For Immediate Release
February 14, 2020
Company name: Nippon Steel Corporation
Name of representative: Eiji Hashimoto, 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, Board Members and Officers
Nippon Steel Corporation (the “Company”) has resolved and decided informally at the Meeting of the Boardof 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 Director)
Name
New Title
Current Title
Appointment
Number of
Date
Shares of theCompany(Date of birth)
Owned
Akihiko INOUE
Director, Member of theRepresentative Director,
April 1, 2020
76
Board
Executive Vice President
hundred(August 21, 1957)
and Head of R & D
sharesLaboratories(Note) The number of shares of the Company owned is as of January 31, 2020.
(2) Informal Decision(New Representative Director)
Name(Date of birth)

New Title

Title (as of April 1,2020)

Appointment
Date

Number of
Shares of theCompany
Owned
30
hundredsharesRepresentative Director,
Executive Vice President
Late
Executive Vice President
and Head of R & D
June,2020and Head of R & D
Laboratories(December 20, 1961)
Laboratories(Note1) The change will be officially resolved at the meeting of the board of directors to be held immediately
after the 96th General Meeting of Shareholders scheduled for late June 2020
(Note2) The number of shares of the Company owned is as of January 31, 2020
(Note3) The current title is as follow.
Name
Current Title
Shuhei ONOYAMA Managing Executive Officer and Head of Works, Kimitsu Works

Shuhei ONOYAMA

3. Brief Career Summaries of New Representative Director
Name
Brief Career Summary
April
1984
JoinedNipponSteel Corporation
Shuhei ONOYAMA
April 2013
General Manager and Vice Head of Works, Oita Works of theCompany
April 2015
Executive Officer and Head of Division, Technical Administration& Planning Division of the Company

April 2018

Managing Executive Officer and Head of Works, Kimitsu Works of
the Company

In addition, the Company announces the changes in Board Members and Officers as described below.

February 14, 2020
Nippon Steel Corporation

Notice of Changes in Board Members and Officers

Nippon Steel Corporation will make a transition from a Company with an Audit & Supervisory Board to a
Company with an Audit & Supervisory Committee subject to a proposal for requisite amendments to the
Articles of Incorporation being approved at the 96th General Meeting of Shareholders to be held in June
2020. This is to announce that, at the meeting of the Board of Directors held today, (i) the candidates formembers of the Board of Directors (excluding directors who are Audit & Supervisory Committee
Members) and (ii)the candidates for members of the Board of Directors who are Audit & Supervisory
Committee Members to be submitted to the 96th Annual Meeting of Shareholders scheduled to be held inlate June 2020 were decided. Also, (iii) (x) the appointment of members of the Board of Directors withtitles, (y) the appointment of Representative Directors, and (z) division of business responsibilities anddelegation of office for Executive Vice Presidents and Managing Directors that will be members of theBoard of Directors, each of which will be officially resolved at the meeting of the Board of Directors to beheld immediately after the Annual Meeting of Shareholders, were decided.
Furthermore, it was resolved to undertake the following matters effective as of April 1: (i) changes indivision of business responsibilities and delegation of office for Executive Vice Presidents and Directorsthat 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 anddelegation 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 (excluding directors who are Audit &Supervisory Committee Members) to be submitted to the 96th Annual Meeting of Shareholders(scheduled to be held in late June 2020)(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 themeeting of the Board of Directors to take place immediately after the 96th Annual Meeting of
Shareholders.)
Name

Title (planned)

Division of Business Responsibilities andDelegation of Office (planned)

Kosei SHINDO

Representative Director andChairman

Eiji HASHIMOTO

Representative Director andPresident

Shinji TANIMOTO

Representative Director andExecutive Vice President

Property; Safety; Plant Safety;• Intellectual・Technical Administration & Planning (includingStandardization); Quality Management; Plant
Engineering and Facility Management;
Ironmaking Technology; Steelmaking
Technology; Energy Technology; Slag, Cement& Resource Recycling
Project Leader, India Iron and Steel• Deputy
・
Project, Global Business Development Sector
with Executive Vice President A.
• Cooperating
・
Migita on Environment

Shinichi NAKAMURA

Representative Director andExecutive Vice President

Administration & Planning;• Marketing・Transportation & Logistics; Project
Development; Machinery & Materials
Procurement; Steel Products Units; Domestic
Office and Brancheswith Executive Vice President K.
• Cooperating・
Miyamoto on Overseas Offices(including
locally incorporated companies)

