AUTOBACS SEVEN Announces Organizational and Personnel Change

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1 January 30, 2015 AUTOBACS SEVEN Announces Organizational and Personnel Change January 30, 2015 (Tokyo, Japan) - AUTOBACS SEVEN Co., Ltd. (Representative Director and CEO: Setsuo Wakuda), announced today that its board of directors resolved the following changes in its organization and personnel. 1. Organizational Changes (effective April 1, 2015) 1) Changes in Management Structure 1 Consolidate Internal Control and General Affairs for the purpose of improving company-level controls and rename to General Affairs and Internal Control. 2 Enhance the profit improvement supporting function of Store Subsidiary Strategy and rename to Store Subsidiary Advancement and Support. 3 Consolidate Northern Japan Region Headquarters and Kanto Region Headquarters and rename to Eastern Japan Region Headquarters. 4 Consolidate Chubu Region Headquarters, Kansai Region Headquarters and Southern Japan Region Headquarters and rename to Western Japan Region Headquarters. 5 Newly establish Eastern Japan Operation Planning and Western Japan Operation Planning and concentrate the staff function of each Region Headquarters. 6 Reorganize Northern Kanto Area Operation, Chiba and Ibaraki Area Operation and Tokyo Area Operation to Tokyo and Chiba Area Operation and Northern Kanto Area Operation. 7 Consolidate Northern Japan CARS Promotion and Kanto CARS Promotion and rename to Eastern Japan CARS Promotion. 8 Consolidate Kyoto, Shiga, and Nara Area Operation and Osaka and Wakayama Area Operation and rename to Osaka, Wakayama, Kyoto, Shiga and Nara Area Operation. 9 Consolidate Northern Kyushu Area Operation and Southern Kyushu Area Operation and rename to Kyushu Area Operation. 10 Consolidate Chubu CARS Promotion, Kansai CARS Promotion and Southern Japan CARS Promotion and rename to Western Japan CARS Promotion. 11 Consolidate Car Electronics, Car Maintenance and Accessories and Tire and Wheel and rename to Car Parts and Accessories.

2 12 Divide Car Maintenance & Insurance Services into Statutory Safety Inspections and Car Maintenance & Insurance Services. 13 Consolidate Land Use & Development into Store Development. 14 Newly establish Chain Human Resources that supports the recruiting and personnel management of AUTOBACS Chain stores and consolidate Chain Staff Training. 15 Consolidate Marketing Planning and Sales Promotion and rename to Marketing. 16 Newly establish Omni-Channel that performs planning and development of omni-channel strategy and consolidate E-Commerce Promotion. 17 Abolish Store Format Planning and Management and transfer its function to Chain Store Planning and Merchandise Planning. <Summary of the Changes in Management Structure> New Current Description 1 General Affairs and Internal Control General Affairs Consolidation Internal Control 2 Store Subsidiary Advancement and Store Subsidiary Strategy Name change Support 3 Eastern Japan Region Headquarters Northern Japan Region Headquarters Consolidation Kanto Region Headquarters 4 Western Japan Region Headquarters Chubu Region Headquarters Consolidation Kansai Region Headquarters Southern Japan Region Headquarters 5 Eastern Japan Operation Planning New establishment Western Japan Operation Planning 6 Tokyo and Chiba Area Operation Northern Kanto Area Operation Reorganization, Northern Kanto Area Operation, Chiba and Ibaraki Area Operation, Tokyo Area Operation 7 Eastern Japan CARS Promotion Northern Japan CARS Promotion Consolidation Kanto CARS Promotion 8 Osaka, Wakayama, Kyoto, Shiga and Kyoto, Shiga, and Nara Area Operation Consolidation Nara Area Operation Osaka and Wakayama Area Operation

3 New Current Description 9 Kyushu Area Operation Northern Kyushu Area Operation Consolidation Southern Kyushu Area Operation 10 Western Japan CARS Promotion Chubu CARS Promotion Consolidation Kansai CARS Promotion Southern Japan CARS Promotion 11 Car Parts and Accessories Car Electronics Consolidation Car Maintenance and Accessories Tire and Wheel 12 Statutory Safety Inspections Car Maintenance & Insurance Services Divide Car Maintenance & Insurance Services 13 Store Development Store Development Consolidation Land Use & Development 14 Chain Human Resources New establishment, Chain Staff Training Consolidation 15 Marketing Marketing Planning Consolidation Sales Promotion 16 Omni-Channel New establishment, E-Commerce Promotion Consolidation 17 Store Format Planning and Management Abolishment 2) Changes in s titles and duties 1 Change the duties of Internal Control and Legal and rename to Legal, General Affairs and Internal Control. 2 Change the duties of Human Resources, General Affairs and Information Technology Strategy and rename to Human Resources, Finance & Accounting and Information Technology Strategy. Abolish the title of Finance & Accounting. 3 Newly establish the title of Overseas Business and New Business Development Head. 4 Rename Store Subsidiary Strategy to Store Subsidiary Advancement and Support. 5 Consolidate each Region Headquarters s to Northern Japan Region Headquarters and Western Japan Regional Headquarters. 6 Rename Car Goods & Services to Car Parts and Accessories.

