2007

May 8, 2007

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Minebea Co., Ltd.

Managerial Assignments

At its Board of Directors Meeting held today, Minebea Co., Ltd. decided the following managerial assignments.

1)  Directors and Corporate Auditors

The following Directors and Corporate Auditors are subject to the approval of our Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders scheduled to be held on Thursday, June 28, 2007 and of our Board of Directors Meeting subsequent to the General Meeting of Shareholders.

Name New Assignment Current Assignment
Takayuki Yamagishi Representative Director,
President,
Chief Executive Officer
Representative Director,
President,
Chief Executive Officer
Yoshihisa Kainuma Director, Senior Managing
Executive Office
Director, Senior Managing
Executive Officer
Koichi Dosho Director, Senior Managing
Executive Officer
Director, Senior Managing
Executive Officer
Hiroharu Katogi Director, Senior Managin
Executive Officer (Promoted)
Director, Managing
Executive Officer
Akihiro Hirao Director, Senior Managing
Executive Officer (Promoted)
Director, Managing
Executive Officer
Eiichi Kobayashi Director, Senior Managing
Executive Officer (Promoted)
Director, Managing
Executive Officer
Masayoshi Yamanaka Director, Managing Executive
Officer (Newly appointed)
Managing Executive
Officer
Hirotaka Fujita Director, Managing Executive
Officer (Newly appointed)
Managing Executive
Officer
Chanchai Leetavorn Independent Director Independent Director
Takashi Matsuoka Independent Director Independent Director
Tosei Takenaka Standing Corporate Auditor
(Newly appointed)
Director, Senior Managing
Executive Officer
Akifumi Kamoi Standing Corporate Auditor
(Newly appointed)
General Manager, Bearing
Manufacturing Dept., Ball
Bearing Business Unit (BU)
Kazuaki Tanahashi Standing External Corporate
Auditor (Newly appointed)
Tokyo Central Branch
Manager
The Sumitomo Trust & Banking Co., Ltd.
Isao Hiraide External Corporate Auditor External Corporate Auditor
Hirotaka Fujiwara External Corporate Auditor External Corporate Auditor

2)  New Structure of Executive Officers

The following new structure of Executive Officers is subject to the approval of our Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders scheduled to be held on Thursday, June 28, 2007 and of our Board of Directors Meeting subsequent to the General Meeting of Shareholders.

