OMRON Corporation (HQ: Shimogyo-Ku, Kyoto. President and CEO: Yoshihito Yamada) today announced that the Board of Directors decided the following Auditors and Executive Officers changes.

As of February 1, 2017
* Changes from the previous position and title are underlined

New Position and Title	Previous Position and Title	Name
Managing Executive Officer, Company President, Electronic and Mechanical Components Company	Managing Executive Officer, Senior General Manager, Environmental Solutions Business HQ	Shizuto Yukumoto
Executive Officer, Senior General Manager, Environmental Solutions Business HQ	Executive Officer, General Manager, Business Planning Department and General Manager, Application Engineering Center, Environmental Solutions Business HQ	Hideji Ejima
Managing Executive Officer	Managing Executive Officer, Company President, Electronic and Mechanical Components Company	Kenji Matsunami

As of April 1, 2017
* Changes from the previous position and title are underlined

New Position and Title	Previous Position and Title	Name
Executive Vice President	Executive Vice President and CFO	Yoshinori Suzuki
Executive Vice President, Company President, Industrial Automation Company	Senior Managing Executive Officer, Company President, Industrial Automation Company	Yutaka Miyanaga
Senior Managing Executive Officer, CTO and Senior General Manager, Technology & Intellectual Property HQ	Managing Executive Officer, CTO and Senior General Manager, Technology & Intellectual Property HQ	Kiichiro Miyata
Senior Managing Executive Officer, CFO and Senior General Manager, Global Strategy HQ	Senior Managing Executive Officer, Senior General Manager, Global Strategy HQ	Koji Nitto
Managing Executive Officer, Chairman, President and CEO, OMRON MANAGEMENT CENTER OF AMERICA, INC.	Managing Executive Officer, Senior General Manager, Robotics Business Development Project, Industrial Automation Company, and Chairman, President and CEO, OMRON MANAGEMENT CENTER OF AMERICA, INC.	Nigel Blakeway
Executive Officer, Senior General Manager, Strategy Planning Division HQ, and Senior General Manager, Robotics Business Development Project, Industrial Automation Company	Executive Officer, Senior General Manager, Strategy Planning Division HQ, Industrial Automation Company	Seigo Kinugawa
Executive Officer, Senior General Manager, Global Human Resources and Administration HQ	Executive Officer, General Manager, Corporate Planning Department, Global Strategy HQ	Masahiko Tomita
Executive Officer, Senior General Manager, Global Investor Relations & Corporate Communications HQ	Assistant Senior General Manager, Global Investor Relations & Corporate Communications HQ, and General Manager, Corporate Communications Dept.	Tsutomu Igaki
Executive Officer, China Manufacturing Innovation Executive, Global Manufacturing Innovation HQ and President and CEO, SHANGHAI OMRON CONTROL COMPONENTS Co., Ltd.	President and CEO, SHANGHAI OMRON CONTROL COMPONENTS Co., Ltd.	Jian Xu
Executive Officer, Senior General Manager, Product Business Division HQ, Industrial Automation Company	Senior General Manager, Product Business Division HQ, Industrial Automation Company	Junta Tsujinaga
Retired	Managing Executive Officer	Kenji Matsunami
Retired (Scheduled to be appointed as Director in June)	Managing Executive Officer, Senior General Manager, Global Investor Relations & Corporate Communications HQ	Satoshi Ando
Executive Officer, Senior General Manager, Solutions Business Division OMRON SOCIAL SOLUTIONS Co., Ltd.	Executive Officer, Senior General Manager, Global Human Resources and Administration HQ	Izumi Echizen

As of the day at the 80th Ordinary General Stakeholders Meeting Scheduled in June, 2017
* Changes from the previous position and title are underlined

New Position and Title	Previous Position and Title	Name
Representative Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer, CTO and Senior General Manager, Technology & Intellectual Property HQ	Senior Managing Executive Officer, CTO and Senior General Manager, Technology & Intellectual Property HQ	Kiichiro Miyata
Director	Newly Appointed	Satoshi Ando
Outside Director	Newly Appointed (Chairman & Representative Director, TDK Corporation)	Takehiro Kamigama
Retired	Executive Vice President	Yoshinori Suzuki
Retired	Executive Vice President	Akio Sakumiya
Retired	Outside Director	Kazuhiko Toyama
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member	Newly Appointed (Attorney, T. Kunihiro & Co., Attorneys-at-Law)	Tadashi Kunihiro
Retired	Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member	Yoshifumi Matsumoto

* The appointment of Mr. Miyata as a new representative director is subject to the approval of the Company's proposal entitled "Partial Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation." The proposal will be submitted for approval at the 80th Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders scheduled for June of this year.

