| LAWSON,INC. has announced personnel change of the executive members. Personnel change of board members and corporate auditors would be effective after approval of the general meeting of shareholders on May 28, 2004. |  | Newly nominated appointees for the board members (From May 28, 2004) | Name | Current Position | | Koji Furukawa | Member of the Board, Senior Executive Vice President, Mitsubishi Corporation | | Hiroshi Mino | Division COO, Consumer Business Division, New Business Initiative Group, Mitsubishi Corporation | Newly nominated appointee for corporate auditors (From May 28, 2004) | Name | Current Position | | Kenji Yamakawa | Senior Vice President, Director General Affairs* *Note: Senior Vice President General Affairs (Effective March 1, 2004) | Retirement from the board (From May 28, 2004) Name Yorihiko Kojima Yukio Ueno Retirement from corporate auditor (From May 28, 2004) | Name | Current Position | Sadao Suzuki | *Special Corporate advisor | Executive personnel changes (Effective March 1, 2004) | New Positions | Name | Current Positions | President & CEO: General Manager, Merchandizing & Logistics Division Director, Quality Control Division | Takeshi Niinami | President & CEO: General Manager, Merchandizing & Logistics Division | | Adviser | Yoshimitsu Futai | Senior Vice PresidentDirector, Quality Control Division | | |
| Retirement from the board (From May 28, 2004)NameYorihiko KojimaYukio UenoRetirement from corporate auditor (From May 28, 2004)Name:Sadao SuzukiCurrent Position:*Special Corporate advisorExecutive personnel changes (Effective March 1, 2004)New Positions:President & CEO:General Manager, Merchandizing & Logistics Division Director,Quality Control DivisionName:Takeshi NiinamiCurrent Positions:President & CEO:General Manager, Merchandizing & Logistics DivisionNew Positions:AdviserName:Yoshimitsu FutaiCurrent Positions:Senior Vice PresidentDirector,Quality Control Division |
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