| June 26, 2009
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Structural Changes and
Changes in Directors, Executive Officers, and General Managers
| Noritsu Koki Co., Ltd., (head office based in Umehara, Wakayama City) hereby announces that its board of directors has adopted a resolution involving the reorganization and changes in directors, executive officers, and general managers as follows: | | | | 1. | Reorganization | | | The Company will make the following changes in the organization to strengthen the management structure and further improve operational efficiency effective July 1, 2009. | | | | | 2. | Details of changes | | | ・ | The corporate strategy meeting and the new business strategy section meeting will be established as deliberative bodies aimed at bolstering the management structure. | | | ・ | The New Business Management, which will have control over the New Business Unit will be established. | | | ・ | The Tornado Project directly supervised by the president will be upgraded to division status and renamed the Ecological Printing Device Business Division, which will then be brought under the New Business Unit. | | | ・ | The Skilled Manufacturing Innovation Management, which currently exercises control over the Research & Development Unit, Production & Manufacturing Unit, and Customer Service Unit will have technological control from a companywide perspective, and then renamed the Technology and Skilled Manufacturing Innovation Management. | | | ・ | The MDR Project directly supervised by the president will be brought under the Research & Development Unit from the standpoint of future potential for growth and developmental efficiency. | | | ・ | In order to enhance the operational efficiency in sales and marketing, the North American Sales & Marketing Unit will be integrated into the Sales & Marketing Unit. In addition, the North American Sales Division and Sales Division for Central & South American will be consolidated, and then renamed the Sales Division for the Americas. | | | ・ | Marketing & Sales Management will be established for control over the sales and marketing-related units ( Sales & Marketing Unit and Marketing Unit). | | | ・ | The Intellectual Properties Division currently under the Research & Development Unit will be brought under the Operations Administration Unit, which will take charge of the intellectual properties across the company. | | | ・ | In order to reinforce operating management, the Management Administration Division will be newly placed under the control of the Management Administration Unit. Meanwhile, to enhance administration, such as the mid-term plans, the Strategic Management Planning Division will be renamed the Corporate Planning Division. | | | | （Please refer to a separate organizational chart for further details） | | | | | 3. | Changes in Directors（Effective June 26, 2009） | | | | New Title | Name | Former Title | | Executive Corporate Advisor | Jihei Morimoto | Special Advisor | | Director, New Business Management, Representative Director and President of NK Relations Co., Ltd. | Hirotsugu Nishimoto | Representative Director and President of NK Relations Co., Ltd. | | | | | 4. | Changes in Executive Officers（Effective June 26, 2009） | | 敵M stands for general manager (equivalent to the division manager) | | | | New Title | Name | Former Title | | Senior Executive Officer, GM of North American Sales & Marketing Unit, GM of Sales & Marketing Unit, GM of Sales Administration Division in Sales & Marketing Unit, and President of Noritsu America Corp. | Akihiko Kuwabara | Executive Officer, GM of North American Sales & Marketing Unit, GM of Sales & Marketing Unit, GM of Sales Administration Division in Sales & Marketing Unit, and President of Noritsu America Corp. | | | | | 5. | Changes in Executive Officers（Effective July 1, 2009） | | 敵M stands for general manager (equivalent to the division manager) | | | | New Title | Name | Former Title | Senior Executive Officer,Technology & Skilled Manufacturing Innovation Management, and GM of Quality Assurance Division | Toshifumi Iijima | Senior Executive officer, Skilled Manufacturing Innovation Management, and GM of Quality Assurance Division | Senior Executive Officer, Sales & Marketing Management, GM of Sales and Management Unit, and President of Noritsu America Corp. | Akihiko Kuwabara | Senior Executive Officer, GM of North American Sales & Marketing Unit, GM of Sales & Marketing Unit, GM of Sales Administration Division in Sales & Marketing Unit, and President of Noritsu America Corp. | Executive Director, GM of Operations Administration Unit | Mitsuru Serizawa | Executive Director, GM of Operation Administration Unit, GM of New Business Unit, and GM of New Business Division in New Business Unit | Executive Director GM of Marketing Unit | Hiroki Okazaki | Executive Director, GM of Marketing Unit, GM of Product Planning Division in Marketing Unit | | | | | 6. | Changes in General Managers（Effective July 1, 2009） | 敵M stands for general manager (equivalent to division manager)
鄭G stands for associate general manager (division manager in charge)
溺 stands for manager (equivalent to supervisor) | | | | New Title | Name | Former Title | GM of New Business Unit | Masanobu Tanaka | AG of New Business Division in New Business Unit | GM of New Business Division in New Business Unit | Nobuyuki Kawahara | GM of MYTIS Sales Division in Sales and Marketing Unit | GM of Ecological Printing Device Business in New Business Unit | Toshihiko Aizawa | CEO Office Tornado Project | GM of Product Planning Division in Marketing Unit | Michio Fujimoto | M of Sales Promotion Group, Product Planning Division in Marketing Unit | GM of Sales Administration Division in Sales & Marketing Unit | Isato Taninaka | M of Sales Administration Group, Sales Administration Division in Sales & Marketing Unit | GM of Sales Division for Asia in Sales & Marketing Unit | Koji Imoto | President of Noritsu Canada Ltd. | GM of Sales Division for Europe in Sales & Marketing Unit | Shigeaki Doi | M of European Group, Sales Division for Europe in Sales & Marketing Unit | GM of Sales Division for the Americas in Sales & Marketing Unit | Yoshiaki Koike | GM of Sales Division for Central & South America in Sales & Marketing Unit | GM of MYTIS Sales Division in Sales & Marketing Unit | Hirofumi Kitaguchi | M of Product Strategy Group, Product Planning Division in Marketing Unit | GM of Intellectual Properties Division in Operations Administration Unit | Kanji Imai | GM of Intellectual Properties Division in Research & Development Unit | GM of Accounting Division in Management Administration Unit | Yoshifumi Kaneda | M of Cost Accounting Group, Accounting Division in Management Administration Unit | GM of Management Administration Division in Management Administration Unit | Yoichi Tsukiyama | GM of Accounting Division in Management Administration Unit | GM of Corporate Planning Division in Management Administration Unit | Masafumi Yamamoto | GM of Strategic Management Planning Division in Management Administration Unit | CEO Office, Assistant to President on CPD Project | Shiro Kazuta | GM of Sales Division for Europe in Sales & Marketing Unit | Vice President of Noritsu America Corp. | Hiroki Naruwa | GM of North America Sales Division in North American Sales & Marketing Unit | President of Noritsu Canada Ltd. | Shuji Okada | GM of Sales Division for Asia in Sales & Marketing Unit | | | | | | | |
