Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal : Executive Management of Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation on June 27, 2017

June 27, 2017

Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation Executive Management of Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation on June 27, 2017

This is to announce that (i) the nomination of the members of the board of directors and part of the audit & supervisory board members were approved at the 93rd Annual Meeting of Shareholders held today, and (ii) the role of the members of the board of directors and the audit

& supervisory board members as set below was subsequently determined respectively at the meetings of the board of directors and the audit & supervisory board members.

Name Title Division of Business Responsibilities and Delegation of Office

Shoji MUNEOKA Representative Director and

Chairman

Kosei SHINDO Representative Director and President

Soichiro SAKUMA Representative Director and

Executive Vice President

• General Administration; Legal; Internal Control & Audit; Business Process Innovation; Human Resources; Environment

  Yasumitsu SAEKI Representative Director and

  Executive Vice President

• Marketing Administration & Planning; Transportation & Logistics; Project Development; Machinery & Materials Procurement; Steel Products Units; Domestic Office and Branches

• Cooperating with Executive Vice President E. Hashimoto on Overseas Offices

  Shinji FUJINO Representative Director and Executive Vice President

• Intellectual Property; Safety; Plant Safety; Technical Administration & Planning; Standardization; Quality Management; Plant Engineering and Facility Management; Ironmaking Technology; Steelmaking Technology; Energy Technology; Slag & Cement

• Cooperating with Executive Vice President S. Sakuma

on Environment

Eiji HASHIMOTO Representative Director and

Executive Vice President

Kenji TAKAHASHI Representative Director and

Executive Vice President

Toshiharu SAKAE Representative Director and

Executive Vice President

Shinji TANIMOTO Managing Director, Member

of the Board

Shinichi NAKAMURA Managing Director, Member

of the Board

Toshihiko KUNISHI * Managing Director, Member

of the Board

Mutsutake OTSUKA Director, Member of the Board Ichiro FUJISAKI Director, Member of the Board

• Head of Global Business Development

• Overseas Offices

• Head of Research and Development

• Corporate Planning; Group Companies Planning; Accounting

  & Finance; Raw Materials

• Intellectual Property; Technical Administration & Planning; Plant Engineering and Facility Management ; Ironmaking Technology; Steelmaking Technology; Energy Technology

• Rendering Assistance to Executive Vice President Y. Saeki on Steel Products Units

• Cooperating with Managing Director S. Nakamura on Transportation & Logistics Technology

• Head of Unit, Flat Products Unit; Project Leader, Shanghai- Baoshan Cold-rolled & Coated Sheet Products Project, Global Business Development Sector; Project Leader, India Continuous Annealing & Processing Line Project, Global Business Development Sector

• Marketing Administration & Planning; Transportation & Logistics

• Head of Unit, Pipe & Tube Unit; Project Leader, VSB Project, Global Business Development Sector

Notes:

• An asterisk (*) indicates a newly appointed member of the board of directors.

• Messrs. Otsuka and Fujisaki meet the requirements of an outside director as set forth in Article 2, Item 15 of the Companies Act.

  Name Title

  Yutaka TAKEUCHI Senior Audit & Supervisory Board Member Atsuhiko YOSHIE Senior Audit & Supervisory Board Member Masato TSURIBE Audit & Supervisory Board Member

  Katsunori NAGAYASU* Audit & Supervisory Board Member Hiroshi OBAYASHI Audit & Supervisory Board Member Jiro MAKINO Audit & Supervisory Board Member Seiichiro AZUMA Audit & Supervisory Board Member

  Note:

• An asterisk (*) indicates a reappointed audit & supervisory board member.

• Messrs. Nagayasu, Obayashi, Makino and Azuma meet the requirements of an outside company auditor as set forth in Article 2, Item 16 of the Companies Act.