Notice Regarding Appointment of Directors(PDF:24.5 KB)

To whom it may concern
January 25, 2012

Tosei Corporation Toranomon Tosei Building, 4-2-3 Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo President and CEO: Seiichiro Yamaguchi

Ticker code: 8923 (Tokyo Stock Exchange, First Section) Contact: Noboru Hirano, Director and CFO

TEL: [phone]

Please note that this document is a translation of the official announcement that was released on January 25, 2012. The translation is prepared and provided for the purpose of the readers' convenience only. All readers are strongly recommended to refer to the original Japanese version of the news release for complete and accurate information.

Notice Regarding Appointment of Directors

January 25, 2012 - The Board of Directors of Tosei Corporation ("the Company") at a meeting held today resolved to submit a proposal for shareholders' approval at the 62th ordinary general meeting scheduled for February
24, 2012, concerning the appointment of its directors. Details are as follows.
1. Reason for appointment
The term of all directors will expire upon the closing of the Company's ordinary general shareholders' meeting scheduled for February 24, 2012. Accordingly, the Company will appoint the following candidates as its new directors.
2. Name and profile of the director candidates
Name: Seiichiro Yamaguchi
Date of Birth: January 5, 1961
Background: April 1983 Entered Mitsui Real Estate Sales Co., Ltd.
April 1986 Entered Tosei-Shoji Corporation
August 1990 Director of Tosei Corporation
June 1994 President and Representative Director of Tosei Corporation
(current)
December 1995 Representative Director of Palms Community Management Co. Ltd. (the predecessor of Tosei Community Co., Ltd.)
July 2004 President and CEO of Tosei Corporation (current)

Name: Date of Birth: Background:	Katsuhito Kosuge July 17, 1960 April 1983 April 1986 January 1996 December 2000 July 2004 September 2005 February 2006 October 2007 April 2008 December 2011	Entered Tokyu Construction Corporation Entered Tosei-Shoji Corporation Director of Tosei Corporation Managing Director of Tosei Corporation Managing Executive Officer of Tosei Corporation Representative Director of Tosei Revival Investment Co., Ltd. COO Senior Executive Officer of Tosei Corporation Representative Director of Tosei Asset Management, Corp. Director of Tosei Asset Advisors, Inc. COO Senior Executive Officer of Business Division, Asset Solutions 1,2,3, and Asset Solutions Business Promotion Department of Tosei Corporation General Manager of Asset Solutions Business Promotion Department of Tosei Corporation (current)
Name: Date of Birth: Background:	Noboru Hirano October 17, 1959 April 1982	Entered Kokubu&Co., Ltd.
	April 1991 May 1995 March 2001 October 2002 July 2004 March 2005 April 2005 September 2005 February 2006 December 2007 March 2011	Entered Tosei-Shoji Corporation Director of Tosei Corporation General Manager of Finance and Accounting Department of Tosei Corporation Managing Director of Tosei Corporation Managing Executive Officer of Tosei Corporation Corporate Auditor of Tosei Revival Investment Co., Ltd. Corporate Auditor of Tosei Community Co., Ltd.(current) Representative Director of Tosei REIT Advisors, Inc. CFO Senior Executive Officer of Tosei Corporation Representative Director of Tosei Revival Investment Co., Ltd. (current) CFO Senior Executive Officer of Administrative Division, Corporate Planning Department, and Administration and HR Department of Tosei Corporation (current)

Name: Date of Birth: Background:	Goro Kamino August 29, 1960 April 1983	Entered Mitsui Trust and Banking Co., Ltd. (the predecessor of The
	August 1990	Chuo Mitsui Trust and Banking Co., Ltd.) Entered Chubu Gas Co., Ltd.
	May 1995 December 1995	Entered Gastec Service Inc. and appointed as Corporate Planning Department Chief Director of Toyohashi Cable Network Inc. (current)
	August 2000 May 2002 June 2002 January 2004 March 2006 February 2007 February 2007 October 2009	President CEO of Gastec Service Inc. (current) President CEO of Sala Corporation (current) Director of System Location Co., Ltd. Director of Sala House Co., Ltd. (current) Representative Director of Chubu Gas Co., Ltd. (current) Chairperson of Sala Cars Japan Co., Ltd. (current) Director of Tosei Corporation (current) Director of Japan Post Holdings Co., Ltd. (current)
Name: Date of Birth: Background:	Kenichi Shotoku January 20, 1971 July 1995	Entered Asahi&Co., Ltd. (the predecessor of KPMG AZUSA LLC)
	September 1999 September 2002 November 2003 September 2005 December 2010	Transferred to Arthur Andersen & Co., Kuala Lumpur Office Entered SCS Global Audit Corporation (the predecessor of SCS Global Consulting (S) Pte Ltd) Director of Tosei Corporation (current) Director of O-RID GLOBAL BPO PTE. LTD. (current) Auditor of ROKI TECHNO CO., LTD (current)

Note: Goro Kamino and Kenichi Shotoku are independent director candidates.
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