THE YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO.,LTD：Together with our Employees

Status of Employment

Number of Employees per Gender and Average Age

Yokohama Rubber Group's Number of Employees per Region
(unit)

		FY2009	FY2010	FY2011	FY2012	FY2013
Japan		10,437	10,480	10,422	10,172	10,027
Overseas	North America	1,932	2,040	2,150	2,195	2,310
	Asia	5,104	5,730	6,384	6,349	6,574
	Europe	79	223	316	696	859
Total		17,552	18,473	19,272	19,412	19,770

* Consolidated Number of Employees: number includes personnel of our affiliates

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Stable Employment

Stable Employment of Fresh Graduates and Mid-Career Employment Depends on our Business Strategies

We are employing a stable number of fresh graduates from a long-term perspective. Also, we are employing professionals with relevant experience (mid-career employment) depending on our business operation needs. There were 116 hires and 216 resignations during FY2013.

Changes in the Number of Hiring

Status of hires during FY2013

	Hiring category
Type of occupation	New graduates	Mid-year	Total
General administrative positions	42	0	42
Engineers	28	46	74
Total	70	46	116

Status of resignations during FY2013

	Category for reason for resignation
Type of occupation	Voluntary retirement	Dismissal (Expiration of leave)	Death	Retirement age	Retirement age (Re-hiring)	Appointment as executive or director	Total
General administrative positions	20	0	3	17	9	0	49
Engineers	41	2	4	110	1	0	158
Others	0	0	0	0	0	9	9
Total	61	2	7	127	10	9	216

	Office category
Type of occupation	Ibaraki	Mie	Mishima	Shinshiro	Nagano	Ono- michi	Hira- tsuka	Hira- tsuka East	Head Office	Total
General administrative positions	0	2	0	2	1	0	20	2	22	49
Engineers	22	29	31	17	4	5	37	12	1	158
Others	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	9
Total	22	31	31	19	5	5	57	14	32	216

* Hiratsuka includes cooperative associations and Yokohama Engineering Co., Ltd.

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Employee Benefits and Welfare

Yokohama Rubber has various types of Employee Benefit packages in place so that our employees can continue to work and live comfortably. As for accommodations, we provide a dormitory for single employees who have met certain criteria; also, we provide company apartments for those who relocate together with their family members, whereas we provide housing allowance for those who are with family members but have no history of relocation. Also, all our sites have a canteen for employees where healthy and affordable meals are provided; company canteens are used as a place for communication and mingling such as for social gathering at night time under the theme of local gourmet dishes. Temporary or contract workers are also allowed to use company canteens. Other than that, we are also supporting a part of employees' lives such as group insurance covering the entire employees of the domestic Yokohama Rubber Group.

Retirement Allowance System

Our pension consists of a one-time retirement lump sum grant and defined contribution pension; the ratio is about 60% and 40%, respectively. The one-time retirement lump sum refers to a one-off payment only without subsequent pension receivable.

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Status of Labor-Management Relationship

We have established a Labor-management consultation system in a wide spectrum such as employment, work conditions and employee benefits under the recognition that company growth and employees' stable life are common goals both by Labor and management. Our Labor-Management Council consists of the Central Labor-Management Council and Local Labor-Management Council located in each office, and various types of Labor-management committees to conduct discussion by reviewing various important issues. Specific items with regards to any changes in work operation shall be usually discussed in the committee meeting to be held one month in advance.

Ratio of Union Members/Non-Union Members (as of December 2013)　 (unit: person)

Union Members	4,774
Non-Union Members	562
Total	5,336