Announcement of changes in senior management responsibilities Company Name: Panasonic Electric Works Co., Ltd. Representative: Shusaku Nagae, President (Code: 6991, First Section at TSE and OSE ) Contact: Public Relations Dept. Osaka Tel: +81-6- 6909 7187 Tokyo Tel: +81-3- 6218 1166 Osaka, Japan, February 22, 2011 - Panasonic Electric Works Co., Ltd. today announced the following changes in senior management responsibilities, effective April 1, 2011. These changes were resolved at the Board of Directors meeting held on February 22, 2011. (1) Promoted Directors New Title Name Current Title New Responsibility Current Responsibility Executive Vice President, Hisao Yabu Senior Managing Director, Corporate R&D and Manufacturing, Design, Automotive Business Corporate R&D and Manufacturing, Design, Automotive Business Senior Managing Director, Kuniaki Matsukage Managing Director Director, Lighting Manufacturing Business Director, Lighting Manufacturing Business Senior Managing Director Masahiro Ido Managing Director Director, Building Products Marketing Director, Building Products Marketing Business Business Managing Director Takayoshi Noura Director Director, Electrical Construction Materials Marketing Business, Tokyo Headquarters Director, Electrical Construction Materials Marketing Business, Tokyo Headquarters (2) Promoted Executive Officer New Title Name Current Title New Responsibility Current Responsibility Senior Executive Officer Mototsugu Sato Executive Officer Financial Management*, Senior Executive Officer Kazuhiko Ito Executive Officer Director, Human Resources and Labor Relations Department Director, Human Resources and Labor Relations Department (3) Newly Appointed Executive Officers New Executive Officer Takanori Kushida Director, Circuit Board Materials Division, Electronic Materials Business President, Panasonic Electric Works Koriyama Co., Ltd. Director, Circuit Board Materials Division, Electronic Materials Business President, Panasonic Electric Works Koriyama Co., Ltd. Executive Officer Tatsuya Sukeno Director, Strategic Planning Department for Marketing Business s Director, Strategic Planning Department for Marketing Business s Executive Officer Masashi Yamada Director, General Technology & Products Development Center Director, General Technology & Products Development Center
(4) Director and Executive Officers, changes of responsibilities Name Current Title New Assignment Current Responsibility Michio Murakami Executive Vice President Human Resources and Labor Relations, Human Resources and Labor Relations, Legal Financial Management, Legal Hajimu Yoshimura Executive Officer Director, Lighting Devices Business Control Operations, CEO, Panasonic Electric Works Lighting Americas, Inc. Director, Lighting Devices Business Control Operations, Director, Nashop & Lighting Control Systems Division, CEO, Panasonic Electric Works Lighting Americas, Inc. Yasuhiro Fujii Executive Officer Deputy responsibility of Total Solution Business Operations* Director, Energy Solution Business Promotion Office Shuji Okayama Executive Officer Director, Wiring Devices and Electrical Conduits Division, Information Equipment & Wiring Products Manufacturing Business Deputy responsibility of Total Solution Business Operations* Director, Wiring Devices Division Director, Electrical Conduits and Wiring Materials Div. Information Equipment & Wiring Products Manufacturing Business Note : An asterisk (*) indicates a new responsibility. Panasonic Electric Works Co., Ltd. today also announced the following planned executive change to take effect following the ordinary general shareholders meeting held on June, 2011. Retiring Director New Title Name Current Title Current Responsibility Advisor Yoshihiro Furuta Director Corporate Overseas Business Chairman, Panasonic Electric Works (China) Co., Ltd.
