Toyota Motor Regulatory News (TYT)

24 Apr 2008 09:00

Toyota Motor Corporation24 April 2008 (Translation) April 24, 2008 To Whom It May Concern:Company Name: TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATIONName and Title of Representative: Katsuaki Watanabe, President(Code Number: 7203 Securities exchanges throughout Japan)Name and Title of Contact Person: Takuo Sasaki General Manager, Accounting Division (Telephone Number: 0565-28-2121) Toyota Names New Executives Tokyo-TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION (TMC) announced today planned executive changesto take effect following the ordinary general shareholders meeting in June, asdescribed below. 1. New Member of the Board of Directors Candidates (5 people)-Pendingapproval at this year's ordinary general shareholders meeting in June. Name New title Current titleIwao Nihashi Senior Managing Director Managing OfficerYasuhiko Ichihashi Senior Managing Director Managing OfficerTadashi Yamashina Senior Managing Director Managing OfficerTakahiko Ijichi Senior Managing Director Managing OfficerTetsuo Agata Senior Managing Director Managing Officer 2. Retiring Directors (4 people)-To retire on the same day as this year'sordinary general shareholders meeting in June. Name Current titleTokuichi Uranishi Executive Vice President and Representative DirectorTakeshi Suzuki Senior Managing DirectorTakeshi Yoshida Senior Managing DirectorHiroshi Kawakami Senior Managing Director 3. Managing Directors with Title Change (1 person) - Pending approval at aboard of directors meeting following this year's ordinary general shareholdersmeeting in June. Name New title Current titleKazuo Okamoto Vice Chairman and Representative Director Executive Vice President and Representative Director 4. New Managing Officer Candidates (12 people) - Pending approval at aboard of directors meeting following this year's ordinary general shareholdersmeeting in June. Name Current titleHiroyuki Yokoyama General Manager, Customer Quality Engineering Div.Koei Saga General Manager, Hybrid Vehicle System Engineering Div.Naofumi Masuda General Manager, Fundamental Production Engineering Div. No.2Shigeki Terashi Executive Chief Engineer, TOYOTA Development Center 1Takuo Matsui General Manager, Global Project Planning Div.Norihiko Arai General Manager, Corolla channel Operations Div.Mitsuru Takada General Manager, Corporate Planning Div.Soichiro Okudaira Executive Chief Engineer, TOYOTA Development Center 2Hiroyuki Ochiai General Manager, Project Planning & Management Div.Yasuo Kawada General Manager, Vehicle Planning & Production Engineering Div.Naoki Miyazaki General Manager, Labor Relations Div.James (Jim) E. Lentz President, Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. 5. Retiring Managing Officers (4 people) - To retire on the same day asthis year's ordinary general shareholders meeting in June. NameSeiichi SudoHironobu InoueKazuhiko TakaradaNobuo Kobayashi For Reference Expected executive lineup following June 2008 ordinary general shareholdersmeeting-The appointment of the members of the board is to be officially approvedby the shareholders at the ordinary general shareholders meeting in June 2008.The managing directors and representative directors are to be officiallyapproved by the members of the board at the board of directors meeting heldfollowing the ordinary general shareholders meeting. i. Board of Directors (30 people) Name New title Fujio Cho Chairman and Representative DirectorKatsuhiro Nakagawa Vice Chairman and Representative DirectorKazuo Okamoto* Vice Chairman and Representative DirectorKatsuaki Watanabe President and Representative DirectorKyoji Sasazu Executive Vice President and Representative DirectorMitsuo Kinoshita Executive Vice President and Representative DirectorTakeshi Uchiyamada Executive Vice President and Representative DirectorMasatami Takimoto Executive Vice President and Representative DirectorAkio Toyoda Executive Vice President and Representative DirectorYukitoshi Funo Senior Managing DirectorAtsushi Niimi Senior Managing DirectorHiroshi Takada Senior Managing DirectorTeiji Tachibana Senior Managing DirectorShinichi Sasaki Senior Managing DirectorAkira Okabe Senior Managing DirectorYoichiro Ichimaru Senior Managing DirectorShoji Ikawa Senior Managing DirectorKoichi Ina Senior Managing DirectorShinzo Kobuki Senior Managing DirectorAkira Sasaki Senior Managing DirectorTadashi Arashima Senior Managing DirectorMamoru Furuhashi Senior Managing DirectorSatoshi Ozawa Senior Managing DirectorIwao Nihashi* Senior Managing DirectorYasuhiko Ichihashi* Senior Managing DirectorTadashi Yamashina* Senior Managing DirectorTakahiko Ijichi* Senior Managing DirectorTetsuo Agata* Senior Managing DirectorShoichiro Toyoda Honorary ChairmanHiroshi Okuda Senior Advisor *Promoted ii. Corporate Auditors (7 people) Name New titleYoshikazu Amano Full-time Corporate AuditorChiaki Yamaguchi Full-time Corporate AuditorMasaki Nakatsugawa Full-time Corporate AuditorYoichi Kaya* Corporate AuditorYoichi Morishita* Corporate AuditorAkishige Okada* Corporate AuditorKunihiro Matsuo* Corporate Auditor *Outside corporate auditors set forth in Article 2-16 of the Corporation Act ofJapan iii. Managing Officers (50 people) Name New titleTakashi Hata Managing OfficerWahei Hirai Managing OfficerTatehito Ueda Managing OfficerTakashi Shigematsu Managing OfficerYuzo Ushiyama Managing OfficerToshio Furutani Managing OfficerSenta Morioka Managing OfficerMasayuki Nakai Managing OfficerToshiki Hayama Managing OfficerTakahiro Iwase Managing OfficerAkihito Tsuji Managing OfficerYoshihiko Masuda Managing OfficerYoshimasa Ishii Managing OfficerTatsuya Kaneko Managing OfficerTakeshi Shirane Managing OfficerMasanao Tomozoe Managing OfficerKatsunori Itasaka Managing OfficerTokuyuki Takahashi Managing OfficerReal C. Tanguay Managing OfficerRyoichi Sasaki Managing OfficerSeiho Kawakami Managing OfficerYasuhiko Yokoi Managing OfficerTakahiro Fujioka Managing OfficerMasanobu Kawase Managing OfficerYukio Nishikawa Managing OfficerHirofumi Muta Managing OfficerThierry Dombreval Managing OfficerShigeki Suzuki Managing OfficerKatsutada Masumoto Managing OfficerYasushi Kohara Managing OfficerShigeru Hayakawa Managing OfficerHisayuki Inoue Managing OfficerHiroji Onishi Managing OfficerKeiji Masui Managing OfficerKenji Miura Managing OfficerKiyotaka Ise Managing OfficerKatsuyuki Miyabayashi Managing OfficerDidier Leroy Managing OfficerHiroyuki Yokoyama* Managing OfficerKoei Saga* Managing OfficerNaofumi Masuda* Managing OfficerShigeki Terashi* Managing OfficerTakuo Matsui* Managing OfficerNorihiko Arai* Managing OfficerMitsuru Takada* Managing OfficerSoichiro Okudaira* Managing OfficerHiroyuki Ochiai* Managing OfficerYasuo Kawada* Managing OfficerNaoki Miyazaki* Managing OfficerJames (Jim) E. Lentz * Managing Officer *Promoted For more Information, please contact Hideaki Homma/Paul Nolasco of the CorporateCommunications Department, Public Affairs Division, Toyota Motor Corporation at03-3817-9110/9161. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange