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28. May, 2007

About Executive Personnel Changes

Tokyo, May 28, 2007---SANYO Electric Co., Ltd. (SANYO) has decided on the following executive personnel changes in today's Board of Directors meeting.

1. New Candidates for the Board of Directors (As of June 28)

Name New Position Current Position
Seiichiro Sano Executive Director &
President
President
Kentaro Yamagishi*1 Executive Director &
Executive Vice President
Deputy General Manager of
Corporate Planning HQ
Hideo Watanabe Member of the Board(External) Senior Managing Director of
Daiwa Securities SMBC Co.,
Ltd.
President of Daiwa Securities
SMBC Principle Investments
Co., Ltd.
Hiromoto Sekino Member of the Board Corporate Advisor
Chairman of SANYO Electric
Service Co., Ltd.
*1 Externally assigned from Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

2. Retiring Board of Director Members (As of June 28)

Tetsuo Naraha Executive Director & Executive Vice President
Toshimasa Iue*2 Member of the Board
Toshinao Matushima Member of the Board (External)
*2 Due to be appointed to Special Advisor starting June 28

3. Newly Appointed Executive Personnel (As of July 1)

Name New Position Current Position
Takao Ando Vice President
President, SANYO Tokyo
Manufacturing Co., Ltd
President of SANYO Tokyo
Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
Shigeharu Yoshii Vice President
General Manager, Legal H.Q.
General Manager, Intellectual
Property H.Q.
General Manager, Legal H.Q.
General Manager, Intellectual
Property H.Q.
Takashi Hirao Vice President
General Manager, Overseas
Sales & Marketing H.Q.
General Manager, Overseas
Sales & Marketing H.Q.
Hirokazu Teshima Vice President
General Manager, Medical/
Healthcare Business H.Q.
General Manager, Medical/
Healthcare Business H.Q.
Tsutomu Nozaki*3 Vice President
Company President,
Automotive Company
Company Vice President,
Automotive Company
Masahisa Shimizu Vice President
Company Vice President,
Telecom Company
Head of Corporate Audit Office
Tsuyoshi Egami Vice President
Company Vice President,
Telecom Company
General Manager of Technical
Management Department
General Manager, Technical
Management Department of
Telecom Company
*3 Appointed as Company President, Automotive Company on June 26

4. Executive Personnel (As of June 26)

Name New Position Current Position
Nobuaki Matsuoka*4 Vice President
Executive Director & President
of Tottori SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
Vice President
Company President, Automotive
Company
*4 Official decision to be made at the Board of Directors Meeting after the General Shareholders Meeting scheduled for June 26

(As of July 1)
Name New Position Current Position
Takuya Kobayashi Vice President
Deputy General Manager,
Overseas Sales & Marketing
H.Q.
Vice President
Head of Overseas Sales &
Marketing
Tetsuhiro Maeda Vice President
Deputy General Manager,
Procurement H.Q.
Vice President
Company Vice President,
Telecom Company

5. Other Personnel Changes (As of July 1)

Name New Position Current Position
Yoshihisa Kitagawa Head, Corporate Audit Office Deputy Head, Corporate Audit Office

For Press Contact: (English Only):

Global PR Section, Global Communications Department
Corporate Communications Headquarters
SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
Tel: +81-3-6414-8615
Fax: +81-3-6414-8720
E-mail: i_press.1014390@sanyo.co.jp

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