February 15, 2024
Sanyo Special Steel Co., Ltd.

Translation for reference
Notice of Changes in Board Members and Officers
1. Changes in Board Members and Officers as of April 1, 2024
Name
OI Shigehiro

New position
Director, Member of the Board andManaging Executive Officer

Current position
Director, Member of the Board andManaging Executive Officer

Supervises the Safety & Disaster Prevention
Department, Production Planning & Administration
Department, Industrial Engineering Office,Equipment Department, Steelmaking Department,
Bar & Wire Manufacturing Department, and Tube
Manufacturing Department.
In charge of the Environmental Management &Carbon Neutrality Promotion Department, and Slag
Products Manufacturing & Sales Office.
Serves as Deputy Leader of DX Project Team.

Supervises the Environmental Management
Department, and Slag Products Manufacturing &Sales Office.
In charge of the Safety & Disaster Prevention
Department, Production Planning & Administration
Department, Industrial Engineering Office,Equipment Department, Steelmaking Department,
Bar & Wire Manufacturing Department, and Tube
Manufacturing Department.
Serves as Deputy Leader of DX Project Team.

Director, Member of the Board andManaging Executive Officer

Director, Member of the Board andManaging Executive Officer

Supervises the Human Resources Planning
Department.
In charge of the Computer Systems Planning Office,
Personnel & Labor Relations Department, General
Administration Department, and Internal Control &Audit Department.
Serves as Deputy Leader of DX Project Team.

Supervises the Sales Planning & Administration
Department, Overseas Marketing Department andFormed & Fabricated Products Division.
In charge of the Sales Department for Bearings, Sales
Department for Automobiles & Industrial Machinery,Special Products Sales Department, Osaka Branch,
Nagoya branch, Hiroshima Branch and Kyushu Sales
Office.
Serves as General Manager, Head of Tokyo Regional
Office.

YANAGIMOTO
Katsu

Director, Member of the Board andManaging Executive Officer

Director, Member of the Board andManaging Executive Officer

Supervises the Quality Assurance Department.
In charge of the Metal Powder Manufacturing &Sales Division, Research & Development Center, andTechnical Planning & Administration Department.

In charge of the Metal Powder Manufacturing &Sales Division, Research & Development Center,
Technical Planning & Administration Department,
and Quality Assurance Department.

TAKAHASHI
Kozo

Director, Member of the Board

Director, Member of the Board andManaging Executive Officer

YATSUNAMI
TakashiManaging Executive Officer

Managing Executive Officer

In charge of the Corporate Planning Department,
Accounting & Finance Department, and Procurement
Department.

In charge of the Accounting & Finance Department.
Serves as General Manager, Head of Corporate
Planning Department.

HORI Yoshiro

Executive Officer

Executive Officer

Supervises the Formed & Fabricated Products
Division.
In charge of the Sales Planning & Administration
Department, Sales Department for Bearings, Sales
Department for Automobiles & Industrial Machinery,Special Products Sales Department, Overseas
Marketing Department, Osaka Branch, Nagoya
branch, Hiroshima Branch and Kyushu Sales Office.
Serves as General Manager, Head of Tokyo Regional
Office.

In charge of the Sales Planning & Administration
Department.
Serves as General Manager, Head of Osaka Branch,
Hiroshima Branch, and Kyushu Sales Office.

Executive Officer

Executive Officer

Serves as Deputy General Manager of Tokyo
Regional Office.
Representative Director and President of Yohkoh
Bussan Co., Ltd.

Representative Director and President of Yohkoh
Bussan Co., Ltd.

OMAE Kozo

AOTA Hidetoshi

Advisor to the President

Supervises the Accounting & Finance Department.
In charge of the Corporate Planning Department,
Computer Systems Planning Office, Personnel &Labor Relations Department, General Administration
Department, Internal Control & Audit Department,
and Procurement Department.
Serves as Deputy Leader of DX Project Team.

Name
OGURA Tomohiko

New position
Executive Officer

Current position
Executive Officer

In charge of the Formed & Fabricated Products
Division.
Serves as General Manager, Head of Osaka Branch,
Hiroshima Branch, and Kyushu Sales Office.

In charge of the Overseas Marketing Department andFormed & Fabricated Products Division.
Serves as Deputy General Manager of Tokyo
Regional Office.

