For Immediate Release To whom it may concern

April 7, 2017

Sumitomo Corporation Kuniharu Nakamura, President and Chief Executive Officer Code no. 8053, Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE), 1st Section Contact: Kenji Shinmori, General Manager

Corporate Communications Dept.

TEL. +81-3-5166-3100

Notice Regarding Change in the Board of Directors (Obituary)

Akio Harada, Outside Director of Sumitomo Corporation, passed away on Thursday, April 6, 2017, while under treatment for illness. He ceased to be a member of the Corporation's Board of Directors as that date.

We thank you for the warmth you extended to him during his life.

  1. Departing director

    Akio Harada, Outside Director

  2. Date of departure April 6, 2017

  3. Reason for departure Death

  4. Other matters

With the departure of Akio Harada, the number of Directors of the Corporation has become 13 (including three Outside Directors), which meets the number of Directors stipulated by law and in the Articles of Incorporation.

In the "Personnel Changes of Board Members, Executive Officers, Corporate Auditor and Corporate Officers and Organizational Changes" announced on January 30, Akio Harada was included as one of the candidates for directors to be proposed at the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders in June this year, but he has been removed as a candidate for director due to his death.

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