(Translation) May 17, 2017 To whom it may concern: Company Name: East Japan Railway Company Name of Representative: Tetsuro Tomita President and CEO Securities Code: 9020 Tokyo Stock Exchange (First Section) Contact Person: Toru Ishida General Manager, Public Relations Tel: +81-3-5334-1300 Notice Regarding Changes in Representative Director, etc. At its meeting held on May 17, 2017, the Board of Directors made a determination to propose Representative Director changes and nominate Director and Corporate Auditor candidates for election at the 30th Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders to be held on June 23, 2017, as described below. The relevant resolutions are expected to be adopted at the 30th Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders and the meeting of the Board of Directors to be held thereafter. I. Change in Representative Directors 1. Reason for change Establishment of International Affairs to enhance promotion of international operations 2. Name and position of and other information related to a new Representative Director to be elected (New Representative Name: Masahiko Nakai New position: Date of birth: October 8, 1953 (Age: 63) Brief personal record: April 1987 Entered the Company June 2008 June 2013 Number of shares owned: 3,600 shares 3. Scheduled date of election June 23, 2017 II. Other changes in Directors and Corporate Auditors 1. New Director Candidates Tomomichi Ota Kenichiro Arai Shigeru Matsuki (currently Senior and General Manager of Transport & Rolling Stock, ; In charge of Transport Safety, ) (currently and General Manager of Shinagawa and Large-scale Developments, Corporate Planning ) (currently and General Manager of Sendai Branch ) 1
2. Retiring Directors Yuji Morimoto (to serve as President and Representative Director of LUMINE Co., Ltd.) Toshiro Ichinose (to serve as President and Representative Director of atré Co., Ltd.) Director Takashi Eto (to serve as President and Representative Director of JR East Sports Co., Ltd.) 3. New Corporate Auditor Candidate Kimitaka Mori (currently Managing Partner of Mori Certified Public Accountant ; Adviser of The Japanese Institute of Certified Public Accountants)* *Mr. Kimitaka Mori is a candidate for outside Corporate Auditor. 4. Retiring Corporate Auditor Corporate Auditor (part-time) Toshiaki Yamaguchi (Note) There will be no change to the number of Directors (16) and the number of Corporate Auditors (5) after this election. 2
Each of the following persons is scheduled to be elected as Representative Director or executive director at the meeting of the Board of Directors to be held after the aforementioned General Meeting of Shareholders. 1. scheduled to be elected Masahiko Nakai 2. s scheduled to be elected (currently and Deputy Director General of Railway Operations ; In charge of Shinanogawa Power Station Improvement, ; In charge of Construction ; In charge of Indian High-Speed Railway Project) Tomomichi Ota Kenichiro Arai Shigeru Matsuki (currently Senior and General Manager of Transport & Rolling Stock, ; In charge of Transport Safety, Railway Operations ) (currently and General Manager of Shinagawa and Large-scale Developments, Corporate Planning ) (currently and General Manager of Sendai Branch ) Additionally, the following persons will be elected or retire as s (Messrs. Tomomichi Ota, Kenichiro Arai and Shigeru Matsuki, who will retire as s when they are elected as Directors, are not included below). (New Senior s) as of June 23, 2017 Senior Stationmaster of Tokyo Station, Tokyo Branch Senior In charge of Shinanogawa Power Station Improvement, ; In charge of Construction (New s) as of June 23, 2017 General Manager of Shinagawa and Large-scale Developments, Corporate Planning General Manager of Transport & Rolling Stock, Railway Operations Kunihiko Koike Ikuju Asami Hiroaki Kurahashi Totaro Ichikawa (currently ; In charge of Personnel Business Renovation Project; Director of JR East General Education Center) (currently and General Manager of Shinanogawa Power Station Improvement, Railway Operations ; General Manager of Construction ) (currently of New York ) (currently Life-style Business (dispatched to JR East Logistics Co., Ltd.)) 3
