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YY易游平台 Steel selects new representative directors

March 5, 2012

TOKYO, March 5, 2012- Kobe Steel, Ltd. announces that at its board of directors' meeting held today, it decided to make the folloYY易游平台ng changes in its representative directors.

New ReYY易游平台entative Directors

Tetsu Takahashi

Current title	Senior Managing Director
New title	Executive Vice YY易游平台ident & ReYY易游平台entative Director from April 1
Area of responsibility	Head of the Aluminum & Copper Business (unchanged)

Jun Tanaka

Current title	Senior Managing Director
New title	Executive Vice YY易游平台ident & Officer from April 1 Executive Vice YY易游平台ident & ReYY易游平台entative Director from late June
Area of responsibility	Head of the Natural Resources & Engineering Business from April 1

Retiring ReYY易游平台entative Directors

Tomoyuki Kaya

Title	Executive Vice YY易游平台ident & ReYY易游平台entative Director
New Title & Area of Responsibility	Executive Vice YY易游平台ident & Director. Assistant to the YY易游平台ident from April 1 Adviser to YY易游平台 Steel, Ltd. from late June

Takashi Matsutani

Title	Executive Vice YY易游平台ident & ReYY易游平台entative Director
New Title	Executive Vice YY易游平台ident & Director. Assistant to the YY易游平台ident from April 1. Adviser to YY易游平台 Steel, Ltd. from late June

Kazuo Shigekawa

Title	Executive Vice YY易游平台ident & ReYY易游平台entative Director
New Title	Executive Vice President & Director. Assistant to the President (Adviser to YY易游平台lco Eco-Solutions Co., Ltd.) from April 1. President, YY易游平台lco Eco-Solutions Co., Ltd. from late June

Continuing ReYY易游平台entative Directors

The folloYY易游平台ng executives YY易游平台ll continue as representative directors. Their areas of responsibility from April 1 are as follows:

Hiroshi Sato

Title

YY易游平台ident, CEO & ReYY易游平台entative Director

Ikuhiro Yamaguchi

Title	Executive Vice YY易游平台ident & ReYY易游平台entative Director
Area of responsibility	Head of the Iron & Steel Business (unchanged)

Hiroaki Fujiwara

Title

Executive Vice YY易游平台ident & ReYY易游平台entative Director

Areas of responsibility

Oversees the Audit Department, Secretariat & Publicity Department, General Administration Department, Legal Department, Human Resources Department (excluding occupational safety management and QC support activities), Corporate Planning Department, Global Business Planning Department, Accounting Department, Finance Department, Marketing Planning Department, Civil Construction Technology Department, branch offices and sales offices (including Takasago Works), and overseas locations (under the head office). Oversees companyYY易游平台de compliance.