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FORM 6-K
U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Report of Foreign Private Issuer
Pursuant toRule 13a-16 or 15d-16
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the month of February 2019
Commission FileNumber: 333-228135
NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
(Translation of registrant’s name into English)
6-1, Marunouchi2-chome
Chiyoda-ku,Tokyo 100-8071
Japan
(Address of principal executive offices)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under coverForm 20-F orForm 40-F.
Form 20-F ☒ Form 40-F ☐
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting theForm 6-K in paper as permitted byRegulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): ☐
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION | ||||||
Date: February 21, 2019 | By: | /s/ Tatsuya Mizuno | ||||
Tatsuya Mizuno | ||||||
General Manager, Head of General Administration Department |
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February 20, 2019
Company name: Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation
Name of representative: Kosei Shindo, Representative Director and President
Code number: 5401 TSE 1st Section, NSE, FSE, and SSE
Contact: Fumiaki Ohnishi, General Manager, Public Relations Center
Telephone:+81-3-6867-2135, 2146, 2977, 3419
Notice of Change in Representative Directors
Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation (the “Company”) has resolved (and decided informally) at the Meeting of the Board of Directors held today to the change in Representative Directors as described below.
1. Reason for the Change
Change to representation rights accompanying changes in board members
2. Name, Titles, Appointment Date and Number of Shares of Retiring and New Representative Directors
(1) Decision
(Retiring Representative Directors)
Name (Date of birth) | New Title | Current Title | Appointment | Number of | ||||
Shoji MUNEOKA (May 3, 1946) | Director, Member of the Board and Senior Advisor | Representative Director and Chairman | April 1, 2019 | 419 hundred shares | ||||
Toshiharu SAKAE (January 25, 1956) | Director, Member of the Board | Representative Director and Executive Vice President | April 1, 2019 | 59 hundred shares |
(Note) The number of shares of the Company owned is as of January 31, 2019
(2) Informal Decision
Name (Date of birth) | New Title | Title (as of April 1, 2019) | Appointment | Number of | ||||
Akio MIGITA (October 19, 1961) | Representative Director and Executive Vice President | Executive Vice President | Late June, 2019 | 73 hundred shares |
(Note1) The change will be officially resolved at the meeting of the board of directors to be held immediately after the 95th General Meeting of Shareholders scheduled for late June 2019
(Note2) The number of shares of the Company owned is as of January 31, 2019
(Note3) The current title is as follows.
Name | Current Title | |||||
Akio MIGITA | Managing Executive Officer Head of Division, Human Resources Division |
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3. Brief Career Summaries of New Representative Directors
Name | Brief Career Summary | |||
Akio MIGITA | April 1984 October 2012
April 2014
April 2015
April 2017 | Joined Nippon Steel Corporation General Manager, Head of Division, Flat Products Marketing Division, Flat Products Unit Executive Officer Head of Division, Flat Products Marketing Division, Flat Products Unit Executive Officer Head of Division, Human Resources Division Managing Executive Officer Head of Division, Human Resources Division |
In addition, the Company announces the changes in Board Members and Officers as described below.
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Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation
Notice of Changes in Board Members, Audit & Supervisory Board Members and Officers
This is to announce that, at the meeting of the Board of Directors held today, (i) the candidates for the Board of Directors and the Audit & Supervisory Board to be submitted to the 95th Annual Meeting of Shareholders scheduled to be held in late June 2019 were decided, and (ii) (x) the appointment of members of the Board of Directors with titles, (y) the appointment of Representative Directors, and (z) division of business responsibilities and delegation of office for Executive Vice Presidents and Managing Directors that will be members of the board of directors, each of which will be officially resolved at the meeting of the Board of Directors to be held immediately after the Annual Meeting of Shareholders, were decided.
Also, it was resolved to undertake the following matters effective as of April 1: (i) changes in division of business responsibilities and delegation of office for Executive Vice Presidents, Managing Directors and Directors that will be members of the Board of Directors, and (ii) (x) the appointment of Executive Vice President, Managing Executive Officers and Executive Officers, and (y) division of business responsibilities and delegation of office for Executive Vice Presidents, Managing Executive Officers and Executive Officers.
