The FY145 General Shareholders' Meeting and the Board Meeting held on March 29, 2007 appointed our new board, executive officers and corporate auditors as follows. With these new members, we will dedicate ourselves to the fulfillment of T-2009.

Members of the Board
■		Shikio Ohtake		Representative Member of the Board, Chairman of the Board
■		Yoshinari Kudo		Representative Member of the Board
■		Katsuhiko Namba
■		Takashi Takenaka
■		Kiyonari Nakai
■		Nobuyuki Murofushi
■		Hajime Nagasaka
■		Naoshi Takahashi
■		Yoshio Kumakura		External Member
Executive Officers
■		Yoshinari Kudo		President & CEO
■		Katsuhiko Namba		Executive Vice President		Corporate Administration Div.
■		Takashi Takenaka		Managing Executive Officer		R&D Div., Carbon & Ceramics Lab., Fine Carbon Div.
■		Kiyonari Nakai		Managing Executive Officer		Carbon Black Div.
■		Nobuyuki Murofushi		Managing Executive Officer		Graphite Electrode Div.
■		Ryouji Murota		Managing Executive Officer		Friction Materials Div.
■		Kohta Himeno		Managing Executive Officer		Osaka Branch, Nagoya Branch
■		Hajime Nagasaka		Executive Officer		Carbon Black Div.
■		Naoshi Takahashi		Executive Officer		Corporate Planning Div.
■		Hideki Saito		Executive Officer		Fine Carbon Div.
■		Shigeto Mori		Executive Officer		Graphite Electrode Div., Fine Carbon Div.
■		Hiroshi Hirama		Executive Officer		Carbon Black Div., R&D Div.
■		Masahiro Saeki		Executive Officer		Friction Materials Div.
■		Yuji Serizawa		Executive Officer		Fine Carbon Div.
■		Tatsuo Abe		Executive Officer		Corporate Administration Div.
Corporate Auditors
■		Tsunehisa Samukawa
■		Masahiro Kusaba		External Auditor
■		Toshio Nakada
■		Masanobu Dohki		External Auditor
Following members resigned from their assignments and appointed as below as of March 29, 2007.
■		Hideki Saito		resigned from the Board appointed as executive officer
■		Masaru Akiyama		resigned from the Board appointed as president & CEO of Tokai Konetsu Kogyo
■		Hiroshi Yamazaki		resigned from Executive Vice President Appointed as Special Advisor
■		Ichiro Fukushima		resigned from Managing Executive Officer appointed as Advisor