SHIMIZU
Katsuhisa

Executive Officer

Executive Officer

In charge of the Safety & Disaster Prevention
Department, Production Planning & Administration
Department, Industrial Engineering Office,Equipment Department, Steelmaking Department,
Bar & Wire Manufacturing Department, and Tube
Manufacturing Department.
Serves as Plant Manager, Safety and Health Manager,
and Disaster Prevention Manager.

In charge of the Environmental Management
Department, and Slag Products Manufacturing &Sales Office.
Serves as Plant Manager, General Manager, Head of
Safety & Disaster Prevention Department, Safety and
Health Manager, and Disaster Prevention Manager.

OUCHI Hiroaki

Executive Officer

Executive Officer

In charge of the Quality Assurance Department.
Serves as General Manager, Head of Technical
Planning & Administration Department and Process
Innovation Working Group Leader of DX Project
Team

Serves as General Manager, Head of Technical
Planning & Administration Department and Process
Innovation Working Group Leader of DX ProjectTeam

TACHIBANA
Yoshitaka

Executive Officer

Executive Officer

In charge of the Human Resources Planning
Department.
Serves as General Manager, Head of Personnel &Labor Relations Department.

Serves as General Manager, Head of Personnel &Labor Relations Department.

*1

KOMATSU
TakashiExecutive Officer

Executive Councilor

Serves as General Manager, Head of Formed &Fabricated Products Division.

PRESIDENT & DIRECTOR GENERAL of SanyoSpecial Steel Manufacturing de México, S.A. de C.V.

*2

SUZUKI
Hirokazu

Executive Councilor

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR of Sanyo Special Steel
Manufacturing India Pvt. Ltd.

*2

MATSUSHITA
Munehiro

Executive Councilor*2

Executive Councilor

ADACHI Eriko

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR of Sanyo Special Steel
Manufacturing India Pvt. Ltd.
Serves as General Manager, Head of Environmental
Management & Carbon Neutrality Promotion
Department

General Manager, Head of Environmental
Management Department

General Manager, Head of Legal Group

Serves as General Manager, Head of Human
Resources Planning Department.
*2

MISHIMA
KazuyaExecutive Councilor*2

Executive Councilor

MISAKI Hiroya

CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER of Sanyo Special
Steel Manufacturing India Pvt. Ltd.
Serves as General Manager, Head of Sales Planning& Administration Department

CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER of Sanyo Special
Steel Manufacturing India Pvt. Ltd.
General Manager, Head of Sales Planning &Administration Department*1: new Executive Officer*2: new Executive Councilor

END

Please note that the official text of this document has been prepared in Japanese. To the extent there is any discrepancy between the English
translation and original Japanese version, please refer to the Japanese version.

(Reference 1)
Management Structure as of April 1, 2024
TitlesRepresentative Director andPresident
Director, Member of the Board
and Managing Executive Officer

Name*MIYAMOTO
Katsuhiro
OI Shigehiro

OMAE Kozo

YANAGIMOTO Katsu

Director, Member of the Board
Independent External Director,
Member of the Board
Director, Member of the Board
Director, Member of the Board
and Senior Audit & Supervisory
Committee Member
Independent External Director,
Member of the Board and Audit& Supervisory Committee
Member

TAKAHASHI Kozo
*USUKI Masaharu*FUJIWARA KayoSONODA Hiroto
NAGANO Kazuhiko

Division of business responsibilities and delegation of office
Presides overall management.
Serves as Leader of DX Project Team.
Supervises the Safety & Disaster Prevention Department,
Production Planning & Administration Department, Industrial
Engineering Office, Equipment Department, Steelmaking
Department, Bar & Wire Manufacturing Department, and Tube
Manufacturing Department.
In charge of the Environmental Management & Carbon
Neutrality Promotion Department, and Slag Products
Manufacturing & Sales Office.
Serves as Deputy Leader of DX Project Team.
Supervises the Human Resources Planning Department.
In charge of the Computer Systems Planning Office, Personnel &Labor Relations Department, General Administration
Department, and Internal Control & Audit Department.
Serves as Deputy Leader of DX Project Team.
Supervises the Quality Assurance Department.
In charge of the Metal Powder Manufacturing & Sales Division,
Research & Development Center, and Technical Planning &Administration Department.
Advisor to the President*YOGI Hiroshi*TOIDE Iwao

Note: Asterisk (*) indicate Member of the Nomination & Compensation Advisory Committee

