For Immediate Release

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

Daiichi Sankyo Announces New Executive Candidate

Tokyo, Japan (May 13, 2013) – Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited has announced the following appointment which will take place at the annual general shareholder meeting scheduled in June. The nomination was decided at a Daiichi Sankyo Board of Directors meeting held today.

 

1. DAIICHI SANKYO CO., LTD.

(The annual general shareholders meeting will be held on June 21)

 

     Candidate for new appointment as the Member of the Board

     Manabu Sakai

     (Current position: Senior Executive Officer, Head of Corporate Management Division)

    

     * Tsutomu Une (current Member of the Board) will become the Corporate Adviser at Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd.