To whom it may concern

February 27, 2017

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

Notice regarding Change of Officers, including Representative Directors, in the Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group

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

(As of April 1, 2017 (planned))

  1. Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc.

    1. Reason of Change

      Change of Officers (including Representative Directors) of SuMi TRUST Holdings.

    2. Change of Representative Directors

      New Position

      Name

      Current Position

      Director

      Nobuo Iwasaki

      Deputy President (Representative Director)

      Director

      Rikiya Hattori

      Deputy President (Representative Director)

    3. Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Limited

      1. Reason of Change

        Change of Representative Director accompanied by the change of officers of Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Limited (hereinafter "SuMi TRUST Bank").

      2. Newly Appointed Representative Directors

        New Position

        Name

        Current Position

        Deputy President (Representative Director)

        Yukihiro Kitano

        Senior Managing Executive Officer

        Deputy President (Representative Director)

        Tsuyoshi Saito

        Senior Managing Executive Officer

      3. Change of Representative Director

        New Position

        Name

        Current Position

        Deputy Chairman

        Rikiya Hattori

        Deputy President (Representative Director)

      4. Retiring Representative Director

        5. New Position

        Name

        Current Position

        Retiring

        Nobuo Iwasaki

        Deputy President (Representative Director)

        (As of the date of Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders, which is scheduled to be held in June 2017 (planned))

        1. Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc.

          1. Reason of Change

            Change of Officers (including Representative Directors) of SuMi TRUST Holdings.

          2. Change of Representative Directors

            3. New Position

            Name

            Current Position

            Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer (Representative Director)

            Jiro Araumi

            Senior Managing Executive Officer (*)

            Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer (Representative Director)

            Toru Takakura

            Senior Managing Executive Officer (*)

            (*) Position as of April 1, 2017

            Career Summary of Newly Appointed Representative Directors in SuMi TRUST Holdings

            Name: Jiro Araumi

            April

            1984:

            Joined The Mitsui Trust and Banking Company, Limited

            July

            2011:

            Appointed as Executive Officer, General Manager of Trust Assets Planning Department of Chuo Mitsui Asset Trust and Banking Company, Limited

            April

            2012:

            Appointed as Managing Executive Officer, General Manager of Pension Business Planning Department of SuMi TRUST Bank

            April

            2014:

            Appointed as Managing Executive Officer of SuMi TRUST Holdings (current position)

            Appointed as Managing Executive Officer of SuMi TRUST Bank

            April

            2015:

            Appointed as Managing Executive Officer of SuMi TRUST Holdings (current position)

            Appointed as Director, Managing Executive Officer of SuMi TRUST Bank (current position)

            April

            2017:

            Appointed as Senior Managing Executive Officer of SuMi TRUST Holdings (new position)

            Appointed as Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer of SuMi TRUST Bank (new position)

            June

            2017:

            Appointed as Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer (Representative Director) of SuMi TRUST Holdings (new position)

            Appointed as Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer of SuMi TRUST Bank (new position)

            Date of Birth: May 24, 1960 Business Experience:

            Number of shares of SuMi TRUST Holdings held by the person:

            6,400 (as of February 27, 2017)

            Name: Toru Takakura

            April

            1984:

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

            June

            2010:

            Appointed as Executive Officer, General Manager of Management Integration Promotion Department of STB

            January

            2008:

            Appointed as Executive Officer of SuMi TRUST Holdings

            Appointed as Director, Managing Executive Officer of SuMi TRUST Holdings

            April

            2012:

            Appointed as Managing Executive Officer of SuMi TRUST Holdings Appointed as Director, Managing Executive Officer of SuMi TRUST Holdings

            July

            2013:

            Appointed as Managing Executive Officer, General Manager of Corporate Planning Department of SuMi TRUST Holdings

            Appointed as Director, Managing Executive Officer, General Manager of Corporate Planning Department of SuMi TRUST Bank

            January

            2014:

            Appointed as Managing Executive Officer of SuMi TRUST Holdings (current position)

            Appointed as Director, Managing Executive Officer of SuMi TRUST Bank (current position)

            April

            2017:

            Appointed as Senior Managing Executive Officer of SuMi TRUST Holdings (new position)

            Appointed as Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer of SuMi TRUST Bank (new position)

            June

            2017:

            Appointed as Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer (Representative Director) of SuMi TRUST Holdings (new position)

            Appointed as Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer of SuMi TRUST Bank (new position)

            Date of Birth: March 10, 1962 Business Experience:

            Number of shares of SuMi TRUST Holdings held by the person:

            5,882 (as of February 27, 2017)

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