January 14, 2015

Changes in the Members of the Board of Directors, Corporate Auditors and Executive Officers

Asahi Glass Co., Ltd.

Following the recommendation of the Nominating Committee, and approval at the meeting of the Board of Directors held today, Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. (AGC) hereby announces a set of changes in the members of the Board of Directors, Corporate Auditors and Executive Officers as described below.

The changes in the members of the Board of Directors and Corporate Auditors will be made subject to approval at the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders to be held in late March 2015.

1. Changes in the members of the Board of Directors

(1) Candidate for newly appointed Director:

[New Position]

[Name]

[Current Position ]

Director;

Senior Executive Officer

Overall Business Management

(Finance);

GM of Office of the President Deputy Leader of AGC Group Improvement Activities

Shinji Miyaji

Senior Executive Officer

Overall Business Management (Finance); GM of Office of the President

Deputy Leader of AGC Group Improvement

Activities

(2) Resigning Directors:

[Name]

[Current Position ]

Yuji Nishimi

Senior Executive Vice President

Assistant to CEO

Takashi Fujino*

Senior Executive Officer

Assistant to CEO

(*He will assume the presidency of a subsidiary company in late March)

2. Changes in Corporate Auditors

(1) Candidates for newly appointed Corporate Auditors:

[New Position]

[Name]

[Current Position ]

Corporate Auditor

Yasushi Marumori

Director, Mitsubishi UFJ Research and

Consulting Co., Ltd.;

Corporate Auditor, The Nanto Bank, Ltd.

Hiroshi Kawamura

Superintendent Public Prosecutor, Nagoya

High Public Prosecutors Office

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(2) Resigning Corporate Auditors:

[Name]

[Current Position ]

Izumi Tamai

Corporate Auditor

Kenji Haga

Corporate Auditor

3. Changes in Executive Officers;

Resigning Executive Officers:

[Name]

[Current Position ]

Yuji Nishimi

Senior Executive Vice President

Assistant to CEO

Takashi Fujino

Senior Executive Officer

Assistant to CEO

4. Date of the change;

March 27, 2015
• For further inquiries, please contact Junichi Kobayashi, GM of Corporate Communications and Investor
Relations, Asahi Glass Co., Ltd.
(Direct inquiries to: Kazumi Tamaki, Phone: +81-3-3218-5603; E-mail: info-pr@agc.com)

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[Reference]

Members of the Board of Directors, Corporate Auditors and Executive Officers after the changes

1. Board of Directors: 7 persons (*) Representative Director, (**) Outside Director

Kazuhiko Ishimura (*)

Chairman

Takuya Shimamura (*)

President & CEO

Yoshinori Hirai

Senior Executive Officer

Shinji Miyaji

Senior Executive Officer

Masahiro Sakane (**)

Hiroshi Kimura (**)

Masako Egawa (**)

2. Corporate Auditors; 4 persons (***) On a full-time basis

Shukichi Umemoto (***) Yasushi Marumori (***) Toru Hara
Hiroshi Kawamura

3. Executive Officers; 27 persons (President)

Takuya Shimamura (CEO)
(Leader of AGC Group Improvement Activities)

(Executive Vice President)

Yoshiaki Tamura (President of Glass Company)

(Senior Executive Officers)

Marehisa Ishiko (GM of Automotive General Div., Glass Company)
Jean-François Heris (GM of Building & Industrial General Div., Glass Company; President & CEO of AGC Glass Europe)
Yasumasa Nakao (GM of Technology General Div., Glass Company)
Yoshinori Hirai (Overall Business Management(Technology and Business Development) GM of Technology General Division;
Oversight of Electronics Company and Applied Glass Materials General
Division;
Deputy Leader of AGC Group Improvement Activities) Tetsuo Tatsuno (GM of Finance & Control Office)
Shinji Miyaji (Overall Business Management (Finance); GM of Office of the President;
Deputy Leader of AGC Group Improvement Activities)
Yoshinori Kobayashi (President of Electronics Company)
Masao Nemoto (President of Chemicals Company)

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(Executive Officers)

Tadayuki Oi (GM of Strategy & Planning Office, Glass Company)
Shinichi Kawakami (GM of Human Resources & Administration Office) Tokio Matsuo (GM of CSR Office)
Akinobu Shimao (President of AGC Ceramics Co., Ltd.)
Tomoya Takigawa (GM of Production Technology Center, Technology General Division) Takashi Shimbo (Chief Representative of AGC Group for China)
Kimikazu Ichikawa (Chief Representative of AGC Group for Southeast Asia) Kazuyoshi Watanabe (GM of Display Glass General Div., Electronics Company) Kihachiro Okamoto (Deputy GM of Automotive General Div., Glass Company) Shigekuni Inoue (GM of Applied Glass Materials General Division) Hiroyuki Watanabe (GM of Research Center, Technology General Division)
Takayasu Ide (GM of Technology Management General Div., Chemicals Company)
Seigo Washinoue (Deputy GM of Display Glass General Div.; GM of Marketing & Sales
Management Div., Display Glass General Div., Electronics Company) Kazuaki Koga (GM of Essential Chemicals General Div., Chemicals Company)
Kenzo Moriyama (Group Leader of Corporate Planning Group, Office of the President) Takashizu Minato (GM of Performance Chemicals General Div., Chemicals Company)
Masahiro Takeda (Deputy GM of Building & Industrial General Div.; GM of Japan/Asia
Pacific Div., Building & Industrial General Div., Glass Company)
(Abbreviation) "GM": General Manager

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