Change of Directors at Mitutoyo Corporation

This is to notify you of the recent informal appointment at the directors meeting on 31^st January as follows. Directors including directors informally appointed on 28^th December 2016 will be officially appointed on 29^th March 2017 at the 98^th shareholders' meeting.

1. Appointment (Effective Date:29th March 2017)

(1)　New Appointment of Director

Name	New Appointment	Former Appointment
Toshitaka Shimomura	Director Managing Executive Officer Head of Research & Development Division Head of Tsukuba Laboratory Supervising Overall Research & Development , Research & Development Planning Office and Metrological Standards Office	Former Advisor of Mitutoyo Corp. Manager of Research & Development Planning Office

(2)　Transfer of Director

Name	New Appointment	Current Appointment
Motohiro Egusa	Director Managing Executive Officer Supervising Corporate General Affairs Department, Control Department and Technical Communication Office Chairman of Mitutoyo Measuring Instruments (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. and Chairman of Mitutoyo Leeport Metrology Corporation	Director Managing Executive Officer Head of China Operations
Tomoo Sakai	Director Managing Executive Officer Supervising Overall Production(including overseas), Production Planning & Control Office, Production Engineering Planning Office, Nakatsugawa Plant and Kawasaki Plant	Director, Senior Executive Officer Head of Utsunomiya Operations
Takafumi Kano	Director, Senior Executive Officer Head of Utsunomiya Operations	Director, Senior Executive Officer Head of Hiroshima Operations

(3)　Resignation of Director

Name	Current Appointment
Sadayuki Matsumiya ※1	Representative Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer Head of Tsukuba Laboratory Supervising Overall Research & Development, Research & Development Division, Research & Development Planning Office and Metrological Standards Office
Kiyohiro Nakata ※1	Director Managing Executive Officer Supervising Miyazaki Plant
Toshio Mutoh ※1	Director Managing Executive Officer Manager of Production Planning & Control Office Supervising Production Engineering Planning Office, Kawasaki Plant, Nakatsugawa Plant and Overseas Production.
David Thomson ※2	Director, Senior Executive Officer Managing Director of Mitutoyo (UK) Ltd.
Osamu Takano ※1	Director, Senior Executive Officer Manager of Compliance Advancement Office Supervising Corporate General Affairs Department, Personnel Department, Legal Affairs Department, Internal Auditing Office and Technical Communication Office
Takashi Mizutani ※1	Director, Senior Executive Officer Curator of Mitutoyo Museum of Measurement Supervising Quality Assurance Department and Security Trade Control Department
Susumu Yoshioka	Director, Senior Executive Officer Head of Research & Development Division

※1　Becoming Advisor of Mitutoyo Corporation
※2　Becoming Advisor of Mitutoyo (UK) Ltd.

(4)　New Appointment of Executive Officer

Name	New Appointment	Current Appointment
Hiroyuki Hidaka	Executive Officer Manager of Products Development Department at Research & Development Division	Deputy Department Manager of Products Development Department at Research & Development Division
Nobuyuki Hama	Executive Officer Head of Hiroshima Operations Supervising Miyazaki Plant	Manager of Products Design Department at Hiroshima Operations
Michael Nahum	Executive Officer President of MEI	MEI President of MEI
Haruo Tsuruoka	Executive Officer Manager of Legal Affairs Department Supervising Internal Auditing Office and Compliance Advancement Office	Legal Affairs Department
Matt Dye	Executive Officer President of Mitutoyo America Corporation	President of Mitutoyo America Corporation
Shigeo Kikuchi	Executive Officer Deputy Head of Hiroshima Operations and Manager of Products Design Department	Manager of Products Design Department at Utsunomiya Operations

(5)　Transfer of Executive Officer

Name	New Appointment	Current Appointment
Kenji Okabe	Executive Officer Supervising Quality Assurance Department and Security Trade Control Department	Executive Officer Manager of Products Development Department at Research & Development Division

(6)　Resignation of Executive Officer

Name	Current Appointment
Makoto Okawa ※3	Executive Officer Manager of Control Department

※3　Becoming Advisor of Mitutoyo Corporation

2．Reference (New Management from 29th March 2017 after the annual shareholders' meeting and extraordinary board of directors meeting of Mitutoyo Corporation.

(1)　Director

	Name	Position
Reappointment	Toru Nakagawa	Representative Director, Chairman
Reappointment	Yoshiaki Numata ※4	Representative Director, President Head of Sales Division Supervising Techno-Service Division and Institute of Metrology
Reappointment	Motohiro Egusa ※4	Director Managing Executive Officer Supervising Corporate General Affairs Department, Control Department and Technical Communication Office Chairman of Mitutoyo Measuring Instruments (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. and Chairman of Mitutoyo Leeport Metrology Corporation
New Appointment	Toshitaka Shimomura ※4	Director Managing Executive Officer Head of Research & Development Division, Head of Tsukuba Laboratory Supervising Overall Research & Development , Research & Development Planning Office and Metrological Standards Office
Reappointment	Tomoo Sakai ※4	Director Managing Executive Officer Supervising Overall of Production(including overseas), Production Planning & Control Office, Production Engineering Planning Office, Nakatsugawa Plant and Kawasaki Plant
Reappointment	Shigeyuki Sasaki	Director, Managing Executive Officer President of Mitutoyo Europe GmbH ※5
Reappointment	Takafumi Nakagawa	Director, Senior Executive Officer Manager of Corporate Finance Department
Reappointment	Hiroshi Shikishi	Director, Senior Executive Officer Supervising Corporate Planning and Management Department
Reappointment	Takafumi Kano	Director, Senior Executive Officer Head of Utsunomiya Operations
Reappointment	Hideyuki Matsubara	External Director

※4　Member of the Management Meeting
※5　Officially appointed on 29th March 2017 at the general meeting of Mitutoyo Europe GmbH.

(2)　Auditor

Name	Position
Seigo Takahashi
Shohei Hida	External Statutory Auditor

(3)　Executive　Officer (Except Directors)

Name	Position
Toru Fujimitsu	Executive　Officer Manager of Production Engineering Planning Office
Takashi Takagi	Executive　Officer Head of Techno-Service Business Division
Yukihiro Sakata	Executive　Officer General Manager of Mitutoyo Measuring Instruments (Shanghai) Co., Ltd
Masashi Inoue	Executive　Officer President of Mitutoyo Sul Americana Ltda.
Hidekazu Yamaguchi	Executive　Officer Deputy Head of Sales Division
Kenji Okabe	Executive　Officer Supervising Quality Assurance Department and Security Trade Control Department
Yoshihiro Arata	Executive　Officer Manager of Personnel Department
Tatsuya Tonomura	Executive　Officer Supervising IT Systems
Hiroyuki Hidaka	Executive　Officer Manager of Products Development Department at Research & Development Division
Nobuyuki Hama	Executive Officer Head of Hiroshima Operations Supervising Miyazaki Plant
Michael Nahum	Executive Officer President of MEI
Haruo Tsuruoka	Executive Officer Manager of Legal Affairs Department Supervising Internal Auditing Office and Compliance Advancement Office
Matt Dye	Executive Officer President of Mitutoyo America Corporation
Shigeo Kikuchi	Executive Officer Deputy Head of Hiroshima Operation and Manager of Products Design Department