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Press Release

Announcement on Senior Management Changes

SAITAMA, Japan — March 5, 2018 — Calsonic Kansei, a leading manufacturer of automotive parts worldwide, today announced retirements and appointments of executive officers including CEO, effective April 1st, 2018 as the list below.

Please also refer to a press release titled “Calsonic Kansei Appoints Beda Bolzenius as Chief Executive Officer” that was issued today. https://www.calsonickansei.co.jp/en/uploads/180305_1.pdf

Effective as of April 1st, 2018 New Current Name 《Personnel Change of Directors and Officers》

Representative director, President of the board, * Representative director, Chairman of the board Hiroshi Moriya Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

* Representative director, President of the board, Beda Bolzenius ** Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

Board of director, Executive Vice President, Board of director, Executive Vice President, Chief Finance Officer (EVP, CFO), Chief Finance Officer (EVP, CFO), * Global Finance Leader, Global Finance Leader, Seiichi Kakizawa Global Corporate Development Leader Global Corporate Development Leader Internal Audit Office Corporate Planning Leader

Executive Vice President (EVP), Global Electronics Executive Business Leader, Executive Vice President (EVP, CSO), Global IT & Process Innovation Leader, Hideaki Watanabe Global Corporate Planning Leader Chairman, Calsonic Kansei North America, Chairman, Management Committee Americas

Executive Vice President (EVP, CCO), Senior Vice President (SVP), Global Purchasing Leader, Chairman & CEO, Calsonic Kansei Europe, Global MTCR Promotion Leader, Tsukasa Fujii Chairman, Management Committee Europe, Product Planning Office, Global Exhaust Executive Business Leader, Chairman, Calsonic Kansei Europe

Executive Vice President (EVP), Global Production Leader, Senior Vice President (SVP), Japan Region Leader, Hiroyuki Ishikawa Deputy Global Leader Chairman, Management Committee Korea Korea business management office

Executive Vice President (EVP), Executive Vice President (EVP), Global CPM & Interior Executive Business Leader, Global CPM & Interior Executive Business Leader, Yukihide Oishi Global Quality Leader Global Purchasing Leader Executive Vice President (EVP), Senior Vice President (SVP), Chairman & CEO, Calsonic Kansei North America, CEO, Calsonic Kansei North America, Bharat Vennapusa Chairman, Management Committee Americas, Co-chairman, Management Committee Americas Global Sales Co-leader Executive Vice President (EVP), Executive Vice President (EVP), Global Technology Leader, Hideto Murakami Global Technology Leader Global Quality Leader, Deputy Global MTCR Promotion Leader

Senior Vice President (SVP), Senior Vice President (SVP), Global Sales Leader, Hironori Kimura Global Sales Leader Chairman, Management Committee ASEAN & Senior Vice President (SVP), Senior Vice President (SVP), Chairman & CEO, Calsonic Kansei , Chairman & CEO, Calsonic Kansei China, Masahiro Yamanishi Chairman, Management Committee China Chairman, Management Committee China Senior Vice President (SVP), Senior Vice President (SVP), Global Thermal Systems Business Deputy Executive Leader, Hisao Ochiai Global Thermal Systems Business Executive Leader Global Heat Exchange Systems Business Leader

Senior Vice President (SVP), Senior Vice President (SVP), Makoto Ishibashi Global Electronics Business Executive Leader Global Electronics Business Leader

Senior Vice President (SVP), Senior Vice President (SVP), Shuji Kobayashi Global Exhaust Business Executive Leader Global Exhaust Business Leader

Senior Vice President (SVP, CD&IO), Senior Vice President (SVP, CD&IO), Chief Digital & Information Officer, Yoshio Chikayasu Chief Digital & Information Officer Global IT & Process Innovation Leader Senior Vice President (SVP), ** CEO, Calsonic Kansei Europe, Deputy Global Electronics Business Leader (VP) Keiichiro Miyanaga Chairman, Management Committee Europe Senior Vice President (SVP), Senior Vice President (SVP), Deputy Global Technology Leader, Kazuhiro Sato Deputy Global Technology Leader Deputy Global MTCR Promotion Leader

Senior Vice President (SVP), Senior Vice President (SVP), Teruhisa Ikeda Deputy Global Manufacturing Leader Deputy Global Manufacturing Leader

Senior Vice President (SVP) Senior Vice President (SVP) Deputy CFO Deputy CFO Atsuhiko Akiyama Deputy Global Finance Leader Deputy Global Finance Leader

Effective as of March 31st, 2018 New Current Name 《Officers to be retired》 Executive Vice President (EVP), Retirement Global Production Leader, Akira Fujisaki (to be assigned to Advisor) Global MTCR Promotion Leader, Japan Region Leader Executive Vice President (EVP), Retirement Global Thermal Systems Business Executive Leader, Kosaku Hosokawa (to be assigned to Advisor) Chairman, Management Committee Korea Retirement Senior Vice President (SVP), * Hiroyuki Osawa (to be assigned to Auditor of Calsonic Kansei Co. and CK Holdings Co.) Deputy Japan Region Leader

*Changes of Board of Director and Auditor are subject to approval at shareholders' meeting held in March, and Board of Directors' meeting after shareholders' meeting. ** Newly assigned

Contact Kouichi Komatsu, GM of HR Strategy & Planning Gr. 048-662-3553 Tomomi Kumagai, Sr. Manager of CSR/Public Relations & IR Gr. 048-660-2161