For Immediate Release

Company name: DAIICHI SANKYO COMPANY, LIMITED Representative: Joji Nakayama, President and CEO
(Code no.: 4568, First Section of Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya Stock Exchanges) Please address inquiries to Noriaki Ishida, Corporate Officer, Vice President, Corporate Communications Department Telephone: +81-3-6225-1126
http://www.daiichisankyo.com/

Daiichi Sankyo Announces New Executive Candidates Tokyo, May 11, 2012 - Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited has announced the following appointment and retirement nominations which will take place at annual general shareholder meetings scheduled in June. The nominations were decided at a Daiichi Sankyo Board of Directors meeting held today. 1. DAIICHI SANKYO CO., LTD.

(The annual general shareholders meeting will be held on June 22)

Candidate for new appointment as Outside Director

Ichiro Kanazawa
(Current position: Dean, Graduate School, International University of Health & Welfare)

Candidates for new appointment as Outside Director

Seiji Sugiyama
(Current position: Vice Chairman of the Tokyo Chamber of Commerce and Industry)
Takashi Okimoto (current Outside Director) and Yuichiro Anzai (current Outside Director) will retire.

2. DAIICHI SANKYO ESPHA CO., LTD.

(The annual general shareholders meeting will be held on June 18) Shinsei Tamai (current Member of the Board) will retire.

3. DAIICHI SANKYO HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.

(The annual general shareholders meeting will be held on June 18) Toshio Takahashi (current Member of the Board) will retire.

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