February 28th, 2007
To whom it may concern, Nihon Inter Electronics Corporation Takeshi Yasuda, President, Representative Director (Code Number 6974,
Section 1, Tokyo Stock Exchange)
Person to Contact: Koji Kokubo,
Executive Officer, Head of Administration Division, General Manager of Administration Department
(Tel: 0463－84－8012)
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Announcement Regarding Personnel Change of Representative Director

We, Nihon Inter Electronics Corporation (NIEC), hereby announce that our Board of Directors, during the meeting held on February 28th of 2007, formally made the decision on personnel change of representative director as follows: 1. Content of the personnel change
New title
Current title
Name
Director, Advisor
President, Representative Director
Takeshi Yasuda
President, Representative Director
Representative Director, Senior Managing Director
Masao Ishii
2. Reason of the personnel change According to 3-year mid-term business plan started from April of 2004, alternating
from section 2 to listing on section 1 of Tokyo Stock Exchange, launching of Tsukuba factory and all kinds of measures centering on enlarging market share of mainstream products by shifting towards 8-inch wafer and etc., have been concretely executed. Since new 3-year mid-term business plan will start from April of this year, it will focus on further business growth under the new management structure.

3. Name and Resume of the newly appointed President and Representative Director
New title
President, Representative Director
Name Masao
Ishii
Place of birth
Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Final education March, 1969
Engineering department of Tokai University
Date of birth
December 9th, 1945 (Age of 61)
Brief history
April of 1969
Joined NIEC

June of 1997
Director, Deputy Head of Sales HQ, General Manager of International Sales Department of NIEC

June of 2001 Director, Executive Officer, Head of Sales
Division of NIEC

June of 2003
Senior Executive Officer, Head of Sales Division of NIEC

June of 2004
Director, Senior Executive Officer, Head of Sales Division of NIEC

June of 2006
Representative Director, Senior Managing Director, Head of Sales HQ of NIEC (Current title)
4. Effective date of the personnel change April 1st, 2007 - The End -