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TDK Announces Changes of Directors, Corporate Auditors, and Corporate Officers

April 24, 2007

TDK Corporation announces the following changes of directors, corporate auditors, and corporate officers decided by a resolution by the Board of Directors at a meeting held today.

The appointment of directors and corporate auditors is subject to election at TDK's 111th ordinary general meeting of shareholders scheduled for June 28, 2007. The appointment of corporate officers will be formally approved at a meeting of the Board of Directors to be held after the June 28 general shareholders meeting.

  1. Directors (new appointments and resignations)
    Director Candidate
    Minoru Takahashi
    General Manager of the Technology Group and General Manager of the Materials & Process Development Center
    Retiring Director
    Takeshi Nomura
    General Manager of the Ferrite & Magnet Products Business Group
  2. Corporate Auditors (new appointments and resignations)
    Corporate Auditor Candidates

    Corporate Auditor    Noboru Hara
    General Manager of the General Affairs Department

    Corporate Auditor    Yukio Yanase*
    Director and Deputy President, Responsible for Overseas Activities, Alternative Investment & Development, Headquarters, Office of the President, ORIX Corporation

    * Outside corporate auditor
    Retiring Corporate Auditors

    Corporate Auditor    Takuma Otsuka
    Corporate Auditor    Kazutaka Kubota*

    * Outside corporate auditor
  3. Corporate Officers
    Corporate Officer Candidates

    Kenichiro Fujiwara
    Deputy General Manager of the Electronic Components Sales & Marketing Group

    Shinya Yoshihara
    General Manager of the Production Engineering Development Center, Technology Group
    Changes in Corporate Officer Positions
    New Position Former Position
    Seiji Enami Senior Vice President
    General Manager of the Finance & Accounting Dept.    		 Corporate Officer
    General Manager of the Finance & Accounting Dept.
    Raymond Leung Senior Vice President
    General Manager of the China Operation Group    		 Corporate Officer
    General Manager of the China Operation Group
    Shiro Nomi Senior Vice President
    General Manager of the Corporate Planning Dept.    		 Corporate Officer
    General Manager of the Corporate Planning Dept.
    Shinichi Araya Senior Vice President
    General Manager of the Magnetics Business Group    		 Corporate Officer
    General Manager of the Magnetics Business Group
    Retiring Corporate Officers
    Kiyoshi Ito Senior Executive Vice President
    Yukio Hirokawa Corporate Officer
    Kenryo Namba Corporate Officer
New Executive Lineup

As a result of the above changes, the new executive lineup as of June 28, 2007 will be as follows.

Directors
Chairman and CEO Hajime Sawabe
President and COO Takehiro Kamigama
Director Jiro Iwasaki
Director Shinji Yoko
Director Yasuhiro Hagihara*
(Attorney at Law, Squire Sanders Gaikokuho Kyodo Jigyo Horitsu Jimusho)
Director Seiji Enami
Director Minoru Takahashi
* Outside Director
Corporate Auditors
Corporate Auditor Masaaki Miyoshi
Corporate Auditor Noboru Hara
Corporate Auditor Kaoru Matsumoto*
(Certified Public Accountant, Matsumoto & Co.)
Corporate Auditor Ryoichi Ohno*
(Prudential Financial, Inc., Japan Representative Office
Regional CFO-Japan (USGAAP Reporting))
Corporate Auditor Yukio Yanase*
(Director, Deputy President, Responsible for Overseas Activities, Alternative Investment & Development, Headquarters, Office of the President, ORIX Corporation)
*Outside Corporate Auditors
Corporate Officers
Chairman and CEO Hajime Sawabe
President and COO Takehiro Kamigama
Executive Vice President Jiro Iwasaki
Senior Vice President Shinji Yoko
Senior Vice President Takeshi Nomura
Senior Vice President Takaya Ishigaki
Senior Vice President Minoru Takahashi
Senior Vice President Michinori Katayama
Senior Vice President Seiji Enami
Senior Vice President Raymond Leung
Senior Vice President Shiro Nomi
Senior Vice President Shinichi Araya
Corporate Officer Masatoshi Shikanai
Corporate Officer Shunji Itakura
Corporate Officer Kenichiro Fujiwara
Corporate Officer Shinya Yoshihara

For further information, contact the Corporate Communications Dept.
Tel.: 81-3-5201-7102
E-mail: pr@jp.tdk.com

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