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December 25, 2020

DENSO Announces Organization and Personnel Changes

KARIYA, . (Dec. 25 2020) – DENSO, a leading mobility supplier, today announced changes to its organization and personnel, effective January 1, 2021. Regarding the changes of organization and executive structure, please refer the news release announced on 7th December 2020

1. Organizational changes Organization Changes Names ・Establish a new Environment Neutral Systems Development Div., FC System Divisions that Report Business Development Div.. Directly to the ・ President Establish new Solution Planning for Smart City Dept., Software Innovation Dept.. Corporate Strategy Center/ Corporate ・Corporate Strategy Center and Corporate Management Center be Management integrated into Corporate Strategy Center. Center General Administration & ・Establish a new Human Resources Planning Div.. Human Resources Center Legal, External Affairs & ・Establish a new Economic Security Dept.. Communications Center Engineering Research & ・Change its name to Research & Development Center. Development Center ・ Establish a new Production Eng. R&D Center, Global Production Center, Production Industrial Solution Business Group by reorganizing production and procurement- Innovation Center / related function. Purchasing Group ・Establish production group and purchasing group inside Global Production Center. ・Create a new Solution Sales & Marketing Group. This group will include aftermarket sales and services function, which will be spun off from DENSO’s current Sales & Marketing Group. That group will be renamed OEM Sales & Marketing Group. Sales Group ・Establish a new Sales Engineering Dept. and Core&Customize Strategy Dept. inside OEM Sales & Marketing Group. ・Establish a new Auto & Life Solution Div. inside Solution Sales & Marketing Group.

- more - ・Change the name of Diesel Systems Business Unit to Commercial Vehicle & Off-Highway Powertrain Business Unit. ・Change the name of Gasoline Systems Business Unit to Passenger Vehicle Powertrain Systems Powertrain Business Unit. Business Group ・Change the name of Powertrain Components Unit to Mechatronics Components Business Unit. ・Establish a new Powertrain Development Infrastructure Promotion Div.. Sensor & ・Sensor Business Unit and Semiconductor Business Unit will be divisions that Semiconductor Business Group report directly to the president. Thermal Systems ・Integrate Air-Conditioning Business Unit and Thermal Management Business Business Group Unit into a new Thermal Systems Business Unit.. ・Change its name to Mobility Systems Business Group. ・Connected Systems Business Development Div. will be a business unit, and Mobility Electronics Business Group establish a new Information and Communications Technology Business Unit. ・Change the name of Electronics Platform Function Unit to Mobility Systems Electronics Platform Function Unit.

2. Changes of responsibility of Senior Directors (Only changes are indicated.)

DENSO will integrate executive officers, executive fellows and senior director into 65 senior directors. The following changes will be effective January 1, 2021 Changes are underlined

Name New Current Sales Planning Dept., Global Sales Planning Dept., Global Sales Sales Promotion Dept., Chubu Promotion Dept., Connected Business Yuji Ishizuka Sales Div., Overseas Business Development Dept., Chubu Sales Div., Development Dept. Overseas Business Development Dept.

President of DENSO SALES CEO of Europe, President of DENSO Hisaaki Sato (THAILAND) CO., LTD INTERNATIONAL EUROPE B.V.

President of J-QuAD DYNAMICS, AD & Hajime Kumabe President of J-QuAD DYNAMICS ADAS Business Unit

Production Innovation Planning Div., Yutaka Yamanouchi Head of Production Group Production Control Div., Facility Div., Core Skills Development Div.

Head of Powertrain Systems Head of Gasoline Systems Business Hisashi Iida Business Group Unit

Thermal Systems Business of Thermal Systems Business of Europe, Marco Di Rao Marotta Europe, President of DENSO President of DENSO THERMAL THERMAL SYSTEMS S.p.A. SYSTEMS S.p.A. Head of Diesel Systems Business Unit, CEO of Europe, President of Business Structure Reform of Powertrain DENSO Yasushi Mukai Systems Business Group, Powertrain INTERNATIONAL EUROPE B.V., Systems Business Planning Dept., South America Alliance Planning Dept. Executive Vice President of BluE Executive Vice President of BluE Nexus, Nexus, Alliance of Electric Systems Katsuhiko Takeuchi Alliance of Electric Systems in in Electrification Systems Business Electrification Systems Business Group Group Global R&D of Research & Development Center, Engineering Development Promotion Div., Kazuoki Matsugatani Engineering of Intellectual Property Div., Design Div., Product Design Key Technology R&D Div., Deputy Head of IT Digital Center Head of Electric Components Head of Electric Components Business Katsuhiko Sugito Business Unit Unit, Business Structural Reform Dept.