TitlesManaging Executive Officer

Name
HIRAOKA Kazuhiko
YATSUNAMI Takashi

Executive Officer

MORISHITA Norihiko
HORI Yoshiro

AOTA Hidetoshi

OGURA Tomohiko

SHIMIZU Katsuhisa

OUCHI Hiroaki

TACHIBANA
Yoshitaka
SUDA Atsuko
KOMATSU Takashi

Executive Councilor

YAMAMOTO
Masatoshi
SUGANO Shinichi

NAKAHORI Hideki
NISHIMURA Nobuki
HASEGAWA Tetsuya
SUZUKI Hirokazu
MATSUSHITA
Munehiro
ADACHI Eriko
MISHIMA Kazuya
MISAKI Hiroya

Division of business responsibilities and delegation of officeServes as General Manager, Head of Research & Development
Center.
In charge of the Corporate Planning Department, Accounting &Finance Department, and Procurement Department.
Serves as General Manager, Head of Production Planning &Administration Department and Organizer of DX Project Team.
Supervises the Formed & Fabricated Products Division.
In charge of the Sales Planning & Administration Department,
Sales Department for Bearings, Sales Department for
Automobiles & Industrial Machinery, Special Products Sales
Department, Overseas Marketing Department, Osaka Branch,
Nagoya branch, Hiroshima Branch and Kyushu Sales Office.
Serves as General Manager, Head of Tokyo Regional Office.
Serves as Deputy General Manager of Tokyo Regional Office.
Representative Director and President of Yohkoh Bussan Co.,Ltd.
In charge of the Formed & Fabricated Products Division.
Serves as General Manager, Head of Osaka Branch, Hiroshima
Branch, and Kyushu Sales Office.
In charge of the Safety & Disaster Prevention Department,
Production Planning & Administration Department, Industrial
Engineering Office, Equipment Department, Steelmaking
Department, Bar & Wire Manufacturing Department, and Tube
Manufacturing Department.
Serves as Plant Manager, Safety and Health Manager, andDisaster Prevention Manager.
In charge of the Quality Assurance Department.
Serves as General Manager, Head of Technical Planning &Administration Department and Process Innovation Working
Group Leader of DX Project TeamIn charge of the Human Resources Planning Department.
Serves as General Manager, Head of Personnel & Labor
Relations Department.
Serves as General Manager, Head of Internal Control & Audit
Department.
Serves as General Manager, Head of Formed & FabricatedProducts Division.
Serves as General Manager, Head of Metal Powder
Manufacturing & Sales Division.
Serves as General Manager, Head of General Administration
Department, and Improve Efficiency Working Group Leader of
DX Project Team.
Serves as General Manager, Head of Sales Department for
Bearings.
Serves as General Manager, Head of Tube Manufacturing
Department.
Serves as General Manager, Head of Bar & Wire Manufacturing
Department.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR of Sanyo Special Steel
Manufacturing India Pvt. Ltd.
Serves as General Manager, Head of Environmental
Management & Carbon Neutrality Promotion Department
Serves as General Manager, Head of Human Resources Planning
Department.
CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER of Sanyo Special Steel
Manufacturing India Pvt. Ltd.
Serves as General Manager, Head of Sales Planning &Administration Department
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2. Changes in Officers as of late June, 2024
Note: It will be officially resolved at the meeting of the Board of Directors to take place immediately after the Annual Meeting of
Shareholders to be held in late June 2024. (The current position shows as of April 1, 2024.)

Name
YATSUNAMI
Takashi*3

New title(planned)
Director, Member of the Board and Managing
Executive Officer
In charge of the Corporate Planning Department,
Accounting & Finance Department, and Procurement
Department.

*3

HORI Yoshiro

Director, Member of the Board and Executive
OfficerSupervises the Formed & Fabricated Products Division.
In charge of the Sales Planning & Administration
Department, Sales Department for Bearings, Sales
Department for Automobiles & Industrial Machinery,Special Products Sales Department, Overseas
Marketing Department, Osaka Branch, Nagoya branch,
Hiroshima Branch and Kyushu Sales Office.
Serves as General Manager, Head of Tokyo Regional
Office.

*3

TOIDE Iwao

Independent External Director, Member of the
Board

*4

MIYAGUCHI Aki

Independent External Director, Member of theBoard and Audit & Supervisory Committee
MemberAdvisor*5

TAKAHASHI
Kozo*5
USUKI Masaharu*6

Current position
Managing Executive Officer
In charge of the Corporate Planning Department,
Accounting & Finance Department, and Procurement
Department.

