TDK : Announces Changes of Directors and Audit & Supervisory Board Members

April 27, 2018

TDK Corporation today announced that its Board of Directors has resolved to make the following changes to its Directors and Audit & Supervisory Board Members. The appointments of Directors and Audit & Supervisory Board Members are subject to Shareholder approval at the General Shareholders Meeting to be held on June 28, 2018.

1. Directors (change in director position, retirement and new appointment)

   Change in Director position

   New Position	Former Position
   Makoto Sumita	Chairman & Director	Outside Director

   Retiring Director

   Takehiro Kamigama	Chairman & Representative Director

   Director Candidate

   Kazunori Yagi*	Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Yokogawa Bridge Holdings Corporation, Outside Director of OYO Corporation, Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Sojitz Corporation

   * Outside Director

2. Audit & Supervisory Board Members (retirement and new appointment)

   Retiring Audit & Supervisory Board Member

   Kazunori Yagi*	Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Yokogawa Bridge Holdings Corporation, Outside Director of OYO Corporation, Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Sojitz Corporation

   Audit & Supervisory Board Member Candidate

   Yayoi Tanaka*	Special Appointed Professor of National Institution for Academic Degrees and Quality Enhancement of Higher Education, Special Appointed Professor of Shibaura Institute of Technology, Guest Professor of Osaka University, Outside Director of SUMITOMO CORPORATION, Outside Director of IHI Corporation

   * Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Members

As a result of the above changes, the new Director and Audit & Supervisory Board Member lineup as of June 28, 2018 will be as follows.

Representative Director	Shigenao Ishiguro
Representative Director	Tetsuji Yamanishi
Director	Makoto Sumita
Director	Seiji Osaka
Director	Kazumasa Yoshida* (Outside Director of Onkyo Corporation, Outside Director of CYBERDYNE Inc., Outside Director of Mamezou Holdings Co., Ltd., Outside Director of FreeBit Co., Ltd.)
Director	Kazuhiko Ishimura* (Chairman & Director of Asahi Glass Co., Ltd., Outside Director of IHI Corporation)
Director	Kazunori Yagi* (Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Yokogawa Bridge Holdings Corporation, Outside Director of OYO Corporation, Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Sojitz Corporation,)

* Outside Directors

Audit & Supervisory Board Member	Junji Yoneyama
Audit & Supervisory Board Member	Osamu Yotsui
Audit & Supervisory Board Member	Toru Ishiguro* (Partner of Mori Hamada & Matsumoto LPC, Outside Director of Daiwa Asset Management Co. Ltd., Director of Japan Investor Protection Fund, Director of Japan Exchange Regulation)
Audit & Supervisory Board Member	Kiyoshi Fujimura*
Audit & Supervisory Board Member	Yayoi Tanaka* (Special Appointed Professor of National Institution for Academic Degrees and Quality Enhancement of Higher Education, Special Appointed Professor of Shibaura Institute of Technology, Guest Professor of Osaka University, Outside Director of SUMITOMO CORPORATION, Outside Director of IHI Corporation)

* Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Members

Contact		Phone	Mail
Mr. Kazushige Atsumi	TDK Corporation	[phone]	[e-mail]