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I. | Candidates for Members of the Board of Directors to be Submitted to the 95th Annual Meeting of Shareholders (scheduled to be held in late June 2019) |
(The appointment of members of the Board of Directors with titles, the appointment of Representative Directors and division of business responsibilities and delegation of office for Executive Vice Presidents and Managing Directors that will be members of the board of directors will be officially resolved at the meeting of the Board of Directors to take place immediately after the 95th Annual Meeting of Shareholders.)
Name | Title (planned) | Division of Business Responsibilities and Delegation of Office (planned) | ||
Kosei SHINDO | Representative Director and Chairman | |||
Eiji HASHIMOTO | Representative Director and President | |||
Shinji TANIMOTO | Representative Director and Executive Vice President | • Intellectual Property; Safety; Plant Safety; Technical Administration & Planning(including Standardization); Quality Management; Plant Engineering and Facility Management; Ironmaking Technology; Steelmaking Technology; Energy Technology; Slag & Cement
• Cooperating with Executive Vice President A. Migita on Environment | ||
Shinichi NAKAMURA | Representative Director and Executive Vice President | • Marketing Administration & Planning; Transportation & Logistics; Project Development; Machinery & Materials Procurement; Steel Products Units; Domestic Office and Branches
• Cooperating with Executive Vice President K. Miyamoto on Overseas Offices(including locally incorporated companies) | ||
Akihiko INOUE | Representative Director and Executive Vice President | • Head of Research and Development | ||
Katsuhiro MIYAMOTO | Representative Director and Executive Vice President | • Head of Global Business Development
• Accounting & Finance; Raw Materials; Overseas Offices(including locally incorporated companies) |
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Akio MIGITA* | Representative Director and Executive Vice President | • Corporate Planning; Group Companies Planning; General Administration; Legal; Internal Control & Audit; Business Process Innovation; Human Resources; Environment; Business Transformation & Standardization | ||
Shin NISHIURA | Managing Director, Member of the Board | • Head of Unit, Pipe & Tube Unit; Project Leader, VSB Project, Global Business Development Sector | ||
Atsushi IIJIMA | Managing Director, Member of the Board | • Head of Unit, Flat Products Unit; Project Leader, Shanghai-Baoshan Cold-rolled & Coated Sheet Products Project, Global Business Development Sector; Project Leader, India Continuous Annealing & Processing Line Project, Global Business Development Sector
• Marketing Administration & Planning; Transportation & Logistics
• Cooperating with Managing Executive Officer A.Matsumura and Head of Division, General Administration Division on Business Transformation & Standardization | ||
Yutaka ANDOH | Managing Director, Member of the Board | • Intellectual Property; Safety; Plant Safety; Technical Administration & Planning (including Standardization); Quality Management; Plant Engineering and Facility Management; Ironmaking Technology; Steelmaking Technology; Energy Technology; Slag & Cement
• Rendering Assistance to Executive Vice President S. Nakamura on Steel Products Units
• Cooperating with Managing Director A. Iijima on Transportation & Logistics Technology |
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Mutsutake OTSUKA | Director, Member of the Board | |||
Ichiro FUJISAKI | Director, Member of the Board | |||
Noriko IKI | Director, Member of the Board |
Notes:
• | An asterisk (*) indicates a new candidate for a member of the board of directors. |
• | Messrs. Otsuka, Fujisaki and Ms. Iki meet the requirements of an outside director as set forth in Article 2, Item 15 of the Companies Act. |
II. | Candidate for Audit & Supervisory Board Member to be Submitted to the 95th Annual Meeting of Shareholders (scheduled to be held in late June 2019) |
Name | Current Position | |||
Masato MATSUNO* | Managing Executive Officer (Head of Office, Osaka Office) |
Notes:
• | An asterisk (*) indicates a new candidate for a member of the Audit & Supervisory Board . |