Revolution Project of Solution Enhancement of Manufacturing Hirotaka Yato Sales & Marketing Group Foundation of - Deputy Head of General Administration General Administration Div., Health & Human Resources Center, Care Promotion Div., Secretarial Dept., Human Resources Plant General Administration, Kazuhiro Iwai Div., General Admin. Div., Plant General Public Relations Div., Administration., Health Care Promotion President of DENSO BLOSSOM Div., President of DENSO BLOSSOM CO., LTD. CO., LTD. Head of Mobility Systems Electronics Platform Function Unit, Electronics Business Unit, Head of Hiroshi Kondo Electronics Business Unit, Mobility Electronics Platform Function Unit, Systems Testing & Evaluation Z Project Preparation Dept. Div. CEO of North America, President Seiji Maeda of DENSO INTERNATIONAL Head of Motor Business Unit AMERICA, INC. Air-Conditioning Business Unit, Thermal Management Business Unit, Thermal Systems Quality Assurance Div., CEO of China, Thermal Systems Product Planning Div., Eiji Inoue President of DENSO (CHINA) Thermal Systems Advanced R&D Div., INVESTMENT CO., LTD. Thermal Systems Performance Development Div., Thermal Systems Electronics R&D Div.

Yoshinobu Tao Deputy Head of Purchasing Group Deputy Head of Purchasing Group

Head of Exhaust Aftertreatment Powertrain Systems Development Div., System Business Unit, FC Commercialization of FCV Technology in Tatsushi Nakashima System Business Development Engineering Research & Development Div., Advanced Testing & Center, Advanced Energy Systems R&D Evaluation Div. Div., Advanced Testing & Evaluation Div.

Kazutada Yamada Tokyo Sales Div. Tokyo Sales Div. Manufacturing of North America, Manufacturing of North America, President of DENSO Shinichi Nakamizo President of DENSO MANUFACTURING MANUFACTURING TENNESSEE, TENNESSEE, INC. INC. Corporate Strategy Center( CEO Div., Corporate Strategy Div. Yasuhisa Sakurai Group), Global Strategy Div., Head of (Corporate Strategy Dept.) Strategy Development Dept. Head of Solution Sales & Marketing Group, Customer Automotive Solutions Div., Customer Atsushi Aratake Service Engineering Dept., Middle Service Div., Middle East & Africa East & Africa Corporate, Powertrain Systems Corporate, Powertrain Systems Stephen Milam Business and Electrification Business and Electrification Systems Systems Business of North America Business of North America

Head of Industrial Solution Head of FA Business Unit, Machinery & Shinya Sugiura Business Unit Tools Div.

Head of Business Planning in Business Planning of Mobility Electronics Mobility System Business Group, Business Group, Mobility Electronics Masanori Sugiura Director of Mobility Systems Business Planning Dept., Cockpit Business Planning Div. Systems Business Unit Head of Electrification Components Head of Electrification Components Tsuneo Maebara Business Unit Business Unit Director of Quality Control Div., Safety Material/Processing/R&D of Health & Environment Div., Koichi Nagaya Production Eng. R&D Center President of DENSO ABASHIRI TEST CENTER CORPORATION Electric Engineering in Electric Engineering in Electrification Hiroaki Ishikawa Electrification Systems Business Systems Business Group Group Information and Communications Connected Systems Business Business Unit, Mobility Systems Development Div., Electronics Platform Norio Fujimori Electronics Platform Function Function Unit(Integrated Electronic Unit(Technology Development) Platform in/out )

Director of Technology Planning Head of Advanced Research and Nobuaki Kawahara Div. Innovation Center

Production Engineering Human Resources Development & Manufacturing of Thermal System Shinya Nishihata Manufacturing Engineering Business Group Training of Production Eng. R&D Center Executive Vice President of DENSO Executive Vice President of DENSO Yoshitaka Kuroda (CHINA) INVESTMENT CO., LTD. (CHINA) INVESTMENT CO., LTD.

Engineering of Electronics Platform Shoji Izumi President of AUBASS CO., LTD. Function Unit, President of AUBASS CO., LTD.

Head of Manufacturing in Mobility Manufacturing of Mobility Electronics Satoshi Inukai Systems Business Group Business Group Legal Div., Risk Management Shigeaki Sugimoto Promotion Dept., Director of Legal Div. Economic Security Dept.

