ANNOUNCEMENT OF CHANGE OF TOP MANAGEMENT

Please be advised that Komatsu's Board of Directors has resolved the change of its representative directors as follows:

Komatsu has improved profitability significantly by reinforcing its product competitiveness and capitalizing on expanded demand worldwide, in addition to a substantial reduction of fixed costs as a result of the first stage of the Reform of Business Structure project which the Company had promoted on a group-wide basis since fiscal 2001. At the same time, it has become possible for the Komatsu Group to concentrate its management resources on the "industrial-use machinery" area, on the broad sense of the term, through selective focus of operations. Having launched the second stage of the Reform project recently, Komatsu is going to further expand business results under a new management team.

Title : Chairman of the Board
Name : Masahiro Sakane
Date of Birth : January 7th, 1941
Education : Graduated from Faculty of Engineering, Osaka City University in 1963
Place of Birth : Shimane Prefecture, Japan
Business Career
- June 2007, Chairman of the Board (Planned)
- June 2003, President and CEO
- June 2001, President
- June 1999, Executive Vice President
- June 1997, Executive Managing Director and General Manager of Corporate Planning Division
- June 1994, Managing Director
- November 1990, COO of Komatsu Dresser Company (Currently,Komatsu America Corp.)
- June 1989, Director
- April 1963, Joined Komatsu Ltd.


Title : President and CEO
Name : Kunio Noji
Date of Birth :November 17th, 1946
Education : Graduated from School of Engineering Science, Osaka University in 1969
Place of Birth :Fukui Prefecture, Japan
Business Career
- June 2007, President and CEO (Planned)
- January 2007, Director and Senior Executive Officer, President of Production Division and General Manager of KOMATSU Way Dept., Supervising struction & Mining Equipment Business and e-Komatsu Technical Center
- July 2006, Director and Senior Executive Officer, General Manager of KOMATSU Way Dept., Supervising Construction & Mining Equipment Business and e-Komatsu Technical Center
- April 2006, Director and Senior Executive Officer, Supervising Construction & Mining Equipment Business, e-Komatsu Technical Center and KOMATSU Way
- April 2005, Director and Senior Executive Officer, Supervising Construction & Mining Equipment Business and e-Komatsu Technical Center
- April 2003, Director and Senior Executive Officer, President of Construction & Mining Equipment Marketing Division
- June 2001, Managing Director, and President of Production Division and e-Komatsu Technical Center
- June 2000, Senior Executive Officer, President of Production Division and Vice President of e-Komatsu Technical Center
- April 2000, Executive Officer, President of Production Division and Vice President of e-Komatsu Technical Center
- June 1999, Executive Officer
- June 1997, Director
- March 1997, General Manager of Information Systems Division
- July 1995, Plant Manager of Chattanooga Manufacturing Operation, Komatsu Dresser Company (Currently, Komatsu America Corp.)
- February 1993,General Manager of Production Control Department, Technical Division
- April 1969, Joined Komatsu Ltd.
Other
- 1) Motto : Carry out original intentions.
- 2) Family : Wife and two daughters
- 3) Interest : Golfing and mountain climbing

Day of the general shareholders' meeting scheduled for late June, 2007

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