Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma announces Changes in Board of Directors, Audit & Supervisory Board and Other Key Positions

May 11, 2018

Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co., Ltd.

Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma announces Changes in Board of Directors,
Audit & Supervisory Board and Other Key Positions

Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co., Ltd. (Head Office: Osaka, Japan; Representative Director,
President and CEO: Hiroshi Nomura) announced today that in its meeting held on May 11, 2018,
the Board of Directors appointed the following candidates for new members of the Board of
Directors as well as the Audit & Supervisory Board.

I. Changes in the Members of the Board of Directors (as of June 19, 2018)

1. New Members of the Board of Directors
Saeko Arai (President, Acuray, Inc.)
Note: The new member of the Board of Directors who will take office as of June 19, 2018
subject to the approval at the general shareholders’ meeting scheduled for the same date.
Saeko Arai is a candidate for Outside Director.

2. Retiring Members of the Board of Directors
Hiroshi Sato (currently Member, Board of Directors)

II. Changes in the Members of the Audit & Supervisory Board (as of June 19, 2018)

1. New Members of the Audit & Supervisory Board
Takashi Kutsunai (currently Senior Director, Internal Auditing)
Yoshio Iteya (attorney at law)
Note: The new members of the Audit & Supervisory Board who will take office as of June 19,
2018 subject to the approval at the general shareholders’ meeting scheduled for the same
date.
Yoshio Iteya is a candidate for Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member.

2. Retiring Members of the Audit & Supervisory Board
Nobuo Takeda (currently Member, Audit & Supervisory Board)
Harumichi Uchida (currently Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member)

Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma also announced the following Changes in Personnel, effective June
19, 2018:
Senior Director, Internal Auditing
Fumihiro Nishi (currently Senior Director, Corporate Secretariat & Industry Affairs)
Senior Director, External Affairs; Corporate Secretariat & Industry Affairs
Tomokazu Nagano (currently Senior Director, External Affairs)

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Brief Personal History of candidates for new members of the Board of Directors and the Audit &
Supervisory Board
I. Brief Personal History of candidate for new member of the Board of Directors

1. Saeko Arai (Ms.) Birthdate: February 6, 1964
Oct. 1987 Joined Eiwa Audit Corporation (currently KPMG AZSA LLC.)
Aug. 1992 Registered Certified Public Accountants (Reregistered in Jan.,1997)
Oct. 1993 Joined Sasaki Certified Public Accountants Office
Apr. 1997 Joined Internet Research Institute, Inc.
General Manager, General Affairs and Accounting
Sep. 1998 Director, Managing Director & CFO, Internet Research Institute, Inc.
Feb. 2000 Director, IRI USA, Inc.
Nov. 2002 President & CEO, IRI USA, Inc.
Nov. 2002 Established Gratia, Inc. (currently Acuray, Inc.), became President of the
company (up to the present)
Dec. 2008 Joined Crystal Hotel, Inc. (currently Crystal International, Inc.),
CFO & General Manager, Administration
Feb. 2010 Joined Nano-Optonics Energy Inc., CFO & General Manager, Administration
Dec. 2010 Director, Nano-Optonics Energy Inc.
Apr. 2016 Professor, Faculty of Business Administration, Hakuoh University
Jan. 2017 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, teamS Inc. (up to the present)
June 2017 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, AEON CREDIT SERVICE CO.,
LTD. (up to the present)
Apr. 2018 Professor, Faculty of Global Business, Showa Women’s University (up to the
present)


II. Brief Personal History of candidates for new members of the Audit & Supervisory Board

1. Takashi Kutsunai (Mr.) Birthdate: June 26, 1958
Apr. 1981 Joined Sumitomo Chemical Industry Co., Ltd. (currently Sumitomo Chemical
Co., Ltd.)
Apr. 1984 Joined the former Sumitomo Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd.
Oct. 2005 Senior Director, Personnel, the Company
June 2008 Senior Director, Strategic Marketing & Planning (Asia), International Business
Management, the Company
Nov. 2009 Senior Director, International Business Strategic Marketing and Planning, the
Company
Sep. 2010 Senior Director, Global Sales and Marketing, the Company

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 June 2011 Senior Director, Global Business Planning and Development; Global Sales
and Marketing, the Company
Apr. 2012 Senior Director, Internal Auditing, the Company (up to the present)

2. Yoshio Iteya (Mr.) Birthdate: January 9, 1956
Apr. 1983 Attorney at law admitted in Japan
Apr. 1989 Attorney at law admitted in New York
Jan. 1992 Partner, Mori Hamada & Matsumoto (up to the present)
Apr. 2000 Senior Assistant Professor, Hitotsubashi University Law School (up to the
present)
Apr. 2004 Contract Professor, Hitotsubashi University Law School (up to the present)



Contact:
Public & Investor Relations Group, Corporate Governance
Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co., Ltd.
TEL: +81-6-6203-1407 (Osaka); +81-3-5159-3300 (Tokyo)

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