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Director Candidates (Term: From the day at the 2017 Ordinary General Stakeholders Meeting in June to the day at the 2018 Ordinary General Stakeholders Meeting)

Name	Position	Note
Fumio Tateishi	Chairman of the Board
Yoshihito Yamada	Representative Director
Kiichiro Miyata	Representative Director
Koji Nitto	Director
Satoshi Ando	Director
Eizo Kobayashi	Outside Director	Chairman, ITOCHU Corporation
Kuniko Nishikawa	Outside Director	President & CEO, Firststar Healthcare Co. Ltd. President, Benesse MCM Corp.
Takehiro Kamigama	Outside Director	Chairman & Representative Director, TDK Corpotation

* The above appointments are subject to approval at the 80th Ordinary General Stakeholders Meeting scheduled in June, 2017.

* The appointment of Mr. Miyata as a new representative director is subject to the approval of the Company's proposal entitled "Partial Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation." The proposal will be submitted for approval at the 80th Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders scheduled for June of this year.

Auditor Candidates (Term: From the day at the 2017 Ordinary General Shareholders Meeting in June to the day at the 2021 Ordinary General Shareholders Meeting)

Name	Position	Note
Tadashi Kunihiro	Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member	Attorney, T. Kunihiro & Co., Attorneys-at-Law

* The above appointments are subject to approval at the 80th Ordinary General Stakeholders Meeting scheduled in June, 2017.

* Auditors (Non-reelection)

Name	Position	Note
Kiichiro Kondo	Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Tokio Kawashima	Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Hideyo Uchiyama	Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member	Executive Advisor, ASAHI TAX Corporation, Certificated Public Accountant

Substitute Auditor Candidate (Term: From the day at the 2017 Ordinary General Shareholders Meeting in June to the day at the 2018 Ordinary General Shareholders Meeting)

Name	Position	Note
Toru Watanabe	Substitute Audit & Supervisory Board Member (Independent)	Partner, Kitahama Partners -Foreign Law Joint Enterprise, Attorney at Law

* The above appointment is subject to approval at the 80th Ordinary General Stakeholders Meeting scheduled in June, 2017.

Executive Officers (Term: One year from April 1, 2017)

Name	Position and Title
Yoshihito Yamada	President and CEO
Yutaka Miyanaga	Executive Vice President, Company President, Industrial Automation Company
Kiichiro Miyata	Senior Managing Executive Officer, CTO and Senior General Manager, Technology & Intellectual Property HQ
Koji Nitto	Senior Managing Executive Officer, CFO and Senior General Manager, Global Strategy HQ
Shigeki Fujimoto	Managing Executive Officer, Senior General Manager, Business Development HQ
Katsuhiro Wada	Managing Executive Officer, President and CEO, OMRON AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Shizuto Yukumoto	Managing Executive Officer, Senior General Manager, Company President, Electronic and Mechanical Components Company
Toshio Hosoi	Managing Executive Officer, President and CEO, OMRON SOCIAL SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.
Isao Ogino	Managing Executive Officer, President and CEO, OMRON HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
Kiyoshi Yoshikawa	Managing Executive Officer, Senior General Manager, Global Manufacturing Innovation HQ
Nigel Blakeway	Managing Executive Officer, Chairman, President and CEO, OMRON MANAGEMENT CENTER OF AMERICA, INC.
Goshi Oba	Executive Officer, Chairman and President, OMRON INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION (CHINA) CO., LTD.
Takayoshi Oue	Executive Officer, Senior General Manager, Global Finance and Accounting HQ
Hideji Ejima	Executive Officer, Senior General Manager, Environmental Solutions Business HQ
Seigo Kinugawa	Executive Officer, Senior General Manager, Strategy Planning Division HQ, and Senior General Manager, Robotics Business Development Project, Industrial Automation Company
Takashi Kitagawa	Executive Officer, Senior General Manager, Board of Directors Office
Masahiko Tomita	Executive Officer, Senior General Manager, Global Human Resources and Administration HQ
Munenori Odake	Executive Officer, Senior General Manager, Sales & Marketing Division HQ, Industrial Automation Company
Kenji Sugawa	Executive Officer, Director, Executive Vice President, and Senior General Manager, Global Sales and Marketing Group HQ, OMRON HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
Shuji Tamaki	Executive Officer, Senior General Manager, Global Risk Management and Legal HQ.
Ken Tanikawa	Executive Officer, President and CEO, OMRON PRECISION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Makoto Ota	Executive Officer, President and CEO, OMRON RELAY & DEVICES Corporation
Tsutomu Igaki	Executive Officer, Senior General Manager, Global Investor Relations & Corporate Communications HQ
Jian Xu	Executive Officer, China Manufacturing Innovation Executive, Global Manufacturing Innovation HQ, and President and CEO, SHANGHAI OMRON CONTROL COMPONENTS CO., LTD.
Junta Tsujinaga	Executive Officer, Senior General Manager, Product Business Division HQ, Industrial Automation Company

Contact:: Corporate Communications Department,
OMRON Corporation
Tel: +81-75-344-7175

Directors, Auditors and Executive Officers Changes