March 3, 2015
Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation
Change in Managing Executive Officer and Executive Officer
This is to announce that, at a meeting of the board of directors held today, it was resolved to change the delegation of office set forth below for Executive Officer, effective as of March 27, 2015.

Name

Title

Division of Business Responsibilities and Delegation of Office

(After the change)

Shin NISHIURA

Executive Officer

• Head of Office, Beijing Office

• Head of Division, Corporate

Planning Division



Tatsuro Shirasu, currently Head of Office, Beijing Office, will retire as Managing Executive
Officer of Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation on March 26, 2015 and will be expected to be appointed as Representative Director and President of Nippon Denko Co., Ltd. on March 27,
2015.

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