Metal One Corporation

January 18, 2019

Announcement on Executive Officers for FY2019

Metal One Corporation (headquartered in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; President: Shuichi Iwata) hereby announces its new executive officers, effective from April 1, 2019.

[1] Executive Officer

A. New Executive Officers (Effective from April 1)

Name	New Position	Present Position
Satoru Oki	Senior Executive Vice President Chief Compliance Officer Division COO (Business Division A)	Senior Vice President, Division COO, Steel Business Division, Mitsubishi Corporation
Satoshi Iwai	Managing Executive Officer Corporate Supervising Officer (Corporate Administration), Chief Financial Officer	General Manager, Metals Group Administration Dept. Mitsubishi Corporation
Ryosuke Kotake	Executive Officer Division COO (Business Division B)	Division COO (Business Division B)
Daiju Mita	Executive Officer Chief Regional Officer (North & Central America); President, Metal One Holdings America, Inc.	General Manager, Mineral Resources Investment Div. Mitsubishi Corporation
Yasuaki Ueda	Executive Officer Corporate Supervising Officer (Management Infrastructure)	CFO, CAO for Asia & Oceania, Sojitz Corporation

B. Promoted Executive Officers (Effective from April 1)

Name	New Position	Present Position
Shinpei Asada	Managing Executive Officer Chief Regional Officer (South-West Asia) ; Chairman & Managing Director, Metal One Corporation India Pvt. Ltd.	Executive Officer Chief Regional Officer (South-West Asia) ; Chairman & Managing Director, Metal One Corporation India Pvt. Ltd.
Masaya Ito	Managing Executive Officer Division COO (Business Division C)	Executive Officer Division COO (Business Division C)
Taro Akasaka	Managing Executive Officer Division COO (Wire, Specialty Steel & Stainless Steel Division)	Executive Officer Division COO (Wire, Specialty Steel & Stainless Steel Division)

C. Newly Assigned Responsibilities of Executive Officers (Effective from April 1)

Name	New Position	Present Position
Takehiro Honda	Senior Executive Vice President Director Senior Assistant to the President Group COO	Senior Executive Vice President Director Senior Assistant to the President Group COO (Business Division B)

D. Resigning Executive Officers (Effective from March 31)

Name	Present Position
Hiroshi Kuwata	Senior Executive Vice President Corporate Supervising Officer (Corporate Administration) Chief Financial Officer
Kioi Yamada	Chief Regional Officer (North & Central America); President, Metal One Holdings America, Inc.
Yasuo Yamamoto	President & CEO, MM&KENZAI Corporation
Sotaro Inoue	Division COO (Business Division A)
Izumi Konno	Corporate Supervising Officer (Management Infrastructure)

[2] Reference

A. Executive Officers (Effective from April 1)

Position	Name	Areas of Responsibility
President & CEO, Director	Shuichi Iwata	President & CEO, Director
Senior Executive Vice President, Director	Takehiro Honda	Senior Assistant to the President Group COO
Senior Executive Vice President	Satoru Oki	Senior Assistant to the President Chief Compliance Officer Division COO (Business Division A)
Managing Executive Officer	Shinpei Asada	Chief Regional Officer (South-West Asia) ; Chairman & Managing Director, Metal One Corporation India Pvt. Ltd.
Managing Executive Office	Masaya Ito	Division COO (Business Division C)
Managing Executive Officer	Taro Akasaka	Division COO (Wire, Specialty Steel & Stainless Steel Division)
Managing Executive Officer & CFO	Satoshi Iwai	Corporate Supervising Officer (Corporate Administration) CFO
Executive Officer	Ryosuke Kotake	Division COO (Business Division B)
Executive Officer	Daiju Mita	Chief Regional Officer (North & Central America); President, Metal One Holdings America, Inc.
Executive Officer	Yasuaki Ueda	Corporate Supervising Officer (Management Infrastructure)