March 24, 2021
To whom it may concern
Mitsui & Co., Ltd.

Reappointment of Directors and Audit & Supervisory Board Member

We hereby inform the following reappointment of External Directors and Audit & Supervisory Board Member,which were approved at our Board of Directors' meeting today.

Content list
Ⅰ. Directors;
1) External Directors*
Ⅱ. Audit & Supervisory Board Member;
1) External Audit & Supervisory Board Member *****Appointment of Director is subject to approval at the upcoming General Meeting of Shareholders to be held on June 18, 2021.
Appointment of Audit & Supervisory Board Member is subject to approval at the upcoming General Meeting of Shareholders to be held on June 18, 2021.

[Attachment](1) Structure of Board of Directors and Audit & Supervisory Board after the General Meeting of Shareholders to be held on June 18,2021(2) Number of Directors and Audit & Supervisory Board Members after the General Meeting of Shareholders to be held on June 18,2021(3) Reasons for Reappointment of Directors and Audit & Supervisory Board Member1

I. Directors- Related Personnel Informations
1) External Directors - 5 Directors**Subject to approval at the upcoming General Meeting of Shareholders to be held on June 18, 2021
NameNew

PresentIzumi Kobayashi

External Director

External Director

Jenifer Rogers

External Director

External Director

Samuel Walsh

External Director

External Director

Takeshi Uchiyamada

External Director

External Director

Masako Egawa

External Director

External Director

II. Audit & Supervisory Board Member- Related Personnel Informations

1) External Audit & Supervisory Board Member- 1 Member****Subject to approval at the upcoming General Meeting of Shareholders to be held on June 18, 2021
NameKimitaka Mori

NewPresent

External Audit & Supervisory Board Member

External Audit & Supervisory Board MemberEnd2

Attachment (1)Structure of Board of Directors and Audit & Supervisory Board
after the General Meeting of Shareholders to be held on June 18, 2021;
Representative Director,
Chairman of the Board of Directors

Tatsuo Yasunaga

Representative Director, President and CEO

Kenichi Hori

Representative Director

Takakazu Uchida

Representative Director

Hirotatsu Fujiwara

Representative Director

Shinichiro Omachi

Representative Director

Yoshio Kometani

Representative Director

Miki Yoshikawa

Representative Director

Motoaki Uno

Representative Director

Yoshiaki Takemasu＊ Director＊ Director

Izumi Kobayashi＊ Director＊ Director

Samuel Walsh＊ Director

Masako Egawa

Jenifer Rogers
Takeshi Uchiyamada

Audit & Supervisory Board Member

Makoto Suzuki

Audit & Supervisory Board Member

Kimiro Shiotani＊ Audit & Supervisory Board Member＊ Audit & Supervisory Board Member

Haruka Matsuyama＊ Audit & Supervisory Board Member

Kimitaka Mori

Hiroshi Ozu＊External Directors/Audit & Supervisory Board Members

3Attachment (2)Number of Directors and Audit & Supervisory Board Members
after the General Meeting of Shareholders to be held on June 18, 2021;

I. Directors；
Representative Director, Chairman of the Board of Directors

1 personRepresentative Director, President and CEO
Representative Directors
External Directors
Total numbers of Directors

1 person
7 persons
5 persons
14 Persons

II. Audit & Supervisory Board Members；
Full-time Audit & Supervisory Board Members

2 personsExternal Audit & Supervisory Board Members

3 personsTotal numbers of Audit & Supervisory Board Members

5 personsIII. Directors and Audit & Supervisory Board Members；
Total numbers of Directors and Audit & Supervisory Board Members

419 persons(including 8
ExternalMembers)Attachment (3)Reasons for Reappointment of Directors and Audit & Supervisory Board Member
NameReasons for Reappointment of Directors and Audit & Supervisory Board Member

Tatsuo Yasunaga

Mr. Yasunaga served as General Manager of Corporate Planning & Strategy Division and COO of Integrated Transportation
Systems Business Unit, etc. and then spent about six (6) years from April 2015 to date as President of the Company. During thistime, he showed outstanding managerial skills and made a significant contribution to the Company’s growth. After his appointment
as Chairman of the Board of Directors in April 2021, he will focus his efforts on external activities and on supervision ofmanagement, and contribute to the operation of a highly effective Board of Directors. We have selected Mr. Yasunaga as acandidate for another term as Director so that he may utilize his wide-ranging management experience and deep knowledge ofcorporate governance to strengthen the Company’s governance.
Mr. Yasunaga’s role as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company chiefly involves carrying out supervision ofmanagement. He will not concurrently serve as an executive officer and will not be involved in the execution of day-to-day business
operations.

Kenichi Hori

Mr. Hori has superior expertise and an excellent track record in the Chemicals area and Innovation & Corporate Development area
and also possesses a character suitable for the executive management of the Company. Mr. Hori was appointed Director in June2018 to exercise his excellent managerial skills accumulated through his experience in roles including secondment to Novus
International Inc., General Manager of Investor Relations Division, General Manager of Corporate Planning & Strategy Division,and COO of Nutrition & Agriculture Business Unit and appointed to be CEO as from April 2021.
Mr. Hori is expected to adequately fulfill his roles in both decision-making and supervision of business execution as CEO andDirector. We expect that Mr. Hori will demonstrate clear leadership for continuing our drive to increase corporate value by pursuing"Transform and Grow" amid the dramatic changes in the business environment, and therefore selected him as a candidate foranother term as Director.

Takakazu Uchida

Mr. Uchida has superior specialist knowledge and an excellent track record in accounting and finance-related operations and also
possesses a character suitable for being a part of the Company’s management. Mr. Uchida was appointed Director in June 2018 toexercise his accumulated excellent managerial skills through his experience in roles including General Manager of Market Risk
Management Division, General Manager of Finance Division. Currently, Mr. Uchida is supervising finance related Corporate Staff
Unit as CFO, and showing outstanding managerial skills based on his advanced expertise in the Company’s businesses. We haveselected Mr. Uchida as a candidate for another term as Director so that he may utilize this experience and expertise in decisionmaking and supervision of business execution by the Board of Directors.

Hirotatsu Fujiwara

Mr. Fujiwara has superior expertise and an excellent track record in the Energy area and also possesses a character suitable forbeing a part of the Company’s management. Mr. Fujiwara was appointed Director in June 2019 to exercise his accumulated
excellent managerial skills through his experience in roles including General Manager of Planning and Administrative Division(Energy) and COO of Energy Business Unit II. Currently, Mr. Fujiwara is supervising human resources & general affairs, legal,and logistics, etc. related Corporate Staff Unit as CHRO and CCO, and showing outstanding managerial skills based on his
advanced expertise in the Company’s businesses. We have selected Mr. Fujiwara as a candidate for another term as Director so that
he may utilize this experience and expertise in decision-making and supervision of business execution by the Board of Directors.

Shinichiro Omachi

Mr. Omachi has superior expertise and an excellent track record in the Mineral & Metal Resources area and also possesses acharacter suitable for being a part of the Company’s management. Mr. Omachi was appointed Director in June 2020 to exercise hisaccumulated excellent managerial skills through his experience in roles including General Manager of the Investment
Administrative Division, COO of Mineral & Metal Resources Business Unit, and the president of Mitsui & Co., India Pvt. Ltd.
Currently, Mr. Omachi is supervising the Corporate Planning & Strategy Div., the Investment Administrative Div., and othercorporate staff units as CSO, and showing outstanding managerial skills based on his advanced expertise in the Company’sbusinesses. We have selected Mr. Omachi as a candidate for another term as Director so that he may utilize this experience andexpertise in decision-making and supervision of business execution by the Board of Directors.

Yoshio Kometani

Mr. Kometani has superior expertise and an excellent track record in the Machinery & Infrastructure area and also possesses acharacter suitable for being a part of the Company’s management. Mr. Kometani was appointed Director in June 2019 to exercise
his accumulated excellent managerial skills through his experience in roles including General Manager of Planning &Administrative Division (Infrastructure Projects Business Unit), Deputy COO of Asia Pacific Business Unit and COO ofInfrastructure Projects Business Unit. Currently, Mr. Kometani is supervising Infrastructure Projects Business Unit, MobilityBusiness Unit I and II, Energy Solution Business Unit, and ICT Business Unit and Integrated Digital Strategy Div. as CDIO,
showing outstanding managerial skills based on his advanced expertise in the Company’s businesses. We have selected Mr.
Kometani as a candidate for another term as Director so that he may utilize this experience and expertise in decision-making andsupervision of business execution by the Board of Directors.

Miki Yoshikawa

Mr. Yoshikawa has superior expertise and an excellent track record in Food & Retail business area and also possesses a charactersuitable for being a part of the Company’s management. Mr. Yoshikawa was appointed Director in June 2020 to exercise hisaccumulated excellent managerial skills through his experience in roles including the president of an affiliated company in Japan,
the COO of the Food Business Unit, as well as in the development of retail systems, and exiting from unsuccessful businesses.
Currently, Mr. Yoshikawa is supervising Food Business Unit, Retail Business Unit, and Healthcare & Service Business Unit, andshowing outstanding managerial skills based on his advanced expertise in the Company’s businesses. We have selected Mr.
Yoshikawa as a candidate for another term as Director so that he may utilize this experience and expertise in decision-making andsupervision of business execution by the Board of Directors.

