Changes in Oriental Land Company Executives

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1 March 24, 2009 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Publicity Oriental Land Co., Ltd. Changes in Oriental Land Company Executives URAYASU, CHIBA Oriental Land Co, Ltd. announced the following changes in the company s representative directors as well as incoming and departing executive directors and executive officers, in accordance with a resolution passed at the Board of Directors meeting held on March 24, (Note: Changes in incoming and departing executive directors will be finalized upon approval by the 49th Stockholders Meeting scheduled to be held at the end of June.) 1. Changes in Representative Directors (Effective April 1, 2009) Name New Position Current Position Kyoichiro Uenishi Kiichi Sunayama Yojiro Shiba Representative Director and President, President, COO Representative Director, Executive Vice President Representative Director, Executive Vice President Executive Director, Representative Director, Senior Executive Executive Director, Senior Executive Yoshiro Fukushima Executive Director Representative Director and President, COO Akio Nagaoka Executive Director Representative Director, Executive Vice President Note: Akio Nagaoka will continue as Representative Director and President of Retail Networks Co., Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Oriental Land Co., Ltd. Reasons for the changes: These executive changes are made to revitalize the Company s management, thereby further enhancing the strength of the OLC Group. Biography of the newly appointed Representative Directors: Please see Attachment 1. (Continued)

2 2. Incoming and Departing Executive Directors (Effective end of June 2009 upon approval at the Stockholders Meeting) Incoming Executive Directors Yasushi Tamaru (Current: Executive Yoritoshi Kikuchi (Current: Hirofumi Konobe (Current: Akiyoshi Yokota (Current: Departing Executive Directors Yoshiro Fukushima (Scheduled to continue in the position of Adviser.) Akio Nagaoka Makoto Takakuwa Makoto Owada Junichiro Tanaka (Current: Executive Director (External)/Senior Executive Advisor of Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd. 3. Incoming and Departing Executive s (Effective April 1, 2009) Incoming Executive s Wataru Takahashi (Current: Representative Director and President of IKSPIARI Co., Ltd. Masufumi Sumimoto (Current: Representative Director and President of Green and Arts Co., Ltd. Departing Executive s Yoshiro Fukushima Akio Nagaoka Takeshi Okamura Makoto Takakuwa Makoto Owada 4. Newly promoted Executive s (Effective April 1, 2009) Name New Position Current Position Kyoichiro Uenishi President Kiichi Sunayama Executive Vice President Senior Executive Yojiro Shiba Executive Vice President Senior Executive Norio Irie Senior Executive Executive Shigeru Suzuki Executive Yumiko Takano Executive (Continued)

3 5. Changes in the Responsibilities of the Executive s (Effective April 1, 2009) Representative Director, Yojiro Shiba Deputy General Manager of Theme Park Business Supervision, Director of Marketing Division, Executive Vice CS Enhancement, Casting, Cast Development President (Current: Executive Director, Senior Executive, Director of Marketing Division) Executive Director, Senior Executive Executive Director, Executive Executive Director, Executive Executive Norio Irie Shigeru Suzuki Yumiko Takano Yasushi Tamaru Human Resources, IT Promotion, Food Safery Control (Current: Executive Director, Executive, Director of Merchandise Division) General Affairs, Publicity, Internal Auditing (Current: Executive Director,, General Affairs, Human Resources) Representative Director and President, Milial Resort Hotels Co., Ltd. (Current: Executive Director, Representative Director and Executive Vice President of Milial Resort Hotels Co., Ltd. ) Director of Affiliates Business Unit, Theatrical Business Division (Current: Executive, Director of Affiliates Business Unit Yoritoshi Kikuchi Director of Engineering Division (Current:, Deputy Director of Engineering Division Katsuhisa Udagawa Hirofumi Konobe Akiyoshi Yokota Masufumi Sumimoto Director of Operations Division (Current:, Representative Director and President of E Production Co., Ltd. Director of Corporate Strategy Planning Division (Current:, Executive Managing Director of Milial Resort Hotels Co., Ltd. ) Finance/Accounting, Director of Finance/Ac counting (Current:, Director of Finance/Accounting ) Director of Merchandise (Current: Representative Director and President of Green and Arts Co., Ltd. ) Note: Milial Resort Hotels Co., Ltd., E Production Co., Ltd., and Green and Arts Co., Ltd. are wholly-owned subsidiaries of Oriental Land Co., Ltd. Furthermore, E Production Co., Ltd. will be absorbed into its parent company, Oriental Land Co., Ltd., as of April 1, Please see Attachment 2 for a list of executive officers effective April 1, # # #

