Notice of Personnel Changes and Restructuring

The personnel changes and organizational structure associated with the aforementioned restructuring and structure of directors and officers are as follows.

Organizational Structure based on Organizational Restructuring

Business Strategy Headquarters

• The Language Education Business Unit, the Educational Computer Business Unit, and the DPJ Business Unit have been consolidated in the Educational Business Unit in order to strengthen the education business.
• The Language Education Products Marketing Department, the Educational Computer Marketing Department, and the Projection Products Marketing Department have been established under the Educational Business Unit.
• The New Business Planning Department has been eliminated as the structure is reorganized.
• The Business Management Department has been consolidated in the Corporate Management Department.

Business & Technology Development Center/Sports & Healthcare Incubation Center

• In order to commercialize the sports health business at an early stage, the Business & Technology Development Center has been split up, and a separate Sports & Healthcare Incubation Center has been newly established.
• The Strategic Planning Department, the Business Planning Promotion Department, the Hardware Development Department, the Service Development Department, and the AI Algorithm Development Department have been established under the Sports & Healthcare Incubation Center.
• The structures under the Business & Technology Center have been reorganized into the Imaging Technology Development Unit, the Medical Planning and Development Department, and the Beauty Planning and Development Department. The Technology Development Unit has been eliminated as the system is reorganized.
• The Development Department-1 and the Development Department-2 have been established under the Imaging Development Division.

Production Headquarters

• The quality technology and production technology functions have been centralized at Yamagata Casio Co., Ltd., and the Quality Engineering Management Department and Production Engineering Department have been eliminated in order to strengthen the functions of Yamagata Casio as a mother factory.
• In order to achieve greater efficiency and organizational streamlining, the Supply Chain Control Unit has been eliminated, and the Production Planning Department, the Purchasing Department, and the Logistics Department have been established under the direct control of Production Headquarters.

Global Marketing Headquarters

• In order to further cultivate the overseas education market, the Consumer Products Sales Department and the Projector Department under the Overseas Sales Division have been consolidated, forming the Educational Business Development Department.
• The Marketing & Planning Department has been eliminated, and some of its functions have been shifted to the Digital Marketing Department, which newly established in the Staff Department.
• The Timepiece Sales Promotion Department and the Sales Promotion Department have been renamed the Timepiece Strategic Marketing Communication Department and the Strategic Marketing Communication Department, respectively.

Future Development Hub/Corporate Innovation Office

• In order to create a new corporate future, the functions of the Corporate Management Division have been reorganized, and the Future Development Hub has been newly established as a specialized organization responsible for company reform with themes having a medium- to long-term perspective.
• The Corporate Innovation Office has been newly established as a specialized organization for reform in order to fundamentally review the business operations cycle and strengthen execution capabilities for management plans.
• The Corporate Management Division has been eliminated as the functions are reorganized, and the Corporate Management Department has been made the organization responsible for promoting business operations from a medium-term perspective starting from the current fiscal year.

Digital Marketing Department

• The Digital Marketing Department has been newly established in order to promote digital transformation and realize new marketing methods.
• With the establishment of the new Digital Marketing Department, the Corporate Communications Department has been eliminated, transferring some advertising functions to a separate section.

ESG and General Affairs Department

• In order to strengthen ESG-based management, the General Affairs Department has been renamed the ESG & General Affairs Department.