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March 27, 2012

Notice Regarding Executive Personnel Changes

1. Changes of Directors and Executive Officers (Effective April 1, 2012)

New Title
(New Responsibility)
Name Current Title
(Current Responsibility)
Representative Director and Executive Vice President
(Assistant to the President)
Toshio Adachi Representative Director and Executive Vice President
(Chief Officer, General Administration and Legal Affairs)
Representative Director and Executive Vice President
(Assistant to the President)
Toshishige Hamano Representative Director and Executive Vice President
(Chief Business Planning Officer)
Representative Director and Executive Vice President
(Assistant to the President)
Yoshiaki Ibuchi Representative Director and Executive Vice President
(Chief Business Planning Officer)
Representative Director and Executive Vice President
(Assistant to the President)
Kenji Ohta Representative Director and Executive Vice President
(Chief Technology Officer; Branch General Manager, Tokyo Branch)
Executive Vice President
(Chief Technology Officer; Group General Manager, One-of-a-Kind Products and Corporate Design Group)
Shigeaki Mizushima Executive Managing Officer
(Group General Manager, Corporate Research and Development Group; Group General Manager, Intellectual Property Group)
Executive Vice President
(Chief Officer, Sales and Marketing; Group General Manager, Global Business Group)
Kozo Takahashi Executive Managing Officer
(Group General Manager, North & South America Group; CEO & Chairman of the Board, Sharp Electronics Corporation)
Senior Executive Managing Officer
(General Manager, Business Solutions; Group General Manager, Document Solutions Group)
Fujikazu Nakayama Executive Managing Officer
(General Manager, Business Solutions; Group General Manager, Document Solutions Group)
Executive Managing Officer
(Branch General Manager, Tokyo Branch)
Motohiko Hayashi Executive Managing Officer
(Group General Manager, Solar Solutions Business Development group)
Executive Managing Officer
(General Manager, Management Planning; Group General Manager, Management Planning Group; Group General Manager, Business Development Group)
Toshihiko Fujimoto Executive Officer
(Group General Manager, Business Development Group)
Executive Managing Officer
(Group General Manager, Domestic Sales and Marketing Group)
Kazutaka Ihori Executive Officer
(Group General Manager, Corporate Sales Group)
Executive Managing Officer
(Group General Manager, Corporate Accounting and Control Group)
Tetsuo Onishi Executive Officer
(Group Deputy General Manager, Europe Group; Vice President, Sharp Electronics (Europe) GmbH)
Director and Executive Officer
(Group Deputy General Manager, Large Liquid Crystal Display Business Group)
Katsuaki Nomura Director and Executive Managing Officer
(General Manager, Corporate Strategy; Group General Manager, Corporate Accounting and Control Group)
Executive Officer
(Group General Manager, Display Solutions Development Group)
Masatsugu Teragawa Executive Officer
(Group General Manager, Audio-Visual Systems Development Group)
Executive Officer
(Group General Manager, Global Brand Strategy Group)
Keiko Okada Executive Officer
(Group General Manager, One-of-a-Kind Products and Corporate Design Group; Group General Manager, Global Brand Strategy Group)
Executive Officer
(Group General Manager, Audio-Visual Systems Group)
Masayuki Mohri Executive Officer
(Group General Manager, Management Planning Board)
Executive Officer
(Group Deputy General Manager, Solar Systems Group)
Hiroshi Morimoto Executive Officer
(Group General Manager, Solar Systems Development Group)
Executive Officer
(Group Deputy General Manager, Domestic Sales and Marketing Group; President, Sharp Electronics Marketing Corporation)
Akira Atarashi Executive Officer
(Group General Manager, Domestic Sales and Marketing Group)

2. Changes of Directors (Effective late June 2012)

New Title Name Current Title
Representative Director and Executive Vice President Shigeaki Mizushima Executive Managing Officer
(Executive Vice President, effective April 1, 2012)
Representative Director and Executive Vice President Kozo Takahashi Executive Managing Officer
(Executive Vice President, effective April 1, 2012)
Director and Senior Executive Managing Officer Fujikazu Nakayama Executive Managing Officer
(Senior Executive Managing Officer, effective April 1, 2012)
Director and Executive Managing Officer Toshihiko Fujimoto Executive Officer
(Executive Managing Officer, effective April 1, 2012)
Director and Executive Managing Officer Kazutaka Ihori Executive Officer
(Executive Managing Officer, effective April 1, 2012)
Director and Executive Managing Officer Tetsuo Onishi Executive Officer
(Executive Managing Officer, effective April 1, 2012)

* The above-mentioned changes will be submitted for and subject to approval at the shareholders' meeting and directors' meeting in late June 2012.

3. Retiring Directors (Effective late June 2012)

Name Current Title
Toshio Adachi Representative Director and Executive Vice President
*Corporate Management Advisor(effective late June 2012)
Toshishige Hamano Representative Director and Executive Vice President
*Corporate Management Advisor(effective late June 2012)
Yoshiaki Ibuchi Representative Director and Executive Vice President
*Corporate Management Advisor(effective late June 2012)
Kenji Ohta Representative Director and Executive Vice President
*Senior Executive Fellow (effective late June 2012)
Katsuaki Nomura Director and Executive Officer(effective April 1, 2012)
*Continues as Executive Officer

* The above-mentioned Directors will retire from their Director's post at the shareholders' meeting in late June 2012.

4. Newly Appointed Executive Officers (Effective April 1, 2012)

New Title
(New Responsibility)
Name Current Responsibility
Executive Officer
(Group General Manager, Corporate Research and Development Group)
Mototaka Taneya Group Deputy General Manager, Corporate Research and Development Group;Division General Manager, Energy Technology Development Center
Executive Officer
(Group General Manager, North & South America Group; CEO & Chairman of the Board, Sharp Electronics Corporation)
Toshiyuki Osawa President, Sharp Electronics Sales (China) Co., Ltd.

5. Retiring Executive Officers (Effective March 31, 2012)

Name Current Title
(Current Responsibility)
Takashi Nukii Executive Managing Officer
(General Manager, Production Technology and Quality Control; Group General Manager, CS Promotion Group)
*Advisor (effective April 1, 2012)
Tsuneo Nakamura Executive Officer
(General Manager, Audio-Visual Systems Business; Group General Manager, Audio-Visual Systems Group)
*Group General Manager, CS Promotion Group (effective April 1, 2012)

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