April 27, 2021
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Makita Corporation
Munetoshi Goto, President, Representative Director
6586

Announcement of Changes in Managements
Makita Corporation is pleased to announce that the Board of Directors resolved, at a meeting held today, on thefollowing changes in managements after the transition to a Company with an Audit & Supervisory Committee.
The change in Directors will be formally decided following approval at the 109th Ordinary General Meeting ofShareholders scheduled on June 25, 2021 (hereinafter referred to as the “Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders”) andthe subsequent resolution of the Board of Directors and the Audit & Supervisory Committee.
1. Candidates for Directors (excluding Directors who are Audit & Supervisory Committee Members) (to be discussed atthe Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders)
Name

New Title

Present Title

Masahiko Goto

Chairman, Representative Director

Same as on the left

Munetoshi Goto

President, Representative Director

Same as on the left

Shinichiro Tomita
Tetsuhisa Kaneko

Director, Corporate Officer,
General Manager of Purchasing Headquarters
Director, Corporate Officer,
General Manager of Research and Development
Headquarters

Same as on the left
Same as on the leftTomoyuki Ota

Director, Corporate Officer,
General Manager of Quality Headquarters

Director, Corporate Officer,
Assistant General Manager of Research andDevelopment Headquarters

Takashi Tsuchiya

Director, Corporate Officer,
General Manager of Domestic Sales Headquarters

Same as on the left

Masaki Yoshida

Director, Corporate Officer,
General Manager of Production Headquarters

Director, Corporate Officer,
Assistant General Manager of ProductionHeadquarters

Takashi Omote

Director, Corporate Officer,
General Manager of International Sales Headquarters

Same as on the left

Yukihiro Otsu

Director, Corporate Officer,
General Manager of Administration Headquarters

Same as on the left

Masahiro Sugino

Outside Director

Same as on the left

Takahiro Iwase

Outside Director―Note: Mr. Takahiro Iwase currently holds the following positions: Chairperson of the Aichi Prefectural Public Safety Commission; andOutside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of DMG MORI CO., LTD.

English Translation of press release originally issued in Japanese

12. Candidates for Directors who are Audit & Supervisory Committee Members (to be discussed at the Ordinary General

Meeting of Shareholders)Name
Mitsuhiko Wakayama

New TitleDirector (Standing Audit & Supervisory CommitteeMember)Present Title
Standing Audit & Supervisory Board MemberAkira Kodama

Outside Director (Standing Audit & Supervisory
Committee Member)Standing Audit & Supervisory Board Member

Shoji Inoue

Outside Director (Audit & Supervisory CommitteeMember)

Audit & Supervisory Board Member

Koji Nishikawa

Outside Director (Audit & Supervisory CommitteeMember)―

Note: Mr. Koji Nishikawa currently holds the following positions: Certified Public Accountant; and Representative partner of Seimei
Audit Corporation.

3. Directors scheduled to retire (scheduled to retire at the conclusion of the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders)
NameTadayoshi Torii

Present Title
Director, Managing Corporate Officer,
General Manager of Production Headquarters

Hisayoshi Niwa

Director, Corporate Officer,
General Manager of Quality Headquarters

Akiyoshi Morita

Outside Director

Note: After retiring, Messrs. Tadayoshi Torii and Hisayoshi Niwa will serve as Advisors for Makita.

4. Audit & Supervisory Board Members scheduled to retire (scheduled to retire at the conclusion of the Ordinary General
Meeting of Shareholders)
Name

Present Title

Mitsuhiko Wakayama

Standing Audit & Supervisory Board Member

Akira Kodama

Standing Audit & Supervisory Board Member

Fusahiro Yamamoto

Audit & Supervisory Board Member

Shoji Inoue

Audit & Supervisory Board MemberNote: All Audit & Supervisory Board Members will retire from their position at the time of the transition to a company with an Audit &Supervisory Committee. Messrs. Mitsuhiko Wakayama, Akira Kodama, and Shoji Inoue are candidates for Directors who are Audit &Supervisory Committee Members.

5. Changes in Corporate Officers (scheduled to take effect on June 25, 2021)
Newly appointed corporate officers
Name
Yoshihisa Inuduka
Hideyuki Kawase
Franz Claes

New Title
Corporate Officer,
Assistant General Manager of Research andDevelopment Headquarters
Corporate Officer,Assistant General Manager of Production
Headquarters (in charge of China Plant)
Corporate Officer,
Sales and Marketing Director of Makita WerkzeugGmbH (Germany)

English Translation of press release originally issued in JapanesePresent Title
General Manager of Research and Development
Planning Department
President of Makita (China) Co., Ltd.
Sales and Marketing Director of Makita WerkzeugGmbH (Germany)2

New management system (Date of assuming offices: June 25, 2021)
Official Title

Name

Position

Chairman, Representative Director

Masahiko Goto

President, Representative Director

Munetoshi Goto

Director, Corporate Officer

Shinichiro Tomita

General Manager of Purchasing Headquarters

Director, Corporate OfficerTetsuhisa Kaneko

General Manager of Research and Development Headquarters

Director, Corporate Officer

Tomoyuki Ota

General Manager of Quality Headquarters

Director, Corporate Officer

Takashi Tsuchiya

General Manager of Domestic Sales Headquarters

Director, Corporate Officer

Masaki Yoshida

General Manager of Production Headquarters

Director, Corporate Officer

Takashi Omote

General Manager of International Sales Headquarters

Director, Corporate Officer

Yukihiro Otsu

General Manager of Administration Headquarters

Outside Director

Masahiro Sugino

Outside Director

Takahiro Iwase

Director (Standing Audit & Supervisory
Committee Member)
Outside Director (Standing Audit &Supervisory Committee Member)
Outside Director (Audit & SupervisoryCommittee Member)
Outside Director (Audit & Supervisory
Committee Member)

Advisor of LIXIL Corporation
Outside Director of MISAWA HOMES CO., LTD.
Outside Director of KITAKEI CO., LTD.
Chairperson of the Aichi Prefectural Public Safety Commission
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of DMG MORI
CO., LTD.

Mitsuhiko Wakayama
Akira Kodama
Shoji Inoue
Koji Nishikawa

Attorney at Law
Outside Director of Meitetsu Transport Co., Ltd.
Certified Public Accountant
Representative partner of Seimei Audit Corporation
Assistant General Manager of Domestic Sales Headquarters:
Tokyo Area

Corporate Officer

Tomoharu Yasuda

Corporate Officer

Shinichi SakamotoCorporate Officer

Atsunobu Iwakura

Corporate Officer

Hideki Shimazoe

Corporate Officer

Larry Peck

Corporate Officer

Rich Chapman

Executive Vice President of Makita U.S.A. Inc.

Corporate Officer

Barry Smart

Sales and Marketing Director of Makita (U.K.) Ltd.

Corporate Officer

Hiroshi Tsujimura

In charge of Europe Sales

Corporate Officer

Yoshihisa Inuduka

Corporate Officer

Hideyuki Kawase

Corporate Officer

Franz Claes

English Translation of press release originally issued in Japanese

In charge of Asia Sales
Assistant General Manager of Domestic Sales Headquarters:
Osaka Area
Assistant General Manager of Domestic Sales Headquarters:
Nagoya Area
President of Makita Corporation of America and in charge ofBrazil Plant

Assistant General Manager of Research and Development
Headquarters
Assistant General Manager of Production Headquarters (incharge of China Plant)
Corporate Officer,
Sales and Marketing Director of Makita Werkzeug GmbH(Germany)3