Daiichi Sankyo Appoints New Group Corporate Officers

February 24, 2015

Corporate

For Immediate Release

Company name: DAIICHI SANKYO COMPANY, LIMITED
Representative: Joji Nakayama, Representative Director, President and CEO
(Code no.: 4568, First Section, Tokyo Stock Exchange)
Please address inquiries to Noriaki Ishida, Corporate Officer,
Vice President, Corporate Communications Department
Telephone: +81-3-6225-1126
http://www.daiichisankyo.com/

Tokyo, Japan (February 24, 2015) – Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited today announced the appointment

of new Group corporate officers effective from April 1, 2015.

1. DAIICHI SANKYO CO., LTD.

New Position

Name

Current Position

Representative Director, Member of the Board,

Executive Vice President,

Head of General Affairs & Human Resources Div.

Yuki Sato

Representative Director, Member of the Board,

Executive Vice President,

Head of General Affairs & Human Resources Div.

and Legal Affairs & CSR Div. and Supply Chain Div.

Representative Director, Member of the Board

Manabu Sakai

Representative Director, Member of the Board,

Executive Vice President,

Head of Corporate Management Div.

Member of the Board,

Executive Vice President,

Head of Corporate Management Div.

Kazunori Hirokawa

Member of the Board,

Senior Executive Officer,

Head of Corporate Strategy Div.

Member of the Board,

Senior Executive Officer,

In charge of Vaccine Business

Takeshi Ogita

Member of the Board, Senior Executive Officer,

Head of Vaccine Business Intelligence Div.

Member of the Board,

Senior Executive Officer,

In charge of Global Sales & Marketing

Sunao Manabe

Member of the Board, Executive Officer,

President of Japan Company and

Head of Business Intelligence Div.

Senior Executive Officer,

Head of Corporate Strategy Div.

Toshiaki Sai

Executive Officer,

Vice President of Corporate Strategy Dept.,

Corporate Strategy Div.

Executive Officer,

Head of Supply Chain Div.

Katsumi Fujimoto

Executive Officer,

Head of Pharmaceutical Technology Div.

Executive Officer,

Vice President of Corporate Communications Dept., Corporate Management Div.

Noriaki Ishida

Corporate Officer,

Vice President of Corporate Communications Dept.,

Corporate Management Div.

Executive Officer,

Vice President of Human Resources Dept.,

General Affairs & Human Resources Div.

Norimasa Kamura

Corporate Officer,

Vice President of Human Resources Dept.,

General Affairs & Human Resources Div.

Executive Officer,

Head of Sales & Marketing Div.

Satoru Kimura

Corporate Officer,

Head of Sales & Marketing Div. and Vice

President of Marketing Dept., Japan Company

Corporate Officer,

Vice President of Tokyo Branch,

Sales & Marketing Div.

Shinichi Terano

Corporate Officer,

Vice President of Tokyo Branch,

Sales & Marketing Div., Japan Company

Corporate Officer,

Vice President of Secretariat Dept.

Ryoji Nagasaka

Corporate Officer,

Vice President of Secretariat Dept.,

General Affairs & Human Resources Div.

New Position

Name

Current Position

Corporate Officer,

In charge of External Affairs

Kazuyuki Watanabe

Corporate Officer,

Vice President of External Affairs Dept.,

Business Intelligence Div., Japan Company

Corporate Officer,

Vice President of Development Function,

R&D Div.

Kohei Wada

Corporate Officer,

Vice President of Japan Development Oversight

Function, R&D Div.

Corporate Officer,

Vice President of Legal Affairs Dept.,

General Affairs & Human Resources Div.

Yoshihiro Aoyagi

Vice President of Legal Affairs Dept.,

Legal Affairs & CSR Div.

Corporate Officer,

Vice President of Business Development &

Licensing Dept., Corporate Strategy Div.

Yuichi Kubo

Vice President of Business Development &Licensing

Dept., Corporate Strategy Div.

Corporate Officer,

Head of Pharmaceutical Technology Div.

Naoyuki Kishi

Vice President of Process Technology Research

Laboratories, Pharmaceutical Technology Div.

◇Kenji Inoue (current Corporate Officer ,Vice President of Osaka Branch, Sales & Marketing Div.,Japan Company)

will be appointed the President of Daiichi Sankyo Business Associe Co., Ltd. as of April 1^st, 2015.

2. KITASATO DAIICHI SANKYO VACCINE CO., LTD.

New Position

Name

Current Position

Executive Vice President,

In charge of Quality Management and

Quality & Safety Management

Setsuo Arai

Executive Vice President

Executive Vice President,

Head of Production Div.

Jun Hishida

Member of the Board,

Head of Production Div.

and Vice President of Formulation Dept.

◇Haruhisa Kubota (current Executive Vice President）will retire on March 31, 2015.

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