For Immediate Release

Company name: DAIICHI SANKYO COMPANY, LIMITED
Representative: Takashi Shoda, President and Representative Director
(Code no.: 4568, First Section, Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya Stock Exchanges)
Please address inquiries to Toshio Takahashi, Corporate Officer in Charge,
Corporate Communications Department
Telephone: +81-3-6225-1126
http://www.daiichisankyo.com/

DAIICHI SANKYO COMPANY Announces Executive-Change Candidates

Tokyo, May 15, 2007- DAIICHI SANKYO COMPANY, LIMITED has announced that its Board of Directors decided at a meeting today to nominate the persons listed below as candidates for election to board (director and auditor) posts at the
regular meeting of shareholders slated for June 28, 2007.

1. Candidates for new appointment as members of the board

AKIO OZAKI ( Current Senior Executive Officer )
RYUZO TAKADA (Current Senior Executive Officer)
HITOSHI MATSUDA (Current Senior Executive Officer)

2. Candidates for new appointment as corporate auditor

TERUO TAKAYANAGI (Current Corporate Advisor)
HIKARU NAGATA (Current Corporate Advisor)

3. Members of the board slated to step down

HIROYUKI NAGASAKO (Member of the Board)
YASUHIRO IKEGAMI (Member of the Board)
YUKIO SUGIMURA ( Member of the Board )

4. Corporate Auditors slated to step down

KOZO WADA (Corporate Auditor)
ATSUO INOUE (Corporate Auditor)