February 26th, 2018

JFE Shoji Trade Corporation

Change of Directors and Executive Officers

JFE Shoji Trade Corporation has decided the following changes at its Board of Directors' meeting held on February 26th, 2018.

1. New Directors ( As of April 1, 2018 )

Name

Current Position

Toshihiro Tanaka (Part-Time Working)

Managing Executive Officer of JFE Steel Corporation

2. Retirement of Directors ( As of April 1, 2018 )

Name

Current Position

Masashi Terahata (Part-Time Working)

Director

Senior Managing Executive Officer of JFE Holdings,Inc

3New Audit & Supervisory Board Member ( As of April 1, 2018 )

Name

Current Position

Katsumi Hirano

Managing Executive Officer

4Retirement of Audit & Supervisory Board Member ( As of April 1, 2018 )

Name

Current Position

Munemichi Ohkuma

Audit & Supervisory Board Member

5New Executive Officers ( As of April 1, 2018 )

Name

Current Position

Hiromasa Ohashi

Director of

JFE Shoji Trade Steel Construction Materials Corporation

Shinji Kitajima

Senior Associate officer,

General Manager, Osaka Sheet&Strip Dept.

6Retirement of Executive Officers ( As of March 31, 2018 )

Name

Current Position

Tatsuhiko Tasaka

Managing Executive Officer

Katsumi Hirano

Managing Executive Officer

Ichiro Okamatsu

Managing Executive Officer

Tomomichi Sato

Executive Officer

Yoshio Tsutsuzaki

Executive Officer

7Reappointments, Promotions and Changes in Assignments of Executive Officers.

( As of April 1, 2018 )

Promoted Executive Officers ** Newly appointed Executive Officers _ New Assignment

Name

Assignment

Naosuke Oda

President and CEO

Hidehiko Ogawa

Representative Director Executive Vice President

1.Management of Overseas Subsidiaries(not include JFE Shoji Trade

Australia Pty.Ltd. JFE Shoji Trade Do Brasil Ltda.),

Overseas Branch,Steel Business Unit.

2.Generalization of America Business Division,China Business

Division,ASEAN Business Division.

3.Generalization of JFE Shoji Trade Korea Ltd, JFE Shoji Trade

IndiaPvt. Ltd,Taipei Branch, Dusseldorf Branch, Dubai Branch,

Istanbul Liaison Office.

4.Generalization of Steel Planning Dept, JFE Shoji Electrical Steel

CO.,LTD 5.Generalization of Automotive Steel Division,Nagoya Office, Electric

Appliance Steel Division. Steel Overseas Division.

Toshihiro Kabasawa

Representative Director Executive Vice President

1.Management of Administration Unit, Internal Auditing Dept

Environmental Auditing Dept,Raw Materials, Machinery & Materials Business Unit, Overseas Subsidiaries(JFE Shoji Trade Australia Pty.Ltd. JFE Shoji Trade Do Brasil Ltda.),Food Business Unit.

2.Generalization of General Affairs Dept, Human Resources Dept,

Finance & Corporate Accounting Dept, Business Accounting Dept, Credit Dept, Legal Dept, Corporate Planning Dept, Business Planning Team, Information Technology Planning Dept, Business Investment Administration Dept, Technical Planning & Support Dept, Real Estate Dept, Internal Auditing Dept, Environmental Auditing Dept.

3.Generalization of Kawasho Foods Corporation.

Keiichi Nishino

Director

Senior Managing Executive Officer

1.Eastern District Steel Division, Stainless & Special Steel

Division,Western District Steel Division.

2.Generalization of JFE Shoji Trade Steel Construction Materials

Corporation,JFE Shoji Pipe & Fitting Trade Corporation 3.Generalization & taking charge of JFE Shoji Usuitakenzai

Corporation.

4.Generalization of Hokkaido Branch, Tohoku Branch,

Niigata Branch, Shizuoka Branch, Hokuriku Branch,

Okayama Branch, Shikoku Branch.

Masahiko Kakizaki

Director

Senior Managing Executive Officer

1.Generalization & taking charge of Administration Dept of Raw

Materials, Machinery& Materials, Ships Dept, Fuel Dept. 2.Generalization of Business Planning Dept.(Raw Materials,

Machinery & Materials)

3.Generalization of Raw Material Division No.1, Raw Material

Division No.2, Machinery & Materials Division.

Toru Shirai

Managing Executive Officer

1.General Manager, Raw Material Division No.2

2.Taking charge of Business Planning Dept.(Raw Materials,

Machinery & Materials)

Yoshitsugu Kobayashi

Managing Executive Officer

1.General Manager, Electric Appliance Steel Division. 2.General Manager,Steel Overseas Division.

3.Taking charge of JFE Shoji Trade Korea Ltd, JFE Shoji Trade India

Pvt. Ltd,Taipei Branch, Dusseldorf Branch, Dubai Brach,

Istanbul Liaison Office.

Yuji Kasama

Managing Executive Officer

1.General Manager, Automotive Steel Division, Nagoya Office.

Tsuneyuki Noda

Managing Executive Officer

1.President of JFE Shoji Trade Steel Construction Materials

Corporation.

2.Taking charge of Hokkaido Branch, Tohoku Branch,

Niigata Branch, Shizuoka Branch, Hokuriku Branch,

Okayama Branch, Shikoku Branch.

Hideyuki Ihara

Managing Executive Officer

1.Taking Charge of General Affairs Dept, Human Resources Dept,

Business Investment Administration Dept, Real Estate Dept,

Internal Auditing Dept, Environmental Auditing Dept.

2.Taking charge of Kawasho Foods Corporation.

Kouji Masuda

Managing Executive Officer

1.General Manager, Raw Material Division No.1.

Satoshi Okai

Managing Executive Officer

1.Taking Charge of Finance & Corporate Accounting Dept,

Business Accounting Dept, Credit Dept, Legal Dept.

Jun Ishizaki

Managing Executive Officer

1.General Manager, Stainless & Special Steel Division.

Junji Yamada

( Staying in L.A )

Managing Executive Officer

1.General Manager, America Business Division. 2.Taking charge of JFE Shoji Trade America Inc. 3.Chairman of the Board of Director of Kelly Pipe Co.,LLC.

Makoto Arai

1.Taking Charge of Information Technology Planning Dept,

Technical Planning & Support Dept.

Seiji Morita

( Staying in Shanghai )

1.General Manager, China Business Division.

2.Taking Charge of JFE ShojiTrade Shanghai Co., Ltd, JFE Shoji

Trade Beijing Co., Ltd,JFE Shoji Trade Guangzhou Co., Ltd,

JFE Shoji Trade Hong Kong Ltd.

Hisataka Kotake

1.President of JFE Shoji Electrical Steel CO.,LTD

Hideaki Yokoyama

1.General Manager, Machinery & Materials Division.

Hiromasa Ohashi **

1.President of JFE Shoji Pipe & Fitting Trade Corporation.

Shinji Kitajima

( Staying in Osaka ) **

1.General Manager, Western District Steel Division. 2.Representative of Osaka.

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