PRESS RELEASES

06.29.2006
Personnel change, Representative Executive Officer

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Personnel change, Representative Executive Officer

TOKYO-June 29, 2006-D&M Holdings Inc. (TSE II: 6735) today filed with the Tokyo Stock Exchange the personnel change with the representative of the Company as a result of the board meeting held on that day.

  1. Reason of the change
  2. Retirement / Selection at the expiration of the term

  3. Representative Executive Officer retired
  4. Mr. Merle Gilmore(former Chairman of the Board and Representative Executive Officer)

  5. Retirement date
  6. June 29, 2006

# Accompanying document
Representative Executive Officer List, and press material

No. Name
(Date of birth)
Personal history and representative positions
in other corporations
Shareholdings in the Company
1 Eric C. Evans
(Oct. 22, 1952)
Aug. 1981 Joined Bain & Company as management consultant 0 shares
Jan. 1983 President of Evans Company
Nov. 1987 Vice President, Copeland Overseas Operations of Emerson (USA)
Jun. 1994 Senior Vice President, HVAC Group of Emerson (USA) and CFO of Copeland, Ltd.
Nov. 1997 President, Overseas Operations of Emerson (USA)
Aug. 1998 Group Vice President of Emerson (USA) and President, Copeland Residential HVAC Operations of Emerson (USA)
Jan. 2004 Director, President and COO of Diebold, Incorporated in the United States
Apr. 2006 Executive Officer and Co-CEO of the Company (to present)
2 Tatsuo Kabumoto
(Dec. 1, 1941)
Apr. 1968 Joined Standard Industry K.K. (later Marantz Japan, Inc.) ("Marantz") 87 thousand shares
Mar. 1992 Director of Marantz
Mar. 1996 Representative Director and President of Marantz
Jun. 1998 Representative Director and Chairman of Marantz
Jul. 1998 Representative Director and President of Nippon Phillips K.K.
Sep. 2001 Representative Director and Chairman and CEO of Marantz
May 2002 Representative Director, President and CEO of the Company and Director of Marantz
Jun. 2003 Director, Representative Executive Officer, President and CEO of the Company
Jan. 2004 Director, Representative Executive Officer and CEO of the Company (to present)
3 Victor J. Pacor
(Jan. 27, 1957)
Aug. 1979 Joined JVC America ("JVCA") 0 shares
Apr. 1987 Senior Vice President of Audio Business of JVCA
Sep. 1991 Vice President of Sony Corporation ("Sony") Home Audio Business
May 1994 Senior Vice President of Home Audio and Video Business of Sony
May 1997 President of Sony Home Entertainment Product Company
May 2000 Senior Vice President and Marketing Officer of Sony Electronics
Jan. 2004 Representative Executive Officer, President and COO of the Company
Jun. 2004 Director, Representative Executive Officer, President and COO of the Company (to present)

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Appointment of Board members

TOKYO-June 29, 2006-D&M Holdings Inc. (TSE II: 6735) today announced the board members selected and approved by the annual shareholders' meeting and board meeting.

#Members of the board#

  1. Board member and executive officer
  2.   New Old
    Reappointment (Newly-appointed for a BOD member) Chairman of the Board, Representative Executive Officer and Co-CEO Eric C. Evans Representative Executive Officer, Co-CEO
    Reappointment Representative Executive Officer, Co-CEO Tatsuo Kabumoto Representative Executive Officer, Co-CEO
    Reappointment MOB and Representative Executive Officer, President and COO Victor J. Pacor MOB and Representative Executive Officer, President and COO
    Reappointment MOB and Executive Officer, COO Takashi Sato MOB and Executive Officer, COO
    Reappointment Member of the Board Jeffrey M. Hendren Member of the Board
    Reappointment Member of the Board Herman G. de Haan Member of the Board
    Reappointment Member of the Board Peter E. Berger Member of the Board
    Newly-appointed Member of the Board Frank A. Baker -
    Reappointment Member of the Board Yoshiyuki Honda Member of the Board
    Newly-appointed Member of the Board E. William Boehmler -
    Reappointment Executive Officer Naoyuki Honmura Executive Officer
    Reappointment Executive Officer Takafumi Asano Executive Officer
    Reappointment Executive Officer, CFO Zen-ichiro Ishibashi Executive Officer, CFO

    Retired   Merle Gilmore COB and Representative Executive Officer
    Retired   Jack K. Liu MOB(Retired on February 28, 2006)
    Retired   Yuji Sugimoto MOB
  3. Committee members
    • (1) Nomination Committee: Jeffery M. Hendren, Eric C. Evans, E. William Boehmler
    • (2) Audit Committee: Peter E. Berger, E. William Boehmler, Herman G. de Haan
    • (3) Compensation Committee: Frank A. Baker, Victor J. Pacor, Herman G. de Haan

About D&M Holdings Inc.
D&M Holdings Inc. (TSE II: 6735) is based in Tokyo and owns the Denon, Marantz, McIntosh Laboratory, Boston Acoustics, Snell Acoustics, D&M Professional, ReplayTV® and Escient® brands. Denon, Marantz, McIntosh and D&M Professional are global industry leaders in the specialist home theater, audio/video consumer electronics or professional audio markets, with a strong and long-standing heritage of manufacturing and marketing high-performance audio and video components. Boston Acoustics, with its signature The Boston Sound, T is a leader in premium loudspeakers for home and audio markets. Snell is a super premium speaker brand. The ReplayTV and Escient brands represent award-winning technologies in digital home entertainment. Additional information is available at http://www.dm-holdings.com/.

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