Announcement on Changes in Directors

YASKAWA Electric Corporation announces that its Board of Directors has decided on the list of candidates for Director on April 8, 2022. The official resolution on these matters will be made at the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders held on May 26, 2022.

1. Candidates for Directors (excluding Directors who are Members of the Audit and Supervisory Committee)

Name	New position	Current position	Remarks
Hiroshi Ogasawara	Representative Director, Chairman of the Board, President	Representative Director, Chairman of the Board, President	Reappointed
Shuji Murakami	Representative Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer	Representative Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer
Masahiro Ogawa	Representative Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer	Representative Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer
Yoshikatsu Minami	Director, Managing Executive Officer	Director, Managing Executive Officer
Yasuhiko Morikawa	Director, Senior Executive Officer	Director, Senior Executive Officer
Yuichiro Kato	Outside Director	Outside Director
Akira Kumagae	Director, Managing Executive Officer	Managing Executive Officer	Newly appointed

(Notes)

1. Retirement of Junji Tsuda, Director, will be effective on the close of the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders to be held on May 26, 2022.

2. Candidates for Directors who are Members of the Audit and Supervisory Committee

Name

New position

Current position

Remarks

Junko

Sasaki

Outside Director, Member of the Audit and Supervisory Committee

Reappointed

Kaori

Matsuhashi

Outside Director, Member of the Audit and Supervisory Committee

Representative Director, Luminous Consulting Co.,Ltd.

Newly appointed

(Notes)

2. Retirement of Yoshiki Akita, Outside Director and Member of the Audit and Supervisory Committee, will be effective on the close of the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders to be held on May 26, 2022.

3. The following Directors who are Members of the Audit and Supervisory Committee were elected at the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders held in 2021 and their terms of office will continue until the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders held in 2023.
Yuji Nakayama (Director, Member of the Audit and Supervisory Committee)
Koichi Tsukahata (Director, Member of the Audit and Supervisory Committee)
Hideo Tsukamoto (Outside Director, Member of the Audit and Supervisory Committee)
Toshikazu Koike (Outside Director, Member of the Audit and Supervisory Committee)

For inquires, contact:

Corporate Communications Div.

YASKAWA Electric Corporation

E-mail: pr@yaskawa.co.jp

News Release

1. Candidates for Directors (excluding Directors who are Members of the Audit and Supervisory Committee)

2. Candidates for Directors who are Members of the Audit and Supervisory Committee