Executive Officer
Supervises the Formed & Fabricated Products Division.
In charge of the Sales Planning & Administration
Department, Sales Department for Bearings, Sales
Department for Automobiles & Industrial Machinery,Special Products Sales Department, Overseas
Marketing Department, Osaka Branch, Nagoya branch,
Hiroshima Branch and Kyushu Sales Office.
Serves as General Manager, Head of Tokyo Regional
Office.

Independent External Director, Member of theBoard and Audit & Supervisory Committee
Member-Director, Member of the Board
Advisor to the President-

Independent External Director, Member of the
Board
Executive Officer

MORISHITA
NorihikoManaging Director of the Santoku Computer
Service Co., Ltd.

NISHIMURA
Nobuki

Executive Councilor

Executive Councilor

Serves as General Manager, Head of Production
Planning & Administration Department and Organizerof DX Project Team.

Serves as General Manager, Head of Tube
Manufacturing Department.

Serves as General Manager, Head of Production
Planning & Administration Department and Organizerof DX Project Team.

*3: YATSUNAMI Takashi, HORI Yoshiro, and TOIDE Iwao are candidates for new Director, Member of the Board.
Furthermore, the term of office of TOIDE Iwao, who is currently a Member of the Board and Audit & Supervisory Committee
Member, will expire at the conclusion of the Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held in late June 2024.
*4: MIYAGUCHI Aki is candidate for new Member of the Board and Audit & Supervisory Committee Member.
*5: TAKAHASHI Kozo and USUKI Masaharu will retire from their positions as Director, Member of the Board at the conclusion of theAnnual Meeting of Shareholders to be held in late June 2024.
*6: MORISHITA Norihiko will retire as Executive Officer at the conclusion of the board following the Annual Meeting of Shareholders tobe held in late June 2024.

END

Please note that the official text of this document has been prepared in Japanese. To the extent there is any discrepancy between the English
translation and original Japanese version, please refer to the Japanese version.

(Reference 2)
Brief Personal History of New Directors

Name(date of birth)
YATSUNAMI Takashi(Augst 12,1963)

Brief personal history
April 1986
April 2010
April 2014

April 2015
July 2015
September 2016
April 2019
June 2019
June 2022
HORI Yoshiro(Augst 1,1964)

April 1988
April 2005
April 2013

June 2016
April 2019
May 2023
June 2023
MIYAGUCHI Aki(January 19, 1967)

October 1989
March 1993
October 1998
October 2014

Joined Nippon Steel Corporation (NSC)
Head of NSC Guangzhou OfficeSenior Manager of Overseas Business Planning Department andOverseas General Affairs Office, General Administration
Department of NSC
Head of Overseas Business Planning Department of NSC
Head of Overseas Business Planning Department, Global Business
Promotion Headquarters of NSC
President of NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL U.S.A.,
INC. (currently NIPPON STEEL NORTH AMERICA, INC.)
Advisor of the Company
Executive Officer of the Company
Managing Executive Officer of the Company(current position)
Joined Nippon Steel Corporation (NSC)
Domestic Group Leader, Electromagnetic Steel Sheet Sales
Department, Sheet Sheets Division of NSC
Chicago Office Manager of NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMOMETAL U.S.A., INC. (currently NIPPON STEEL NORTHAMERICA, INC.)
Head of Production Operations Department of Steelworks,
Transportation & Industrial Equipment Division of NSC
CEO of Standard Steel, LLC
Advisor of the Company
Executive Officer of the Company(current position)
Joined Ota Showa Auditing firm (currently Ernst & Young
ShinNihon LLC)
Certified Public Accountant registration
Manager of Audit Division, Osaka office of Auditing firm
Senior Manager of Audit Division, Osaka office of Auditing firm
(current position)

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(Reference 3)
Expected Management Structure as of late June 2024
TitlesRepresentative Director andPresident
Director, Member of the Board
and Managing Executive Officer

Name*MIYAMOTO
Katsuhiro
OI Shigehiro

OMAE Kozo

YANAGIMOTO Katsu

YATSUNAMI Takashi
Director, Member of the Board
and Executive Officer

HORI Yoshiro

Independent External Director,
Member of the Board
Director, Member of the Board
Director, Member of the Board
and Senior Audit & Supervisory
Committee Member
Independent External Director,
Member of the Board and Audit& Supervisory Committee
Member* FUJIWARA Kayo
* TOIDE Iwao
SONODA Hiroto
NAGANO Kazuhiko

