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April 30, 2008

Changes in Directors and Corporate Officers

Teijin Limited

Teijin Limited decided candidates for the Directors and Corporate Officers. The selections are subject to the approval of the Annual meeting of shareholders and the Board of Directors Meeting on June 20, 2008.

1. Changes in Directors and Corporate Auditors

(1)	Persons to be newly appointed as directors (To be confirmed at annual meeting of shareholders on June 20, 2008)

Name	New Position
Hajime Sawabe	Independent Outside Director of the Board

(2)	Changes in roles of corporate directors (To be confirmed at annual meeting of shareholders on June 20, 2008)

Name	New Position	Current Position	Executive Duties
Toru Nagashima	Chairman, Director of the Board	President
Shigeo Ohyagi	President	Senior Managing Director, Member of the Board	CEO
Takashi Yamagishi	Executive Vice President, Member of the Board	Senior Managing Director, Member of the Board	CTO Corporate Coordinator to PEN Business

(3)Directors intending to retire (Effective from June 20, 2008)

Name	Current Position
Makoto Okitsu	Chairman, Director of the Board
Hajime Sasaki	Independent Outside Director of the Board

(4)	Persons to be newly appointed as Corporate Auditors (To be confirmed at annual meeting of shareholders on June 20, 2008)

Name	New Position
Kihachiro Sano	Statutory Auditor

(5)Corporate Auditors intending to retire (Effective from June 20, 2008)

Name	Current Position
Toshio Motoki	Statutory Auditor

2. Changes in Corporate Officers
(1)Persons to be newly appointed as corporate officers

Name	New Position	Executive Duties
Masaru Yoshikawa	Teijin Group Corporate Officer	Director - Teijin Pharma Limited President-Teijin Home Healthcare Limited
Yushiro Ogawa	Teijin Group Corporate Officer	Managing Director - N.I.Teijin Shoji Co.,Ltd Chief Officer - Industial Textiles & Materials Division Group General Manager, Plastics & Industrial Products Division
Hideo Ninomiya	Teijin Group Corporate Officer	Director - Teijin Chemicals Limited General Manager - Technology & Production Division Manager - Technology & Production Administration Department
Yoshikiyo Hataya	Teijin Group Corporate Officer	Deputy CMO (for Automobiles & Aircraft) Director - Teijin Chemicals Limited General Manager - Polycarbonate Plastic Business Division General Manager - General Purpose Plastics Business
Yuji Maruyama	Teijin Group Corporate Officer	Deputy CMO (for Information & Electronics) General Manager - Teijin Dupont Films Japan Limited Marketing & Sales Division
Tsutomu Matsuda	Teijin Group Corporate Officer	President-Teijin Engineering Ltd. General Manager - WPT Project, WPT Research and Development Department
Kentaro Arao	Teijin Group Corporate Officer	Director - Teijin Pharma Limited General Manager - Teijin Pharma Limited Pharmaceutical Sales Division
Kimihiko Sato	Teijin Group Corporate Officer	Director-Teijin Fibers Limited General Manager -Teijin Fibers Limited Raw Materials & Tetoron Polymers Division
Gert W. Frederiks	Teijin Group Corporate Officer	Teijin Aramid B.V. Commercial Director
Hisae Tai	Teijin Group Corporate Officer	General Manager - CSR Staff Office
Nobuhisa Masaki	Teijin Group Corporate Officer	General Manager - Corporate Audit Office
Hideshi Kurihara	Teijin Group Corporate Officer	General Manager - High Performance Biomaterials Project

(2) Changes in roles of corporate officers

Name	New Position	Current Position	Executive Duties
Hiroyuki Iimuro	Teijin Group Senior Executive Officer	Teijin Group Executive Officer	Deputy CTO CTO, Textile Fibers Business Group Director - Teijin Fibers Limited General Manager - Teijin Fibers Limited Research & Development Division
Kazuyuki Sakai	Teijin Group Senior Executive Officer	Teijin Group Executive Officer	General Manager - Plastics Business Group President - Teijin Chemicals Limited
Osamu Nishikawa	Teijin Group Senior Executive Officer	Teijin Group Executive Officer	General Manager - Medical & Pharmaceutical Business Group President - Teijin Pharma Limited General Manager - Pharmaceutical Business Unit
Yasunobu Yamamoto	Teijin Group Executive Officer	Teijin Group Corporate Officer	President - Dupont Teijin Advanced Papers (Japan) Limited
Takashi Mishima	Teijin Group Executive Officer	Teijin Group Corporate Officer	President - Toho Tenax Co.,Ltd.
Kenji Kubo	Teijin Group Executive Officer	Teijin Group Corporate Officer	General Manager - New Business Development Group
Eiso W.A.Alberda van Ekenstein	Teijin Group Executive Officer	Teijin Group Corporate Officer	President - Teijin Aramid B.V.
Hideyuki Minorikawa	Teijin Group Executive Officer	Teijin Group Corporate Officer	Managing Director - Teijin Pharma Limited General Manager - Home Healthcare Business Unit General Manager - Home Healthcare Sales Division
Junichi Ichida	Teijin Group Executive Officer	Teijin Group Corporate Officer	General Manager - Public Relations and Investor Relations Office

(3) Corporate officers intending to retire

Name	Current Position
Yoshikuni Utsunomiya	Teijin Group Senior Executive Officer
Kihachiro Sano	Teijin Group Executive Officer
Nobuhiko Sakai	Teijin Group Executive Officer
Akihiro Suzuoka	Teijin Group Corporate Officer
Nobuo Mochinaga	Teijin Group Corporate Officer
Masayasu Nagao	Teijin Group Corporate Officer
Kazuo Shiro	Teijin Group Corporate Officer
Ton Runneboom	Teijin Group Corporate Officer

(Effective from June 20, 2008)

Information in the press releases is current on the date of the announcement.
It is subject to change without prior notice.

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