Toyota Motor Regulatory News (TYT)

12 Apr 2007 12:59

Toyota Motor Corporation12 April 2007 (Translation) To Whom It May Concern: April 12 , 2007 Company Name: TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION Name 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 executivechanges to take effect following the ordinary general shareholders' meeting inJune, as described below. 1. Newly Appointed Members of the Board of Directors (9 people) - Pending approval at this year's ordinary general shareholders' meeting in June. Name New title Current titleKoichi Ina Senior Managing Director Managing OfficerTakeshi Yoshida Senior Managing Director Managing OfficerShinzo Kobuki Senior Managing Director Managing OfficerAkira Sasaki Senior Managing Director Managing OfficerHiroshi Kawakami Senior Managing Director Managing OfficerTadashi Arashima Senior Managing Director Managing OfficerMamoru Furuhashi Senior Managing Director Managing OfficerSatoshi Ozawa Senior Managing Director Managing OfficerJames E. Press Senior Managing Director Managing Officer 2. Retiring Directors (4 people) - To retire on the same day as thisyear's ordinary general shareholders' meeting in June. Name Current titleYoshimi Inaba Executive Vice President and Representative DirectorTetsuo Hattori Senior Managing DirectorHajime Wakayama Senior Managing DirectorYoshio Shirai Senior Managing Director 3. New Corporate Auditors (2 people) - Pending approval at this year'sordinary general shareholders' meeting in June. Name Current titleKunihiro Matsuo AttorneyYoshikazu Amano Managing Officer 4. Retiring Corporate Auditors (2 people) - To retire on the same day asthis year's ordinary general shareholders' meeting in June. Name Current TitleHideaki Miyahara Full-time Corporate AuditorYasutaka Okamura Corporate Auditor 5. New Managing Officers (11 people) - Pending approval at a board ofdirectors' meeting following this year's ordinary general shareholders' meetingin June. Name Current Title (at TMC, unless noted)Shigeki Suzuki General Manager, Material Engineering Div. 1Katsutada Masumoto General Manager, Overseas Service Field Operations Div.Yasushi Kohara General Manager, Toyopet channel Operations Div.Shigeru Hayakawa General Manager, Public Affairs Div.Hisayuki Inoue General Manager, Global Planning Div.Hiroji Onishi General Manager, IT & ITS Planning Div.Keiji Masui General Manager, Production Control Div.Kenji Miura General Manager, Operations Management Consulting Div.Kiyotaka Ise Executive Chief Engineer, TOYOTA Development Center 2Katsuyuki Miyabayashi General Manager, Product Planning Div.Didier Leroy President, Toyota Motor Manufacturing France S.A.S. 6. Retiring Managing Officers (4 people) - To retire on the same day asthis year's ordinary general shareholders' meeting in June. Name Current TitleYoshikazu Amano Managing OfficerMasamoto Maekawa Managing OfficerGary L. Convis Managing OfficerYasumori Ihara Managing Officer For Reference Expected executive lineup following June 2007 ordinary general shareholders'meeting - The appointment of the members of the Board and corporateauditors is to be officially approved by the shareholders at the ordinarygeneral shareholders' meeting in June 2007. The managing directors andrepresentative directors are to be officially approved by the members of theBoard at the Board of Directors' meeting held following the ordinary generalshareholders' meeting. The full-time corporate auditors are to be officiallyapproved at the corporate auditors' meeting following the ordinary generalshareholders' meeting. i. Board of Directors (30 people) Name New title Fujio Cho Chairman and Representative DirectorKatsuhiro Nakagawa Vice Chairman and Representative DirectorKatsuaki Watanabe President and Representative DirectorTokuichi Uranishi Executive Vice President and Representative DirectorKazuo Okamoto Executive Vice 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 DirectorTakeshi Suzuki 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 DirectorTakeshi Yoshida* Senior Managing DirectorShinzo Kobuki* Senior Managing DirectorAkira Sasaki* Senior Managing DirectorHiroshi Kawakami* Senior Managing DirectorTadashi Arashima* Senior Managing DirectorMamoru Furuhashi* Senior Managing DirectorSatoshi Ozawa* Senior Managing DirectorJames E. Press* Senior Managing DirectorShoichiro Toyoda Honorary ChairmanHiroshi Okuda Senior Advisor *Newly appointed 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 Auditor**Yoichi Morishita Corporate Auditor**Akishige Okada Corporate Auditor**Kunihiro Matsuo* Corporate Auditor** *Newly appointed **Outside corporate auditors set forth in Article 2-16 of the Corporation Act ofJapaniii. Managing Officers (47 people) Name New titleIwao Nihashi Managing OfficerSeiichi Sudo Managing OfficerYasuhiko Ichihashi Managing OfficerTadashi Yamashina Managing OfficerTakashi Hata Managing OfficerWahei Hirai Managing OfficerTatehito Ueda Managing OfficerTakashi Shigematsu Managing OfficerYuzo Ushiyama Managing OfficerTakahiko Ijichi Managing OfficerToshio Furutani Managing OfficerTetsuo Agata Managing OfficerSenta Morioka Managing OfficerHironobu Inoue Managing OfficerKazuhiko Takarada Managing OfficerMasayuki Nakai Managing OfficerToshiki Hayama Managing OfficerTakahiro Iwase Managing OfficerAkihito Tsuji Managing OfficerYoshihiko Masuda Managing OfficerNobuo Kobayashi 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 Officer *Newly appointed For more Information, please contact Tomomi Imai/Paul Nolasco of the CorporateCommunications Department, Public Affairs Division, Toyota Motor Corporation at03-3817-9150/9161. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange