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Name of the Company: ASICS Corporation

June 19, 2014
President and CEO, Representative Director: Motoi Oyama
Code Number: 7936 Listing Exchanges: Tokyo

Notice of Appointment of New Representative Director

We, ASICS Corporation ("Company"), hereby announce the appointment of representative director, pursuant to a resolution in the Board of Directors' Meeting held on June 19, 2014.

1. Reason for Appointment

We have decided to appoint another representative director in order to increase the mobility of management decision making under "ASICS Growth Plan (AGP) 2015", the Five-Year Strategic Plan whose goals are respond swiftly to an increasingly globalized business environment and pursue continuous growth.

2. Details of Appointment

Representative Director and Managing Executive Officer Kousuke Hashimoto

3. Name and Brief Personal History of New Representative Director

New title

Representative Director and Managing Executive Officer

[Former title Director and Managing Executive Officer]

Name

Kousuke Hashimoto

Birthplace

Fukuoka, Japan

Education

Kobe University, LL.B.

Date of Birth

November 25, 1958

Business

Career

April August April

June

April

1982

2007

2010

2011

2013

Joined the Company

General Manager of Corporate Strategy Department Executive Officer, General Manager of Corporate Strategy Department

Director and Executive Officer, General Manager of Corporate

Strategy Department

Director and Managing Executive Officer, General Manager of Corporate Strategy Department and Senior General Manager of Global Administrative Division

Number of the Company's shares owned

3,500

4. Date of Appointment

June 19, 2014

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