FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

December 21, 2016

Contact: IR Group

Global Management Promotion Dept. 2‐47, Shikitsuhigashi 1‐chome, Naniwa‐ku, Osaka 556‐8601, Japan Phone: +81‐6‐6648‐2645

Notice of Candidates for the Board of Directors

Kubota Corporation (hereinafter "the Company") has resolved at the Meeting of the Board of Directors held on December 21, 2016 to propose the following persons as candidates for the Board of Directors at the 127th ordinary general meeting of shareholders to be held in late March 2017.

1) Candidates for the Board of Directors ＜Date of assuming office: late March 2017 (to be scheduled)＞ Name Current responsibility

Masatoshi Kimata President and Representative Director

Toshihiro Kubo Representative Director and Executive Vice President Shigeru Kimura Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer Kenshiro Ogawa Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer Yuichi Kitao Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer

Satoshi Iida Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer

Masato Yoshikawa Senior Managing Executive Officer

(New Nomination for Director)

Yuzuru Matsuda Outside Director

Koichi Ina Outside Director

This document may contain forward‐looking statements that are based on management's expectations, estimates, projections and assumptions. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve certain risks and uncertainties, which are difficult to predict. Therefore, actual future results may differ materially from what is forecast in forward‐looking statements due to a variety of factors, including, without limitation: general economic conditions in the Company's markets, particularly government agricultural policies, levels of capital expenditures, both in public and private sectors, foreign currency exchange rates, the occurrence of natural disasters, continued competitive pricing pressures in the marketplace, as well as the Company's ability to continue to gain acceptance of its products.

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