| LAWSON,INC. has announced personnel changes of executive members. Personnel changes of board members and corporate auditors shall be effective after approval of the general meeting of shareholders on May 26, 2006. Newly nominated appointees for the board members (As from May 26, 2006)
| Name | Current Position | | Toru Moriyama | Executive Vice President
General Manager, Merchandizing & Logistics Division | | Manabu Asano | Senior Vice President
Assistant to CRO | Newly nominated appointee for corporate auditors (As from May 26, 2006)
| Name | Current Position | | Munehiko Nakano | Group Controller, Machinery Group
Mitsubishi Corporation | Retirement from the board (As from May 26, 2006)
| Name | | Katsuhiko Yamasaki | | Koichi Narita | Retirement from corporate auditor (From May 26, 2006)
Executive personnel changes (Effective March 1, 2006)
| New Positions | Name | Current Positions | | Member of the Board | Katsuhiko Yamasaki | Member of the Board
Executive Vice President
Chief Risk Management Officer (CRO)
In charge of Corporate Ethics
In charge of General Affairs
In charge of Internal Audit | Senior Executive Vice President
General Manager, Merchandizing & Logistics Division | Toru Moriyama | Executive Vice President
General Manager, Merchandizing & Logistics Division | Senior Vice President
CCO (Chief Compliance Officer)
In charge of Corporate Ethics
In charge of Internal Audit | Manabu Asano | Senior Vice President
Assistant to CRO | Senior Vice President
General Manager, Integration Office | Shigeru Niikura | Senior Vice President
General Manager, Integration Office | Senior Vice President General Manager,
Kanto LAWSON Branch | Norikazu Nishiguchi | General Manager,
Kanto LAWSON Branch | Senior Vice President
General Manager, Corporate Communications Office
General Manager, PR | Jyun Miyazaki | General Manager, Corporate Communications Office
General Manager, PR | President,
BestPractice Inc. | Isamu Ochiai | Senior Vice President
President,
BestPractice Inc. | General Manager,
Hokkaido LAWSON Branch;
General Manager, Hokkaido Divisional & Regional Office | Hisashi Yasuhira | Senior Vice President
General Manager,
Hokkaido LAWSON Branch;
General Manager, Hokkaido Divisional & Regional Office | | CEO, VALUE LAWSON, Inc | Yukimasa Simohata | Senior Vice President
Deputy General Manager, Merchandizing & Logistics Division;
CEO, VALUE LAWSON, Inc | | Senior Executive Vice President, VALUE LAWSON, Inc | Tadao Watanabe | Senior Vice President
Senior Executive Vice President, VALUE LAWSON, Inc | Personnel change (Effective March 1, 2006)
| New Positions | Name | General Manager,
Corporate Franchisee Recruiting Dept 1,
Store Development Planning Division | Fumihiko Katsu | |
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