Takara Holdings Inc. announced that Toshio Kakimoto retires from his position of Director of Takara Shuzo Co. Ltd., and Takara Shuzo International Co. Ltd. He is going to retire from Director on expiration of his term of office as a Director, and thus retire from Representative Director. As a result of this change, the Representative Directors of the company will be two persons: Hisashi Omiya, Representative Director and Chairman, and Mutsumi Kimura, Representative Director and President. and thus retire from Representative Director. Tomoko Kawakami was newly appointed as the Director (External Director). She fulfills the requirements of the independence criteria for outside officers established by the company, and the company will submit notification to the Tokyo Stock Exchange Inc., where the shares of the company are listed, concerning her appointment as an independent officer as provided for by the regulations of the aforementioned exchange. This resolution will receive final approval at the general shareholders' meeting scheduled to be held on June 27, 2019.