May 12, 2009 Senior Management Changes At a meeting held on May 12, 2009, the Board of Directors of Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., adopted the following senior management changes that will formally be approved after a general meeting of shareholders to be held on June 26, 2009.

Promoted to Director and Senior Managing Corporate Officer (current position)
Tooru Kobayashi (Director and Managing Corporate Officer)
Norio Karashima (Director and Managing Corporate Officer)

Promoted to Director (current position)
Takashi Fukui (Managing Corporate Officer)
Hikomitsu Noji (Corporate Officer)

Promoted to Managing Corporate Officer (current position)
Toshio Izawa (Corporate Officer)
Yuji Goto (Corporate Officer)

Promoted to Corporate Officer
Tatsuya Murata
Fumio Morita
Toshiyuki Nishida

Retiring from Director and Corporate Officer (current position)
Takashi Yamashita (Director and Senior Managing Corporate Officer)
Hideo Fujiwara (Director and Corporate Officer)
Akihisa Takayama (Managing Corporate Officer)

Promoted to Corporate Auditor (current position)
Hideo Fujiwara (Director and Corporate Officer)

Retiring from Corporate Auditor
Seiichi Suzuki

Takashi Yamashita, Akihisa Takayama and Seiichi Suzuki will be appointed to Advisor.
New Management