Tamron Co. Ltd. announced that the following assignment changes of directors, organizational changes and personnel transfers were approved by the board of directors: Tsugio Tsuchiya appointed as senior executive officer as assistant to the president, he is currently as Senior Executive Officer, General Manager and Corporate Business Planning & Administration board; Kunio Wada appointed as Executive Officer, General Manager, technology platform facilitation group, he is currently as Executive Officer, General Manager and Integrated Core Technology R & D Unit; Hiroshi Otsuka appointed as executive officer, general manager, corporate business planning and administration board. he is currently as executive officer, general manager, technology development strategic planning board; Yoshinori Narita appointed as Executive Officer; General Manager and New Business Development Group; Masakazu Kato appointed as Acting General Manager and Legal & IP Management Board; Nobuyuki Adachi appointed as Assistant General Manager and New Business Development Group; Hideaki Gouda appointed as Acting Manager and Dept.

#2 New Business Development Group; Akiko Onuma appointed as General Manager, Customer Service Dept. he is currently working as acting general manager; Minoru Andoh appointed as acting general manager, optical design & engineering R & D unit; Masato Sasaki appointed as general manager, Core Technology & engineering R & D unit; Toshikuni Tateno appointed as acting general manager; integrated core technology R & D unit, he is currently working as integrated Core Technology R & D unit and manager for Dept. 1, integrated core technology R & D unit; Naoto Shiga appointed as Deputy General Manager, integrated core technology R & D unit, he is currently working as Manager, Dept.

#2, Integrated Core Technology R&D Unit; Masamichi Ikeda appointed as General Manager, Product Development Management & Administration Unit, he is currently working as Acting General Manager, Product Development Management & Administration Unit; Takashi Watanabe appointed as Assistant General Manager Mold & Tooling Technology Center, he is currently working as Assistant General Manager.