SUMIDA CORPORATION (“Sumida”) announced today the results of the voting for or against approval items presented at the 55th Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (“AGM”) held on March 20, 2010. Items presented for shareholders’ approval were approved by majority vote.

1. Number of Voting Rights
   Number of shareholders who have voting rights:  5,718
   Number of voting rights:  191,276 
2. Exercised Voting Rights
   

   	Voting rights exercised prior to the AGM	Voting rights exercised at the AGM	Total
   Number of Shareholders	1,214	59	1,273
   Number of voting rights	129,969	5,706	135,675

   Note: At AGM of Sumida, shareholders vote for each item which is presented for shareholders’ approval. The votes are immediately counted after the voting and the result is disclosed to the shareholders attended. Should any shareholder vote at the AGM despite he/she having already exercised his/her voting right prior to the AGM, Sumida treats the shareholder’s final vote as the effective exercise of the voting right.
3. Results of the Voting
   Agenda: Appointment of ten (10) directors 
   

   	Number of “For” votes	Number of “Against” votes	“For”/Total Ratio
   Shigeyuki Yawata	131,297	4,378	96.8%
   Chiu Ka Sheung	131,098	4,577	96.6%
   Robert E. Patterson	131,312	4,363	96.8%
   Ashok B. Melwani	131,276	4,399	96.8%
   Kazuhide Kondo	130,992	4,683	96.5%
   Masato Tsuru	131,153	4,522	96.7%
   Kotaro Miyagi	131,166	4,509	96.7%
   Ulrich Ruetz	131,159	4,516	96.7%
   Masaru Hattori	131,160	4,515	96.7%
   Charles F. Martin	131,309	4,366	96.8%

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