To whom it may concern
February 26, 2015
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc. (Securities Code: 8309 TSE, NSE) Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Limited

Notice regarding Change of Representative Director in "Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group"

Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc. (President: Kunitaro Kitamura, hereinafter "SMTH") hereby
announces the following changes of Representative Director.

1. Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc.(1) Reason of Change

Change of Representative Director accompanied by the personnel change of officers of
SMTH
(2) Change of Representative Directors (As of April 1, 2015 (planned))

New Position

Name

Current Position

Director

Akio Otsuka

Deputy President

(Representative Director)

Director

Jun Okuno

Director

(Representative Director)

Director

Kiyoshi Mukohara

Director

(Representative Director)

2. Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Limited

(1) Reason of Change
Change of Representative Director accompanied by the personnel change of officers of
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Limited (hereinafter "SMTB")
(2) Candidate for Representative Director (As of April 1, 2015 (planned))

New Position

Name

Current Position

Deputy President

(Representative Director)

Sumikazu Tsutsui

Director, Senior Managing

Executive Officer

(3) Retiring Representative Directors (As of April 1, 2015 (planned))

New Position

Name

Current Position

Senior Corporate Advisor

Jun Okuno

Deputy Chairman

(Representative Director)

Corporate Advisor

Kiyoshi Mukohara

Deputy Chairman

(Representative Director)

Corporate Advisor in charge of

Pension Business

Akio Otsuka

Deputy President

(Representative Director)

3. Career Summary of Candidate for Representative Director of SMTB

Name: Sumikazu Tsutsui
Date of Birth: November 11, 1956

April

1979:

Joined The Sumitomo Trust and Banking Co., Ltd. (hereinafter "STB")

June

2005:

Appointed as Executive Officer, General Manager of Treasury Department of STB

June

2007:

Appointed as Director, Managing Executive Officer, General Manager of Group

Planning Unit, Global Markets of STB

May

2008:

Appointed as Director, Managing Executive Officer of STB

April

2011:

Appointed as Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer of STB

April

2012:

Appointed as Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer of SMTB (current position)

April

2015:

Appointed as Deputy President (Representative Director) of SMTB (new position) Appointed as Deputy President Executive Officer of SMTH (new position)

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For further information, please contact:
IR Department, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc. Telephone: +81-3-3286-8354
Facsimile: +81-3-3286-4654

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