4 7 Rename Car Maintenance & Insurance Services to Statutory Safety Inspections & Services. 8 Rename Car Sales to Car Purchase and Sales. 9 Consolidate the duties of Merchandise Planning and E-Commerce to Marketing. 10 Rename Chain Store Planning Head to Chain Store Strategy Head. 11 Consolidate the duties of Store Development to Chain Store Planning. <Summary of Changes in s titles and duties> New Title Current Title Description 1 Legal, General Affairs and Internal Internal Control and Legal Change of duties Control 2 Human Resources, Finance & Human Resources, General Affairs Change of duties Accounting and Information Technology Strategy and Information Technology Strategy Finance & Accounting 3 Overseas Business and New New establishment Business Development Head 4 Store Subsidiary Advancement and Store Subsidiary Strategy Name change Support 5 Eastern Japan Region Northern Japan Region Headquarters Consolidation Headquarters Kanto Region Headquarters Western Japan Region Chubu Region Headquarters Consolidation Headquarters Kansai Region Headquarters Southern Japan Region Headquarters 6 Car Parts and Accessories Car Goods & Services Name change 7 Statutory Safety Inspections & Car Maintenance & Insurance Services Name change Services 8 Car Purchase and Sales Car Sales Name change 9 Marketing Marketing Consolidation Merchandise Planning and E-Commerce 10 Chain Store Strategy Head Chain Store Planning Head Name change 11 Chain Store Planning Chain Store Planning Consolidation Store Development

5 2. Changes in Personnel (effective April 1, 2015) Name New position Current position Setsuo Wakuda Representative Director and Chief Executive Representative Director and Chief Executive Chief AUTOBACS Chain Hironori Morimoto Director and Vice Chief Executive Head of Corporate Administration Director and Vice Chief Executive Head of Corporate Administration and Finance & Accounting Kiomi Kobayashi Director and Vice Chief Executive Chief AUTOBACS Chain Director and Vice Chief Executive Vice Chief AUTOBACS Chain Head of Chain Store Planning and Store Subsidiary Strategy Teruyuki Matsumura Director and Senior Managing Executive Head of Overseas Business and New Director and Senior Managing Executive Head of Merchandising and Merchandise Planning and E-Commerce Business Development Kozo Sumino Director and Senior Executive Head of Merchandising and Statutory Safety Director and Senior Executive Merchandise Development Inspections & Services Hiroki Yoshiyama Senior Executive Head of Chain Store Strategy and Chain Senior Executive Northern Japan Region Headquarters Store Planning Eiji Kaminishizono Senior Executive Store Subsidiary Advancement and Support Senior Executive Kansai Region Headquarters Masaru Sasaki Eastern Japan Region Headquarters Kanto Region Headquarters Eiichi Kumakura Western Japan Region Headquarters Southern Japan Region Headquarters Tetsuya Kato Car Parts and Accessories Car Goods & Services Shinya Kurahayashi Car Purchase and Sales Car Sales Kosuke Kaya Merchandise Development Store Development and Land Use & Development Shinichi Fujiwara Marketing Chain Store Planning and Marketing Yugo Horii Legal, General Affairs and Internal Control Internal Control and Legal Kazushige Hojo Human Resources, Finance & Accounting and Information Technology Strategy Human Resources, General Affairs and Information Technology Strategy

6 Name New position Current position Hiroyuki Furuta Store Subsidiary Advancement and Support Store Subsidiary Strategy Tetsuya Chiwaki Eastern Japan Operation Planning Area Northern Kanto Area Operation Tomohito Habata Area Tohoku Area Operation Sales Promotion Yasuhiro Obayashi Area Tokyo and Chiba Area Operation Area Chiba and Ibaraki Area Operation Junichi Tanabe Area Northern Kanto Area Operation Area Koshin-etsu Area Operation Shin Matsui Area Koshin-etsu Area Operation Area Tokyo Area Operation Ryoji Ono Area Eastern Japan CARS Promotion Area Tohoku Area Operation Koji Takamatsu Western Japan Operation Planning Area Northern Kyushu Area Operation Koji Asano Area Osaka, Wakayama, Kyoto, Shiga and Nara Area Operation Area Osaka and Wakayama Area Operation Nobuyuki Todaka Area Western Hyogo and San-in Area Operation Area Chugoku and Shikoku Area Operation Kazuhito Kamimura Area Chugoku and Shikoku Area Operation Area Southern Japan CARS Promotion Masayoshi Kaneko Area Kyushu Area Operation Area Southern Kyushu Area Operation Seiji Sakuragi Area Western Japan CARS Promotion Area Kansai CARS Promotion Hitoshi Iwaki Merchandise Management Merchandise Planning Yukihiro Kitagawa Car Parts and Accessories Tire and Wheel Kenichi Hosoya Statutory Safety Inspections Car Maintenance & Insurance Services Tadashi Yamamura Car Maintenance & Insurance Services Store Development Ryo Shigeyama Merchandise Development Car Electronics

7 Name New position Current position Seiichi Matsumoto Store Development Chain Staff Training Hideki Sekiguchi Chain Human Resources Human Resources Maori Marketing Planning Takase Marketing Tetsuo Endo Merchandise Planning Marketing Planning Hiroshige Onoda Omni-Channel E-Commerce Promotion Yoshiharu Yamada Audit and Supervisory Board Member s Office General Affairs Junji Iwashita General Affairs and Internal Control Internal Control Hisamitsu Kubota Human Resources Group Manager, Human Resources Disclaimer: Please note that this document is a summary translation of the Japanese press release and prepared for reference purposes only. We do not assure the correctness or completeness of this summary translation. Please note that this summary translation may be amended without notice, or be pulled from our website for such amendment purpose, etc., at our own discretion.