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Announcement of Organizational Restructuring and Personnel Changes in the Offices of Directors and Executive Officers

November 12, 2009

At the Board of Director's Meeting held on November 12, 2009, Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. resolved to implement the following organizational restructuring and personnel changes affecting Directors and Executive Officers.

1. Organizational changes (effective November 15, 2009)

■Motorcycle Business Operations

The Sales Section and Recreational Vehicle Section of Motorcycle Business Operations have been reorganized into the Motorcycle Business Section and Commuter Vehicle Section, respectively. The move is designed to hone the competitive edge of the motorcycle and commuter vehicle businesses, while further clarifying the responsibilities of each.

2. New Representative Director (effective November 15, 2009)

Takaaki Kimura

Representative Director (current Director)

3. 

Changes in positions and duties of Executive Officers (effective November 15, 2009)

(Name)

(New position)

(Current position)

Takaaki Kimura

Managing Executive Officer and
Representative Director, Chief
General Manager of Marine
Business Operations, Executive
General Manager of Water Vehicle
Business Unit, Marine Business
Operations, and Chief General
Manager of Automotive Business
Unit

Senior Executive Officer and
Director, Chief General Manager of
Marine Business Operations,
Executive General Manager of
Water Vehicle Business Unit,
Marine Business Operations, and
Chief General Manager of
Automotive Business Unit

Toyoo Ohtsubo

Managing Executive Officer and
Director, Chief General Manager of
Motorcycle Business Operations,
Chief General Manager of Technology Center, Chief General Manager of
Manufacturing Center, Chief
General Manager of Procurement
Center, and Chief General Manager
in charge of power products
business

Senior Executive Officer and
Director, Executive General
Manager of Technology Center, and
Executive General Manager of
Security Trade Control Center

Tetsuo Uchiyama

Senior Executive Officer and
Director, Chief General Manager of
Global Corporate Administrative
Center, Chief General Manager of
IM Business Unit, Chief General
Manager of Overseas Market
Development Operation Business
Unit, and Chief General Manager of
Parts Business Unit

Senior Executive Officer and
Director, Chief General Manager of
Global Corporate Administrative
Center, Chief General Manager of
IM Business Unit, and Chief
General Manager of Business
Development Managing Unit

Toru Watabiki

Senior Executive Officer and
Director, Executive General
Manager of Security Trade Control
Center

Senior Executive Officer and
Director, Chief General Manager of
Motorcycle Business Operations,
Chief General Manager of
Manufacturing Center, Chief
General Manager of Procurement
Center, Chief General of Overseas
Market Development Operation
Business Unit, Chief General
Manager of Parts Business Unit,
and Chief General Manager in
charge of power products business

Masahito Suzuki

Senior Executive Officer and
Director, Chief General Manager of
Product Assurance Center, and
Chief General Manager of Business
Development Managing Unit

Senior Executive Officer and
Director, Executive General
Manager of Product Assurance
Center

Hiroyuki Yanagi

Senior Executive Officer, Senior
General Manager of Motorcycle
Business Section, Motorcycle
Business Operations

Senior Executive Officer, Executive
General Manager of Manufacturing
Center

Nobuaki Shiraishi

Executive Officer, General
Manager in charge of recreational
vehicles for Motorcycle Business
Section, Motorcycle Business
Operations

Executive Officer, Senior General
Manager of Recreational Vehicle
Section, Motorcycle Business
Operations

Hiroyuki Suzuki

Executive Officer, Executive
General Manager of Manufacturing
Center

Executive Officer, Senior General
Manager of Quality Assurance
Section, Motorcycle Business
Operations

Hajime Yamaji

Executive Officer, General
Manager in charge of sales for
Motorcycle Business Section,
Motorcycle Business Operations

Executive Officer, Senior General
Manager of Sales Section,
Motorcycle Business Operations

Kunihiko Miwa

Executive Officer, Senior General
Manager of Commuter Vehicle
Business Section, Motorcycle
Business Operations, General
Manager in charge of model
development for Engineering
Section, Motorcycle Business
Operations, General Manager of
2nd Body Development Division,
Engineering Section, Motorcycle
Business Operations, and General
Manager of Cost Innovation
Division, Engineering Section,
Motorcycle Business Operations

Executive Officer, General
Manager in charge of model
development for Engineering
Section, Motorcycle Business
Operations, General Manager of
2nd Body Development Division,
Engineering Section, Motorcycle
Business Operations, and General
Manager of Cost Innovation
Division, Engineering Section,
Motorcycle Business Operations

4. 

Changes in duties of Executive General Manager, Senior General Manager, and General Managers (effective November 15, 2009)

(Name)

(New position)

(Current position)

Shinji Terashita

Executive General Manager of
Technology Center and President
and Representative Director of
Yamaha Motor Engineering Co.,
Ltd.

President and Representative
Director of Yamaha Motor
Engineering Co., Ltd.

Shigeru Oshita

Senior General Manager of Quality
Assurance Section, Motorcycle
Business Operations and General
Manager of Quality Assurance
Division, Quality Assurance
Section, Motorcycle Business
Operations

General Manager of Quality
Assurance Division, Quality
Assurance Section, Motorcycle
Business Operations

Yoshihiko Takahashi

General Manager of Motorcycle
Sales Division, Motorcycle
Business Section, Motorcycle
Business Operations

General Manager of Sales Division
2, Sales Section, Motorcycle
Business Operations

Yukio Mizutani

General Manager of RV Sales
Division, Motorcycle Business
Section, Motorcycle Business
Operations

General Manager of RV Sales &
Marketing Division, Recreational
Vehicle Section, Motorcycle
Business Operations

Shinya Shimada

General Manager of RV
Engineering Division, Motorcycle
Business Section, Motorcycle
Business Operations

General Manager of RV
Engineering Division, Recreational
Vehicle Section, Motorcycle
Business Operations

Yoshio Wakuta

General Manager of Commuter
Vehicle Sales Division, Commuter
Vehicle Business Section,
Motorcycle Business Operations

General Manager of Sales Division
1, Sales Section, Motorcycle
Business Operations

Hiroyuki Seto

General Manager of China Sales
Division, Commuter Vehicle
Business Section, Motorcycle
Business Operations

General Manager of Sales Division
3, Sales Section, Motorcycle
Business Operations

Hiroshi Kimura

General Manager of Service
Division, Quality Assurance
Section, Motorcycle Business
Operations

General Manager of Service
Division, Sales Section, Motorcycle
Business Operations

5. 

Personnel change in group company (effective November 15, 2009)

(Name)

(New position)

(Current position)

Toshiro Hamanaka

President of PT.Yamaha Motor
Nuansa Indonesia

PT.Yamaha Motor Nuansa
Indonesia

Abbreviations:

 

IM: Intelligent Machinery

 

RV: Recreational Vehicle

Major business lines of the group companies referenced above:

 

Yamaha Motor Engineering Co., Ltd.:

   

Development, design, manufacture, sale and other operations involving transportation
equipment, general industrial equipment and their related and peripheral products in Japan

 

PT. Yamaha Motor Nuansa Indonesia:

   

Manufacture and sale of water purifiers, analysis of water quality, and consulting in Indonesia

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