Sojitz Corporation Announces Organizational Reforms and Executive Appointments

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1 January 26 th, 2018 Sojitz Corporation Sojitz Corporation Announces Organizational Reforms and Executive Appointments At a meeting of the Board of Directors held today, Sojitz Corporation approved the following changes to the company organizational structure, as well as executives and other management. IV Other Appointments [For questions, contact:] Sojitz Corporation Public Relations Dept

2 I Organizational Reforms

3 Metals & Coal Division Metals & Mineral Resources Division Energy Division Energy & Social Infrastructure Division Infrastructure & Environment Business Division Machinery & Medical Infrastructure Division Aerospace & IT Business Division Aerospace & Transportation Project Division Current Structure (as of January 2018) New Structure (starting April 2018) Commercial Aircraft Dept. Aerospace & ICT Dept. Aerospace Dept. Aircraft Asset Business Dept. Airport & Transportation Infrastructure Dept. Transportation & Social Infrastructure Dept. Environmental Infrastructure Dept. Power Project Dept. Plant Project Dept. Industrial Machinery & Bearing Dept. Medical Infrastructure Office Plant Project Dept. Industrial Machinery & Bearing Dept. Medical Infrastructure Dept. Environmental Infrastructure Dept. Energy Business Dept. Nuclear Energy Dept. Power Project Dept. Energy & Nuclear Business Dept. Social Infrastructure Development Office Coal & Iron Ore Dept. Coal & Iron Ore Dept. Coal & Mineral Resources Development Dept. Ferroalloys, Non-Ferrous & Precious Metals Dept. Industrial Minerals Dept. Metal One Business Office Mineral Resources Development Dept. Ferroalloys, Non-Ferrous & Precious Metals Dept. Industrial Minerals Dept. Metal Products Office

4 New corporate organizations the Corporate Sustainability Office, Business Innovation Office, and M&A Management Office will be established. The Executive Management Affairs Office, Business Group and Financial Planning Office will be reorganized.

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6 Ⅱ Name New position Current position Shigeru Nishihara Representative Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer Corporate Planning, Corporate Sustainability, Overseas Project Development Office Senior Managing Executive Officer Corporate Planning, Overseas Project Development Office (2) Retirees: 1 Name New position Current position Satoshi Mizui Director* Representative Director, Executive Vice President Advisor to the President Executive Management of the Americas, Europe, Russia & NIS Logistics Business, Executive Management Affairs Office, Business Group

7 Name New position Current position Ken Kuribayashi Global Business Support & Promotion Corporate Officer Global Business Support & Promotion Director/CEO & President, Kyosuke Sasaki Thai Central Chemical Public COO, Chemicals Division Company Limited Yoshito Suzuki Masaaki Bito Hiroto Murai Logistics Business, Business Innovation COO, Metals & Mineral Resources Division COO, Automotive Division Corporate Officer Director President, P.T. Kaltim Methanol Industri COO, Metals & Coal Division General Manager, Kyushu Branch COO, Automotive Division Name New position Current position Executive Vice President Executive Management of Senior Managing Executive Business Group Officer (Automotive, Aerospace & Executive Management of Transportation Project, Toshiharu Business Group (Automotive, Machinery & Medical Yoshimura Aerospace & IT Business, Infrastructure, Energy & Infrastructure & Social Infrastructure, Environment Business, Metals & Mineral Chemicals) Resources) East Asia

8 Name New position Current position Senior Managing Executive Officer Executive Management of Tsutomu Tanaka Business Group (Chemicals, Managing Foods & Agriculture COO, Chemicals Division Business, Retail & Lifestyle Business, Industrial Infrastructure & Urban Development) Name Shigeki Dantani Yoshio Mogi Hiroshi Matsumura Tetsuya Konoda Current position Vice Chairman Executive Management of Kansai Region East Asia Executive Vice President Advisor to the President Legal, Internal Control Administration, Internal Audit COO Senior Managing Executive Officer Special Assistant to the President President, Sojitz Research Institute, Ltd. Managing Special Assistant to the President Financial Planning

9 Name Yutaka Yamada Yoshiaki Ichimura Current position Structured Finance COO, Foods & Agriculture Business Division General Manager, CGG Business Office Name New position Current position Takashi Hara Vice Chairman Executive Management of Kansai Office Vice Chairman Executive Vice President Executive Management of Senior Managing Executive Business Group Officer (Automotive, Aerospace & Executive Management of Transportation Project, Toshiharu Business Group (Automotive, Machinery & Medical Yoshimura Aerospace & IT Business, Infrastructure, Energy & Infrastructure & Social Infrastructure, Environment Business, Metals & Mineral Chemicals) Resources) East Asia Shigeru Nishihara Senior Managing Executive Senior Managing Executive Officer Officer Corporate Planning, Corporate Planning, Corporate Sustainability, Overseas Project Overseas Project Development Office Development Office