Katsuhiro MIYAMOTO

Representative Director andExecutive Vice President• Head・ of Global Business Development Sector;
Project Leader, India Iron and Steel Project,
Global Business Development Sector& Finance; Raw Materials;• Accounting・Overseas Offices(including locally incorporated
companies)

Akio MIGITA

Representative Director andExecutive Vice President

Planning; Group Companies• Corporate・Planning; General Administration; Legal;Internal Control & Audit; Digital Innovation;
Information & Communication Technology;
Human Resources; Environment; BusinessTransformation & Standardization* Shuhei ONOYAMA

Representative Director andExecutive Vice President• Head・ of R & D Laboratories2

* Tadashi IMAI

Noriko IKI

Managing Director,
Member of the Board• Corporate Planning; Technical Administration& Planning (including Standardization);
Ironmaking Technology; Steelmaking
Technology; Energy Technology• Rendering Assistance to Executive Vice
President S. Nakamura on Steel Products Units• Rendering Assistance to Executive Vice
President A. Migita on Digital Innovation• Rendering Assistance to Executive Vice
President S. Onoyama on Corporate Planning in
R&D• Cooperating with Managing Executive Officer
T. Hirose on Transportation & Logistics
Technology

Director, Member of the Board* Tetsuro TOMITA

Director, Member of the Board(Current Position：Chairman and Director, East Japan Railway Company)* Masato KITERA

Director, Member of the Board(Former Position：Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Extraordinary andPlenipotentiary of Japan to France)

Notes:・ Asterisks (*) indicate new candidates for the members of the Board of Directors.
・Ms. Noriko IKI, Messrs. Tetsuro TOMITA and Masato KITERA meet the requirements of an outside director
as set forth in Article 2, Item 15 of the Companies Act.

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II. Candidates for members of the Board of Directors who are Audit & Supervisory Committee
Members to be submitted to the 96th Annual Meeting of Shareholders (scheduled to be held inlate June 2020)

Name

Title (planned)

Masato MATSUNO

Director, Member of the Board who is an Audit & Supervisory Committee Member(Current Position：Senior Audit & Supervisory Board Member)* Shozo FURUMOTO

Director, Member of the Board who is an Audit & Supervisory Committee Member(Current Position：Managing Executive Officer (Legal))* Nobuhiro MIYOSHI

Director, Member of the Board who is an Audit & Supervisory Committee Member(Current Position：Representative Director and Vice-President & Executive
Officer, Nippon Steel Nisshin Co., Ltd.)

Hiroshi OBAYASHI

Director, Member of the Board who is an Audit & Supervisory Committee Member(Current Position：Audit & Supervisory Board Member)

Jiro MAKINO

Director, Member of the Board who is an Audit & Supervisory Committee Member(Current Position：Audit & Supervisory Board Member)

Seiichiro AZUMA

Director, Member of the Board who is an Audit & Supervisory Committee Member(Current Position：Audit & Supervisory Board Member)

Hiroshi YOSHIKAWA

Director, Member of the Board who is an Audit & Supervisory Committee Member(Current Position：Audit & Supervisory Board Member)

Notes:
・Asterisks (*) indicate the candidates who are not members of the Audit & Supervisory Board currently.
・Messrs. Hiroshi OBAYASHI, Jiro MAKINO, Seiichiro AZUMA and Hiroshi YOSHIKAWA meet therequirements of an outside director as set forth in Article 2, Item 15 of the Companies Act.

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III. Changes in the division of business responsibilities and delegation of office for Executive Vice
Presidents 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, 2020>
Representative Director and Chairman
Kosei SHINDO
Representative Director and President
Eiji HASHIMOTO
Representative Directors and Executive Vice PresidentsIntellectual Property; Safety; Plant Safety; Technical Administration &Shinji TANIMOTO
•
・

•
•

Shinichi NAKAMURA••

Katsuhiro MIYAMOTO••

Akio MIGITA•

Planning (including Standardization); Quality Management; Plant
Engineering and Facility Management; Ironmaking Technology; Steelmaking
Technology; Energy Technology; Slag, Cement & Resource Recycling
Deputy Project Leader, India Iron and Steel Project, Global Business
Development Sector
Cooperating with Executive Vice President A. Migita on Environment
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)
Head of Global Business Development Sector; Project Leader, India Iron andSteel Project, Global Business Development Sector
Accounting & Finance; Raw Materials; Overseas Offices (including locallyincorporated companies)
Corporate Planning; Group Companies Planning; General Administration;
Legal; Internal Control & Audit; Digital Innovation; Information &Communication Technology; Human Resources; Environment; BusinessTransformation & Standardization

Directors, Members of the Board
Advisor to the President
Akihiko INOUE•・Shin NISHIURA•

Advisor to the President

Atsushi IIJIMA•

Advisor to the President

Yutaka ANDO•

Advisor to the President5Mutsutake OTSUKA
Ichiro FUJISAKI
Noriko IKI
Notes:
Messrs. Mutsutake OTSUKA, Ichiro FUJISAKI, and Ms. Noriko IKI meet the requirements of an outside director
as set forth in Article 2, Item 15 of the Companies Act.

