Takaki Yamada was appointed by our board of directors on July 10, 2006 to fill the vacancy resulting from the death of Mr. Tadao Higashi. Mr. Yamada is currently the president of OKI Semiconductor Manufacturing Company and assistant operation officer of OKI Semiconductor Group. He joined OKI Semiconductor Group after graduating from Tokyo Keizai University in Japan, where he received a bachelor's degree in business administration, and was also the vice president of OKI Semiconductor Manufacturing Company from April 2004 to March 2006. |