Brief Personal History of Directors

Name (Date of birth)
Position
Brief history

Akihiro Teramachi (April 5, 1951)

President and CEO

Oct.1975	Resigned from Okuma Corporation
Oct.1975	Joined the Company
Apr.1977	Manager of Kofu Plant
Mar.1982	Director and General Manager of Administration Division
Jun.1986	Director of DAITO SEIKI CO., LTD. (currently THK INTECHS CO., LTD.)
Jun.1987	Managing Director and Senior General Manager of Control Division
Jun.1994	Director and Executive Vice President
May 1995	Representative Director and President of DAITO SEIKI CO., LTD. (currently THK INTECHS CO., LTD.)
Jan.1997	Representative Director and President (current position)
Jan.1997	Director and Chairman of DAITO SEIKI CO., LTD. (current position) (currently THK INTECHS CO., LTD.)
Jun.1997	Director and Chairman of THK Yasuda Co., Ltd. (current position) (currently THK NIIGATA CO., LTD.)
Jun.1998	Representative Director and Chairman of THK Holdings of America, L.L.C. (current position)
Jun.1998	Representative Director and Chairman of THK America, Inc. (current position)
Jun.1998	Representative Director and Chairman of THK Manufacturing of America, Inc. (current position)
Jun.1998	Representative Director and Chairman of PGM Ballscrews Ireland Ltd. (current position) (currently THK Manufacturing of Ireland Ltd.)
Sep.1998	Representative Director and Chairman of THK Europe B.V. (current position)
Nov.1998	Representative Director and Chairman of THK GmbH (current position)
Jul.1999	Representative Director and Chairman of THK TAIWAN CO., LTD. (current position)
May 2001	Representative Director and Chairman of THK Manufacturing of Europe S.A.S. (current position)
Jun.2002	Director and Chairman of TALK SYSTEM CO., LTD. (current position)
Aug.2003	Representative Director and Chairman of THK (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD. (current position)
Mar.2004	Representative Director and Chairman of THK MANUFACTURING OF CHINA (WUXI) CO., LTD. (current position)
Feb.2005	Representative Director and Chairman of THK MANUFACTURING OF CHINA (LIAONING) CO., LTD. (current position)
Sep.2005	Representative Director and Chairman of THK (CHINA) CO., LTD. (current position)
May 2007	Representative Director and Chairman of Rhythm Corporation (current position) (currently THK RHYTHM CO., LTD.)
Jun.2009	Director and Chairman of THK INTECHS CO., LTD. (current position)
Jul.2014	Representative Director and Chairman of THK MANUFACTURING OF CHINA (CHANGZHOU) CO., LTD. (current position)
May.2015	Representative Director and Chairman of THK RHYTHM AUTOMOTIVE MICHIGAN CORPORATION (current position)
Jun.2015	Representative Director and Chairman of THK RHYTHM AUTOMOTIVE CANADA LIMITED (current position)
Jun.2015	Representative Director and Chairman of THK RHYTHM AUTOMOTIVE GmbH (current position)
Sep.2015	Representative Director and Chairman of THK RHYTHM AUTOMOTIVE CZECH a.s. (current position)
Nov.2016	Representative Director and Chairman of THK CAPITAL UNLIMITED COMPANY (current position)
Nov.2016	Representative Director and Chairman of THK FINANCE UNLIMITED COMPANY (current position)
Oct.2017	Representative Director and Chairman of TRA Holdings, CO., LTD. (current position)

Toshihiro Teramachi (November 18, 1958)

Director, Executive Vice President and CIO

Dec.1987	Resigned from Fanuc Corporation
Dec.1988	Joined the Company
Jun.1989	Director and Manager of UK Branch of THK Europe GmbH (currently THK GmbH)
Aug.1992	Director and Executive Vice President of PGM Ballscrews Ireland Ltd. (currently THK Manufacturing of Ireland Ltd.)
Feb.1993	Representative Director and President of THK GmbH
May 1993	Representative Director and President of THK Europe B.V.
Jun.1998	Director
Jun.2005	Managing Director
Jun.2012	Director and Executive Vice President
Jun.2017	Director, Executive Vice President and CIO (current position)