General Manager of Shinkansen Transport General Manager of Hachioji Branch General Manager of Omiya Branch General Manager of Chiba Branch General Manager of Niigata Branch General Manager of Nagano Branch General Manager of Tokyo Construction Ryuichi Kobanawa Hiroyuki Sakamoto Tomohisa Nakamura Naoto Nishida Masahito Imai Etsuro Ito Kenichi Takeuchi (currently Director of Paris ) (currently Transport & Rolling Stock, Railway Operations (dispatched to JR Chiba Railway Services Co., Ltd.)) (currently General Manager of Inquiry & Audit ) (currently Life-style Business (dispatched to atré Co., Ltd.)) (currently General Manager of Investment Planning, Corporate Planning ) (currently Health & Welfare (dispatched to JR GROUP Health Insurance Society)) (currently General Manager of Tohoku Construction ) (Retiring s) as of June 22, 2017 General Manager of Technology Planning, Corporate Planning ; Executive Director of Research & Development Center of JR East Group Deputy Director General of Life-style Business General Manager of Hachioji Branch General Manager of Chiba Branch General Manager of Shinkansen Transport Atsushi Yokoyama Tetsushiro Matsuzaki Mikio Uchida Shinichi Fujimori Akira Oguri (to serve as President and Representative Director of JR East Facility Management Co., Ltd.) (to serve as President and Representative Director of Sendai Terminal Building Co., Ltd.) (to serve as Tokyo Monorail Co., Ltd.) 4
(Reference material) Work Responsibilities of Directors East Japan Railway Company As of June 23, 2017 (scheduled) New position Name Previous position Chairman ( Satoshi Seino Chairman ( Vice Chairman ( Technology and Overseas Related Affairs Masaki Ogata Vice Chairman ( Technology and Overseas Related Affairs President and CEO (Representative Tetsuro Tomita President and CEO (Representative Assistant to President; In charge of Indian High-Speed Railway Yuji Fukasawa Assistant to President; In charge of Indian High-Speed Railway Project Assistant to President; Director General of Assistant to President; Director General of International Affairs Deputy Director General of International Affairs ; In charge of Marketing, ; In charge of Tourism; In charge of Olympics and Paralympics General Manager of Tokyo Branch Director General of Corporate Planning ; In charge of Personnel ; In charge of Health & Welfare ; In charge of Transport Safety, ; In charge of Transport & Rolling Stock, Director General of Life-style Business ; In charge of Customer Service Quality Reformation, In charge of Inquiry & Audit ; In charge of Public Relations ; In charge of Finance ; In charge of Legal ; In charge of Administration Osamu Kawanobe Masahiko Nakai Takao Nishiyama Masao Hino Tadao Maekawa Akihiko Ishikawa Tomomichi Ota Kenichiro Arai Shigeru Matsuki Director Tomokazu Hamaguchi Director Director Motoshige Itoh Director Director Reiko Amano Director Assistant to President; Director General of ; In charge of Shinanogawa Power Station Improvement, Railway Operations ; In charge of Construction ; In charge of Indian High-Speed Railway Project In charge of Overseas Related Affairs ; In charge of Marketing, ; In charge of Tourism Promotion; In charge of Olympics and Paralympics General Manager of Tokyo Branch In charge of Public Relations ; In charge of Personnel ; In charge of Health & Welfare ; In charge of Legal ; In charge of Administration Senior General Manager of Transport & Rolling Stock, ; In charge of Transport Safety, General Manager of Shinagawa and Large-scale Developments, Corporate Planning General Manager of Sendai Branch 5
(Reference) Work Responsibilities of s East Japan Railway Company As of June 23, 2017 (scheduled) New position Name Previous position Senior Deputy Director General of International Affairs ; In charge of Indian High-Speed Railway Senior Deputy Director General of Corporate Planning ; In charge of Shinagawa Development; In charge of Regional Revitalization Senior In charge of Information Systems Planning, Corporate Planning ; In charge of Electrical & Signal Network System, Railway Operations ; In charge of Large-scale Switching Construction Senior In charge of Reconstruction Planning, Corporate Planning ; In charge of Technology