March 3, 2015
Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation
Appointment of Important Employees
This is to announce that, at a meeting of the board of directors held today, it was resolved to appoint (effective as of April 1, 2015) the following "important employees" (offices delegated to the members of the board of directors and executive officers are omitted):

General Superintendent,

Naoetsu Works, Titanium & Specialty

Stainless Steel Unit

Executive

Counsellor

Noriaki YAMADA

General Superintendent,

Osaka Steel Works, Railway, Automotive & Machinery Parts Unit

Executive

Counsellor

Mitsuo MIYAHARA

The following persons will stay in office as "important employees":

General Superintendent,

Titanium & Specialty Stainless Steel

Unit

Executive

Counsellor

Noriaki MATSUKI

General Superintendent,

Kamaishi Works, Bar & Wire Rod

Division

Executive

Counsellor

Takayuki TAENAKA

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