III. | Changes in the division of business responsibilities and delegation of office for Executive Vice Presidents, Managing Directors and Directors that will be members of the board of directors, the appointment of Executive Vice President, Managing Executive Officers and Executive Officers and the division of business responsibilities and delegation of office for Executive Vice President, Managing Executive Officers and Executive Officers as of April 1 |
< Management Structure as of April 1, 2019>
| Representative Director and Chairman
Kosei SHINDO | |||
Representative Director and President
Eiji HASHIMOTO |
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| Representative Directors and Executive Vice Presidents | |||
Shinji TANIMOTO | • Intellectual Property; Safety; Plant Safety; Technical Administration & Planning(including Standardization); Quality Management; Plant Engineering and Facility Management; Ironmaking Technology; Steelmaking Technology; Energy Technology; Slag & Cement
• Cooperating with Executive Vice President A. Migita on Environment | |||
Shinichi NAKAMURA | • Marketing Administration & Planning; Transportation & Logistics; Project Development; Machinery & Materials Procurement; Steel Products Units; Domestic Office and Branches
• Cooperating with Executive Vice President K. Miyamoto on Overseas Offices(including locally incorporated companies) | |||
Akihiko INOUE | • Head of Research and Development | |||
Katsuhiro MIYAMOTO | • Head of Global Business Development
• Accounting & Finance; Raw Materials; Overseas Offices(including locally incorporated companies) | |||
Managing Directors, Members of the Board | ||||
Shin NISHIURA | • Head of Unit, Pipe & Tube Unit; Project Leader, VSB Project, Global Business Development Sector | |||
Atsushi IIJIMA | • Head of Unit, Flat Products Unit; Project Leader, Shanghai-Baoshan Cold-rolled & Coated Sheet Products Project, Global Business Development Sector; Project Leader, India Continuous Annealing & Processing Line Project, Global Business Development Sector
• Marketing Administration & Planning; Transportation & Logistics
• Cooperating with Managing Executive Officer A.Matsumura and Head of Division, General Administration Division on Business Transformation & Standardization | |||
Yutaka ANDOH | • Intellectual Property; Safety; Plant Safety; Technical Administration & Planning(including Standardization); Quality Management; Plant Engineering and Facility Management; Ironmaking Technology; Steelmaking Technology; Energy Technology; Slag & Cement
• Rendering Assistance to Executive Vice President S. Nakamura on Steel Products Units
• Cooperating with Managing Director A. Iijima on Transportation & Logistics Technology |
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| Directors, Members of the Board | |||
Shoji MUNEOKA | • Senior Advisor | |||
Toshiharu SAKAE | • Advisor to the President | |||
Mutsutake OTSUKA | ||||
Ichiro FUJISAKI | ||||
Noriko IKI | ||||
Notes:
• Messrs. Otsuka, Fujisaki, and Ms. Iki meet the requirements of an outside director as set forth in Article 2, Item 15 of the Companies Act. | ||||
Executive Vice President | ||||
Akio MIGITA | • Corporate Planning; Group Companies Planning; General Administration; Legal; Internal Control & Audit; Business Process Innovation; Human Resources; Environment; Business Transformation & Standardization | |||
Person in italics newly appointed as Executive Vice President | ||||
Managing Executive Officers | ||||
Hiroyuki UCHIDA | • Deputy Project Leader, Shanghai-Baoshan Cold-rolled & Coated Sheet Products Project, Global Business Development Sector; Deputy Project Leader, India Continuous Annealing and Processing Line Project, Global Business Development Sector
• Cooperating with Head of Unit, Flat Products Unit on Support for Overseas Business in Flat Products Technology |
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Yoichi FURUTA | • Rendering Assistance to Executive Vice President K. Miyamoto on Global Business Development in Southeast Asia and India
• Cooperating with Managing Executive Officer T.Nomura on Overseas Offices in Southeast Asia and India | |||
Hideo SUZUKI | • Environment
• Rendering Assistance to Executive Vice President S. Tanimoto on Energy, Recycling and Slag
• Rendering Assistance to Executive Vice President K. Miyamoto on Global Business Development | |||
Toru TAKEGOSHI | • Head of Unit, Railway, Automotive & Machinery Parts Unit
• Machinery & Materials Procurement | |||
Kazuhiro NAKASHIMA | • Vice Head of Unit, Pipe & Tube Unit; Deputy Project Leader, VSB Project, Global Business Development Sector | |||