4 Attachment 1 Biography of Newly Appointed Representative Directors Name Place of Birth Education Date of Birth Biography Name Place of Birth Education Date of Birth Biography Kyoichiro Uenishi Tokyo, Japan Chuo University, Faculty of Letters (graduated March 1980) January 15, 1958 April 1980 Joined Oriental Land Co., Ltd. May 2003 Appointed Director of General Affairs, Oriental Land Co., Ltd. June 2003 Appointed Executive Director and Director of General Affairs, Oriental Land Co., Ltd. May 2005 Appointed Executive Director, and Director of General Affairs, Oriental Land Co., Ltd. April 2006 Appointed Executive Director and, Oriental Land Co., Ltd. April 2008 Appointed Executive Director, and Director of Corporate Strategy Planning Division (Current Responsibility) In charge of Publicity Yojiro Shiba Kanagawa, Japan Hokkaido University, School of Economics and Business Administration (graduated March 1974) August 7, 1950 April 1974 Joined The Industrial Bank of Japan, Ltd (Mizuho Corporate Bank Ltd., as it is known today June 1999 Appointed General Manager of Corporate Banking (Media&Telecommunication), Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd. April 2002 Appointed Executive & General Manager of Corporate Banking Division NO.10, Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd. March 2003 Appointed Managing Executive, Mizuho Bank, Ltd. April 2005 Joined Oriental Land Co., Ltd. May 2005 Executive and Director of Marketing Division, Oriental Land Co., Ltd. April 2007 Senior Executive and Director of Marketing Division, Oriental Land Co., Ltd. June 2007 Executive Director, Senior Executive and Director of Marketing Division (Current Responsibility)

5 Attachment 2 List of Executive s Effective April 1, 2009 Name Board of Directors Corporate s Responsibilities Toshio Kagami Representative Director Representative Director Chairman of Milial Resort Chairman & CEO Kyoichiro Uenishi Representative Director, President President & COO Hotels Co., Ltd. Kiichi Sunayama Representative Director Executive Vice General Manager of Theme Park Business President Supervision Theme Park Business Supervision Resort Creation Yojiro Shiba Representative Director Executive Vice Deputy General Manager of Theme Park President Business Supervision & Director of Marketing Division CS Enhancement Casting Cast Development Norio Irie Executive Director Senior Executive Human Resources IT Promotion Food Safety Control Yasushi Tamaru Executive officer Director of Affiliates Business Unit Theatrical Business Division Shigeru Suzuki Executive Director Executive officer General Affairs Publicity Internal Auditing Yumiko Takano Executive Director Executive officer Representative Director and President of Milial Resort Hotels Co., Ltd. Yoshiro Fukushima Executive Director Akio Nagaoka Executive Director Representative Director and President of Retail Networks Co., Ltd. Makoto Takakuwa Executive Director Makoto Owada Executive Director Yoritoshi Kikuchi Director of Engineering Division Katsuhisa Udagawa Director of Operations Division Kenjiro Mizushima Director of Food Division Hirofumi Konobe Director of Corporate Strategy Planning

6 Division Etsuko Nagashima Director of Entertainment Division Joji Yasuoka Director of Theatrical Business Division Akiyoshi Yokota Finance/Accounting Director of Finance/Accounting Wataru Takahashi Representative Director and President of IKSPIARI Co., Ltd. Masufumi Sumimoto Director of Merchandise Division Junichiro Tanaka Executive Director Advisor, Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd. Tsutomu Hanada Executive Director President and Representative Director of Keisei Electric Railway Co., Ltd. Note: Corporate Auditors will remain unchanged.