Terumo : Appoints the Candidates for Directors

May 10, 2017

Terumo Appoints the Candidates for Directors

TOKYO, JAPAN - May 10, 2017 - Terumo Corporation (TSE: 4543) hereby announces that it has decided the candidates for directors as below. The elections are subject to the approval of the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders to be held on June 27, 2017.

1. Candidates for directors (excluding directors who serve as Audit/Supervisory Committee Members)

   Name	New position	Current position
   Takayoshi Mimura	Chairman of the Board	Same as on the left
   Shinjiro Sato	President and CEO	Same as on the left
   Toshiaki Takagi	Director and Managing Executive Officer	Same as on the left
   Shoji Hatano	Director and Managing Executive Officer	Same as on the left
   Hideo Arase	Director and Senior Executive Officer	Same as on the left
   David Perez	Director and Senior Executive Officer	Same as on the left
   Ikuo Mori	Independent Director	Same as on the left
   Ryuzo Ueda	Independent Director	Same as on the left

2. Candidates for directors who serve as Audit/Supervisory Committee Members

   Name	New position	Current position
   Yoshihiro Kimura	Director who serves as an Audit/Supervisory Committee Member	Advisor
   Toshihiko Matsumiya	Independent director who serves as an Audit/Supervisory Committee Member	Same as on the left
   Masatake Yone	Independent director who serves as an Audit/Supervisory Committee Member	Same as on the left

3. A new candidate for directors

   Yoshihiro Kimura (Advisor, Audit/Supervisory Committee Office)

   Name

   Professional career

   Yoshihiro Kimura (Born on June 29, 1955)

   April 1978 Joined Terumo Corporation July 1998 General Manager, Operation Dept. April 2004 Managing Director, Terumo Europe N.V. July 2006 General Manager, Controller Dept. July 2008 General Manager, Logistics Dept. March 2011 Chairman, Terumo Penpol Pvt Ltd. April 2014 Executive Officer General Manager, Internal Audit Dept. April 2016 Advisor (present) April 2017 Audit/Supervisory Committee Office (present)

4. Directors to resign from the Board

Yutaro Shintaku, Hiroshi Matsumura, Kuniko Shoji, Kenji Sekine and Mari Matsunaga

About Terumo Corporation Tokyo-based Terumo Corporation is one of the world's leading medical device manufacturers with over $5 billion in sales and operations in more than 160 nations. Founded in 1921, the company develops, manufactures and distributes world-class medical devices including products for use in cardiothoracic surgery, interventional procedures and transfusion medicine; the company also manufactures a broad array of syringe and hypodermic needle products for hospital and physician office use. Terumo contributes to society by providing valued products and services to the health care market and by responding to the needs of health care providers and the people they serve. Terumo Corporation's shares are listed on the first section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange (No. 4543, Reuters symbol , or Bloomberg 4543: JP) and is a component of the Nikkei 225, Japan's leading stock index.

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