<For Reference> Panasonic Electric Works Co., Ltd. Directors and Executive Officers (Effective April 1, 2011) Directors President Shusaku Nagae Executive Vice President Michio Murakami Human Resources and Labor Relations, Legal Human Resources and Labor Relations, Financial Management, Legal Executive Vice President Hisao Yabu (No Change) Corporate R&D and Manufacturing, Design, Automotive Business Senior Managing Director, Kuniaki Matsukage (No Change) Director, Senior Managing Director Munetomo Torii (No Change) Director, Electronic Materials Business Senior Managing Director Masahiro Ido (No Change) Director, Building Products Marketing Business Managing Director Makoto Kitano (No Change) Director, Building Products Manufacturing Business Managing Director Takayoshi Noura (No Change) Director, Electrical Construction Materials Marketing Business, Tokyo Headquarters Director Yoshihiro Furuta (No Change) Corporate Overseas Business Chairman, Panasonic Electric Works (China) Co., Ltd. Director Satoshi Takeyasu (No Change) Corporate Planning Director Haruki Nagasaki (No Change) Director, Automation Controls Business Director Makoto Ishii (No Change) Supply Chain Management Director Masayoshi Hikoso (No Change) CSRM, Business Ethics, Audit Director (external) Kunihiko Sawa Director (external) Koshi Kitadai
Corporate Auditors Corporate Auditor Takeshi Ishikawa (No Change) Corporate Audit (full-time) Corporate Auditor Tsutomu Furukawa (No Change) Corporate Audit (full-time) Corporate Auditor Uichiro Nishio (No Change) Corporate Audit (external) Corporate Auditor (external) Yutaka Maehashi (No Change) Corporate Audit Executive Officers Senior Executive Officer Minoru Ikeuchi (No Change) New Business Promotion, Elderly Care Business Promotion Human ambient-architecture Promotion Facility Management Senior Executive Officer Naoya Nishihara (No Change) Director, Home Appliances Manufacturing Business Senior Executive Officer Yoshinobu Takegawa (No Change) Deputy responsibility of Corporate R&D, Director, Corporate R&D Planning Office Senior Executive Officer Mototsugu Sato Financial Management*, Senior Executive Officer Kazuhiko Ito (No Change) Director, Human Resources and Labor Relations Department Executive Officer Tamio Yoshioka (No Change) Director, Information Equipment & Wiring Products Manufacturing Business Executive Officer Toshihide Arii (No Change) Chairman, Anchor Electricals Private Limited Executive Officer Hajimu Yoshimura Director, Lighting Devices Business Control Operations, CEO, Panasonic Electric Works Lighting Americas, Inc. Director, Lighting Devices Business Control Operations, Director, Nashop & Lighting Control Systems Division, CEO, Panasonic Electric Works Lighting Americas, Inc. Executive Officer Setsuo Mizusawa (No Change) Promoting Systems & Equipment Business, Corporate Overseas Business
Executive Officer Tamaki Fujimoto (No Change) Corporate Quality and Environmental Promotion, Director, Corporate Quality and Environmental Innovation Department, Corporate Environmental Conservation Executive Officer Tetsuya Kimoto (No Change) Deputy responsibility of Corporate Manufacturing, Director, Manufacturing Reinforcement Promotion Div., Corporate Safety and Security Executive Officer Kikuo Kimura (No Change) Director, Plastic Materials Division, Director, Manufacturing Innovation Center, Electronic Materials Business Executive Officer Manabu Takeda (No Change) Director, Global Strategic Planning Office, Executive Officer Tsutomu Ota (No Change) Assistant BU Director, Director, Project Sales Operations, Director, Marketing Division, Building Products Marketing Business Executive Officer Kazuyoshi Kawabata (No Change) Assistant BU Director, Director, Marketing Division, Electrical Construction Materials Marketing BU Executive Officer Katsurou Sakai (No Change) Assistant BU Director (Project Sales Operations), Electrical Construction Materials Marketing Business Executive Officer Yasuhiro Fujii Deputy responsibility of Total Solution Business Operations* Executive Officer Shuji Okayama Director, Wiring Devices and Electrical Conduits Division Information Equipment & Wiring Products Manufacturing Business Deputy responsibility of Total Solution Business Operations* Director, Energy Solution Business Promotion Office Director, Wiring Devices Division Director, Electrical Conduits and Wiring Materials Div. Information Equipment & Wiring Products Manufacturing Business Executive Officer Harumasa Furutani (No Change) AC/DC Hybrid Power Distribution System Promotion, Information Equipment & Wiring Products Manufacturing Business President, Panasonic Electric Works Denro Co., LTd. Executive Officer Takanori Kushida (No Change) Director, Circuit Board Materials Division, Electronic Materials Business President, Panasonic Electric Works Koriyama Co., Ltd.
Executive Officer Tatsuya Sukeno (No Change) Director, Strategic Planning Department for Marketing Business s Executive Officer Masashi Yamada (No Change) Director, General Technology & Products Development Center ###