Executive Vice Presidents
Shuhei ONOYAMA
Naoki SATO•

Head of R & D Laboratories
・•

Head of Works, East Nippon Works
Persons in italics: newly appointed as Executive Vice PresidentManaging Executive Officers
Hideo SUZUKI•••

Environment
・Rendering Assistance to Executive Vice President S. Tanimoto on Energy,
Slag, Cement & Resource Recycling
Rendering Assistance to Executive Vice President K. Miyamoto on Global
Business Development

Takahiro MORI•

Head of Unit, Plate Unit; Head of Unit, Pipe & Tube Unit; Project Leader,
VSB Project, Global Business Development Sector

Kazuhiro NAKASHIMA•

Head of Works, Kansai Works

Kazuhisa FUKUDA•

Head of Works, Setouchi Works

Shuji SOHMA•

Head of Works, Nagoya Works

Hiroaki MATSUOKA•

Head of Office, Osaka Office

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, Flat Products Unit; Project Leader, Shanghai-Baoshan Coldrolled & Coated Sheet Products Project, Global Business Development Sector
Marketing Administration & Planning; Transportation & Logistics
Cooperating with Head of Division, General Administration Division andHead of Division, Digital Innovation Division on Business Transformation &Standardization••

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Tadashi IMAI

•
•
•
•
•

Corporate Planning; Technical Administration & Planning (includingStandardization); Ironmaking Technology; Steelmaking Technology; Energy
Technology
Rendering Assistance to Executive Vice President S. Nakamura on Steel
Products Units
Rendering Assistance to Executive Vice President A. Migita on Digital
Innovation
Rendering Assistance to Executive Vice President S. Onoyama on Corporate
Planning in R & D
Cooperating with Managing Executive Officer T. Hirose on Transportation &Logistics Technology

Junichi TANI•Head of Works, Kyushu Works

Takeshi HONDA•Intellectual Property; Safety; Plant Safety; Quality Management; Slag,
Cement & Resource Recycling
Persons in italics: newly appointed as Managing Executive Officer

Executive Officers
Hiroyuki UCHIDA•

Advisor to the President
・

Yoichi FURUTA•

Advisor to the President

Toru TAKEGOSHI•

Advisor to the President

Kimitoshi YONEZAWA•

Advisor to the President

Shozo FURUMOTO•

Advisor to the President

Yoshiaki SHIMADA•

Advisor to the President

Taisuke NOMURA•

Advisor to the President

Hidenori KINUGASA•

Vice Head of Unit, Pipe & Tube Unit; Deputy Project Leader, VSB Project,
Global Business Development Sector

Yuji KUBO•

Head of Laboratories, Advanced Technology Research Laboratories, R & D
Laboratories

Nozomu TAKAHASHI••Head of Office, Beijing OfficeRendering Assistance to Executive Vice President K. Miyamoto on Global
Business Development in China

Kazuhiro KOSHIKAWA•

Head of Unit, Bar & Wire Rod Unit; Head of Unit, Titanium Unit

Toshinori OHNISHI•

Advisor to the President

Kazuma YAMANAKA•

Raw Materials; Machinery & Materials Procurement

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Ichiro SATO

•

•
•
•

Vice Head of Global Business Development; 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;
Deputy Project Leader, India Iron and Steel Project, Global Business
Development Sector
Overseas Offices (including locally incorporated companies)
Global Business Development in India
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
Cooperating with Head of Division, Digital Innovation Division on BusinessTransformation & Standardization

Hirofumi FUNAKOSHI••

Head of Division, Corporate Planning Division
Cooperating with Head of Division, General Administration Division andHead of Division, Digital Innovation Division on Business Transformation &Standardization

Nobuhiro FUJITA•Head of Laboratories, Steel Research Laboratories, R & D Laboratories

Hiroyuki MINATO•

Head of Works, Muroran Works

Yoshio SATO•

Head of Unit, Construction Products Unit

Shinji KIDO•

Head of Division, Bar & Wire Rod Technology Division, Bar & Wire Rod
Unit

Shinji MINOBE•

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•

Vice Head of Works, Kyushu Works (Representative of Oita Area)

