Kubota : Notice of Candidates for the Board of Directors (229KB)

December 21, 2017

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: IR Group

Global Management Promotion Dept.

2-47, Shikitsuhigashi 1-chome,

Naniwa-ku, Osaka 556-8601, Japan

Phone: [phone]

Notice of Candidates for the Board of Directors

Kubota Corporation (hereinafter "the Company") has resolved at the Meeting of the Board of Directors held on December 21, 2017 to propose the following persons as candidates for the Board of Directors at the 128th

Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders to be held in late March 2018.

1) Candidates for the Board of Directors ＜Date of assuming office: late March 2018 (to be scheduled)＞

Name Masatoshi Kimata Toshihiro Kubo Shigeru Kimura Kenshiro Ogawa Yuichi KitaoCurrent responsibility President and Representative Director Representative Director and Executive Vice President Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer Director and Managing Executive Officer

Masato Yoshikawa

(To be Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer as of January 1, 2018) Senior Managing Executive Officer

Shinji Sasaki

Yuzuru Matsuda Koichi Ina

(New nomination for Director) Outside Director

Outside Director

Yutaro Shintaku

Corporate Advisor of Terumo Corporation (New nomination for Outside Director)

2) Retirement of Directors ＜Date of retirement: late March 2018 (to be scheduled)＞

Name

Satoshi Iida

(Expiration of the term of office)

< Cautionary Statements with Respect to Forward-Looking Statements >

This document may contain forward-looking statements that are based on management's expectations, estimates, projections and assumptions. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve certain risks and uncertainties, which are difficult to predict. Therefore, actual future results may differ materially from what is forecast in forward-looking statements due to a variety of factors, including, without limitation: general economic conditions in the Company's markets, particularly government agricultural policies, levels of capital expenditures, both in public and private sectors, foreign currency exchange rates, the occurrence of natural disasters, continued competitive pricing pressures in the marketplace, as well as the Company's ability to continue to gain acceptance of its products.

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