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Change in the Board of Directors,
Corporate Auditors and Executive Officers

April 26, 2006

Tokyo - Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (President Akimitsu Ashida) today announced that it has decided on the following changes to its Board of Directors, Corporate Auditors, Executive Officers, and their responsibilities.
These changes are subject to approval at the Annual Shareholders' Meeting to be held on June 22, 2006.

  • Board of Directors and Corporate Auditors

    Change of Titles of directors
    (New position) (Name) (Current Position)
    Director Tokinao Hojo Representative Director
    Representative Director Saburo Koide Director
    Representative Director Hidehiro Harada Director
    Appointment
    (New position) (Name) (Current Position)
    Director Masakazu Yakushiji Senior Managing Executive Officer
    Director Setsuyasu Hagiwara Managing Executive Officer
    Director Kenichi Yonetani Managing Executive Officer
    Corporate Auditor Kazumasa Mizoshita General Manager of General Affairs Div.
    Corporate Auditor Sumio Iijima In addition to Attorney at Law,
    Iijima & Sawada
    Retirement
    (Current position) (Name) (Planned Post-retirement assignment)
    Representative Director
    Deputy President Executive Officer    		 Hiroyuki Sato Advisor
    Director
    Senior Managing Executive Officer    		 Masao Sagara Advisor
    Director
    Managing Executive Officer    		 Toshifumi Kato President, MOL Logistics (Japan) Co., Ltd.
    Director Takeo Shiina  
    Corporate Auditor Kazuo Otaki Advisor
    Corporate Auditor kyoichi Sato  

  • Executive Officers

    Appointments and Promotions
    (New position) (Name) (Current position)
    Deputy President Executive Officer Saburo Koide Senior Managing Executive Officer
    Deputy President Executive Officer Hidehiro Harada Senior Managing Executive Officer
    Senior Managing Executive Officer Toshihiro Kagami Managing Executive Officer
    Senior Managing Executive Officer Setsuyasu Hagiwara Managing Executive Officer
    Managing Executive Officer Kenji Hokazono Executive Officer
    Managing Executive Officer Toshitaka Shishido Executive Officer
    Managing Executive Officer Nobuo Nishijima Executive Officer
    Managing Executive Officer Masafumi Yasuoka Executive Officer
    Managing Executive Officer Koichi Muto Executive Officer
    Executive Officer Tetsuya Minato Managing Director, 
    MOL (Europe) B.V.
    Executive Officer Soichi Hiratsuka General Manager of
    Marine Management Division
    Executive Officer Tsuneo Watanabe General Manager of
    Tanker Division

    Kunio Suzuki, Currently Representative Director, Chairman of the Board and Chairman Executive Officer will retain the positions of Representative Director and Chairman of the Board.

  • Directors, Auditors and Executive Officers on and after June 22

    Directors and Auditors
    Board of Directors
    Representative Director
    Chairman of the board         		 Kunio Suzuki     
    Director Tokinao Hojo
    Representative Director Akimitsu Ashida
    Representative Director Saburo Koide
    Representative Director Hidehiro Harada
    Director Masakazu Yakushiji
    Director Setsuyasu Hagiwara
    Director Kenichi Yonetani
    Director Yukiharu Kodama
    Director Kunio Kojima
    Corporate Auditors
    Corporate Auditor Munehisa Kusunoki
    Corporate Auditor Kazumasa Mizoshita
    Corporate Auditor Kensuke Hotta
    Corporate Auditor Sumio Iijima
    Responsibilities of Executive Officers
    (Title) (Name) (Responsibilities)
    Director
    Deputy Chairman Executive Officer    		 Tokinao Hojo  
    Representative Director
    President Executive Officer    		 Akimitsu Ashida  
    Representative Director 
    Deputy President Executive Officer    		 Saburo Koide Assistant to President (mainly Technical Division, Car Carrier Division, Coal and Iron Ore Carrier Division, Dedicated Bulk Carrier Division), Bulk Carrier Division.
    Representative Director
    Deputy President Executive Officer    		 Hidehiro Harada Assistant to President
    (mainly in administrative divisions)
    Director
    Senior Managing Executive Officer    		 Masakazu Yakushiji Liner Division,
    Logistics Business Division
    Senior Managing Executive Officer Toshihiro Kagami Marine Management Division,
    Human Resources Division
    Director
    Senior Managing Executive Officer    		 Setsuyasu Hagiwara Car Carrier Division,
    Research Co-operation Office
    Managing Executive Officer Masashi Seki Tanker Division
    Managing Executive Officer Osamu Suzuki President/CEO, MOL (America) Inc.
    Director
    Managing Executive Officer    		 Kenichi Yonetani Finance and Accounting Division,
    Investor Relations Office
    Managing Executive Officer Yoichi Aoki LNG Carrier Division
    Managing Executive Officer Kenji Hokazono Liner Marketing
    Managing Executive Officer Toshitaka Shishido Car Carrier Division
    Managing Executive Officer Nobuo Nishijima Internal Audit Office, Secretaries Office,
    Human Resources Division,
    General Affairs Division
    Managing Executive Officer Masafumi Yasuoka Coal and Iron Ore Carrier Division
    Managing Executive Officer Koichi Muto Corporate Planning Division,
    Public Relations Office,
    Information Systems Office
    Executive Officer Tsukasa Nishikawa Technical Division
    Executive Officer Hiroshi Tanaka Dedicated Bulk Carrier Division
    Executive Officer Takehiko Yamamoto Group Business Division, Kansai Area
    Executive Officer Kazuhiro Sato LNG Carrier Division
    Executive Officer Noboru Kitazawa General Manager of
    Liner Division
    Executive Officer Tetsuya Minato Managing Director, MOL (Europe) B.V.
    Executive Officer Soichi Hiratsuka General Manager of
    Marine Management Division
    Executive Officer Tsuneo Watanabe Tanker Division