For Immediate Release

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

Daiichi Sankyo Appoints New Executive Candidates of each Subsidiary

Tokyo, Japan (March 7, 2012) – Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited today announced the appointment of new executive candidates of its domestic subsidiaries, effective from April 1, 2012.

 

1. DAIICHI SANKYO ESPHA CO., LTD.

Candidate for President

Hiroto Yoshiwaka

(Current Member of the Board, Head of Sales & Marketing Division)

*effective from April 2, 2012.

 

Candidate for Member of the Board, Vice President of Corporate Management Department

Hideo Yamamoto

(Current Vice President of Sales Administration Department)

 

Candidate for Outside Kansayaku (Statutory Auditor)

Tsuyoshi Ichinose

(Current Senior Director of Budgeting Group, Japanese Business Management Department of

Administration Division, Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd.)

 

 

2. DAIICHI SANKYO HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.

Candidate for President

Yoshiki Nishii

(Current Member of the Board, Executive Officer, Head of Sales Division)

*effective from April 2, 2012.

 

Candidate for Member of the Board, Executive Officer, Vice President of Corporate Planning Department

Katsuhiko Yoshida

(Current Member of the Board, Corporate Officer, Vice President of Corporate Planning Department)

 

Candidate for Member of the Board, Corporate Officer, Head of Sales Division

Yasuhiro Kawanaka

(Current Corporate Officer, Vice President of Sales Administration Department)