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Announcement of Change to NYK Directors, Audit & Supervisory Board Members and Executive Officers

At a meeting held today, the NYK board of directors agreed on the below changes to its executive officers from April 2021, in addition to candidates to be nominated for director at the 134rd Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders scheduled for June 2021.

1. List of changes effective April 1, 2021 (including a resignation on March 31, 2021)

(1) Promotion
Name New Position Current Position
Takaya Soga Senior Managing Executive Officer Managing Executive Officer
Nobuhiro Kashima Managing Executive Officer Executive Officer
Toru Kamiyama Managing Executive Officer
President and Representative Director of YUSEN LOGISTICS CO, LTD.
Executive Officer
President and Representative Director of YUSEN LOGISTICS CO, LTD.
Hiroshi Kubota Managing Executive Officer,
Chief Financial Officer
Executive Officer


(2) Change
Name New Position Current Position
Eiichi Takahashi Director Representative Director,
Senior Managing Executive Officer,
Chief Financial Officer
Hiroki Harada Representative Director,
Senior Managing Executive Officer
Director,
Senior Managing Executive Officer
Note: Effective March 31, 2021
Eiichi Takahashi; Resignation of Representative Director position tendered on his own accord; resignation of Senior Managing Executive Officer position at end of term.


(3) Resignation
Name Current Position
Koichi Uragami Managing Executive Officer
Shohei Yamamoto Managing Executive Officer
Taizo Yoshida Executive Officer
Kotaro Seki Executive Officer
Muneaki Saitoh Executive Officer
Note:
Koichi Uragami; Resignation at end of term. Senior Executive Managing Director position of Nippon Cargo Airlines Co., Ltd. after resignation of Managing Executive Officer position.
Shohei Yamamoto; Resignation at end of term. Advisor position after resignation of Executive Officer position.
Taizo Yoshida; Resignation at end of term. Managing Director position of MTI Ltd. after resignation of Executive Officer position.
Kotaro Seki; Resignation at end of term. President of Kinkai Yusen Kaisha Ltd. after resignation of Executive Officer position.
Muneaki Saitoh; Resignation at end of term.


(4) New Appointment
Name New Position Current Position
Takeshi Kato Executive Officer 
Managing Director of NYK GROUP SOUTH ASIA PTE LTD
Managing Director of NYK GROUP SOUTH ASIA PTE LTD
Kenichiro Sutoh Executive Officer General Manager of Legal & Fair Trade Promotion Group
Yasunobu Suzuki Executive Officer General Manager of Logistics & Container Trade Coordination Group
Yuji Nishijima Executive Officer General Manager of Tanker Group
Takuji Banno Executive Officer General Manager of Corporate Planning Group
Yutaka Ikeda Executive Officer General Manager of Auto Logistics Group
Toshi Nakamura Executive Officer General Manager of Green Business Group
Keita Sataka Executive Officer,
Senior Executive Managing Director of Nippon Cargo Airlines Co., Ltd.
Senior Executive Managing Director of Nippon Cargo Airlines Co., Ltd.

2. List of changes after the 134rd Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders, scheduled for June 2021

(1) New Appointment of Director
Name New Position Current Position
Hiroshi Kubota Director,
Managing Executive Officer
Executive Officer
Note: Managing Executive Officer from April 1, 2021.


(2) Resignation of Director
Name Current Position
Eiichi Takahashi Representative Director,
Senior Managing Executive Officer
Note: Effective March 31, 2021
Eiichi Takahashi; Resignation of Representative Director position tendered on his own accord; resignation of Senior Managing Executive Officer position at end of term. Resignation of Director at end of term.


(3) New Appointment of Audit & Supervisory Board Members
Name New Position Current Position
Eiichi Takahashi Audit & Supervisory Board Member(Full-time) Representative Director,
Senior Managing Executive Officer
Note: Audit & Supervisory Board Member after resignation of Director.


(4) Resignation of Audit & Supervisory Board Members
Name Current Position
Hiroshi Hiramatsu Audit & Supervisory Board Member (Full-time)
Note: Resignation at end of term.



Updated positions, duties, and responsibilities of NYK directors, audit & supervisory board members, and executive officers are provided in the attached file.

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