Sumitomo Mitsui Trust : Notice regarding Candidates for Directors and Executive Officers, the structure of the respective committees and the revision of the Basic Policy on Corporate Governance

To whom it may concern

May 15, 2017

Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc. (Securities Code: 8309 TSE, NSE)

Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc. (President: Tetsuo Ohkubo; hereinafter "SuMi TRUST Holdings") has decided on a policy to further enhance SuMi TRUST Holdings' corporate governance by changing from being a company with a Board of Corporate Auditors to a company with Three Committees, subject to obtaining approval at its ordinary general meeting of shareholders for the sixth fiscal period, scheduled for June 2017, as it announced in the "Notice regarding Initiatives for the Enhancement of Corporate Governance of the Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group" on February 14, 2017. SuMi TRUST Holdings hereby announces that it has decided today on candidates for the directors and the executive officers, and the structure of the respective committees after the change of becoming a company with Three Committees as well as on the revision of the Basic Policy on Corporate Governance of SuMi TRUST Holdings.

(See Attachment 1 for the corporate organization after the change of becoming a company with Three Committees.)

1. Candidates for Directors

   New Position	Name	Position as of May 15, 2017
   Director, President (Representative Executive Officer)	Tetsuo Ohkubo	President (Representative Director) of SuMi TRUST Holdings, Director of Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Limited (hereinafter "SuMi TRUST Bank")
   Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer (Representative Executive Officer) (Newly appointed)	Jiro Araumi	Senior Managing Executive Officer of SuMi TRUST Holdings, Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer of SuMi TRUST Bank
   Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer (Representative Executive Officer) (Newly appointed)	Toru Takakura	Senior Managing Executive Officer of SuMi TRUST Holdings, Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer of SuMi TRUST Bank
   Director, Executive Officer (Newly appointed)	Masaru Hashimoto	Executive Officer of SuMi TRUST Holdings, President (Representative Director) of SuMi TRUST Bank
   Director	Kunitaro Kitamura	Director (Representative Director) of SuMi TRUST Holdings, Chairman of SuMi TRUST Bank

   Director	Hitoshi Tsunekage	Chairman (Representative Director) of SuMi TRUST Holdings, Director of SuMi TRUST Bank
   Director (Newly appointed)	Yasuyuki Yagi	Senior Corporate Auditor of SuMi TRUST Holdings
   Director (Newly appointed)	Hiroshi Misawa	Corporate Advisor of SuMi TRUST Bank
   Director (External Director)	Soichi Shinohara	Director (External Director) of SuMi TRUST Holdings, Emeritus Professor at Doshisha University, President of Kyoto Gakuen University
   Director (External Director)	Takeshi Suzuki	Director (External Director) of SuMi TRUST Holdings, Director (External Director) of AICHI CORPORATION
   Director (External Director)	Mikio Araki	Director (External Director) of SuMi TRUST Holdings, President of The Japan Economic Research Institute, Director (External Director) of Kintetsu Group Holdings Co., Ltd., Auditor (External Auditor) of Japan Freight Railway Company
   Director (External Director) (Newly appointed)	Isao Matsushita	Senior Executive Advisor of JXTG Holdings, Inc., Outside Director of Matsumotokiyoshi Holdings Co., Ltd., Outside Director of INPEX CORPORATION
   Director (External Director) (Newly appointed)	Shinichi Saito	Corporate Auditor (External Auditor) of SuMi TRUST Holdings, Representative Director, CO-CEO of Japan Industrial Solutions, Ltd. Director (External Director) of Meikoshokai Co., Ltd.
   Director (External Director) (Newly appointed)	Takashi Yoshida	Corporate Auditor (External Auditor) of SuMi TRUST Holdings, Certified Public Accountant, Corporate Auditor (External Auditor) of Nippon Seiro Co., Ltd., Director (External Director) of Cosmos Initia Co., Ltd.
   Director (External Director) (Newly appointed)	Hiroko kawamoto	Director (External Director) of SuMi TRUST Bank, Executive Vice President and COO of ANA Strategic Research Institute Co., Ltd.

2. Candidates for Executive Officers

   New Position	Name	Responsibilities
   President (Representative Executive Officer)	Tetsuo Ohkubo
   Senior Managing Executive Officer (Representative Executive Officer)	Jiro Araumi	Asset Management Business Planning Dept.

   Senior Managing Executive Officer (Representative Executive Officer)	Toru Takakura	Human Resources Dept.
   Senior Managing Executive Officer, Executive Officer	Akihiko Shirayama	Planning and Coordination Dept.
   Senior Managing Executive Officer	Yoshiaki Koshimura	Planning and Coordination Dept.
   Senior Managing Executive Officer	Tadashi Nishimura	Financial Planning Dept.
   Senior Managing Executive Officer	Yutaka Nishida	Risk Management Dept., Compliance Dept., Legal Dept., Fiduciary Duties Planning and Promotion Dept.
   Managing Executive Officer	Koichi Onaka	IR Dept.
   Managing Executive Officer	Yasumi Nose	IT & Business Process Planning Dept.
   Managing Executive Officer, Executive Officer	Atsushi Kaibara	Corporate Administration Dept., Corporate Secretariat
   Managing Executive Officer	Akira Yokota	Human Resources Dept.
   Managing Executive Officer	Shigeki Tanaka	Corporate Planning Dept., Corporate Secretariat
   Executive Officer	Masaru Hashimoto
   Executive Officer	Kiyomitsu Asahi	Internal Audit Dept.

3. The structure of the respective committees

[Outline of the respective committees]