Appointment of Directors

(As of April 20^th 2012)

DIRECTORS

Chairman		Yasuyuki Kimoto
Representative Director		Hiroyuki Sasa
Director		Hideaki Fujizuka
Director		Yasuo Takeuchi
Director		Shigeo Hayashi
Outside Director		Takuya Goto
Outside Director		Shiro Hiruta
Outside Director		Sumitaka Fujita
Outside Director		Motoyoshi Nishikawa
Outside Director		Hikari Imai
Outside Director		Kiyotaka Fujii

Representative Director Shuichi Takayama, Director Haruhito Morishima, Masataka Suzuki, Kazuhisa Yanagisawa, Takashi Tsukaya, Hironobu Kawamata, Outside Director Yasuo Hayashida, Hiroshi Kuruma, Junichi Hayashi resigned on April 20.

Kazuhiro Watanabe and Shinichi Nishigaki resigned the title of Director and were appointed to Executive Officer.

AUDITORS

Standing Corporate Auditor		Takashi Saito
Standing Corporate Auditor		Masashi Shimizu
Outside Corporate Auditor		Nobuo Nagoya
Outside Corporate Auditor		Katsuya Natori

Standing Corporate Auditor Tadao Imai, Outside Corporate Auditor Makoto Shimada and Yasuo Nakamura resigned on April 20.

EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

President		Hiroyuki Sasa
Senior Executive Managing Officer		Hideaki Fujizuka
Senior Executive Managing Officer		Yasuo Takeuchi
Senior Executive Managing Officer		Akihiro Taguchi
Executive Managing Officer		Shigeo Hayashi
Executive Managing Officer		Haruo Ogawa
Executive Managing Officer		Toshiaki Gomi
Executive Managing Officer		Masao Kuribayashi
Executive Managing Officer		Yasushi Sakai
Executive Officer		Kazuhiro Watanabe
Executive Officer		Shinichi Nishigaki
Executive Officer		Koichi Karaki
Executive Officer		Hitoshi Kawada
Executive Officer		Yoshihiko Masakawa
Executive Officer		Naohiko Kawamata
Executive Officer		Yasuo Yoda
Executive Officer		Akira Kubota
Executive Officer		Nobuyuki Koga
Executive Officer		Il-Seok Bang
Executive Officer		Atsushi Nishikawa
Executive Officer		Hisao Yabe
Executive Officer		Masamichi Handa
Executive Officer		Nobuhiro Abe
Executive Officer		Ken Yoshimasu
Executive Officer		Masahito Kitamura
Executive Officer		Tetsuo Kobayashi

President Shuichi Takayama, Executive Vice President Haruhito Morishima, Senior Executive Managing Officer Masataka Suzuki and Kazuhisa Yanagisawa, Executive Managing Officer Takashi Tsukaya, Executive Officer Hironobu Kawamata resigned on April 20.

Takashi Saito resigned the title of Executive Officer and was appointed to the Standing Corporate Auditor.

Director / Senior Executive Managing Officer  Hideaki Fujizuka

Newly appointed Group President of Corporate Center

Director / Senior Executive Managing Officer  Yasuo Takeuchi

Newly appointed Group President of Group Management Office

Newly appointed Representative Director / Chairman of Olympus Korea Co. Ltd.

Newly appointed Director / Chairman of Olympus Corporation of the Americas

Director / Executive Managing Officer  Shigeo Hayashi

Newly appointed Group President of Corporate Monozukuri Innovation Center

Senior Executive Managing Officer  Akihiro Taguchi

Newly appointed Group President of Medical Business Group

Newly appointed Representative Director / President of Olympus Medical Systems Corp.

Executive Managing Officer  Haruo Ogawa

Newly appointed Group President of Imaging Business Group

Newly appointed Executive in charge of Opto Business Project

Newly appointed Representative Director / President of Olympus Imaging Corp.

Executive Officer  Kazuhiro Watanabe

Newly appointed Group President of Asia & Oceania Management Group

Newly appointed Chairman of Olympus Corporation of Asia Pacific Limited

Newly appointed Chairman of Olympus Hong Kong and China Limited

Newly appointed Chairman of Olympus (China) Co., Ltd

Newly appointed Chairman of Olympus Imaging China Co., Ltd

Newly appointed Chairman of Olympus (Beijing) Sales & Service Co., Ltd

Newly appointed Chairman of Olympus Trading (Shanghai) Limited

Executive Officer  Akira Kubota

Newly appointed Group President of Corporate R&D Center

Executive Officer  Atsushi Nishikawa

Newly appointed Group President of Information & Communication Business Group

Newly appointed Executive in charge of New Business Administration Division

Newly appointed Executive in charge of Olympus Business Creation Corp.