Changes in Representative Directors

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1 February 24, 2014 This document is an English translation of a statement written initially in Japanese. The Japanese original should be considered as the primary version. ITOCHU Corporation (Code No. 8001, Tokyo Stock Exchange, 1 st Section) Representative Director and President: Masahiro Okafuji Contact: Tomoyuki Takada Corporate Communication Division (TEL ) Changes in Representative Directors ITOCHU Corporation has resolved the following changes at its Board of Directors meeting held on February 24, <As of March 31, 2014> <> Toru Matsushima Advisory Member Director Managing Ichiro Nakamura Senior Managing Director Managing <As of the date of the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders in June 2014> <> Eiichi Yonekura Director Managing Managing <Attached> Changes of Directors and s 1. Retiring of Director and s (As of March 31, 2014) 2. Newly Appointed s (As of April 1, 2014) 3. Reappointment of s (As of April 1, 2014) 4. Newly Appointed Candidate of Director (As of the date of the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders in June 2014) 5. Retiring of Senior Corporate Advisor (As of March 31, 2014) Directors and s (As of April 1, 2014) Personnel Changes

2 February 24, 2014 Changes of Directors and s ITOCHU Corporation 1. Retiring of Director and s 7 persons (As of March 31, 2014) As of April 1, 2014 Toru Matsushima Advisory Member Director Managing Kimio Kitamura Managing Kunihiko Tamano Advisory Member Managing Yutaka Washizu Managing Masanori Toyoshima Advisory Member Kazunori Ishii Advisory Member Kazuya Saito 2. Newly Appointed s 7 persons (As of April 1, 2014) Hiroyuki Tsubai Naoto Chiba CEO for the Middle East; Chairman of ITOCHU Middle East F.Z.E.; ITOCHU Corporation Dubai Branch Fresh Food Division Atsushi Katsu Akihiko Okada Keita Ishii Masahiro Morofuji Hiroyuki Fukano Director CFO, Dole International Holdings, Inc. Vice President, ITOCHU East Asia Bloc (East China); Managing Director, ITOCHU SHANGHAI LTD. Chief Officer for Indo-china; President, ITOCHU (Thailand) Ltd.; President, ITOCHU Management (Thailand) Co., Ltd. Brand Marketing Division 1

3 3. Reappointment of s Tadayuki Seki Ichiro Nakamura * Tomofumi Yoshida * As of April 1, 2014 Executive Vice President Executive Advisory Officer CFO & CAO Senior Managing CEO for Latin America; President & CEO, ITOCHU Brasil S.A. Senior Managing President, ICT, General Products & Realty Company Executive Vice President CFO Managing President, Metals & Minerals Company *Promoted s Managing President, ICT, General Products & Realty Company * Hitoshi Okamoto * Takao Shiomi Junichi Sasaki Eiichi Yonekura * Yozo Kubo Kunihiro Nakade Masahiko Kameoka Akihiro Ueda Yasuyuki Harada Hiroyuki Tsubai Naoto Chiba Akihiko Okada Senior Managing President, Textile Company Senior Managing President, Machinery Company Managing CEO for ASEAN & South West Asia Bloc; President & CEO, ITOCHU Singapore Pte Ltd.; ITOCHU Corporation Singapore Branch Managing President, Metals & Minerals Company Managing Executive Vice President, Textile Company; Apparel Division 1 General Accounting Control Division Executive Vice President, Food Company; China Business Development Department Vice President, ITOCHU East Asia Bloc (East China); Managing Director, ITOCHU SHANGHAI LTD. President & CEO, ITOCHU International Inc. Chief Executive for Africa; ITOCHU Corporation Johannesburg Branch Food Products Marketing & Distribution Division Metals & Mineral Resources Division Managing President, Textile Company Managing President, Machinery Company Managing CEO for ASEAN & South West Asia Bloc; CEO for Oceania; President & CEO, ITOCHU Singapore Pte Ltd.; ITOCHU Corporation Singapore Branch; Managing Director & CEO, ITOCHU Australia Ltd. Managing President & CEO, ITOCHU International Inc. Executive Vice President, Textile Company; Apparel Division 1 Deputy General Accounting Control Division Executive Vice President, Food Company; Food Products Marketing & Distribution Division Deputy Chemicals Division; Plastics Department Deputy Forest Products & General Merchandise Division CEO for the Middle East; Chairman of ITOCHU Middle East F.Z.E.; ITOCHU Corporation Dubai Branch Fresh Food Division Vice President, ITOCHU East Asia Bloc (East China); Managing Director, ITOCHU SHANGHAI LTD. Keita Ishii Hiroyuki Fukano Chemicals Division Vice President, Machinery Company Chief Officer for Indo-china; President, ITOCHU (Thailand) Ltd.; President, ITOCHU Management (Thailand) Co., Ltd. Of the 36 current s, all 29 s excluding the 7 retiring s (See "1. Retiring of Directors and s" ) will be reappointed as s.