Takayuki Yamagishi Representative Director,
President,
Chief Executive Officer
Yoshihisa Kainuma Director, Senior Managing
Executive Officer
Head of Information Motor
BU, Representative
Director and President of
Minebea-Matsushita Motor
Corporation
Koichi Dosho Director, Senior Managing
Executive Officer
Chief of Sales Headquarters
Hiroharu Katogi Director, Senior Managing
Executive Officer (Promoted)
Chief of Administration
Headquarters, Head of
Business Administration
Division, Head of
Information Systems
Division
Akihiro Hirao Director, Senior Managing
Executive Officer (Promoted)
Chief of Engineering
Headquarters, Head of
Engineering Support
Division
Eiichi Kobayashi Director, Senior Managing
Executive Officer (Promoted)
Chief of Manufacturing
Headquarters
Hiroyuki Yajima Senior Managing Executive
Officer (Promoted)
Head of Ball Bearing BU,
General Manager of
Bearing Manufacturing
Dept.
Sakae Yashiro Senior Managing Executive
Officer (Promoted)
Deputy Chief of
Administration Headquarters,
Head of
Finance Division, Head of
Accounting Division
Masayoshi Yamanaka Director, Managing Executive
Officer
Chief of Operations
Headquarters, Head of
Procurement Division,
Head of Legal Division
Hirotaka Fujita Director, Managing Executive
Officer
Deputy Chief of
Manufacturing
Headquarters, Head of
Electronic Device BU
Susumu Fujisawa Managing Executive Officer General Manager of
Regional Affairs for China
Akio Okamiya Managing Executive Officer Deputy Chief of
Engineering Headquarters,
Head of Bearing Basic
Technology Development
Division, Head of Material
and Process Development
Division
Shunji Mase Managing Executive Officer Deputy Chief of
Operations Headquarters,
Head of Personnel &
General Affairs Division
Motoyuki Niijima Managing Executive Officer
(Promoted)
Head of Measuring
Components BU
Kunio Shimba Executive Officer Head of Spindle Motor BU
Junichi Mochizuki Executive Officer Deputy Chief of Sales
Headquarters, Deputy
Head of Ball Bearing BU
Morihiro Iijima Executive Officer General Manager of
Regional Affairs for South
East Asia
Mamoru Kamigaki Executive Officer Deputy Head of
Information Motor BU,
Senior Managing Director
of Minebea-Matsushita
Motor Corporation
Takashi Aiba Executive Officer Deputy Chief of
Manufacturing
Headquarters, General
Manager of Accounting
Dept., Karuizawa Plant
Daishiro Konomi Executive Officer General Manager of
Regional Affairs for Europe
Tatsuo Matsuda Executive Officer General Manager of
Domestic Sales Division,
Sales Headquarters
Gary Yomantas Executive Officer General Manager of
Regional Affairs for the
Americas, President of
NMB (USA) Inc.,
President of NHBB Inc.
Tsugihiko Musha Executive Officer
(Newly appointed)
Head of Rod-End Bearings
BU
Motoharu Akiyama Executive Officer
(Newly appointed)
Deputy Head of Bearing
Basic Technology
Development Division,
Engineering Headquarters
Tamio Uchibori Executive Officer
(Newly appointed)
Head of Corporate
Planning Division,
General Manager of
Corporate Planning Dept.,
Operations Headquarters
Koichi Takeshita Executive Officer
(Newly appointed)
Deputy Chief of Sales
Headquarters, Executive
Vice President of NMB
Technologies Corporation
Tetsuya Tsuruta Executive Officer
(Newly appointed)
Head of Mechanical
Assembly BU
Shuji Uehara Executive Officer
(Newly appointed)
Deputy Head of
Information Motor BU,
Director of Minebea-
Matsushita Motor
Corporation
Takeshi Iida Executive Officer
(Newly appointed)
General Manager of
China Region, Sales
Headquarters
Shigeru None Executive Officer
(Newly appointed)
Manager of Tokyo
Branch, Domestic Sales
Division, General
Manager of Marketing Office,
Sales Headquarters
The following Directors, Corporate Auditors and Executive Officers will retire at the end of our Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders scheduled to be held on Thursday, June 28, 2007.
Ryusuke Mizukami Director, Senior Managing
Executive Officer
Tosei Takenaka Director, Senior Managing
Executive Officer
Shinichi Mori Standing Corporate Auditor
Yoshinori Amano Standing Corporate Auditor
Tsukasa Oshima Standing External Corporate Auditor
Yukio Shimizu Managing Executive Officer
Sadahiko Oki Executive Officer
Note: Mr. Yukio Shimizu is scheduled to assume the office of Representative Director and Chairman of NMB Sales Co., Ltd. after retirement.

3)  Related Personnel Changes (Effective June 28, 2007)

Name New Assignment Current Assignment
Motoyasu Itsu Head of Defense-Related
Special Parts BU
Deputy Head of Defense-
Related Special Parts BU
Shoji Sato Head of Internal Auditing
Office
General Manager of
Corporate Planning Dept.,
Corporate Planning
Division, Operations
Headquarters
Company Name: Minebea Co., Ltd.
Representative: Takayuki Yamagishi
Representative Director,
President and Chief Executive Officer
(Code No. 6479)
Contact Person: Shunji Mase
Managing Executive Officer,
Head of Personnel & General Affairs Div.

Naoyuki Kimura
Deputy General Manager of Personnel & General Affairs Department

Tel. 81-3-5434-8612 / Fax 81-3-5434-8601
Information in the press releases is current on the date of the announcement.
Product information, contact and other context are subject to change without prior notice.

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