Division of business responsibilities and delegation of office
Presides overall management.
Serves as Leader of DX Project Team.
Supervises the Safety & Disaster Prevention Department,
Production Planning & Administration Department, Industrial
Engineering Office, Equipment Department, Steelmaking
Department, Bar & Wire Manufacturing Department, and Tube
Manufacturing Department.
In charge of the Environmental Management & Carbon
Neutrality Promotion Department, and Slag Products
Manufacturing & Sales Office.
Serves as Deputy Leader of DX Project Team.
Supervises the Human Resources Planning Department.
In charge of the Computer Systems Planning Office, Personnel &Labor Relations Department, General Administration
Department, and Internal Control & Audit Department.
Serves as Deputy Leader of DX Project Team.
Supervises the Quality Assurance Department.
In charge of the Metal Powder Manufacturing & Sales Division,
Research & Development Center, and Technical Planning &Administration Department.
In charge of the Corporate Planning Department, Accounting &Finance Department, and Procurement Department.
Supervises the Formed & Fabricated Products Division.
In charge of the Sales Planning & Administration Department,
Sales Department for Bearings, Sales Department for
Automobiles & Industrial Machinery, Special Products Sales
Department, Overseas Marketing Department, Osaka Branch,
Nagoya branch, Hiroshima Branch and Kyushu Sales Office.
Serves as General Manager, Head of Tokyo Regional Office.

*YOGI Hiroshi* MIYAGUCHI Aki

Note: Asterisk (*) indicate Member of the Nomination & Compensation Advisory Committee

TitlesManaging Executive Officer

Name
HIRAOKA Kazuhiko

Executive Officer

AOTA Hidetoshi

OGURA Tomohiko

SHIMIZU Katsuhisa

OUCHI Hiroaki

TACHIBANA
Yoshitaka
SUDA Atsuko
KOMATSU Takashi

Executive Councilor

YAMAMOTO
Masatoshi
SUGANO Shinichi

NAKAHORI Hideki
NISHIMURA Nobuki
HASEGAWA Tetsuya
SUZUKI Hirokazu
MATSUSHITA
Munehiro
ADACHI Eriko
MISHIMA Kazuya
MISAKI Hiroya

Division of business responsibilities and delegation of officeServes as General Manager, Head of Research & Development
Center.
Serves as Deputy General Manager of Tokyo Regional Office.
Representative Director and President of Yohkoh Bussan Co.,Ltd.
In charge of the Formed & Fabricated Products Division.
Serves as General Manager, Head of Osaka Branch, Hiroshima
Branch, and Kyushu Sales Office.
In charge of the Safety & Disaster Prevention Department,
Production Planning & Administration Department, Industrial
Engineering Office, Equipment Department, Steelmaking
Department, Bar & Wire Manufacturing Department, and Tube
Manufacturing Department.
Serves as Plant Manager, Safety and Health Manager, andDisaster Prevention Manager.
In charge of the Quality Assurance Department.
Serves as General Manager, Head of Technical Planning &Administration Department and Process Innovation Working
Group Leader of DX Project TeamIn charge of the Human Resources Planning Department.
Serves as General Manager, Head of Personnel & Labor
Relations Department.
Serves as General Manager, Head of Internal Control & Audit
Department.
Serves as General Manager, Head of Formed & FabricatedProducts Division.
Serves as General Manager, Head of Metal Powder
Manufacturing & Sales Division.
Serves as General Manager, Head of General Administration
Department, and Improve Efficiency Working Group Leader of
DX Project Team.
Serves as General Manager, Head of Sales Department for
Bearings.
Serves as General Manager, Head of Production Planning &Administration Department and Organizer of DX Project Team.
Serves as General Manager, Head of Bar & Wire Manufacturing
Department.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR of Sanyo Special Steel
Manufacturing India Pvt. Ltd.
Serves as General Manager, Head of Environmental
Management & Carbon Neutrality Promotion Department
Serves as General Manager, Head of Human Resources Planning
Department.
CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER of Sanyo Special Steel
Manufacturing India Pvt. Ltd.
Serves as General Manager, Head of Sales Planning &Administration Department

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