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FORM 6-K

 

 

U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

Report of Foreign Private Issuer

Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For the month of February 2019

Commission File Number: 333-228135

 

 

NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION

(Translation of registrant’s name into English)

 

 

6-1, Marunouchi 2-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 cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

Form 20-F  ☒             Form 40-F  ☐

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation 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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For Immediate Release

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
Date

   

Number of
Shares of the
Company
Owned

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
Date

   

Number of
Shares of the
Company
Owned

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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February 20, 2019

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

 

  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

 

               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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