Change of Representative Directors (PDF: 108KB)

April 28, 2017

Company name: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. Name of representative: Tsuneo Murata

President and Representative Director

(Code: 6981, First section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange)

Contact: Takumi Ikushima

Public Relations Manager (Phone: [phone])

Change of Representative Directors

Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (hereinafter "Company") announces the following representative director changes, following a resolution made at the Board of Directors meeting held on April 28, 2017. A formal decision regarding the changes (outlined below) will be made subject to approval at the 81th Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders to be held on June 29, 2017 and a subsequent Board of Directors meeting.

1. Reason for the changes

   To enhance the management structure.

2. Names and new positions

   Name	New Position	Present Position
   Tsuneo Murata	Chairman of the Board, President and Representative Director	President and Representative Director
   Yoshitaka Fujita	Vice Chairman and Board Member	Executive Deputy President and Representative Director
   Toru Inoue	Senior Executive Vice President and Representative Director	Executive Vice President and Board Member
   Norio Nakajima	Senior Executive Vice President and Representative Director	Executive Vice President and Board Member

3. Brief biographical profile of new representative directors

   As per the Exhibit.

4. Proposed Date of Appointment

June 29, 2017

Exhibit

Brief biographical profile of new representative directors

Name (Date of Birth)	Brief Personal History		Shares of the Company Owned
Toru Inoue (May 30, 1956)	Apr 1980	Entered the Company	2,100 shares
	Mar 2008	Assigned as General Manager of Corporate Planning Department of the Company
	Jul 2009	Assumed the position of Vice President of the Company Assigned as Director of Accounting & Planning Group of the Company
	Jul 2013	Assumed the position of Executive Vice President of the Company (present) Assigned as Director of Components Business Unit of the Company (present)
	Jun 2015	Assumed the position of Member of the Board of Directors of the Company (present)
Norio Nakajima (Sep 21, 1961)	Apr 1985	Entered the Company	900 shares
	Jul 2006	Assigned as Director of Communication Module Division, Module Business Unit of the Company
	Jul 2010	Assumed the position of Vice President of the Company
	Jun 2012	Assigned as Director of Module Business Unit of the Company
	Jun 2013	Assumed the position of Member of the Board of Directors of the Company (present) Assumed the position of Executive Vice President of the Company (present)
	Jul 2015	Assigned as Director of Communication and Sensor Business Unit of the Company Assigned as Director of Energy Business Division of the Company
	Apr 2017	Assigned as Director of Module Business Unit of the Company (present)