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 of directors held on February 14, 2014. The changes will formally be approved after the general meeting of shareholders to be held on March 28, 2014.

Promoted Directors (current position)
Takao Oishi
Director and Senior Managing Corporate Officer (Director and Managing Corporate Officer)
Hideto Katsuragawa
Director and Managing Corporate Officer (Director and Corporate Officer)
Tetsuya Kuze
Director and Managing Corporate Officer (Director and Corporate Officer)

Newly-appointed Directors (current position)
Shigeo Komatsu
Director and Managing Corporate Officer (Managing Corporate Officer)
Naozumi Furukawa
Director (Chairman of ZEON Corporation, Corporate Auditor of Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.)

Newly-appointed Corporate Auditor (current position)
Akio Yamada
Corporate Auditor (Senior Advisor of Jones Day)

Promoted Corporate Officer (current position)
Yasushi Kikuchi
Managing Corporate Officer (Corporate Officer)

Newly-appointed Corporate Officers
Masataka Yamaishi
Yasuhiro Kurokawa
Masaki Noro

Retired Director (new position)
Kinya Kawakami (Advisor, President of Hamagomu Fudousan Co., Ltd.)

Retired Corporate Auditor (new position)
Naozumi Furukawa (Director)

Retired Corporate Officers (new position)
Koichi Tanaka (Advisor, President of Yokohama Tire Retread Co., Ltd.)
Kazuya Nakazawa (Associate Corporate Officer, President of Yokohama Industrial Products Japan Co., Ltd.)
Koichi Tsuruno (Associate Corporate Officer, President of Yokohama Tire Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd., President of Yokohama Asia Co., Ltd.)