Planning, Corporate Planning ; In charge of Facilities, Railway Operations Senior Director General of IT & Suica Business Senior Stationmaster of Tokyo Station, Tokyo Branch Senior In charge of Shinanogawa Power Station Improvement, Railway Operations ; In charge of Construction General Manager of Reconstruction Planning, Corporate Planning General Manager of Shinagawa and Large-scale Developments, Corporate Planning General Manager of Management Planning, Corporate Planning General Manager of International Affairs (Shinkansen) General Manager of Transport Safety, General Manager of Marketing, General Manager of Transport & Rolling Stock, Yoshihiro Kumamoto Kunihiko Hirano Masao Kuroiwa Michikazu Mukouyama Shinobu Noguchi Kunihiko Koike Ikuju Asami Yutaka Oguchi Hiroaki Kurahashi Yoichi Kise Hitoshi Saimyo Masatoshi Kawai Takashi Hirokawa Mikiko Sakamoto Totaro Ichikawa Senior In charge of Indian High-Speed Railway Project Senior Deputy Director General of Corporate Planning ; In charge of Shinagawa Development; In charge of Regional Revitalization Senior In charge of Information Systems Planning, Corporate Planning ; In charge of Electrical & Signal Network System, Railway Operations ; In charge of Large-scale Switching Construction Senior In charge of Reconstruction Planning, Corporate Planning ; In charge of Technology Planning, Corporate Planning ; In charge of Facilities, Railway Operations Senior Director General of IT & Suica Business In charge of Personnel Business Renovation Project; Director of JR East General Education Center General Manager of Shinanogawa Power Station Improvement, Railway Operations ; General Manager of Construction General Manager of Reconstruction Planning, Corporate Planning of New York General Manager of Personnel General Manager of International, Corporate Planning General Manager of Nagano Branch General Manager of Transport Safety, General Manager of Omiya Branch Life-style Business (dispatched to JR East Logistics Co., Ltd.) 6
General Manager of Facilities, General Manager of Electrical & Signal Network System, Railway Operations General Manager of Shinanogawa Power Station Improvement, Railway Operations ; General Manager of Construction Deputy Director General of Life-style Business Deputy Director General of Life-style Business General Manager of Finance General Manager of Personnel ; Director of JR East General Education Center General Manager of Administration Director of Structural Engineering Center General Manager of Shinkansen Transport General Manager of Yokohama Branch General Manager of Hachioji Branch General Manager of Omiya Branch General Manager of Takasaki Branch General Manager of Mito Branch General Manager of Chiba Branch General Manager of Sendai Branch General Manager of Morioka Branch General Manager of Akita Branch General Manager of Niigata Branch General Manager of Nagano Branch General Manager of Tokyo Construction Katsumi Ise Yasuhiro Yamamoto Seiji Onishi Toshinori Hazuma Teruyuki Omote Haruko Shudo Hideki Nemoto Toshio Shiraishi Shinichiro Nozawa Ryuichi Kobanawa Chiharu Watari Hiroyuki Sakamoto Tomohisa Nakamura Takashi Momose Itsuki Koshiishi Naoto Nishida Kiwamu Sakai Atsushi Ouchi Tadashi Kikuchi Masahito Imai Etsuro Ito Kenichi Takeuchi General Manager of Facilities, General Manager of Electrical & Signal Network System, Railway Operations General Manager of Tokyo Construction General Manager of Niigata Branch Deputy Director General of Life-style Business General Manager of Finance General Manager of Marketing, General Manager of Administration Director of Structural Engineering Center Director of Paris General Manager of Yokohama Branch Transport & Rolling Stock, Railway Operations (dispatched to JR Chiba Railway Services Co., Ltd.) General Manager of Inquiry & Audit General Manager of Takasaki Branch General Manager of Mito Branch Life-style Business (dispatched to atré Co., Ltd.) General Manager of Management Planning, Corporate Planning General Manager of Morioka Branch General Manager of Akita Branch General Manager of Investment Planning, Corporate Planning Health & Welfare (dispatched to JR GROUP Health Insurance Society) General Manager of Tohoku Construction 7