Naoki SATOH | • Head of Works, Kashima Works | |||
Yasushi AOKI | • Raw Materials | |||
Kazuhisa FUKUDA | • Head of Works, Hirohata Works | |||
Shuhei ONOYAMA | • Head of Works, Kimitsu Works | |||
Atsuki MATSUMURA | • Business Process Innovation; Planning & Coordination on Business Transformation & Standardization
• Cooperating with Managing Executive Officer T.Imai on Corporate Planning | |||
Kimitoshi YONEZAWA | • Head of Works, Muroran Works, Bar & Wire Rod Unit | |||
Shuji SOHMA | • Head of Works, Nagoya Works | |||
Hiroaki MATSUOKA | • Head of Office, Osaka Office | |||
Shozo FURUMOTO | • Legal
• Rendering Assistance to Executive Vice President A. Migita on Legal in General Administration and Internal Control & Audit | |||
Hidetake ISHIHARA | • Vice Head of Global Business Development
• Accounting & Finance
• Cooperating with Managing Executive Officer T.Imai on Corporate Planning |
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Takashi HIROSE | • Head of Unit, Plate Unit; Vice Head of Unit, Flat Products Unit | |||
Tadashi IMAI | • Corporate Planning
• Rendering Assistance to Executive Vice President S. Tanimoto and A.Inoue on Corporate Planning concerning technology | |||
Yoshiaki SHIMADA | • Project Leader, Usiminas Project, Global Business Development Sector
• Rendering Assistance to Executive Vice President K.Miyamoto on Global Business Development in the Americas
• Cooperating with Managing Executive Officer T.Nomura on Overseas Offices in Americas | |||
Taisuke NOMURA | • Vice Head of Global Business Development
• Overseas Offices(including locally incorporated companies) | |||
Persons in italics newly appointed as Managing Executive Officers | ||||
Executive Officers | ||||
Hirotsune SATOH | • Advisor to the President | |||
Masato MATSUNO | • Advisor to the President | |||
Kazuhiro EGAWA | • Advisor to the President | |||
Toshihiko KUNISHI | • Advisor to the President | |||
Hiromitsu UENO | • Advisor to the President | |||
Takahiro NAGAYOSHI | • Advisor to the President | |||
Hidenori KINUGASA | • Head of Works, Wakayama Works | |||
Junichi TANI | • Head of Works, Yawata Works | |||
Yuji KUBO | • Head of Division, Advanced Technology Research Laboratories, R & D Laboratories | |||
Takeshi HONDA | • Head of Center, Plant Engineering and Facility Management Center |
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Nozomu TAKAHASHI | • Head of Office, Beijing Office
• Rendering Assistance to Executive Vice President K. Miyamoto on Global Business Development in China | |||
Kazuhiro KOSHIKAWA | • Head of Unit, Bar & Wire Rod Unit | |||
Toshinori ONISHI | • Head of Unit, Titanium Unit | |||
Kazuma YAMANAKA | • Head of Division, Machinery & Materials Procurement Division | |||
Ichiro SATOH | • Head of Division, Global Business Development Division, Global Business Development Sector; Project Leader, CSVC Project, Global Business Development Sector; Project Leader, Wuhan Tin Mill Project, Global Business Development Sector
• Rendering Assistance to Head of Unit, Flat Products Unit on CSVC Project and Wuhan Tin Mill Project concerning Flat Products | |||
Kazumasa SHINKAI | • Head of Division, General Administration Division
• Planning & Coordination on Business Transformation & Standardization | |||
Hirofumi FUNAKOSHI | • Head of Division, Corporate Planning Division
• Rendering Assistance to Managing Executive Officer A. Matsumura and Cooperating with Head of Division, General Administration Division on Business Transformation & Standardization | |||
Nobuhiro FUJITA | • Head of Laboratories, Steel Research Laboratories, R&D Laboratories | |||
Hiroyuki MINATO | • Head of Division, Technical Administration & Planning Division
• Rendering Assistance to Managing Executive Officer A. Matsumura and Cooperating with Head of Division, General Administration Division on Business Transformation & Standardization | |||
Yoshio SATO | • Head of Unit, Construction Products Unit | |||
Shinji KIDO | • Head of Division, Bar & Wire Rod Technology Division, Bar & Wire Rod Unit | |||
Shinji MINOBE | • Vice Head of Unit, Railway, Automotive & Machinery Parts Unit |
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Hiroshi TSUGA | • Group Companies Planning
• Cooperating with Head of Division, Human Resources Division on Human Resources | |||
Yuji NOMIYAMA | • Head of Works, Oita Works | |||
Kyoichi ARAKI | • Head of Division, Ironmaking Technology Division | |||
Takahiko IWAI | • Head of Division, Accounting & Finance Division
