Canon : Notice Concerning Change of Representative Directors

January 31, 2017

Canon Inc.

Chairman & CEO: Fujio Mitarai Securities code: 7751

[Tokyo (First section) and other Stock Exchanges]

Inquiries: Eiji Shimizu

General Manager

Consolidated Accounting Division Group Management Center

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Notice Concerning Change of Representative Directors

At the meeting of its Board of Directors held on January 31, 2017, Canon Inc. (the "Company") decided on a change of the Company's Representative Directors as follows.

The change is subject to the resolution at the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders for the 116th Business Term and the following Board of Directors' meeting, both to be held on March 30, 2017.

1. Reason for Change

   To further strengthen management structure.

2. Change of Representative Directors

   New Title	Current Title
   Toshio Homma	Representative Director, Executive Vice President	Executive Vice President, Chief Executive of Office Imaging Products Operations

3. Brief Personal Record etc. of Newly-Appointed Representative Director

   Brief personal record, position, business in charge and important concurrent posts	Number of the Company's shares held
   Toshio	As of	48,252 shares
   Homma	Apr. 1972: Entered the Company
   Date of birth	Apr. 2001: Deputy Chief Executive of i Printer
   Mar. 10, 1949	Products Operations
   	Mar. 2003: Director
   	Apr. 2003: Group Executive of Business Promotion
   	HQ
   	Jul. 2003: Group Executive of L Printer Business
   	Promotion HQ
   	Jan. 2007: Chief Executive of L Printer Products
   	Operations
   	Mar. 2008: Managing Director
   	Mar. 2012: Senior Managing Director, Group
   	Executive of Procurement Headquarters
   	Mar. 2016: Executive Vice President (present)
   	Apr. 2016: Chief Executive of Office Imaging
   	Products Operations (present)

4. Scheduled Date of Appointment

March 30, 2017