Kyoichi ARAKI•

Head of Division, Ironmaking Technology Division

Takahiko IWAI••

Head of Division, Accounting & Finance Division
Cooperating with Head of Division, General Administration Division andHead of Division, Digital Innovation Division on Business Transformation &Standardization
Cooperating with Head of Division, General Administration Division on
Public Relations•

Seita OUCHI

•
•

Legal
Rendering Assistance to Managing Executive Officer T. Honda on Legal inIntellectual Property

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Eiji SOGOH••

Head of Division, Human Resources Division
Rendering Assistance to Managing Executive Officer T. Honda on Safety

Takeshi IMAI•

Head of Division, Flat Products Technology Division, Flat Products Unit;
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 Division, Technical Administration & Planning
Division on Hot Rolling Technology•

Akihiko KOJIMA•Head of Division, R & D Planning Division, R & D Laboratories

Hidenori OGAWA•

Vice Head of Works, Kansai Works (Representative of Amagasaki Area)

Masashi KISHIMOTO•

Vice Head of Works, East Nippon Works (Representative of Kashima Area)

Noriyuki HIRAMITSU•

Head of Center, Plant Engineering and Facility Management Center

Eiji ORIHASHI••Head of Division, Technical Administration & Planning Division
Cooperating with Head of Division, General Administration Division andHead of Division, Digital Innovation Division on Business Transformation &Standardization

Satoru ENDO•

Vice Head of Unit, Flat Products Unit; Head of Division, Flat Products
Marketing Division; Project Leader, India Continuous Annealing &Processing Line Project, Global Business Development Sector

Akihiro NAKATA••Head of Division, Digital Innovation Division; Head of Division, Information& Communication Technology Division
Planning & Coordination on Business Transformation & Standardization

Tsuyoshi HARADA•

Head of Division, Legal DivisionNobuhiro MIYOSHI•

Advisor to the President

Toshiaki NAGANUMA••

Vice Head of Unit, Flat Products Unit
Cooperating with Executive Officer H. Tsuga on Group Companies Planning

Atsushi TSUCHIYA•

Rendering Assistance to Executive Vice President K. Miyamoto on Global
Business Development in Southeast Asia
Cooperating with Executive Officer I. Sato on Overseas Offices (including
locally incorporated companies) in Southeast Asia•

Yasutaka KAWAGUCHI••

Rendering Assistance to Managing Executive Officer T. Imai on Technical
Administration & Planning
Cooperating with Head of Division, Human Resources Division on Personnel
Planning & Collaborative Contractor Coordination in Human Resources
Persons in italics: newly appointed as Executive Officer

9Reference 1:
Expected Management Structure as of the date of the 96th Annual Meeting of Shareholders
Scheduled to be held in late June 2020 (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 PresidentsIntellectual Property; Safety; Plant Safety; Technical Administration &Shinji TANIMOTO
•
・

•
•

Shinichi NAKAMURA••

Katsuhiro MIYAMOTO••

Planning (including Standardization); Quality Management; Plant
Engineering and Facility Management; Ironmaking Technology; Steelmaking
Technology; Energy Technology; Slag, Cement & Resource Recycling
Deputy Project Leader, India Iron and Steel Project, Global Business
Development Sector
Cooperating with Executive Vice President A. Migita on Environment
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)
Head of Global Business Development Sector; Project Leader, India Iron andSteel Project, Global Business Development Sector
Accounting & Finance; Raw Materials; Overseas Offices (including locallyincorporated companies)

Akio MIGITA•

Corporate Planning; Group Companies Planning; General Administration;
Legal; Internal Control & Audit; Digital Innovation; Information &Communication Technology; Human Resources; Environment; BusinessTransformation & Standardization

Shuhei ONOYAMA•Head of R & D Laboratories

Managing Director, Member of the Board
Corporate Planning; Technical Administration & Planning (including
Tadashi IMAI
•
・
•
•
•
•

Standardization); Ironmaking Technology; Steelmaking Technology; Energy
Technology
Rendering Assistance to Executive Vice President S. Nakamura on Steel
Products Units
Rendering Assistance to Executive Vice President A. Migita on Digital
Innovation
Rendering Assistance to Executive Vice President S. Onoyama on Corporate
Planning in R & D
Cooperating with Managing Executive Officer T. Hirose on Transportation &Logistics Technology

10Directors, Members of the Board
Noriko IKI
Tetsuro TOMITA
Masato KITERA
Note:
Ms. Noriko IKI, Messrs. Tetsuro TOMITA and Masato KITERA meet the requirements of an outside director
as set forth in Article 2, Item 15 of the Companies Act.

