former Position
MinoruSeismic Isolation Rubber Division General Manager,
MatsumuraPurchasing Dept., CorporatePurchasing Division
Michihiro
General Manager,
General Manager,
TamakiPurchasing Dept.,
Purchasing Administration
Corporate Purchasing Division
Dept., Corporate Purchasing
Division
Shinichi
General Manager,
Purchasing Administration
MurataPurchasing Administration
Dept., Corporate Purchasing
Dept., Corporate Purchasing
Division
Division
Yasukiyo
General Manager,
Tire Quality Assurance Dept.,
ItohStandards Management Dept.,
Technology Management
Quality Assurance Division
CenterMasahiro
General Manager,
Human Resources
ShimodaCompliance Promotion Dept.
& General Affairs Dept.,
Compliance & Legal Center
Administrative Division
Tsugihiro
General Manager,
General Manager,
Yano
DT Quality Assurance Dept.,
DT Quality Assurance Dept.,
Technology Management
Quality Assurance Division
CenterEiji
General Manager,
General Manager,
Azuma
Intellectual Property Dept.,Intellectual Property Dept.,
Technology Management
Central Research Center
CenterKenji
General Manager,
General Manager,
Akamatsu
Environment, Safety & Health
Environment, Safety & HealthEnhancement Dept.,
Enhancement Dept.,
Technology Management
Fundamental Technology
CenterCenter
Hideo
General Manager,
General Manager,
Tsunaka
Legal Dept., Compliance &Legal Dept., CSR Center
Legal Center
Shinji
General Manager,
General Manager,
SekiguchiInternal Audit Dept.,
Internal Audit Dept., CSR
Compliance & Legal Center
CenterContinuing Position

4. Appointment of Compliance Officers (Effective July 1, 2015)
Name
Ikuo
Amitani

New Position
Compliance Officer,
Japan Business Unit, Tire
Business Group Headquarters

Shogo
Nakanishi

Compliance Officer,
North America Business Unit,
Tire Business Group
Headquarters
Compliance Officer,
China Business Unit, Tire
Business Group Headquarters

SatoshiTaketsugu

Former Position

Continuing Position
Director
General Manager,
Corporate Planning Division,
Toyo Tire Japan Co., Ltd.
Of Administrative DivisionTemporary transfer to Toyo
Tire Holdings of Americas Inc.
Of Administrative DivisionTemporary transfer to TOYOTIRE ZHANGJIAGANG CO.,LTD.

NameKanjiKasai

New Position
Compliance Officer,Asia Oceania Business Unit,
Tire Business Group
Headquarters

Former Position
Chairman,Toyo Tyre and Rubber
Australia Ltd.

Tomohisa
Compliance Officer,
Yamaguchi Europe Business Unit, Tire
Business Group Headquarters
Noriyuki
Isobe

General Manager,
Tire Quality Assurance Dept.,
Quality Assurance Division
Compliance Officer,
Quality Assurance Division

Kiyotaka
Sugimoto

Compliance Officer,
Fundamental Technology
CenterContinuing Position
General Manager,
China Business Unit, Tire
Business Group Headquarters,
General Manager,
Asia Oceania Business Unit,
Tire Business Group
Headquarters
Chairman,
TOYO TYRE SALES AND
MARKETING MALAYSIA
SDN. BHD.
President,
Toyo Tire (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
Chairman,
TOYO TIRE (SHANGHAI)
CO., LTD.
Of Tire Planning DivisionTemporary transfer to Toyo Tire
Europe Gmbh

General Manager,
Tire Quality Assurance Dept.,
Technology ManagementCenter
General Manager,
Electric System & Control
Dept., Production Engineering
Center

5. Personnel Changes of Subsidiary Companies (effective July 1, 2015)
NameYasunori
FujitaNew Position
President,
Toyo Chemical Industrial
Products Co., Ltd.

Former Position
Of DT Business Group
Headquarters
Temporary transfer to Toyo
Chemical Industrial Products
Co., Ltd.

Continuing Position
President,Toyo Rubber Chemical &Industrial Products (HK)
Limited6. Organizational Changes (effective July 1, 2015)
1) Seismic Isolation Rubber Division, which was established urgently for seismic isolation rubber problems,is duly organized.
2) Technology Management Center is dissolved. Some quality assurance departments are upgraded to
Quality Assurance Division, and it affiliates Tire Quality Assurance Dept. and DT Quality Assurance Dept.
In addition, Standards Management Dept., which specializes in evaluating and controlling application forcertification, is newly established under Quality Assurance Division.
3) Fundamental Technology Center is newly established, and Central Research Center, Production
Engineering Center and Environment, Safety & Health Enhancement Dept. are transferred to it.
4) Intellectual Property Dept. is transferred to Central Research Center.
5) CSR Center is renamed Compliance & Legal Center.
6) CSR Promotion Dept. is renamed Compliance Promotion Dept. It has charge of secretariat of theCompliance Committee, putting instructions of Chief Compliance Officer (COO) into practice, planningand carrying out company-wide measures, coping with and supporting compliance matters incooperation with Compliance Officers and related departments, supporting member of ComplianceCommittee, and so on.
7) CSR affairs of CSR Promotion Dept. are transferred to Human Resources & General Affairs Dept. under
Administrative Division.
8) Business Sustainability Planning Dept. is dissolved.

7. Newly establish compliance officer system (effective July 1, 2015)
In order to centrally manage compliance cases and grasp them companywide and organizationally, change
the system to center around the chief compliance officer.

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