Print（PDF/217KB） May 10, 2019 Corporate

Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma announces Changes in Board of Directors

Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co., Ltd. (Head Office: Osaka, Japan; Representative Director, President and CEO: Hiroshi Nomura; Securities Code: 4506, First Section of TSE) announced today that in its meeting held on May 10, 2019, the Board of Directors appointed the following candidates for new members of the Board of Directors.

Changes in the Members of the Board of Directors (as of June 20, 2019)

1. New Members of the Board of Directors

   Nobuhiko Tamura (currently Senior Executive Officer)
   Nobuhiro Endo (currently Chairman of the Board (Representative Director), NEC Corporation)

   Note: The new members of the Board of Directors who will take office as of June 20, 2019 subject to the approval at the general shareholders' meeting scheduled for the same date.
   Nobuhiro Endo is a candidate for Outside Director.

2. Retiring Members of the Board of Directors

   Nobuyuki Hara (currently Member, Board of Directors)
   Hidehiko Sato (currently Outside Member, Board of Directors)

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Brief Personal History of candidates for new members of the Board of Directors

1. Nobuhiko Tamura (Mr.)  Birthdate: April 28, 1956

   April 1982	Joined Sumitomo Chemical Industry Co., Ltd. (currently Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.)
   Oct. 1984	Joined the former Sumitomo Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd.
   April 2007	President, Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. (currently Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.)
   Nov. 2009	Executive Officer, the Company Director, Sepracor Inc. (currently Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.)
   April 2012	Executive Director, Drug Development Division
   April 2013	Senior Executive Officer (up to the present)
   April 2014	Vice Chair and Executive Vice President, Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.
   Nov. 2014	Vice Chair and President, Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.
   April 2016	Chair and President, Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.
   April 2019	Executive Director, Corporate Regulatory Compliance & Quality Assurance Division; Regulatory Affairs; Medical Information; Medical Affairs; Drug Development Division Deputy Head of Japan Business Unit (up to the present)

2. Nobuhiro Endo (Mr.)  Birthdate: November 8, 1953

   April 1981	Joined NEC Corporation
   April 2006	Senior Vice President, Executive General Manager, Mobile Network Operations Unit, NEC Corporation
   April 2009	Executive Vice President, NEC Corporation
   June 2009	Executive Vice President and Member of the Board, NEC Corporation
   April 2010	President (Representative Director), NEC Corporation
   April 2016	Chairman of the Board (Representative Director), NEC Corporation (up to the present)
   June 2016	Outside Director, JAPAN POST INSURANCE Co., Ltd.
   June 2017	Outside Director, Seiko Holdings Corporation (up to the present)
   June 2018	Outside Director, Japan Exchange Group, Inc. (up to the present)