[Release] New Executive Management Team and Group Company Appointments

2/8/2019

SATO Holdings Corporation, following a resolution at its Board of Directors meeting held today, announced changes to the executive team to take effect on April 1, 2019, and candidates for Directors, the Audit & Supervisory Board and the backup Audit & Supervisory Board who will be nominated for resolution at the General Meeting of Shareholders scheduled for June 21, 2019.

1. Candidates for Director

Reappointments

Name	Current position
Ryutaro Kotaki	President and CEO
Yoichi Abe	Director, Vice President and CFO
Tatsuo Narumi	Director
Yuko Tanaka	Director (External)
Ryoji Itoh	Director (External)
Mitsuaki Shimaguchi	Director (External)
Hideo Yamada	Director (External)
Chieko Matsuda	Director (External)

Executive resignations 

Name	Current position
Koichi Nishida	Director
Ikuo Dobashi	Director
Ken Suzuki	Director (External)

2. Candidates for Audit & Supervisory Board

Name	Current position
Nobuhiro Yokoi**	Audit & Supervisory Board member
Junichi Nagakura*	Audit & Supervisory Board member
Takao Yamaguchi**	Audit & Supervisory Board member (External)
Noriko Yao**	Audit & Supervisory Board member (External)

*Reappointments
** Not subject to re-election in fiscal 2019


3. Candidate for backup Audit & Supervisory Board member

Name	Current position
Jihwang Yoon*	Backup Audit & Supervisory Board member

*Reappointment


4. Promotion and demotion of directors (effective April 1, 2019)

Promotion

Name	Current	New
Hiroyuki Konuma	Executive Officer	Vice President

Demotion

Name	Current	New
Kenji Ushiki	Vice President	Executive Officer

5. Executive Officers and Group company posts (effective April 1, 2019)

Name	Current	New
Ryutaro Kotaki	President and CEO President, SATO Corporation	President and CEO
Hiroyuki Konuma	Executive Officer Chief Wellness Officer (CWO) Head of PJM business President, SATO Healthcare Co., Ltd.	Vice President President, SATO Corporation
Yoshinori Sasahara	Vice President Vice President, SATO Corporation	Vice President Chief Wellness Officer (CWO) Vice President, SATO Corporation
Noriyasu Yamada	Executive Officer Chief Product Planning Officer (CPO)	Executive Officer Chief Alliance Officer (CAO)
Goro Yumiba	Executive Officer Head of North America Chairman and CEO, SATO America, LLC.	Executive Officer Head of North and Central America Chairman and CEO, SATO America, LLC.
Satoshi Sakurada	Deputy Executive General Manager of Sales, SATO Corporation	President, SATO Healthcare Co., Ltd.

Reference: Responsibilities of Executive Officers (effective April 1, 2019)

Name	Executive title	Responsibilities
Ryutaro Kotaki	President	CEO
Yoichi Abe	Director Vice President	Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
Hiroyuki Konuma	Vice President	President, SATO Corporation
Yoshinori Sasahara	Vice President	Chief Wellness Officer (CWO) Vice President, SATO Corporation
Akihiro Kushida	Vice President	Director; Executive General Manager of Production, SATO Corporation
Kenji Ushiki	Executive Officer	Director; Executive General Manager of R&D, SATO Corporation
Keisuke Yamada	Executive Officer	Chairperson and President, Argox Information Co., Ltd.
Maria Olcese	Executive Officer	Head of South America General Manager, Achernar S.A.
Hironori Onishi	Executive Officer	Director; Executive General Manager of Sales, SATO Corporation
Shigeki Egami	Executive Officer	Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) Head of Kitakami Operations
Noriyasu Yamada	Executive Officer	Chief Alliance Officer (CAO)
Goro Yumiba	Executive Officer	Head of North and Central Americas Chairman and CEO, SATO America, LLC.
Hayato Shindo	Executive Officer	President, SATO International Co., Ltd.

About SATO
SATO (TOKYO:6287) strives to be the most trusted Auto-ID solution provider worldwide, bridging the last inch of the last mile for customers in manufacturing, logistics, retail, food & beverage and healthcare through cutting edge tagging solutions. With a 5,000+ strong global workforce and 78 years of expertise, SATO engineers value-added solutions that boost accuracy, sustainability, labor and resource savings, provide reassurance and enable emotional connections. For the fiscal year ending March 31, 2018, it reported revenues of JPY 113,383 million (USD 1.02 billion*). More information about SATO can be found at www.satoworldwide.com, linkedin and twitter.

*Conversion is based on an average exchange rate of 1 US Dollar = 110.85 Japanese Yen


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