• Rendering Assistance to Managing Executive Officer A. Matsumura and Cooperating with Head of Division, General Administration Division on Business Transformation & Standardization
• Cooperating with Head of Division, General Administration Division on Public Relations | |||
Seita OUCHI | • Head of Division, Legal Division | |||
Eiji SOGOH | • Head of Division, Human Resources Division
• Rendering Assistance to Managing Director Y.Andoh on Safety | |||
Takeshi IMAI | • Head of Division, Flat Products Technology Division, Flat Products Unit
• Cooperating with Head of Division, Technical Administration & Planning Division on Hot Rolling Technology | |||
Akihiko KOJIMA | • Head of Division, R & D Planning Division, R & D Laboratories | |||
Hidenori OGAWA | • Head of Works, Amagasaki Works, Pipe & Tube Unit | |||
Persons in italics newly appointed as Executive Officers |
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Reference 1: Expected Management Structure as of the Date of the 95th Annual Meeting of Shareholders Scheduled to be held in late June 2019 (at the time of completion of the meeting of the board of directors to be held immediately after the Meeting of Shareholders)
Representative Director and Chairman
Kosei SHINDO | ||||
Representative Director and President
Eiji HASHIMOTO | ||||
Representative Directors and Executive Vice Presidents | ||||
Shinji TANIMOTO | • Intellectual Property; Safety; Plant Safety; Technical Administration & Planning(including Standardization); Quality Management; Plant Engineering and Facility Management; Ironmaking Technology; Steelmaking Technology; Energy Technology; Slag & Cement
• Cooperating with Executive Vice President A. Migita on Environment | |||
Shinichi NAKAMURA | • Marketing Administration & Planning; Transportation & Logistics; Project Development; Machinery & Materials Procurement; Steel Products Units; Domestic Office and Branches
• Cooperating with Executive Vice President K. Miyamoto on Overseas Offices(including locally incorporated companies) | |||
Akihiko INOUE | • Head of Research and Development | |||
Katsuhiro MIYAMOTO | • Head of Global Business Development
• Accounting & Finance; Raw Materials; Overseas Offices(including locally incorporated companies) | |||
Akio MIGITA | • Corporate Planning; Group Companies Planning; General Administration; Legal; Internal Control & Audit; Business Process Innovation; Human Resources; Environment; Business Transformation & Standardization |
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| Managing Directors, Members of the Board
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Shin NISHIURA | • Head of Unit, Pipe & Tube Unit; Project Leader, VSB Project, Global Business Development Sector | |||
Atsushi IIJIMA | • Head of Unit, Flat Products Unit; Project Leader, Shanghai-Baoshan Cold-rolled & Coated Sheet Products Project, Global Business Development Sector; Project Leader, India Continuous Annealing & Processing Line Project, Global Business Development Sector
• Marketing Administration & Planning; Transportation & Logistics
• Cooperating with Managing Executive Officer A.Matsumura and Head of Division, General Administration Division on Business Transformation & Standardization | |||
Yutaka ANDOH | • Intellectual Property; Safety; Plant Safety; Technical Administration & Planning(including Standardization); Quality Management; Plant Engineering and Facility Management; Ironmaking Technology; Steelmaking Technology; Energy Technology; Slag & Cement
• Rendering Assistance to Executive Vice President S. Nakamura on Steel Products Units
• Cooperating with Managing Director A. Iijima on Transportation & Logistics Technology | |||
Directors, Members of the Board | ||||
Mutsutake OTSUKA | ||||
Ichiro FUJISAKI | ||||
Noriko IKI | ||||
Note:
Messrs. Otsuka and Fujisaki and Ms. Iki meet the requirements of an outside director as set forth in Article 2, Item 15 of the Companies Act. |
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Senior Audit & Supervisory Board Members
Masato MATSUNO
Atsuhiko YOSHIE
Audit & Supervisory Board Members
Masato TSURIBE
Katsunori NAGAYASU
Hiroshi OBAYASHI
Jiro MAKINO
Seiichiro AZUMA
Note:
Messrs. Nagayasu, Obayashi, Makino and Azuma meet the requirements of an outside company auditor as set forth in Article 2, Item 16 of the Companies Act. | ||||
Managing Executive Officers
