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Rinnai Corporation will be implementing the following personnel and organizational changes, including Executive Officer's Areas of Responsibility.

1Organizational Changes (effective April 1)

• The New Business Strategy Office, responsible for new business planning, will be established within the Research & Development Headquarters.
• The Corporate Communication Division, currently under the umbrella of the Administration Headquarters, will shift to the Corporate Planning Headquarters.
• The Administration Headquarters will be abolished, and the Accounting Division, General Affairs Division, Personnel Division and Legal Division will become independent entities.

2Executive Officer Changes

(1) Newly assigned (effective April 1)

Name	New Title	Current Title
Kenichi Ebata	General Manager of General Affairs Division	General Manager of General Affairs Division, Administration Headquarters
Katsunori Tanioka	General Manager of Chubu Branch, Marketing & Sales Headquarters	General Manager of Tohoku Branch, Marketing & Sales Headquarters
Takuya Ogawa	Deputy General Manager of Corporate Planning Headquarters	General Manager of Personnel Division and Corporate Communication Division, Administration Headquarters

(2) Resignation (effective March 31)

Name	Current Title	After Resignation
Yasuo Koketsu	General Manager of Administration Headquarters	Special Advisor, and assistant to General Manager of Accounting Division
Greg Ellis	President of Rinnai Australia Pty. Ltd.	(continue)
Koji Fujioka	General Manager of Sales Division, Marketing & Sales Headquarters	(continue)

3Executive Officer's Areas of Responsibility
(effective April 1)

	Name	New Title	Current Title
President and Executive Officer	Hiroyasu Naito
Director and Executive Vice President	Tsunenori Narita	(continue)	President's assistant
Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer	Masao Kosugi	(continue)	General Manager of Corporate Planning Headquarters
	Yuji Kondo	General Manager of Overseas Business Headquarters In Charge of Business Planning Division	General Manager of Overseas Business Headquarters, and General Manager of Group 1 and Group 3 Sales & Marketing Division In Charge of Business Planning Division
Managing Executive Officer	Terumasa Kaneko	(continue)	General Manager of Marketing & Sales Headquarters
	Kinji Mori	(continue)	General Manager of Quality Assurance Headquarters, and General Manager of Environment Division
Executive Officer	Chuji Nakashima	(continue)	General Manager of Research & Development Headquarters, and General Manager of Technology Administration Division
	Hirohisa Ooi	General Manager of Production Headquarters	General Manager of Production Headquarters, and General Manager of Production Control Division
	Kazuhiko Matsumoto	(continue)	General Manager of Seto Factory, Production Headquarters
	Masanori Shimizu	(continue)	General Manager of Technology Development Division, Research & Development Headquarters
	Kazuto Inoue	(continue)	General Manager of Production Engineering Division
	Hideyuki Shiraki	(continue)	Deputy General Manager of Marketing & Sales Headquarter, and General Manager of Kanto Branch
	○ Kenicchi Ebata	General Manager of General Affairs Division	General Manager of General Affairs Division, Administration Headquarters
	○ Katsunori Tanioka	General Manager of Chubu Branch, Marketing & Sales Headquarters	General Manager of Tohoku Branch, Marketing & Sales Headquarters
	○ Takuya Ogawa	Deputy General Manager of Corporate Planning Headquarters	General Manager of Personnel Division and Corporate Communication Division, Administration Headquarters
	Fuminobu Ishikawa	(continue)	President of GASTAR Co., Ltd.
	Kenji Endo	(continue)	President of RB Controls Co., Ltd. and President of Noto Tech Co.,Ltd.

○ : Newly assigned

4Personnel Changes
(effective April 1)

Name	New Title	Current Title
Yasunobu Takemoto	General Manager of New Business Strategy Office, Research & Development Headquarters	General Manager of Combustion Technology Development Office, Technology Development Division, Research & Development Headquarters
Shozo Hotta	General Manager of Akatsuki Factory, Production Headquarters	President of RT Engineering Co., Ltd.
Shoichi Kayukawa	General Manager of Purchasing Division, Production Headquarters	President of Yanagisawa Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
Shogo Eguchi	Deputy General Manager of Production Control Division, Production Headquarters	Production Control Division, Production Headquarters
Kenji Hatakeyama	General Manager of Tohoku Branch, Marketing & Sales Headquarters	Deputy General Manager of Tohoku Branch, and General Manager of Sendai Sales Office, Marketing & Sales Headquarters
Shuichi Fujisawa	General Manager of Sendai Sales Office, Tohoku Branch, Marketing & Sales Headquarters	General Manager of Akita Satellite Office, Kita-Tohoku Sales Office, Tohoku Branch, Marketing & Sales Headquarters
Kazuya Kiyotaki	General Manager of Kitakanto Sales Office, Kanto Branch, Marketing & Sales Headquarters	Deputy General Manager of Kitakanto Sales Office, Kanto Branch, Marketing & Sales Headquarters
Tetsuya Oshima	General Manager of Niigata Sales Office, Marketing & Sales Headquarters	General Manager of Nagano Sales Office, Chubu Branch, Marketing & Sales Headquarters
Shinya Tatematsu	General Manager of Nagano Sales Office, Chubu Branch, Marketing & Sales Headquarters	General Manager of Group 1 Nagoya Satellite Office, Tokai Sales Office, Chubu Branch, Marketing & Sales Headquarters
Tetsuaki Okano	General Manager of Kansai Branch, Marketing & Sales Headquarters	General Manager of Keiji Sales Office, Kansai Branch, Marketing & Sales Headquarters
Masashi Ishihara	General Manager of Keiji Sales Office, Kansai Branch, Marketing & Sales Headquarters	General Manager of Group 1 Osaka Satellite Office, Osaka Sales Office, Kansai Branch, Marketing & Sales Headquarters
Yoshihiko Takasu	Deputy General Manager of Overseas Business Headquarters, and General Manager of Business Strategy Division	General Manager of Business Strategy Division, Overseas Business Headquarters
Taro Edamatsu	Deputy General Manager of Group 1 Sales & Marketing Division, Overseas Business Headquarters	Group 1 Sales & Marketing Division, Overseas Business Headquarters
Takanori Oka	Deputy General Manager of Group 3 Sales & Marketing Division, Overseas Business Headquarters	Group 3 Sales & Marketing Division, Overseas Business Headquarters
Tetsuya Higuchi	Deputy General Manager of Corporate Communication Division, Corporate Planning Headquarters	Corporate Communication Division, Administration Headquarters
Atsuo Kashima	General Manager of Accounting Division	General Manager of Accounting Division, Administration Headquarters
Keishi Moribe	General Manager of Personnel Division	General Manager of Purchasing Division, Production Headquarters
Haruyoshi Imaizumi	Deputy General Manager of Legal Division	Deputy General Manager of Legal Division, Administration Headquarters

5Personnel Changes of Group Companies (effective April 1)

Name	New Title	Current Title
Tatsuya Hattori	President of Yanagisawa Manufacturing Co., Ltd.	General Manager of Akatsuki Factory, Production Headquarters
Takeshi Umemura	President of Rinnai Precision Co., Ltd., and President of Japan Ceramics Co., Ltd.	President of Rinnai Precision Co., Ltd.
Seiji Banno	President of RT Engineering Co., Ltd.	Deputy General Manager of Production Headquarters, GASTAR Co., Ltd.

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Note: The information contained herein is valid as of the date of release. Please be aware that certain details may change or be made irrelevant by circumstances that emerge at a later date.