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 13, 2015. The changes will formally be approved after the general meeting of shareholders to be held on March 27, 2015.

Promoted Director (current position)
Hideto Katsuragawa
Director and Senior Managing Corporate Officer (Director and Managing Corporate Officer)

Newly-appointed Director (current position)
Masataka Yamaishi
Director and Corporate Officer (Corporate Officer)

Newly-appointed Audit & Supervisory Board Members (current position)
Hirohiko Takaoka
Audit & Supervisory Board Member (Managing Corporate Officer)
Atsushi Kamei
Audit & Supervisory Board Member

Promoted Corporate Officers (current position)
Tadashi Suzuki
Managing Corporate Officer (Corporate Officer)
Hirohisa Hazama
Managing Corporate Officer (Corporate Officer)
Osamu Mikami
Managing Corporate Officer (Corporate Officer)

Newly-appointed Corporate Officers
Kazuyuki Mineo
Shinichi Takimoto

Retired Director (new position)
Yuji Goto (Advisor)

Retired Audit & Supervisory Board Members
Takashi Fukui
Go Kajitani

Retired Corporate Officers (new position)
Hirohiko Takaoka (Audit & Supervisory Board Member)
Yasushi Tanaka (Advisor)
Toshiyuki Nishida (Advisor)
Koichi Tsuruno (Advisor)