PRESS RELEASE
May 30, 2019

Kansai Airports Board of Directors change
Kansai Airports pleased to announce the change of the following Directors due to the expirationof the assignment terms.
The change will be effective after the ordinary shareholders’ meeting scheduled to be held on
June 30, 2019.
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Directors to leave (effective June 30, 2019)
Emmanuel Menanteau, Representative Director and Co-CEO
Masaaki Yamamoto, Outside Director and Member of the Audit, Etc. Committee
Jiro Kagawa, Outside Director and Member of the Audit, Etc. Committee◼

New Representative Director & Co-CEO (effective on June 30, 2019)
Benoit Rulleau◼

New Outside Directors and Members of the Audit, Etc. Committee (effective on June 30,2019)
Masayoshi SatoToyokazu Misono◼

Career summary of new directors

Benoit Rulleau (Born on June 15, 1977)
Sept. 2003
Sept. 2008
Jan. 2015
Jan. 2016 to present

Head of Air Traffic Control Performance Studies, French Civil
Aviation Authority
Economic Counselor in Charge of Transport,
Construction, Energy and Environment, Embassy of France in Japan
Business Development with European Companies, Mitsubishi HeavyIndustries, Ltd.
Corporate Executive Vice President, Chief Technical Officer (CTO),
Kansai Airports

Masayoshi Sato (Born on August 22, 1951)
Oct. 1979

Registered as a Certified Public Accountant

July 2007

Outside Auditor, N.E. Chemcat Corporation

July 2009 to present

Corporate Adviser, Tokyo Kyodo Accounting OfficeOpened Sato Certified Public Accountant OfficeOutside Auditor, SMBC Nikko Securities Inc.

July 2012 to present

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Toyokazu Misono (Born on November 1, 1956)
June 2011

June 2015

Executive Officer; Deputy General Manager of Customer Relations
and Services Division; Supervisor of Sales and Marketing Division,
Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc. (KEPCO)Managing Executive Officer, KEPCO

June 2018 to present

Director and Executive Vice President, KEPCO

Note: Masayoshi Sato is to step down from the post of Outside Auditor at SMBC Nikko
Securities Inc. effective on June 17, 2019.
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Board of Directors members from June 30, 2019 *Members with asterisks are outside directors

Representative Director andCEO
Representative Director andCo-CEOYoshiyuki Yamaya

NABenoit Rulleau

NADirector*

Makoto Inoue

Director*
Director*

Xavier Huillard
Yoshihiko Miyauchi

Director*

Nicolas Notebaert

Director and Member of theAudit, Etc. Committee*

Masayoshi SatoDirector and Member of theAudit, Etc. Committee*
Director and Member of theAudit, Etc. Committee*

Katsumi Nakamura
Toyokazu MisonoDirector, Representative Executive Officer,President and CEO, ORIX Corporation
Chairman and CEO, VINCI
Senior Chairman, ORIX Corporation
CEO, VINCI Concessions
Chairman, VINCI Airports
Corporate Adviser, Tokyo Kyodo Accounting
OfficeSato Certified Public Accountant OfficeDirector, KITO Corporation
Senior Advisor, Blackstone Group
Director and Executive Vice President, KEPCO

Kansai Airports takes this opportunity the thank Emmanuel Menanteau, Masaaki Yamamoto, and Jiro
Kagawa, for their contribution to growth and successes over the past 3 years.

Contact Information
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TEL: +81-72-455-2201

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Kansai Airports was established by a consortium made up of VINCI Airports and ORIX Corporation as its core
members. Kansai Airports took over the operations of Kansai International Airport (“KIX”) and Osaka
International Airport (“ITAMI”) from New Kansai International Airport Company (“NKIAC”) and has been
operating the two airports since April 1, 2016.
Kansai Airports Kobe, Kansai Airports’ wholly-owned subsidiary, took over the operations of Kobe Airport(“KOBE”) from Kobe City and started its business as an operating company on April 1, 2018.
Under the concept of “One Kansai Airports Group”, Kansai Airports group strives to continuously improve its
services for all airport guests through appropriate investments and efficient operations, with safety and security
being the top priority. Kansai Airports group aims to maximize the potential of the three airports, for the benefitof the communities they serve.
For more information, please visit：http://www.kansai-airports.co.jp/en/

Kansai Airports
Location

1-banchi, Senshu-kuko kita, Izumisanoshi, Osaka

Shareholders

ORIX 40%,VINCI Airports 40%,
Other investors 20%1

Company
Representatives

Representative Director and CEO:Yoshiyuki Yamaya
Representative Director and Co-CEO: Emmanuel Menanteau

Business Scope

Operation and management services, etc. of Kansai International Airport and Osaka
International Airport

Kansai Airports Kobe
Location

1-ban, Kobe-kuko, Chuo-ku, Kobe-shi,
Hyogo

Shareholder

Kansai Airports 100％Company
Representatives

Representative Director and CEO: Yoshiyuki Yamaya
Representative Director and Co-CEO: Emmanuel Menanteau

Business Scope

Operation and management services, etc. of Kobe Airport

ORIX Corporation (TSE: 8591; NYSE: IX) is a financial services group which provides innovative products andservices to its customers by constantly pursuing new businesses. Established in 1964, from its start in theleasing business, ORIX has advanced into neighboring fields and at present has expanded into lending,investment, life insurance, banking, asset management, automobile related, real estate and environment andenergy related businesses. Since entering Hong Kong in 1971, ORIX has spread its businesses globally byestablishing locations in 37 countries and regions across the world. Going forward, ORIX intends to utilize its
strengths and expertise, which generate new value, to establish an independent ORIX business model that
continues to evolve perpetually. In this way, ORIX will engage in business activities that instill vitality in its
companies and workforce, and thereby contribute to society. For more details, please visit our website:
https://www.orix.co.jp/grp/en/

VINCI Airports, as the leading private airport operator in the world, manages the development and operation of
46 airports located in France, Portugal, the United Kingdom, Sweden, Serbia, Cambodia, Japan, the UnitedStates, Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, Chile and Brazil. Served by around 250 airlines, VINCI Airports' network
handled 240 million passengers in 2018.
Through its expertise as a comprehensive integrator, VINCI Airports develops, finances, builds and operates
airports, leveraging its investment capability, international network and know-how to optimize the management
and performance of existing airport infrastructure, facility extensions and new-build construction projects. In
2018, its annual revenue for managed activities amounted to €3.6 billion, for consolidated revenue of €1.6billion.
More comprehensive information is available on www.vinci-airports.com
1ASICS Corporation; Iwatani Corporation; Osaka Gas Co., Ltd.; Obayashi Corporation; OMRON Corporation; The Kansai Electric Power Company, Incorporated; KintetsuGroup Holding Co., Ltd.; Keihan Holdings Co., Ltd.; Suntory Holdings Limited; JTB Corp.; Sekisui House, Ltd.; Daikin Industries, Ltd.; Daiwa House Industry Co., Ltd.;
Takenaka Corporation; Nankai Electric Railway Co., Ltd.; NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE WEST CORPORATION; Panasonic Corporation; Hankyu Hanshin Holdings,Inc.; Rengo Co., Ltd.; The Senshu Ikeda Bank, Ltd.; Kiyo Holdings, Inc.; The Bank of Kyoto, Ltd.; THE SHIGA BANK，LTD.; The Nanto Bank, Ltd.; Nippon Life Insurance
Company; Mizuho Bank, Ltd.; Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Limited; MUFG Bank, Ltd.; Resona Bank, Limited; and the Private Finance Initiative Promotion Corporation ofJapan.