Tokyo – The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., announced today that it informally decided the below-mentioned changes of senior management at the meeting of the board members held on February 12, 2016. The changes will formally be approved after the general meeting of shareholders to be held on March 30, 2016.

Change of managerial position (current position)
Tadanobu Nagumo
Chairman and Representative Member of the Board (Chairman and CEO and Representative Member of the Board)

Newly-appointed Members of the Board (current position)
Yasushi Kikuchi
Member of the Board and Managing Officer (Managing Officer)
Osamu Mikami
Member of the Board and Managing Officer (Managing Officer)
Shigeru Nakano
Member of the Board and Officer (Officer)
Nobuo Takenaka
Member of the Board (President and CEO of Misawa Homes Co., Ltd.)

Promoted Officer (current position)
Atao Kishi
Managing Officer (Officer)

Newly-appointed Officers
Shuichi Tsukada
Hitoshi Kobayashi
Jun Shimada
Takashi Shirokawa
Tadaharu Yamamoto

Retired Members of the Board (new position)
Toru Kobayashi (Executive Vice President)
Fumio Morita (Advisor)
Tetsuya Kuze (Managing Officer)

Retired Officers (new position)
Sigeru Kagami (Senior Technical Supervisor)
Kazuyuki Mineo (Advisor)