Hiroshi Imano (January 31, 1954)

Director, Executive Vice President and CFO

April.1977	Joined The Industrial Bank of Japan, Ltd. (currently Mizuho Bank, Ltd.)
Apr.2002	Transferred to the company Deputy General Manager of Corporate Strategy
Mar.2004	Resigned from Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd. (currently Mizuho Bank, Ltd.)
Apr.2004	Joined the Company
May 2004	President of THK MANUFACTURING OF CHINA (WUXI) CO., LTD.
Oct.2007	General Manager of Production Division
Dec.2007	Representative Director and President of THK Manufacturing of Europe S.A.S.
Jun.2008	Director General Manager of Production Division
Jun.2010	Managing Director
Jun.2012	Director and Executive Vice President
Jun.2017	Director, Executive Vice President and CFO (current position)

Takashi Teramachi (November 17, 1978)

Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer
Senior General Manager of Industrial Machinery Headquarters

April.2003	Joined Sumitomo Corporation
Sep.2013	Resigned from Sumitomo Corporation
Nov.2013	Joined the Company
Jan.2014	General manager of IMT Division
Jun.2014	Director and Executive Officer Deputy General Manager of IMT Division Representative Director and President of THK INTECHS CO., LTD.
Jun.2016	Senior Managing Executive Officer Senior General Manager of Industrial Machinery Headquarters
Jan.2020	Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer Senior General Manager of Industrial Machinery Headquarters President of THK INTECHS CO., LTD.
Mar.2020	Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer Senior General Manager of Industrial Machinery Headquarters (current position)

Nobuyuki Maki (May 12, 1960)

Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer Senior General Manager of Automotive &
Transportation Headquarters

Apr.1983	Joined the Company
Jul.1992	Manager of Chicago Branch of THK America, Inc.
Jan.2003	Representative Director and President of THK Manufacturing of America, Inc.
Oct.2007	Manager of Yamaguchi Plant
Jun.2010	Director Senior General Manager of Production Division
Jun.2014	Managing Executive Officer Senior General Manager of Production Division
Apr.2015	Managing Executive Officer Senior General Manager of Production Division Senior General Manager of Sales Support Division
May 2015	Managing Executive Officer Senior General Manager of Production Division Senior General Manager of Sales Support Division General Manager of L&S Business Integration Division of the Company
Jun.2015	Director and Managing Executive Officer General Manager of L&S Business Integration Division
Nov.2015	Director and Managing Executive Officer Senior General Manager of Automotive & Transportation Business Unit
Jun.2016	Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer (current position) Senior General Manager of Automotive & Transportation Headquarters (current position)

Junji Shimomaki (October 6, 1953)

Director and Managing Executive Officer
General Manager of Industrial Machinery Company
Senior General Manager of Sales Division, Industrial Machinery Company

Apr.1976	Joined the Company
Jul.1992	Manager of Tokyo Branch
Feb.2003	General Manager of East Japan Sales Region I
Jun.2004	General Manager of East Japan Sales Region II
Jun.2009	Director Senior General Manager of Sales Division
Oct.2011	Director Senior General Manager of Sales Division General Manager of ACE Division
Jun.2014	Managing Executive Officer
Jun.2016	Director and Managing Executive Officer General Manager of Industrial Machinery Company Senior General Manager of Sales Division, Industrial Machinery Company (current position)

Junichi Sakai (October 5, 1947)

Director

Jan.1990	Resigned from NIPPEI TOYAMA Corporation Joined the Company
Jul.1992	General Manager of Mechatronics Division
Oct.1994	General Manager of Sales Engineering Division
Mar.2000	General Manager of East Japan Sales Region I
Feb.2003	General Manager of Quality Assurance Division General Manager of Advanced Technology Information Center
Jun.2004	Director General Manager of Quality Assurance Division General Manager of Advanced Technology Information Center
Sep.2006	Director Senior General Manager of Quality Assurance Division General Manager of Advanced Technology Information Center
Jun.2014	Director and Executive Officer General Manager of ICB Center
Jun.2016	Director (current position)

Masaaki Kainosho (January 21, 1951)

