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Board of Directors and Executive Officers

June 19, 2015

Today, at the board meeting held following the close of the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders, the chairman of the board, members of the committees, the representative executive officer and president, senior executive officers and executive officers were elected. Each executive officer takes on the following posts. In addition, at the Nominating Committee, the Audit Committee and the Compensation Committee held following the board meeting, the chairman of each committee was elected. The details are described below.

1. Assumption

(1) The Board of Directors

Chairman of the Board Masatoshi Matsuzaki
Director Shoei Yamana (President and CEO, Representative Executive Officer)
Director Shoji Kondo (Senior Corporate Advisor of Hino Motors, Ltd.)
Director Takashi Enomoto (Executive Advisor of NTT DATA Corporation)
Director Kazuaki Kama (Representative Director and Chairman of IHI Corporation)
Director Hiroshi Tomono (Director and Senior Advisor of Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation)
Director Yoshiaki Ando
Director Ken Shiomi
Director Ken Osuga (Senior Executive Officer)
Director Seiji Hatano (Senior Executive Officer)
Director Kunihiro Koshizuka (Senior Executive Officer)

* The four directors Shoji Kondo, Takashi Enomoto, Kazuaki Kama and Hiroshi Tomono are outside directors, as provided for under Article 2, Item 15 of the Companies Act and independent directors, as provided for under Rule 436-2 of the Securities Listing Regulations of Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc.

* The titles indicated in parentheses are current as of June 19, 2015.

(2) Members of the Committees

[Nominating Committee]
Shoji Kondo (Chairman), Hiroshi Tomono, Masatoshi Matsuzaki, Yoshiaki Ando
[Audit Committee]
Takashi Enomoto (Chairman), Kazuaki Kama, Hiroshi Tomono, Yoshiaki Ando, Ken Shiomi
[Compensation Committee]
Kazuaki Kama (Chairman), Shoji Kondo, Hiroshi Tomono, Yoshiaki Ando, Ken Shiomi

(3) Executive Officers

Position Name Responsibilities,
important positions concurrently held
President and CEO,  Representative Executive Officer Shoei Yamana  
Senior Managing Executive Officer Takashi Sugiyama General Manager, Business Technologies Business R&D Headquarters
Senior Executive Officer Nobuyasu Ieuji Responsible for Corporate Social Responsibility Division, Corporate SCM Center, Business Technologies Business Quality Assurance Operations and General Manager, Kansai Head Office
Senior Executive Officer Yoshitsugu Shiraki General Manager, Advanced Layers Business Unit
Senior Executive Officer Jun Haraguchi General Manager, Business Technologies Business Marketing Headquarters and Responsible for Inkjet Business Unit
Senior Executive Officer Tsukasa Wakashima General Manager, Corporate Human Resources Division and
Responsible for Corporate General Affairs Division
Senior Executive Officer Kunihiro Koshizuka General Manager, Business Development Headquarters and
Responsible for Corporate R&D Headquarters
Senior Executive Officer Ken Osuga General Manager, Corporate Business Management Division and Responsible for Corporate Accounting Division, Corporate Finance Division, Corporate Business Process Transformation Division and Risk Management
Senior Executive Officer Seiji Hatano General Manager, Corporate Strategy Division and Responsible for CSR, Corporate Communications and Branding Division
Senior Executive Officer Shingo Asai General Manager, Business Technologies Business Manufacturing Headquarters
Senior Executive Officer Toyotsugu Ito General Manager, Corporate Production Operations and Responsible for Group Production Engineering
Executive Officer Kazuyoshi Hata General Manager, Healthcare Business Unit
Executive Officer Hiroyuki Suzuki General Manager, Corporate Audit Division
Executive Officer Tomio Nakamura General Manager, Optics Business Unit and
Responsible for Sensing Business Unit
Executive Officer Kenichi Sanada Responsible for Corporate Intellectual Property Center, Corporate Legal Division, Compliance and Crisis Management
Executive Officer Akira Tai General Manager, Corporate IT Planning Division
Executive Officer Ikuo Nakagawa President, Konica Minolta Business Solutions Europe GmbH
Executive Officer Yuji Ichimura Deputy General Manager, Business Technologies Business Marketing Headquarters and Deputy General Manager, Business Development Headquarters
Executive Officer Noriyasu Kuzuhara General Manager, Performance Materials Business Unit
Executive Officer Toshimitsu Taiko CEO, Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A.,Inc.
Executive Officer Atsuo Takemoto General Manager, Corporate Procurement Division and
Deputy General Manager, Business Technologies Business Manufacturing Headquarters

2. Retirement

Director Hirokazu Yoshikawa
Director Akio Kitani
Director Takashi Sugiyama(Continuing responsibilities as Senior Managing Executive Officer)
Executive Officer Ken Shiomi(Appointed as Director)