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Reasons for Reappointment of Directors and Audit & Supervisory Board MemberIzumi Kobayashi

Ms. Kobayashi has deep insight in organizational management and risk management for generating innovation, which she has
accumulated through her experience working as the representative of private sector financial institutions and a multilateraldevelopment bank. She speaks out actively from diverse perspectives at the Board of Directors meetings, making a significant
contribution to deepening the discussion. In the year ending March 31, 2021, she served as a member of the Remuneration
Committee, and contributed to the discussions related to the design of a remuneration system for Officers and evaluation ofOfficers. In addition, as chair of the Nomination Committee, she exercised strong leadership in enhancing the transparency andefficiency of the procedures for the CEO succession plan. In view of these points we have selected Ms. Kobayashi as a candidate foranother term as External Director so that she may continue to advise and supervise the Company’s management.

Jenifer Rogers

Ms. Rogers has a global perspective and deep insight in risk management cultivated through her experience working forinternational financial institutions and her experience in legal work as an in-house counsel. She makes many useful comments
concerning risk control at the Board of Directors meetings, making a significant contribution to enhancing the supervision functionof the Board of Directors. In the year ending March 31, 2021, she served as a member of the Governance Committee, activelyprovided her opinions with the aim of creating a highly transparent governance system. In view of these points we have selectedMs. Rogers as a candidate for another term as External Director so that she may continue to advise and supervise the Company’smanagement.

Samuel WalshMr. Walsh has global expertise and excellent management skills cultivated through his long years working in upper management
within the automobile industry and as chief executive officer of an international natural resources company. At the Board ofDirectors meetings, he makes many proposals and suggestions from a broad-minded standpoint based on his abundant business
management experience, and makes significant contributions to active discussions at the meetings of the Board of Directors, and to
improving the effectiveness of said meetings. In the year ending March 31, 2021, he served as a member of the GovernanceCommittee, actively provided his opinions with the aim of creating a highly transparent governance system. He has diverse
perspectives based on global corporate management experience and expertise and knowledge related to capital policy and business
investment. We have selected Mr. Walsh as a candidate for another term as External Director so that he may continue to advise andsupervise the Company’s management.

Mr. Uchiyamada has long been involved in research and development on environmental and safety technologies at Toyota Motor
Corporation that could realize a mobility society called for by today’s society, as well as in the development of products demandedby consumers, and has been exercising his excellent managerial skills as an executive officer of Toyota Motor Corporation. At theBoard of Directors meetings, he makes many proposals and suggestions from a broad-minded standpoint based on his management
experience at a global company and his in-depth knowledge of society in general, and makes significant contributions to active
Takeshi Uchiyamada
discussions at the meetings of the Board of Directors, and to improving the effectiveness of said meetings. In the year ending March
31, 2021, he served as a member of the Nomination Committee, and contributed to the discussions with the aim of enhancing thetransparency and efficiency of the procedures for the CEO succession plan. In view of these points we have selected Mr.
Uchiyamada as a candidate for another term as External Director so that he may continue to advise and supervise the Company’smanagement.

Masako Egawa

Ms. Egawa has been selected as a candidate for the Board of Directors to capitalize on her excellent judgment encompassing
financing and corporate management acquired through experience at international financial organizations and by her research incorporate governance. She demonstrated her organizational management capabilities as the Executive Vice President of The
University of Tokyo and a member of the Japan Advisory Board of Harvard Business School. Her broad range of publiccontributions includes the activities at the Japan-United States Conference on Cultural and Educational Interchange and councils ofthe Ministry of Finance. In the year ending March 31, 2021, she served as a member of the Governance Committee, activelyprovided her opinions with the aim of creating a highly transparent governance system. In addition, as a member of theRemuneration Committee, she contributed to the discussions related to the design of a remuneration system for Officers andevaluation of Officers. In view of these points we have selected Ms. Egawa as a candidate for another term as External Director sothat she may continue to advise and supervise the Company’s management. Although Ms. Egawa has not been directly involved incorporate management, the company holds high expectations with respect to her providing advice and supervision over thecompany's activities.

Kimitaka Mori

Mr. Mori has advanced expertise in corporate accounting, accounting audit activities and risk management through his many yearsof experience as a certified public accountant. Since being first appointed as Audit & Supervisory Board Member in June 2017, hehas contributed to the supervisory function of the Audit & Supervisory Board and the Board of Directors by providing valuableadvice and opinion from a neutral and objective perspective based on his advanced expertise. In addition, Mr. Mori has been
serving as a member of the Remuneration Committee since his acceptance of the appointment as Audit & Supervisory Board
Member, and as a committee chair after June 2020, he exercised strong leadership in deepening discussions for enhancing thetransparency of a remuneration system for Officers and the effective operation of a performance review system for Officers.
Although Mr. Mori has no direct experience participating in corporate management, in light of the above points, we have selected
him as a candidate for another term as External Audit & Supervisory Board Member so that he may continue to audit and supervise
the Company’s management.

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