10 Name New position Current position Senior Managing Executive Seiichi Tanaka Officer Senior Managing Executive CFO Officer Executive Management of CFO General Accounting, Executive Management of IR, IT Planning, Structured Finance, General M&A Management Office, Accounting, IT Planning Controller Office Oversight Finance IR, Finance, Structured Finance Masao Goto Managing Managing General Manager, Kansai Kansai Region Office Managing Yasushi Nishimura President & CEO for China Managing Chairman & President, President & CEO for China Sojitz (China) Co., Ltd. Chairman & President, Sojitz General Manager, Qingdao (China) Co., Ltd. Branch and Chongqing General Manager, Qingdao Office Branch and Chongqing Office Chairman, Sojitz Chairman, Sojitz (Dalian) (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., Sojitz Co., Ltd. and Sojitz (Dalian) Co., Ltd. Sojitz (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd. (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd., and General Manager, Beijing Sojitz (Hong Kong) Ltd. (Liaison) Office General Manager, Beijing (Liaison) Office Yoshihiro Tamura Director/CEO & President, Thai Central Chemical Public Company Limited (to be finalized at the General Shareholders Meeting in March 2018) Executive Vice President for China Chairman & President, Sojitz (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. Chairman, Sojitz (Hong Kong) Ltd.

11 Name New position Current position Satoru Takahama President & CEO for Europe, Russia & NIS COO, Energy Division Managing Director, Sojitz Europe plc Koichi Yamaguchi COO, Aerospace & COO, Aerospace & IT Transportation Project Business Division Division Shigeya Kusano COO, Machinery & Medical Infrastructure Division President & CEO for Europe, Russia & NIS Managing Director, Sojitz Europe plc Internal Control Takafumi Risk Management Planning, Administration, Risk Ogasawara Risk Management, Controller Management Planning, Office Oversight Risk Management Masakazu COO, Infrastructure & COO, Energy & Social Hashimoto Environment Business Infrastructure Division Division Naoki Yokoyama COO, Retail & Lifestyle Business Division COO, Retail & Lifestyle Business Division General Manager, Investment Management Dept.

12 Rank Name Position Chairman Yoji Sato Vice Chairman Takashi Hara Executive Management of Kansai Office President Executive Vice President Senior Managing Senior Managing Senior Managing Managing Managing Managing Masayoshi Fujimoto Toshiharu Yoshimura Shigeru Nishihara Seiichi Tanaka Tsutomu Tanaka Masao Goto Ryutaro Hirai Masashi Shinohara CEO Executive Management of Business Group (Automotive, Aerospace & Transportation Project, Machinery & Medical Infrastructure, Energy & Social Infrastructure, Metals & Mineral Resources) East Asia Corporate Planning, Corporate Sustainability, Overseas Project Development Office CFO Executive Management of General Accounting, IT Planning, M&A Management Office, Controller Office Oversight IR, Finance, Structured Finance Executive Management of Business Group (Chemicals, Foods & Agriculture Business, Retail & Lifestyle Business, Industrial Infrastructure & Urban Development) General Manager, Kansai Office President & CEO for Asia & Oceania Managing Director, Sojitz Asia Pte. Ltd. General Manager, Singapore Branch President & CEO for Middle East & Africa

13 Rank Name Position President & CEO for China Chairman & President, Sojitz (China) Co., Ltd. General Manager, Qingdao Branch and Chongqing Office Managing Yasushi Chairman, Sojitz (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., Nishimura Sojitz (Dalian) Co., Ltd. Sojitz (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd., and Sojitz (Hong Kong) Ltd. General Manager, Beijing (Liaison) Office Managing Masaaki Kushibiki Human Resources & General Affairs Yoshihiro Tamura Satoru Takahama Koichi Yamaguchi Koji Izutani Shigeya Kusano Takafumi Ogasawara Masakazu Hashimoto Naoki Yokoyama Director/CEO & President, Thai Central Chemical Public Company Limited President & CEO for Europe, Russia & NIS Managing Director, Sojitz Europe plc COO, Aerospace & Transportation Project Division President & CEO for the Americas President, Sojitz Corporation of America and Sojitz Canada Corporation COO, Machinery & Medical Infrastructure Division Internal Control Administration, Risk Management Planning, Risk Management COO, Energy & Social Infrastructure Division COO, Retail & Lifestyle Business Division

14 Rank Name Position Toshifumi Murata Vice President for the Americas (South America) Chairman, Sojitz do Brasil S.A. Ken Kuribayashi Global Business Support & Promotion Kyosuke Sasaki COO, Chemicals Division Yoshito Suzuki Logistics Business, Business Innovation Masaaki Bito COO, Metals & Mineral Resources Division Hiroto Murai COO, Automotive Division

