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OMRON Announces Executive Personnel Changes

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJanuary 30, 2008

Company Name: OMRON Corporation
President and CEO: Hisao Sakuta
Stock ticker number: 6645
Stock exchanges: Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya
(First Sections)
Contact: Taeko Ogose, General Manager
Corporate Communications Department
Phone: +81-75-344-7175

OMRON Corporation (TSE: 6645; ADR: OMRNY; hereinafter 'the Company'), announced that on January 30, 2008, the Company's Board of Directors decided its recommendation for changes in executive personnel to be proposed to the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders, planned for June 24, 2008.

  1. Directors (as of June 24, 2008)
    1. New candidate
      New Appointment Name
      Director and Executive Vice Chairman Fumio Tateisi
      Director and Executive Vice President Keiichiro Akahoshi
      Director and Executive Vice President Yutaka Takigawa
      Director (External) Masamitsu Sakurai

      Masamitsu Sakurai is Chairman of the Boardof Ricoh Company, Ltd , Chairman of KEIZAI DOYUKAI (Japan Association of Corporate Executives)

    2. Scheduled to retire
      Position Name
      Director and Executive Vice President Shingo Akechi
      Director and Executive Vice President Tadao Tateisi
      Senior Managing Director Tsukasa Yamashita
      Director (External) Noriyuki Inoue

      Noriyuki Inoue is Chairman, CEO and Representative Director of Daikin Industries, Ltd.

    3. Candidates for reappointment
      Position Name
      Chairman of the Board of Directors Yoshio Tateisi
      President and CEO Hisao Sakuta
      Director (External) Kazuhiko Toyama
      • Directors will be elected at the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders and appointed to their various positions at a meeting of the Board of Directors to be held the same day.
      • Kazuhiko Toyama is CEO of Industrial Growth Platform, Inc.
  2. Corporate Auditors (as of June 24, 2008)
    1. New candidate
      Position Name
      Corporate Auditor (External) Eisuke Nagatomo

      Eisuke Nagatomo is President & CEOEN Associates Co.,Ltd.

    2. Scheduled for retirement
      Position Name
      Corporate Auditor (External) Yoshio Nakano

      Yoshio Nakano, CPA, PhD. (NAKANO C.P.A. OFFICE)

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