President of Sankyo Radiator Co., Head of Thermal Management Business Masami Taguchi Ltd Unit

Head of Mechatronics Head of Powertrain Components Eiichi Kurokawa Components Business Unit, Business Unit Sensor Business Unit (Deputy) Head of Engineering in Advance Development of Thermal Toshihiko Muraki Passenger Vehicle Thermal Systems Business Group Systems Business Unit Head of Manufacturing(Kosai & Toyohashi area) in Head of Manufacturing in Electrification Tsugio Ozaki Electrification System Business System Business Group Group Director of Powertrain Production Eng. & Development Div., Nishio / Director of Powertrain Producing Eng. & Yukihiro Kato Zenmyo Project in Powertrain Development Div. Systems Business Group Chairman of DENSO President of DENSO SALES Takatoshi Fukui AUTOMOTIVE Deutschland (THAILAND) CO., LTD. GmbH

Head of Production Eng. R&D President of DENSO (THAILAND) CO., Yoshio Naka Center LTD.

Director of Information Security Director of Information Security Shunjirou Gotou Promotion Dept., Data Utilization Promotion Dept. of IT Digital Center

Executive Vice President of DENSO Executive Vice President of DENSO Masashi Kiyono AUTOMOTIVE Deutschland GmbH AUTOMOTIVE Deutschland GmbH

Head of PCU Engineering in Head of PCU Engineering in Akio Kitami Electrification Component Business Electrification Component Business Unit Unit

Executive Director of MIRISE Executive Director of MIRISE Yasushi Shinojima Technologies Technologies

CEO of Asia-Oceania, Executive Vice President of DENSO Naoto Inuzuka President of DENSO INTERNATIONAL ASIA CO., LTD. INTERNATIONAL ASIA CO., LTD. Director of Quality Control Div., Safety Health & Environment Div., Director of Powertrain Systems Quality Hideshi Takemura President of DENSO Abashiri Innovation Div. Test Center

Atsushi Hayashida Head of Cockpit Systems BU Head of Cockpit Systems BU

President of DENSO KOREA President of DENSO KOREA Yoshinori Onda CORPORATION CORPORATION R&D and DX Promotion of Atsushi Otani R&D of Production Innovation Center Production Eng. R&D Center

Design Quality Improvement Promotion of Head of Engineering in Gasoline Tetsuya Toyao Passenger Vehicle Powertrain Systems Business Unit Business Unit DX Promotion of Mobility Systems Business Group, General Manager of Digital Innovation Takeshi Narisako Director of Cloud Service Dept. Development Div. Director of Toyota Sales Div., Takashi Kurosaka Customer Service Engineering Director of Toyota Sales Div. Dept.

Koji Watanabe Head of AD & ADAS Business Unit Head of AD & ADAS Business Unit

Quality Basic Technology, General Manager of Reliability Analysis Takayuki Takai Deputy Director of Quality Dept. Control Div.

President of DENSO BARCELONA Jose Gimenez President of DENSO BARCELONA S.A. S.A.

Director of Mechatronics Components Manufacturing Div., Director of Powertrain Components Mfg. Tomoyuki Hatano One Daian Project of Powertrain Div. Systems Business Group Head of Technology development Head of CV Thermal Systems Business Hidemasa Takahashi in Passenger Vehicle Thermal Unit System Business Unit

Head of Semiconductor Business Shoichi Yamauchi Head of Semiconductor Business Unit Unit

Head of Manufacturing(Anjyo/Hirose area) Head of PCU Manufacturing in Naoki Matsuoka in Electrification Systems Electrification Component Business Unit Business Group

Director of Environment Neutral Director of Eco Mobility Systems Koji Ishizuka System Development Div. Development Div.

President of DENSO MEXICO S.A. DE Mitsuru Kato General Manager of CEO Div. C.V.

Director of Finance & Accounting Yoshimasa Shinoda Director of Finance & Accounting Div. Div., Corporate Strategy Div.

Head of Exhaust Aftertreatment Systems Tsunenobu Hori Head of Motor Business Unit Business Unit Director of Human Resources Project Director of Strategy Development Yusuke Hara Planning Div., Dept. Human Resources Development

3. Changes of the Executive Officers

The following will resign as executive officers: • Masanori Tsuruta • Terutaka Kageyama

About DENSO Corporation DENSO is a $47.6 billion global mobility supplier that develops advanced technology and components for nearly every vehicle make and model on the road today. With manufacturing at its core, DENSO invests in its worldwide 202 facilities to produce thermal, powertrain, mobility, electrification, & electronic systems, to create jobs that directly change how the world moves. The company’s 170,000+ employees are paving the way to a mobility future that improves lives, eliminates traffic accidents, and preserves the environment. Globally headquartered in Kariya, Japan, DENSO spent 9.9 percent of its global consolidated sales on research and development in the fiscal year ending March 31, 2020. For more information about global DENSO, visit https://www.denso.com/global/en # # #