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Management Change

June 27, 2005

Mitsubishi Fuso Truck & Bus Corporation decided the following executives and auditor change in the board meeting held on June 27, 2005.

1. New Management

Classification Name Change within
classification
New appointment Current appointment
Member of
the Board
Keisuke Egashira New
Appointment
Chairman of the Board [Representative Director]
Chief Business Ethics Officer
DaimlerChrysler Japan
Harald Boelstler New
Appointment
President [Representative Director]
Chief Executive Officer
DaimlerChrysler AG
Masayuki Nagano Reappointment Member of the Board
Senior Vice President
Corporate General Manager of Domestic Sales & Service Office
Member of the Board
Senior Vice President
Corporate General Manager of Domestic Sales & Service Office
Bert van Dijk Reappointment Member of the Board
Senior Vice President
Corporate General Manager of International Sales & Service Office
Member of the Board
Senior Vice President
Corporate General Manager of International Sales & Service Office
Tetsuo Fujii Reappointment Member of the Board
Senior Vice President
Corporate General Manager of Production Office
Member of the Board
Senior Vice President
Corporate General Manager of Production Office
Dieter Buhl Reappointment Member of the Board
Senior Vice President
Chief Financial Officer
Member of the Board
Senior Vice President
Chief Financial Officer
Sascha Paasche New
Appointment
Member of the Board
Senior Vice President
Research & Development and Procurement Headquarters
DaimlerChrysler AG
Naoya Hasegawa New
Appointment
Member of the Board
Senior Vice President
Responsible for Quality Management
Nissan Motor (Seconded to Renault)
Andreas Renschler Reappointment Member of the Board
(Non-Executive Director)
Member of the Board (Non-Executive Director)
Ikuo Nagata New
Appointment
Member of the Board
(Non-Executive Director)
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Michio Hori Retirement Senior Adviser Chairman of the Board [Representative Director]
Chief Business Ethics Officer
Wilfried Porth Retirement Senior Adviser President [Representative Director]
Chief Executive Officer
Joerg Zuern Retirement   Member of the Board
Senior Vice President
Research & Development and Procurement Headquarters
Masao Miyamoto Retirement   Member of the Board (Non-Executive Director)
Statutory
Auditor
Tetsuo Iwata New
Appointment
Statutory Auditor Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi
Shota Yasuda Retirement   Statutory Auditor
Executive
Officer
Karl Deppen Reappointment Senior Executive Officer
Corporate General Manager of Procurement & Supply Office
Senior Executive Officer
Corporate General Manager of Procurement & Supply Office
Hideyuki Shiozawa Reappointment Senior Executive Officer
Corporate General Manager of Quality Affairs office
Senior Executive Officer
Corporate General Manager of Quality Affairs office
Hiromitsu Hashiguchi Reappointment Senior Executive Officer
General Administration Office
Senior Executive Officer
General Administration Office
Executive
Officer
Michael Grahe Reappointment Executive Officer
Corporate General Manager of Corporate Office
Executive Officer
Corporate General Manager of Corporate Office
Helmut Schuett Reappointment Executive Officer
Corporate General Manager of IT & Process Design Office
Chief Information Officer
Executive Officer
Corporate General Manager of IT & Process Design Office
Chief Information Officer
Nobuo Iijima Reappointment Executive Officer
Executive General Manager of Domestic Sales & Service Office
Executive Officer
Executive General Manager of Domestic Sales & Service Office
Yoshihiro Yoshida Reappointment Executive Officer
General Manager of Europe, North America and Oceania Dept.
International Sales & Service Office
Executive Officer
General Manager of Europe, North America and Oceania Dept.
International Sales & Service Office
Manfred Mayer Reappointment Executive Officer
In charge of Quality & Process Management
Executive Officer
In charge of Quality & Process Management
Yasuo Sasaki Reappointment Executive Officer
General Manager of Finance & Treasury Dept.
Executive Officer
General Manager of Finance & Treasury Dept.

Statutory Auditor Masahiro Yokohama and Statutory Auditor Hiroaki Kakuta (external) continue to be assigned for the remaining terms of their respective offices.



Career in Brief: Harald Boelstler
2002 Vice President Mercedes-Benz passenger car purchasing, Stuttgart
2001 Senior executive officer global procurement and supply, Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC), Tokyo
1996 Vice president production Micro Compact Car smart GmbH, Directeur General Micro Compact Car France SAS
1988 Director for logistics coordination Mercedes-Benz passenger cars
1985 Directeur purchasing and projects, Mercedes-Benz France, Paris
1980 Manager planning and reporting within the staff of the Member of the Board (materials)
1977 Assistant to materials manager, Sindelfingen
1977 Degree in business administration from the University of Goettingen, Germany

Harald Boelstler was born October 28, 1950.



Career in Brief: Keisuke Egashira
2005 Senior Advisor – DaimlerChrysler AG Representative Office Tokyo
2000 Chairman - Japan Automobile Importers Association (concurrent)
2000 Director and Senior Advisor - DaimlerChrysler Japan Co., Ltd.
1999 Director - DaimlerChrysler Japan Holding, Ltd. and DaimlerChrysler Japan Co., Ltd.
1997 Chairman - Chrysler Japan Sales Ltd.
1986 President - J. Osawa Co., Ltd.
1983 Managing Director - Seibu Department Stores Ltd.
1979 Chairman - Nomura International (UK)
1978 Managing Director - Nomura Securities Co., Ltd.
1975 President - Nomura Securities International (USA)
1954 Joined Nomura Securities Co., Ltd.

Keisuke Egashira was born on March 18, 1932.



Career in Brief: Sascha Paasche
1991 Senior Manager, Department head Large surface electronics, Daimler-Benz AG (DBAG)
1993 Senior Manager, Department head Layered construction elements in microelectronics and microsystems DBAG
1998 Director, Technical Systems (Engineering MB Trucks), DaimlerChrysler AG (DCAG)
2004 Director, Systems Mechatronic, DCAG

Sascha Paasche was born on March 23, 1957.



Career in Brief: Naoya Hasegawa
1967 Joined Nissan Motor
1981 Director, Quality Assurance, Nissan Motor MFG. USA
1991 General Manager, Corporate Quality Administration Dept., Nissan Motor
1995 Deputy General Manager, TQM Promotion office, Nissan Motor
1999 Director program reliability durability, Quality Division, Renault
2002 Director Quality International, Quality Division, Renault

Naoya Hasegawa was born on August 17, 1944.

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