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Hiroyuki UCHIDA | • Deputy Project Leader, Shanghai-Baoshan Cold-rolled & Coated Sheet Products Project, Global Business Development Sector; Deputy Project Leader, India Continuous Annealing and Processing Line Project, Global Business Development Sector
• Cooperating with Head of Unit, Flat Products Unit on Support for Overseas Business in Flat Products Technology | |||
Yoichi FURUTA | • Rendering Assistance to Executive Vice President K. Miyamoto on Global Business Development in Southeast Asia and India
• Cooperating with Managing Executive Officer T.Nomura on Overseas Offices in Southeast Asia and India | |||
Hideo SUZUKI | • Environment
• Rendering Assistance to Executive Vice President S. Tanimoto on Energy, Recycling and Slag
• Rendering Assistance to Executive Vice President K. Miyamoto on Global Business Development | |||
Toru TAKEGOSHI | • Head of Unit, Railway, Automotive & Machinery Parts Unit
• Machinery & Materials Procurement | |||
Kazuhiro NAKASHIMA | • Vice Head of Unit, Pipe & Tube Unit; Deputy Project Leader, VSB Project, Global Business Development Sector |
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Naoki SATOH | • Head of Works, Kashima Works | |||
Yasushi AOKI | • Raw Materials | |||
Kazuhisa FUKUDA | • Head of Works, Hirohata Works | |||
Shuhei ONOYAMA | • Head of Works, Kimitsu Works | |||
Atsuki MATSUMURA | • Business Process Innovation; Planning & Coordination on Business Transformation & Standardization
• Cooperating with Managing Executive Officer T.Imai on Corporate Planning | |||
Kimitoshi YONEZAWA | • Head of Works, Muroran Works, Bar & Wire Rod Unit | |||
Shuji SOHMA | • Head of Works, Nagoya Works | |||
Hiroaki MATSUOKA | • Head of Office, Osaka Office | |||
Shozo FURUMOTO | • Legal
• Rendering Assistance to Executive Vice President A. Migita on Legal in General Administration and Internal Control & Audit | |||
Hidetake ISHIHARA | • Vice Head of Global Business Development
• Accounting & Finance
• Cooperating with Managing Executive Officer T.Imai on Corporate Planning | |||
Takashi HIROSE | • Head of Unit, Plate Unit; Vice Head of Unit, Flat Products Unit | |||
Tadashi IMAI | • Corporate Planning
• Rendering Assistance to Executive Vice President S. Tanimoto and A.Inoue on Corporate Planning concerning technology | |||
Yoshiaki SHIMADA | • Project Leader, Usiminas Project, Global Business Development Sector
• Rendering Assistance to Executive Vice President K.Miyamoto on Global Business Development in the Americas
• Cooperating with Managing Executive Officer T.Nomura on Overseas Offices in Americas | |||
Taisuke NOMURA | • Vice Head of Global Business Development
• Overseas Offices |
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Executive Officers | ||||
Hidenori KINUGASA | • Head of Works, Wakayama Works | |||
Junichi TANI | • Head of Works, Yawata Works | |||
Yuji KUBO | • Head of Division, Advanced Technology Research Laboratories, R & D Laboratories | |||
Takeshi HONDA | • Head of Center, Plant Engineering and Facility Management Center | |||
Nozomu TAKAHASHI | • Head of Office, Beijing Office
• Rendering Assistance to Executive Vice President K. Miyamoto on Global Business Development in China | |||
Kazuhiro KOSHIKAWA | • Head of Unit, Bar & Wire Rod Unit | |||
Toshinori ONISHI | • Head of Unit, Titanium Unit | |||
Kazuma YAMANAKA | • Head of Division, Machinery & Materials Procurement Division | |||
Ichiro SATOH | • Head of Division, Global Business Development Division, Global Business Development Sector; Project Leader, CSVC Project, Global Business Development Sector; Project Leader, Wuhan Tin Mill Project, Global Business Development Sector
• Rendering Assistance to Head of Unit, Flat Products Unit on CSVC Project and Wuhan Tin Mill Project concerning Flat Products | |||
Kazumasa SHINKAI | • Head of Division, General Administration Division
• Planning & Coordination on Business Transformation & Standardization | |||
Hirofumi FUNAKOSHI | • Head of Division, Corporate Planning Division
• Rendering Assistance to Managing Executive Officer A. Matsumura and Cooperating with Head of Division, General Administration Division on Business Transformation & Standardization | |||
Nobuhiro FUJITA | • Head of Laboratories, Steel Research Laboratories, R&D Laboratories |
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Hiroyuki MINATO | • Head of Division, Technical Administration & Planning Division
