Tokyo Commodity Exchange Appoints Director Nominees For The Next Term

Tokyo Commodity Exchange, Inc. today announced the directorate nominees for the next term as the current term of the ten members of the board of directors is to terminate at the close of the second annual shareholders meeting next month. Below is the list of the nominees and they are scheduled to be appointed officially as a result of a resolution at above referenced meeting.

Nominees for the members of the board of directors
- Fumio Arai
- Kazuhito Ikeo
- Eiji Ueda
- Tadashi Ezaki
- Mikio Kawamura
- Jitsuo Tatara
- Umetaro Nagao
- Minoru Hatada (New director nominee)
- Toshihiko Fukui
- Mitsuo Minami
Retiring director
- Hiroyuki Takai

Career summary of the new director nominee

Minoru Hatada

[Career summary]	Present – November 2008	Senior Managing Director, Global Head of Sales, Japan Product The Nomura Securities Co., Ltd
	October 2008 – October 2008	Senior Managing Director Alternative Investor Department The Nomura Securities Co., Ltd.
	July 2007 – September 2008	Managing Director Alternative Investor Department The Nomura Securities Co., Ltd.
	May 2006 – June 2007	Co-Head of Global Markets Europe Nomura International plc. (London)
	July 2004 – April 2006	Head of Equity Europe Nomura International plc. (London)
	March 2003 – July 2004	President Nomura Bank (Switzerland) Ltd.
	March 2002 – March 2003	Deputy General Manager Personnel Department The Nomura Securities Co., Ltd.
	April 1985	Joined the Nomura Securities Co., Ltd