Tokyo Gas Co. Ltd. announced changes in the Representative Directors and Executive Officers as of April 1, 2012. Michiaki Hirose will be appointed as Representative Director, Executive Vice President in place of his current position of Director, Senior Executive Officer; Toshiyuki Kanisawa will be appointed as Director, Advisor in place of his current position of Representative Director, Executive Vice President. Michiharu Takahashi, Fumihiko Hara, Kiyotada Den and Takahiro Saito have been newly appointed as Executive Officers. Michiharu Takahashi is currently an Advisor with the company. Fumihiko Hara is currently General Manager of Nishi Service Branch of the company. Kiyotada Den is currntly working as General Manager of Personnel Dept. and Takahiro Saito is the General Manager of Facility Engineering Business Dept. Shin Yamagami has been appointed as Executive Specialist in place of General Manager of Total Energy Business Dept. Hideaki Obana, Hiroaki Kobayashi, Takashi Uchida and Satoru Yasuoka have been promoted from Executive Officers to Senior Executive Officers. Michiaki Hirose has been promoted to Representative Director, Executive Vice President from Director, Senior Executive Officer and Kyoji Tomita has been promoted to Senior Executive Specialist from Executive Specialist. Michiaki Hirose has been appointed as Executive Vice President, Chief Executive of Residential Sales Promotion Div. in place of Senior Executive Officer, in charge of Corporate Planning Dept., Project Management Dept., Corporate Communications Dept., and Affiliated Companies Dept. Tsutomu Oya has been appointed as Senior Executive Officer, Chief Executive of Energy Production Div. in place of Senior Executive Officer, Chief Executive of Energy Production Div. and in charge of Environmental Affairs Dept. Matsuhiko Hataba has been appointed as Senior Executive Officer, in charge of Corporate Planning Dept., TG Group Reorganization Project Dept., and Affiliated Companies Dept. in place of Senior Executive Officer, Chief Executive of Residential Sales Promotion Div. Masahiro Mikami has been appointed as Senior Executive Officer, in charge of General Administration Dept., Corporate Communications Dept., and Environmental Affairs Dept. in place of Senior Executive Officer, in charge of Purchasing Dept., Real Estate Management Dept., Major Site Development Dept., and General Administration Dept. Hideaki Obana has been appointed as Senior Executive Officer, in charge of Purchasing Dept., Real Estate Management Dept., and Major Site Development Dept. in place of Executive Officer, General Manager of Corporate Communications Dept. Hiroaki Kobayashi has been appointed as Senior Executive Officer, Chief Executive of Technology Development Div. in place of Executive Officer, General Manager of Residential Fuel Cell Business Development Dept., Residential Sales Promotion Div. Takashi Uchida has been appointed as Senior Executive Officer, in charge of Personnel Dept., Secretary Dept., Compliance Dept., and Internal Audit Dept. in place of Executive Officer, General Manager of Corporate Planning Dept. Satoru Yasuoka has been appointed as Senior Executive Officer, Chief Executive of Regional Development Marketing Div. in place of Executive Officer, General Manager of Sales Marketing Dept., Housing Development Div. Kyoji Tomita has been appointed as Senior Executive Specialist, General Manager of Environmental Affairs Dept. in place of Executive Specialist General Manager of Environmental Affairs Dept. Toshiyuki Kanisawa will retire from Representative Director, Executive Vice President and work as a Director, Advisor. Hirokazu Hayashi will retire as Executive Vice President and work as Director and Chairman of Tokyo Gas Urban Development Co. Ltd. Norikazu Hoshino will retire as Senior Executive Officer. Hisao Watanabe will retire as Senior Executive Officer and work as Representative Director and President of Gastar Co. Ltd. Sentaro Miura will retire as Head Executive Specialist, attached to Chief Executive of Energy Solution Div., Representative Director and President of Energy Advance Co. Ltd. and work as Representative Director and President of Energy Advance Co. Ltd. The company has nominated Matsuhiko Hataba and Yoshihiko Nakagaki to be appointed as directors.