Eisai Co., Ltd. Announces the Retirement of Hajime Shimizu as Representative Corporate Officer, Effective March 31, 2016

Eisai Company specializes in the manufacturing and marketing of pharmaceutical products. Net sales break down by family of products as follows: - pharmaceutical products (87.7%): prescribed drugs, health products, etc.; - other (12.3%): food additives, chemical products, etc. Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: Japan (46.2%), Europe (19.5%), Americas (15.5%), China (10.3%) and other (8.4%).