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Kobe Steel selects new representative director

March 3, 2010

TOKYO, March 3, 2010 - Kobe Steel, Ltd. announces that at its board of directors' meeting held today, it selected the candidate below as a new representative director.

The change in representative directors will be finalized after resolution at the Ordinary General Meeting of Stockholders scheduled to be held in late June 2010 and the board of directors' meeting to be held afterwards.
New Representative Director
The new representative director, his title, and area of responsibility are as follows:

Ikuhiro Yamaguchi
Current title Executive Officer
New title Executive Vice President & Representative Director

New area of responsibility

Head of the Iron & Steel Business
Continuing Representative Directors
Hiroshi Sato
Title President, CEO & Representative Director

Tomoyuki Kaya
Title Executive Vice President & Representative Director

New areas of responsibility

Supervises the Audit Department, Legal Department, Human Resources Department, Accounting Department and Finance Department. Supervises company-wide corporate compliance.  Oversees the Secretariat & Publicity Department, General Administration Department, Corporate Planning Department, IT Planning Department, Marketing Planning Department, domestic branch offices and sales offices (including Takasago Works), and overseas offices (under the head office).

Takashi Matsutani
Title Executive Vice President & Representative Director

New area of responsibility

Head of the Natural Resources & Engineering Business

Kazuo Shigekawa

Current Title Senior Managing Director & Representative Director
New Title Executive Vice President & Representative Director

New area of responsibility

Head of the Machinery Business