• Rendering Assistance to Managing Executive Officer A. Matsumura and Cooperating with Head of Division, General Administration Division on Business Transformation & Standardization | |||
Yoshio SATO | • Head of Unit, Construction Products Unit | |||
Shinji KIDO | • Head of Division, Bar & Wire Rod Technology Division, Bar & Wire Rod Unit | |||
Shinji MINOBE | • Vice Head of Unit, Railway, Automotive & Machinery Parts Unit | |||
Hiroshi TSUGA | • Group Companies Planning
• Cooperating with Head of Division, Human Resources Division on Human Resources | |||
Yuji NOMIYAMA | • Head of Works, Oita Works | |||
Kyoichi ARAKI | • Head of Division, Ironmaking Technology Division | |||
Takahiko IWAI | • Head of Division, Accounting & Finance Division
• Rendering Assistance to Managing Executive Officer A. Matsumura and Cooperating with Head of Division, General Administration Division on Business Transformation & Standardization
• Cooperating with Head of Division, General Administration Division on Public Relations | |||
Seita OUCHI | • Head of Division, Legal Division | |||
Eiji SOGOH | • Head of Division, Human Resources Division
• Rendering Assistance to Managing Director Y.Andoh on Safety | |||
Takeshi IMAI | • Head of Division, Flat Products Technology Division, Flat Products Unit
• Cooperating with Head of Division, Technical Administration & Planning Division on Hot Rolling Technology | |||
Akihiko KOJIMA | • Head of Division, R & D Planning Division, R & D Laboratories | |||
Hidenori OGAWA | • Head of Works, Amagasaki Works, Pipe & Tube Unit |
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Reference 2: Managing Executive Officer and Executive Officer to Retire on March 31, 2019 | ||
• Retiring Managing Executive Officer | ||
<Expected position after retirement> | ||
Yoshimi YAMADERA | Advisor, Nippon Steel Corporation Managing matters relating to Vallourec Soluções Tubulares do Brasil S.A. | |
• Retiring Executive Officer | ||
<Expected position after retirement> | ||
Hideki MURAKAMI | Fellow, Nippon Steel Corporation | |
Reference 3: Directors, Senior Audit & Supervisory Board Member and Executive Officers to Retire at the End of 95th Annual Shareholders Meeting Scheduled to be held in late June 2019 | ||
• Retiring Directors, Members of the Board | ||
<Expected position after retirement> | ||
Shoji MUNEOKA | Senior Advisor, Nippon Steel Corporation | |
Toshiharu SAKAE | Director, Member of the Board and Executive Vice President Nippon Steel Chemical & Material Co., Ltd. | |
• Retiring Senior Audit & Supervisory Board Member | ||
<Expected position after retirement> | ||
Yutaka TAKEUCHI | Director, Member of the Board and Executive Vice President Nippon Steel Trading Corporation | |
• Retiring Executive Officers | ||
<Expected position after retirement> | ||
Hirotsune SATOH | Director, Member of the Board and Executive Vice President TETSUGEN Corporation | |
Masato MATSUNO | Senior Audit & Supervisory Board Member Nippon Steel Corporation | |
Kazuhiro EGAWA | (*) | |
Toshihiko KUNISHI | Managing Executive Officer Nippon Steel Trading Corporation | |
Hiromitsu UENO | Representative Director and President SUGATEC Corporation | |
Takahiro NAGAYOSHI | Advisor, Nippon Steel Corporation | |
(*) Position after retirement will be announced as it is determined. |
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Reference 4: Executive Officers to Be Newly Appointed on April 1, 2019 | ||
<Current Position> | ||
Shinji MINOBE | Executive Counselor, Vice Head of Unit, Railway, Automotive & Machinery Parts Unit | |
Hiroshi TSUGA | Executive Counselor, Head of Division, Group Companies Planning Division | |
Yuji NOMIYAMA | Executive Counselor, Head of Division, Plant Safety Division | |
Kyoichi ARAKI | General Manager, Head of Division, Ironmaking Technology Division | |
Takahiko IWAI | General Manager, Corporate Planning Division | |
Seita OUCHI | General Manager, Head of Department, Domestic Affairs Department, Legal Division | |
Eiji SOGOH | General Manager, Head of Division, Flat Products Marketing Division, Flat Products Unit | |
Takeshi IMAI | General Manager, Head of Division, Sheet & Coil Division, Kimitsu Works | |
Akihiko KOJIMA | General Manager, Head of Laboratories, Plate & Shape Research Laboratories, Steel Research Laboratories, R & D Laboratories | |
Hidenori OGAWA | General Manager, Head of Division, Production Scheduling & Control Division, Amagasaki Works, Pipe & Tube Unit |
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