15 5. Biographical Outlines of New Executives Biographical Outline Name: Ken Kuribayashi Birthplace: Tokyo Date of Birth: July 28 th, 1958 Education: Bachelor of Laws from Keio University, 1982 October present May 2016 September 2012 April 2009 April 2006 October 2005 April 2005 April 2004 April 1982 Corporate Officer Global Business Support & Promotion Senior General Manager, Global Business Support & Promotion Dept. General Manager, Washington Branch, Sojitz Corporation of America General Manager, Aerospace Department, Marine & Aerospace Unit, Machinery Division General Manager, Commercial Airplanes Department, Aerospace Unit, Machinery & Aerospace Division Sojitz Holdings and Sojitz Corporation merged to form the newly named Sojitz Corporation General Manager, Commercial Airplanes Department, Machinery & Aerospace Division Sojitz Corporation formed through the merger of Nichimen Corporation and Nissho Iwai Corporation Joined Nissho Iwai Corporation Honors: None

16 Biographical Outline Name: Kyosuke Sasaki Birthplace: Tokyo Date of Birth: January 11 th, 1961 Education: Bachelor of Commerce from Waseda University, 1983 April present April 2014 April 2012 April 2011 April 2009 October 2008 October 2005 April 2005 October 2003 September 2003 April 1983 Thai Central Chemical Public Co., Ltd. Director/CEO & President Senior Vice President, Chemicals Division Senior General Manager, Chemicals Unit General Manager, Speciality Chemicals Department, Chemicals Unit, Chemicals Division General Manager, Speciality Chemicals Department, Chemicals Unit, Chemicals & Functional Materials Division General Manager, Basic Chemicals Department, Chemicals Unit, Chemicals & Functional Materials Division General Manager, Fine Chemicals Department, General Manager, Tokyo Speciality Chemicals Department, Chemicals Unit, Chemicals & Plastics Division Sojitz Holdings and Sojitz Corporation merged to form the newly named Sojitz Corporation Joined Sojitz Corporation Joined NN Chemical Corporation Resigned from Nissho Iwai Corporation Joined Nissho Iwai Corporation Honors: None

17 Biographical Outline Name: Yoshito Suzuki Birthplace: Shizuoka Prefecture Date of Birth: July 4 th, 1957 Education: Master of Chemical Engineering from Tokyo Institute of Technology, 1984 April present June 2013 April 2012 October 2005 April 2004 April 1984 Corporate Officer Director President, PT. Kaltim Methanol Industri Director President, PT. Kaltim Methanol Industri Sojitz Asia Pte. Ltd. Regional General Manager, Asia & Oceania Machinery Division Sojitz Holdings and Sojitz Corporation merged to form the newly named Sojitz Corporation Sojitz Corporation formed through the merger of Nichimen Corporation and Nissho Iwai Corporation Joined Nissho Iwai Corporation Honors: None

18 Biographical Outline Name: Masaaki Bito Birthplace: Shizuoka Prefecture Date of Birth: July 29 th, 1965 Education: Bachelor of Economics from Tohoku University, 1988 April present April 2015 April 2014 April 2012 November present October 2010 October 2005 April 2004 July 2003 February 2001 April 1988 COO, Metals & Coal Division Vice COO, Metals & Coal Division General Manager, Coal & Mineral Resources Development Department General Manager, Coal Department, Metal & Utility Unit, Energy & Metal Division General Manager, Coal Department, Coal & Nuclear Unit, Energy & Metal Division (Concurrent) General Manager, Kyushu Branch General Manager, Coal Department, Coal & Non-Ferrous Metals Unit, Energy & Metal Division Sojitz Holdings and Sojitz Corporation merged to form the newly named Sojitz Corporation Sojitz Corporation formed through the merger of Nichimen Corporation and Nissho Iwai Corporation President, CoalinQ Corporation Executive Vice President, CoalinQ Corporation Joined Nissho Iwai Corporation Honors: None

19 Biographical Outline Name: Hiroto Murai Birthplace: Kyoto Date of Birth: February 27 th, 1967 Education: Bachelor of Engineering Science from Osaka University, 1989 April present April 2015 May 2012 April 2010 October 2005 April 2004 April 1989 COO, Automotive Division Vice COO, Automotive Division General Manager, Corporation Planning Department General Manager, Automotive Department 2, Automotive Unit, Machinery Division Sojitz Holdings and Sojitz Corporation merged to form the newly named Sojitz Corporation Sojitz Corporation formed through the merger of Nichimen Corporation and Nissho Iwai Corporation Joined Nissho Iwai Corporation Honors: None

20 Name New position Current position Naoki Watanabe Corporate Officer M&A Management Office, Controller Office Oversight Corporate Officer Senior General Manager, Legal Tatsuya Morita Corporate Officer General Manager, Legal Dept. Legal, Public Relations IV Other Appointments Changes to Area of Responsibility: 1 Name New position Current position COO, Foods & Agriculture Deputy COO, Foods & Toshiaki Miyabe Business Division Agriculture Business Division