DENSO Corporation Announces Senior Management Changes

Date: Jun 20, 2012

KARIYA (Japan) ?DENSO Corporation today announced management changes, which were approved at today's shareholders meeting and board of directors meeting at DENSO’s global headquarters in Japan. These changes are effective today.

New Directors appointed to the Board:
Michio Adachi, Senior Executive Director (from Executive Director)


New Executive Directors:
Kenichiro Kamai (from Senior Exective Director of Nippon Soken.Inc)

Bunichi Kondo (from Director of Tokyo Sales Division)
Masanori Tsuruta (from Director of Electronics Engineering Division 1)
Yasuhiro Iida (from President of DENSO Thailand)
Kenichiro Ito (from Director of Corporate Planning Division)


Board of Director, Corporate Auditor and Executive Director retirements:
Yasushi Nei (from Executive Director)
Akihiro Yukawa (from Executive Director)
Hiroyuki Murayama (from Executive Director)
Hitoshi Tasaka (from Executive Director)

DENSO Corporation, headquartered in Kariya, Aichi prefecture, Japan, is a leading global automotive supplier of advanced technology, systems and components in the areas of thermal, powertrain control, electric, electronics and information and safety. Its customers include all the world's major carmakers. Worldwide, the company has more than 200 subsidiaries and affiliates in 35 countries and regions (including Japan) and employs approximately 120,000 people. Consolidated global sales for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2012, totaled US$38.4 billion. Last fiscal year, DENSO spent 9.5 percent of its global consolidated sales on research and development. DENSO common stock is traded on the Tokyo and Nagoya stock exchanges. For more information, go to www.globaldenso.com, or visit our media website at www.densomediacenter.com.

In North America, DENSO employs more than 14,000 people with consolidated sales totaling US$6.2 billion for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2012.