Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. announces that, at the NSG Board of Directors held today, the below-mentioned changes in the positions of Representative Directors and Executive Officers were officially approved.

1. Changes in Representative Directors

*Changes are underlined

Name	New Title	Former Title
Katsuji Fujimoto	Representative Director, President & CEO	Representative Director, President
Stuart Chambers	Representative Director, Executive Vice President & COO	Director, Executive Vice President

2. Profile of a newly appointed Representative Director

Name	Stuart Chambers
Birth date	May 25, 1956
Profile	July 1996	Joined Pilkington plc ( Now Pilkington Group Limited ) Group Vice President, Marketing and Business Development, Building Products
	August 1998	Managing Director, Primary Products Europe
	June 2000	President, Building Products Worldwide ( incumbent )
	January 2001	Executive Director ( incumbent )
	May 2002	Group Chief Executive ( incumbent )
	June 2006	Director, Nippon Sheet Glass ( incumbent )
	April 2007	Head of Flat Glass Business and Head of BP Business Line, Nippon Sheet Glass ( incumbent )
	June 2007	Director, Executive Vice President, Nippon Sheet Glass ( incumbent )

3. Date of personnel changes

October 1, 2007

4. Purpose of personnel changes

With effect from April 2007, NSG established an integrated global Flat Glass business, covering all of the Group’s Building Products and Automotive operations worldwide.
This integration is making excellent progress. Now, NSG Group’s Specialty Glass business, comprising the Information Technology and Glass Fiber businesses will also be integrated into the new global organization.

To advance the processes of integration and globalization, we have created the new management positions of Group Chief Executive Officer ( CEO ) and Group Chief Operating Officer ( COO ). In this way, we will ensure that we leverage all available expertise and experience in the management of a truly international company. These changes are intended to strengthen further the senior management structure of the NSG Group to enable us to achieve the objectives of the Group’s Vision and Medium-Term Plan.

5. Changes in Executive Officers

Senior Executive Officer ( newly appointed ) Clemens Miller

Inauguration date : October 1, 2007

6. Changes in delegations and responsibilities of Executive Officers

Details of changes

*Changes are underlined

Name	From October 1, 2007	Now
Stuart Chambers	Representative Director, Executive Vice President & COO, Head of Flat Glass Business	Director, Executive Vice President, Head of Flat Glass Business and Head of BP Business Line
Mark Lyons	Senior Executive Officer, Head of BP Business Line	Senior Executive Officer, General Manager of BP Regional Operations, BP Business Line
Clemens Miller	Senior Executive Officer, General Manager of BP Europe, BP Business Line	( Managing Director, Fire Protection, Pilkington plc. )

Effective as of October 1, 2007

( Reference )

Directors, statutory auditors and Executive Officers after these changes ( effective as of October 1, 2007 ) :

1. Directors ( 12 )

Representative Director/Chairman	Yozo Izuhara
Director Vice Chairman	Tomoaki Abe
Representative Director	Katsuji Fujimoto
Representative Director	Masakuni Nitta
Representative Director	Stuart Chambers
Director	Hiroyoshi Koshiba
Director	Pat Zito
Director	Mike Powell
Director	Takeshi Horiguchi
Director	Takashi Murakami
External Director	Noritaka Kurauchi
External Director	Kozo Okumura

2. Statutory Auditors ( 5 )

Statutory Auditor ( full time )	Togo Tanaka
Statutory Auditor ( full time )	Naotaka Todoroki
Statutory Auditor	Kowashi Watanabe
Statutory Auditor	Akihiko Nakamura
Statutory Auditor	Isao Watanabe

3. Executive Officers
( 24: * indicates that the said Executive Officer serves concurrently as a director. )

* President and CEO	Katsuji Fujimoto
* Executive Vice President and COO	Stuart Chambers	Head of Flat Glass Business
* Executive Vice President	Masakuni Nitta
Senior Executive Officer	Kazuyuki Izumi
* Senior Executive Officer	Hiroyoshi Koshiba	General Manger of Corporate Finance Dept., Corporate Headquarters
Senior Executive Officer	Toshikazu Kondo	General Manager of R&D Dept., Corporate Headquarters
* Senior Executive Officer	Pat Zito	Head of Automotive Business Line
* Senior Executive Officer	Mike Powell	General Manger of Business Finance Dept., Flat Glass Support Functions
Senior Executive Officer	Tim Izzett	General Manager of Corporate Human Resources Dept., Corporate Headquarters and General Manager of Human Resources Dept., Flat Glass Support Functions
Senior Executive Officer	Vito Sassanelli	Deputy General Manager of Production, Automotive Business Line
Senior Executive Officer	Stephen Pownall	General Manager of Corporate Information Systems Dept., Corporate Headquarters and General Manager of Information Systems Dept., Flat Glass Support Functions
* Senior Executive Officer	Takeshi Horiguchi	General Manager of Corporate Planning Dept., Corporate Headquarters
Senior Executive Officer	Paul McKeon	General Manager of Manufacturing Operations & Technology and General Manager of Float manufacturing Div. of Manufacturing Operations & Technology, BP Business Line
Senior Executive Officer	Clemens Miller	General Manager of BP Europe, BP Business Line
* Senior Executive Officer	Takashi Murakami	Head of Speciality Glass Material Business
Senior Executive Officer	Mark Lyons	Head of BP Business Line
Senior Executive Officer	Tom Rae	General Manager of Procurement Dept., Flat Glass Support Functions
Executive Officer	Minoru Imanishi	General Manager of BP Japan and General Manager of Sales Div., BP Business Line
Executive Officer	Tony Shaw	Deputy General Manger of Region VP, Automotive Business Line
Executive Officer	Tsunefumi Nakagawa	General Manager of GF Business Line, Speciality Glass Material Business
Executive Officer	Toshiyuki Nakazawa	General Manager of Corporate General Affairs Dept., Corporate Headquarters
Executive Officer	Keiji Yoshikawa	Head of IT Business Line and General Manager of Planning Office, Speciality Glass Material Business
Executive Officer	Paul Ruddlesdin	Deputy General Manager of OE Sales & Marketing, Automotive Business Line
Executive Officer	Vittore de Leonibus	General Manager of Engineering Div., BP Business Line