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Announcement of Organizational Reforms and Personnel Changes

April 14, 2016

IWATA, April 14, 2014 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. announces the following organizational reforms and personnel changes, effective April 15, 2014.

1. Organizational changes

 The following organizational reforms will be implemented in the Overseas Market Development Operation Business Unit:
- To further deepen and accelerate our area marketing initiatives, the "1st Marketing Division", "2nd Marketing Division", and "3rd Marketing Division" will be dissolved, and will be restructured into the "Africa Market Development Division" and "Area Marketing Division".
- The "Customer Support Group", which was located within the 1st Marketing Division, will become an independent division called the "CS Division" in order to further differentiate and increase added value of our products and services in developing markets.
- In order to streamline our operations by consolidating the corporate and sales backup functions, as well as enriching strategic planning functionality, the "Business Planning Division" will be dissolved and will be restructured as the "Business Promotion Division".

2. Changes in duties of General Manager
(Name) (New position) (Current position)
Takeo
Noda
General Manager of Corporate
Planning Division, Corporate
Planning & Finance Center
Senior Manager of Corporate
Planning Division, Corporate
Planning & Finance Center
Takahiko
Matsushita
General Manager of Finance &
Accounting Division, Corporate
Planning & Finance Center
General Manager of Corporate
Planning Division, Corporate
Planning & Finance Center
Takeshi
Yano
Executive General Manager of
Overseas Market Development
Operation Business Unit
and General Manager of CS Division,
Overseas Market Development
Operation Business Unit
Executive General Manager of
Overseas Market Development
Operation Business Unit
and General Manager of Market
Development Division2, Overseas
Market Development Operation
Business Unit
Takehiko
Fukuda
General Manager of Africa Market
Development Division,
Overseas Market Development
Operation Business Unit
General Manager of Market
Development Division1, Overseas
Market Development Operation
Business Unit
Yoshiyuki
Ito
General Manager of Area
Marketing Division, Overseas
Market Development Operation
Business Unit
General Manager of Market
Development Division3, Overseas
Market Development Operation
Business Unit
Shigeto
Mori
General Manager of Business
Promotion Division, Overseas
Market Development Operation
Business Unit
General Manager of Administration
& Planning Division
Takeo
Ishii
Managing Director of Yamaha
Motor Asia Pte. Ltd. and
Managing Director of Yamaha
Motor Distribution Singapore Pte.Ltd.
General Manager of Finance &
Accounting Division, Corporate
Planning & Finance Center
Olivier
Prevost
President of Yamaha Motor
Research & Development Europe s.r.l.
Yamaha Motor Research &
Development Europe s.r.l.

Abbreviations;
・ CS: Customer Service

Main businesses of the group companies referenced above;
・Yamaha Motor Asia Pte. Ltd.: Trading firm operations, financial assistance and other operations in Singapore
・Yamaha Motor Distribution Singapore Pte. Ltd.: Import and export of Yamaha parts, etc.
・Yamaha Motor Research & Development Europe s.r.l.: Research and development of motorcycles in Italy

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