Outside Director

Apr.1976	Joined Mitsui Bank (currently Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation)
Apr.1996	Resigned from The Sakura Bank, Limited (currently Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation)
May 1996	Joined SAP Japan Co., Ltd.
Sep.1999	Resigned from SAP Japan Co., Ltd. Joined Japan Business Create Co., Ltd.
Jan.2005	Resigned from Japan Business Create Co., Ltd. Representative Director of K-BRAIN CO., LTD. (currently KAINOSHO CO., LTD.)
Apr.2011	Professor at Otsuma Women's University Junior College Division
Jun.2012	Outside Director (current position)

Masakatsu Hioki (July 30, 1950)

Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Members)

Apr.1975	Joined Komatsu Ltd.
Apr.2004	Executive Officer of Komatsu Ltd.
Apr.2008	Senior Executive Officer of Komatsu Ltd.
Jul.2012	Advisor of Komatsu Ltd.
Dec.2013	Director of Japan Center for Technology Management (nonprofit entity)
Jun.2014	Outside Director
Nov.2014	Outside Director of SUKIYA Co., Ltd.
Feb.2015	Senior Fellow of Mercer Japan Ltd.
Apr.2015	Visiting Professor at Ritsumeikan University Graduate School of Management
Jun.2016	Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Members) (current position)

Tomitoshi Omura (August 3, 1954)

Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Members)

Oct.1976	Registered as Assistant CPA
Oct.1977	Joined Fuji Accounting Office
Oct.1980	Joined Asahi & Co. (currently KPMG AZSA LLC.)
Mar.1982	Registered as Certified Public Accountant
Dec.1989	Managing Director of Omura Accounting Office
Jun.2016	Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Members) (current position)

Yoshiki Ueda (March 10, 1953)

Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Members)

Apr.1976	Joined Mitsubishi Corporation
Apr.2007	Deputy General Manager of Kansai Branch of Mitsubishi Corporation
Apr.2008	Executive of Mitsubishi Corporation
Jun.2010	President & CEO of Mitsubishi Corporation Technos
Jun.2011	Chairman of Japan Machine Tool Distributors Association
Jun.2015	Advisor of Mitsubishi Corporation Technos
Jun.2016	Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Members) (current position)
Jun.2016	Outside Director of SINTOKOGIO, LTD.
Nov.2016	Representative Director & Chairman of Makino Milling Machine Co., Ltd.
Dec.2016	Visiting Professor of National University Corporation Shizuoka University
Jun.2018	Representative Director & Vice Chairman of Makino Milling Machine Co., Ltd.
Jun.2020	Representative Director & Chairman of Makino Milling Machine Co., Ltd.
Jan.2021	Advisor of Makino Milling Machine Co., Ltd.

Notes
	1	Toshihiro Teramachi, Director and Executive Vice President, is the younger brother of Akihiro Teramachi, Representative Director and President of the Company.
	2	Takashi Teramachi, Senior Managing Executive Officer, is the son of Akihiro Teramachi, Representative Director and President of the Company.
	3	Director Masaaki Kainosho, Director Masakatsu Hioki, Director Tomitoshi Omura and Director Yoshiki Ueda are outside directors.
	4	The term of Directors shall be from the conclusion of the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2020 to the conclusion of the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2021.
	5	The term of Directors (Audit and Supervisory Committee Members) shall be from the conclusion of the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2019 to the conclusion of the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2021.
	6	The Company has elected one (1) substitute Audit and Supervisory Committee Member as stipulated in Article 329, Paragraph 3 of the Companies Act, in case the number of Audit and Supervisory Committee Member stipulated in laws and regulations becomes vacant. Brief personal history of the substitute Audit and Supervisory Committee Member is as follows.

Tetsuo Torikai (August 3, 1950)

Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Members)

Apr.1979	Registered with Daini Tokyo Bar Association
Apr.1979	Worked at Masuda & Ejiri Law Office
Jun.1982	Joined Ray Connell Law Office in Vancouver
May.1983	Joined Bronson Bronson & McKinnon Law Offices in San Francisco
Jan.1985	Partner, Masuda & Ejiri Law Offices
Apr.1993	Partner, Asahi Law Offices
Apr.2007	Partner, TMI Associates (current position)

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