4 4. Newly Appointed Candidate for Director Eiichi Yonekura As of the date of the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders in June 2014 Director Managing President, Metals & Minerals Company 1 person (As of the date of the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders in June 2014) Managing President & CEO, ITOCHU International Inc. 5. Retiring of Senior Corporate 1 person (As of March 31, 2014) As of April 1,2014 Kouhei Watanabe Advisory Member Senior Corporate CFO : Chief Financial Officer CAO : Chief Administrative Officer CSO : Chief Strategy Officer

5 Directors and s As of April 1, 2014 Directors 12 persons Title Eizo Kobayashi Chairman * Masahiro Okafuji President & Chief * Yoichi Kobayashi Director * Tadayuki Seki Director * Yoshihisa Aoki Director * Koji Takayanagi Director * Tomofumi Yoshida Director * Hitoshi Okamoto Director * Takao Shiomi Director * Yuji Fukuda Director ** Ichiro Fujisaki Director ** Chikara Kawakita Director * Indicates a representative director ** Indicates an outside director Corporate Auditors 4 persons Yoshio Akamatsu Kazutoshi Maeda * Masahiro Shimojo * Shingo Majima * Indicates an outside corporate auditor s 36 persons Title Position Masahiro Okafuji President & Chief - Yoichi Kobayashi Executive Vice President Executive Advisory Officer for Kansai District Operation / Division Companies Operation Tadayuki Seki Executive Vice President Executive Advisory Officer CFO & CAO Yoshihisa Aoki Senior Managing President, Food Company Koji Takayanagi Senior Managing CSO Ichiro Nakamura Senior Managing CEO for Latin America; President & CEO, ITOCHU Brasil S.A. Tomofumi Yoshida Senior Managing President, ICT, General Products & Realty Company Hitoshi Okamoto Senior Managing President, Textile Company Takao Shiomi Senior Managing President, Machinery Company Yuji Fukuda Managing President, Energy & Chemicals Company Shuichi Koseki Managing CEO for East Asia Bloc; Chairman, ITOCHU (CHINA) Holding Co., Ltd.; Chairman, ITOCHU SHANGHAI Ltd.; Chairman, ITOCHU HONG KONG Ltd.; Chairman, BIC Junichi Sasaki Managing CEO for ASEAN & South West Asia Bloc; President & CEO, ITOCHU Singapore Pte Ltd.; ITOCHU Corporation Singapore Branch Eiichi Yonekura Managing President, Metals & Minerals Company Masahiro Imai Managing Chief Executive for European Operation; CEO, ITOCHU Europe PLC Nobuyuki Kizukuri Managing Executive Vice President, ICT, General Products & Realty Company; Construction, Realty & Financial Business Division Fumihiko Kobayashi Managing Human Resources & General Affairs Division Kazutaka Yoshida Managing Automobile,Construction Machinery & Industrial Systems Yozo Kubo Managing Executive Vice President, Textile Company; Apparel Division 1

6 Title Position Harutoshi Okita Plant Project, Marine & Aerospace Division Kunihiro Nakade General Accounting Control Division Masahiko Kameoka Executive Vice President, Food Company; China Business Development Department Ichiro Tsuge Forest Products & General Merchandise Division Tsuyoshi Hachimura Finance Division Noriyuki Hayata Secretaria Shigeji Sugimoto General Manager for Chubu Area Akihiro Ueda Vice President, ITOCHU East Asia Bloc (East China); Managing Director, ITOCHU SHANGHAI LTD. Isao Kubo Corporate Planning & Administration Division Yasuyuki Harada President & CEO, ITOCHU International Inc. Mitsuru Ike (Chino) General Counsel Hiroyuki Tsubai Chief Executive for Africa; ITOCHU Corporation Johannesburg Branch Naoto Chiba Food Products Marketing & Distribution Division Atsushi Katsu Director, CFO, Dole International Holdings, Inc. Akihiko Okada Metals & Mineral Resources Division Keita Ishii Chemicals Division Masahiro Morofuji Brand Marketing Division 1 Hiroyuki Fukano Vice President, Machinery Company

7 February 24, 2014 Personnel Changes ITOCHU Corporation As of April 1, 2014 Koichi Nakabun Apparel Division 2 Deputy Brand Marketing Division 1; Brand Marketing Department 2 Kensuke Hosomi Brand Marketing Division 2 Brand Marketing Department 3 Naoto Akiyama CFO, Metals & Minerals Company Chief Corporate Administration Officer for European Operation; ITOCHU Europe PLC Takashi Yasuda Hisato Okubo Haruo Takagaki Energy Division No.1 Energy Division No.2 Fresh Food Division Deputy Energy Division No.1; Natural Gas Business Department Deputy Energy Division No.2; E&P Project Coordinating Department Deputy Fresh Food Division Takashi Tsuneki Yasuhiro Baba Masanori Mitsuhashi Internal Audit Division Global Risk Management Division CEO for Middle East Bloc; Chairman, ITOCHU Middle East FZE; Dubai Branch SVP & Textile Division, ITOCHU International Inc.; Chairman & CEO, ITOCHU PROMINENT USA LLC Deputy Global Risk Management Division; ERM & Affiliate Administration Planning Department Energy Division No.2 Masaki Hayashi CEO for Oceania Bloc; Managing Director & CEO, ITOCHU Australia Ltd. CEO for Latin America Bloc; President, ITOCHU Brasil S.A.

8 Shigenobu Matsumoto Toshihisa Fuse Hiroaki Yamashita Senior Officer for ASEAN & South West Asia Bloc (Indo-China Area); Chief Officer for Indo-China Area; President, ITOCHU(Thailand) Ltd.; President, ITOCHU Management (Thailand) Co.,Ltd. Senior Officer for ASEAN & South West Asia Bloc (South West Asia Area); Chief Offier for South West Asia Area; Chairman & Managing Director, ITOCHU India Pvt. Ltd.: Manager of New Delhi Representative Office; Manager of Calcutta Representative Office; Manager of Madras Representative Office Chairman & President, ITOCHU TAIWAN CORPORATION Deputy Plant Project, Marine & Aerospace Division CEO & President, Isla LPG Corporation Executive Offier, ITOCHU CHEMICAL FRONTIER Corporation Fuminobu Oda President, ITOCHU Korea Ltd. SVP & Energy & Chemicals Division, ITOCHU International Inc.; Houston Office, ITOCHU International Inc.