Noritsu Koki Co.,Ltd.

April 17, 2009

Changes in Officers (Candidates for Directors and Auditors)

Noritsu Koki Co. Ltd. today announced that its Board of Directors passed a resolution on April 17, 2009, for the following changes in officers as set forth on the agenda for the 54th Annual Shareholders’ Meeting scheduled for June 26, 2009.

Candidates for Directors

(To be reappointed)

Director

Yukihiko Chayama

currently the representative director, president and CEO

Director

Hiromu Yoshida

currently a director

External Director

Masahiro Maeda

currently an external director

(To be newly appointed)

Director

Jihei Morimoto

former managing director, currently special advisor

Director

Hirotsugu Nishimoto

Candidates for Auditors

(To be reappointed)

Auditor

Junichi Nakamura

currently a full-time auditor

(To be newly appointed)

Auditor

Masayuki Oshima

currently an executive officer, GM of the Sales and Marketing Unit, GM of the Sales Administration Division, Sales and Marketing Unit

Note：GM stands for general manager.

Scheduled Date for Changes

June 26, 2009

Career Summary of Candidates

Name
(Date of birth)

Career Summary and Representative Status in Other Companies

Yukihiko Chayama
(September 28, 1947)

July 1971	Joins Fuji Bank Limited (now part of the Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.)
July 1996	Becomes general manager of Americas Division in New York
June 2000	Appointed operating officer and chief IR officer
June 2001	Joins Seiko Instruments Inc. as managing operating officer
June 2003	Becomes president of Seiko Instruments
June 2007	Elected full-time auditor of Yahoo Japan Corporation
November 2007	Elected auditor of Yume no Machi Souzou Iinkai Co., Ltd.
June 2008	Becomes representative director, president and CEO of Noritsu Koki.(present)

Hiromu Yoshida
(May 21, 1945)

April 1969	Joins Mitsubishi Corporation
February 1995	Becomes general manager of the Information Systems& Services Planning Department
April 1997	Becomes general manager of Information Systems & Services Group and Information Systems & Services Business
June 1997	Appointed a director of Net One Systems Co., Ltd.
October 1997	Becomes councilor, assistant director of Mitsubishi Corporation’s Information Systems & Services Business, remaining general manager of the Information Systems & Services Group
April 2000	Appointed managing director of Mitsubishi Business Machines
April 2001	Becomes general manager of Mitsubishi Corporation’s Information Systems & Services Group Audit Office
May 2003	Becomes general manager of the New Business Initiative Group Audit Office
June 2003	Appointed auditor of Net One Systems (present)
June 2004	Becomes director of Noritsu Koki
June 2008	Reappointed director of Noritsu Koki (present)

Masahiro Maeda
(July 15, 1957)

March 1981	Joins Tohmatsu & Co.
July 1987	Posted to the San Francisco office of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu
January 1991	Moves to Tadashi Furumoto Certified Public Accounting and Tax Office (now Tohmatsu Tax Co.)
January 2000	Becomes head of Masahiro Maeda Certified Public Accounting and Tax Office (present)
February 2000	Becomes representative director of Mas Tax Consulting Co., Ltd. (present)
June 2002	Appointed auditor of Lopro Corporation
June 2004	Appointed auditor of Noritsu Koki
February 2005	Becomes representative director of Revival Support Co., Ltd. (present)
June 2005	Appointed director of Noritsu Koki (present)
July 2006	Appointed director of Crystal Co., Ltd. (now Radia Holdings Premier, Inc.)
October 2008	Becomes representative director of ITC Inc. (present)
February 2009	Becomes representative director of Lopro Corporation (present)

Jihei Morimoto
(March 16, 1934)

April1953	Appointed to Wakayama Prefectural Police
March 1991	Joins Noritsu Koki
June 1991	Becomes general manager of the General Administration Division
June 1991	Appointed director, general manager of the General Administration Division
August 1993	Becomes director, general manager of the General Administration Division and general manager of the Internal Audit Division
April 1994	Becomes director, general manager of the General Administration Division
June 1996	Appointed managing director, general manager of the General Administration Division
September 2001	Becomes managing director, general manager of the General Administration Division, general manager of the Export Security Control Division
June 2003	Becomes managing director (overseeing General Administration) and general manager of the Export Security Control Division
June 2005	Becomes an advisor
June 2006	Becomes a special advisor (present)

Hirotsugu Nishimoto
（October 20, 1970）

April 1993	Joins Noritsu Koki
November 2005	Temporarily transferred to Nishimoto Kosan K.K
November 2005	Temporarily transferred to Mirai as managing director
December 2006	Leaves Noritsu Koki
January 2007	Becomes a director of Nishimoto Kosan K.K.
February 2007	Becomes a director of Mirai Environment Development Laboratory Co. Ltd. (present)
April 2007	Founded Mix Lighting as representative director, president (present)
April 2008	Appointed executive director of Nishimoto Kosan K..K.
February 2009	Appointed external director of Shimane Electronics Imafuku Works Co., Ltd. (present)

Junichi Nakamura
(December 11, 1945)

March 1964	Joins Noritsu Koki
June 1991	Becomes director, general manager of the Production Control Group and general manager of the Materials Management Group
January 1992	Becomes director, general manager of Manufacturing Division 2
April 1993	Becomes director, general manager of the Production and Manufacturing Unit, general manager of Manufacturing Division 1, general manager of Manufacturing Division 2
April 1994	Becomes director, general manager of the Production and Manufacturing Unit, general manager of Manufacturing Division 1, general manager of Manufacturing Division 3
April 1995	Becomes director, general manager of the Production and Manufacturing Unit, general manager of Manufacturing Division 1
April 1998	Becomes director, general manager of the Production and Manufacturing Unit
June 2004	Appointed executive officer, general manager of the Technical Service Unit
June 2005	Appointed an auditor
June 2008	Appointed a full-time auditor (present)

Masayuki Oshima
（April 11, 1947）

April 1971	Joins Matsushita Electric Industrials Co., Ltd.
October 1990	Becomes assistant manager of the Overseas Business, Vacuum Cleaner Division, Home Appliance and Sector
April 1991	Becomes manager of the Overseas Business, Vacuum Cleaner Division
December 1994	Temporarily transferred to Matsushita Home Appliance Corp. of America as vice president
May 1997	Becomes general manager, Planning, Lighting Business Division, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.
April 1999	Becomes general manager of Sales and Planning, Lighting Business Division, Lighting Company, Matsushita Electronics Corp.
April 2001	Becomes manager of the Overseas Business Promotion Group, Lighting Company, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.
April 2002	Becomes manager of the Overseas Group, Lighting Company, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.
September 2005	Joins Noritsu Koki as councilor of the International Sales and Marketing Unit
December 2005	Appointed executive officer, general manager of the Business Headquarters for the Americas
July 2006	Becomes executive officer, general manager of the International Sales and Marketing Unit
April 2009	Becomes executive officer, general manager ofthe Sales and Marketing Unit and general manager of the Sales Administration Division, Sales and Marketing Unit (present)

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