Directors and Executive Officers to Change

Tokyo, February 25, 2016　—　Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. has announced that, based on decisions made at a Board of Directors meeting earlier today, the following Representative Directors will be appointed new positions effective April 1, 2016:

Munenori Ishikawa, Senior Executive Vice President *
(currently Senior Vice President *)

Yoshinori Kanehana, Senior Executive Vice President *
(currently Senior Vice President *)

Eiji Inoue, Director
(currently Senior Vice President *)

* Representative Director

The Kawasaki Board of Directors also decided today that effective in late June 2016, president Shigeru Murayama will become chairman and senior vice president Yoshinori Kanehana will become new president.

New titles effective in late June

Shigeru Murayama, Chairman *
(currently President *)

Yoshinori Kanehana, President *
(currently Senior Vice President *)

In addition, the Company today announced that the following management changes will become effective April 1, 2016.

New managing executive officers to be appointed

Makoto Ogawara
President
Rolling Stock Company
(currently Vice President
Rolling Stock Company)

Sukeyuki Namiki
President
Aerospace Company
(currently Vice President
Aerospace Company)

Yasuhiko Hashimoto
General Manager
Robot Division
Precision Machinery Company
(currently same as above)

Tatsuya Watanabe
President
Plant & Infrastructure Company
(currently Vice President
Plant & Infrastructure Company)

Executive officers to be appointed new positions

Akio Nekoshima
General Manager
Marketing Division
(currently General Manager
Finance & Accounting Division)

Kazutoshi Honkawa
Vice President
Aerospace Company
(currently General Manager
Planning & Control Division
Aerospace Company)

New executive officers to be appointed

Keiji Matsumura
Deputy General Manager
Marketing Division
(currently General Manager
Marketing & Sales Division
Plant & Infrastructure Company)

Yoshihiro Uetake
General Manager
Manufacturing Division
Aerospace Company
(currently same as above)

Ichiro Kono
Vice President
Ship & Offshore Structure Company
(currently General Manager
Kobe Shipyard
Ship & Offshore Structure Company)

Akihisa Yamamoto
In charge of engineering division
Plant & Infrastructure Company
(currently General Manager
Industrial Plant Engineering Division
Plant & Infrastructure Company)

Akira Matsufuji
Vice President
Rolling Stock Company
(currently General Manager
Project Management Division
Rolling Stock Company)

Hiroshi Nakatani
Deputy General Manager
Corporate Technology Division
(currently Deputy General Manager
Corporate Technology Planning Center
Corporate Technology Division)

Retiring managing executive officer

(as of March 31, 2016)

Masahiro Ibi

Retiring executive officers

(as of March 31, 2016)

Yukinobu Kono
Genichi Abe