Directors, Members of the Board who are Audit & Supervisory Committee Members(Senior Audit & Supervisory Committee Members)
Masato MATSUNO
Shozo FURUMOTO
Nobuhiro MIYOSHI
Directors, Members of the Board who are Audit & Supervisory Committee Members(Audit & Supervisory Committee Members)
Hiroshi OBAYASHIJiro MAKINO
Seiichiro AZUMAHiroshi YOSHIKAWA
Note:
Messrs. Hiroshi OBAYASHI, Jiro MAKINO, Seiichiro AZUMA and Hiroshi YOSHIKAWA meet therequirements of an outside director as set forth in Article 2, Item 15 of the Companies Act.

Executive Vice President
Naoki SATO•Managing Executive Officers
Hideo SUZUKI•••

Takahiro MORI•

Head of Works, East Nippon Works

Environment
・Rendering Assistance to Executive Vice President S. Tanimoto on Energy,
Slag, Cement & Resource Recycling
Rendering Assistance to Executive Vice President K. Miyamoto on Global
Business Development
Head of Unit, Plate Unit; Head of Unit, Pipe & Tube Unit; Project Leader,
VSB Project, Global Business Development Sector

11Kazuhiro NAKASHIMA•

Head of Works, Kansai Works

Kazuhisa FUKUDA•

Head of Works, Setouchi Works

Shuji SOHMA•

Head of Works, Nagoya Works

Hiroaki MATSUOKA•

Head of Office, Osaka Office

Hidetake ISHIHARA•••

Vice Head of Global Business Development
Accounting & Finance
Cooperating with Managing Director T.Imai on Corporate Planning

Takashi HIROSE•••

Head of Unit, Flat Products Unit; Project Leader, Shanghai-Baoshan Coldrolled & Coated Sheet Products Project, Global Business Development Sector
Marketing Administration & Planning; Transportation & Logistics
Cooperating with Head of Division, General Administration Division andHead of Division, Digital Innovation Division on Business Transformation &Standardization

Junichi TANI•Head of Works, Kyushu Works

Takeshi HONDA•Intellectual Property; Safety; Plant Safety; Quality Management; Slag,
Cement & Resource Recycling

Executive Officers
Yoshiaki SHIMADA•

Advisor to the President

Hidenori KINUGASA•

Vice Head of Unit, Pipe & Tube Unit; Deputy Project Leader, VSB Project,
Global Business Development Sector

Yuji KUBO•

Head of Laboratories, Advanced Technology Research Laboratories, R & D
Laboratories

Nozomu TAKAHASHI••Head of Office, Beijing OfficeRendering Assistance to Executive Vice President K. Miyamoto on Global
Business Development in China

Kazuhiro KOSHIKAWA•

Head of Unit, Bar & Wire Rod Unit; Head of Unit, Titanium Unit

Kazuma YAMANAKA•

Raw Materials; Machinery & Materials Procurement

Ichiro SATO•

Vice Head of Global Business Development; 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; Deputy Project Leader, India Iron and Steel Project, Global Business
Development Sector
Overseas Offices (including locally incorporated companies)
Global Business Development in India
Rendering Assistance to Head of Unit, Flat Products Unit on CSVC Project
and Wuhan Tin Mill Project concerning Flat Products

•
•
•

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Kazumasa SHINKAI•••

Head of Division, General Administration Division
Planning & Coordination on Business Transformation & Standardization
Cooperating with Head of Division, Digital Innovation Division on BusinessTransformation & Standardization

Hirofumi FUNAKOSHI••

Head of Division, Corporate Planning Division
Cooperating with Head of Division, General Administration Division andHead of Division, Digital Innovation Division on Business Transformation &Standardization

Nobuhiro FUJITA•Head of Laboratories, Steel Research Laboratories, R & D Laboratories

Hiroyuki MINATO•

Head of Works, Muroran Works

Yoshio SATO•

Head of Unit, Construction Products Unit

Shinji KIDO•

Head of Division, Bar & Wire Rod Technology Division, Bar & Wire Rod
Unit

Shinji MINOBE•

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•

Vice Head of Works, Kyushu Works (Representative of Oita Area)

Kyoichi ARAKI•

Head of Division, Ironmaking Technology Division

Takahiko IWAI••

Head of Division, Accounting & Finance Division
Cooperating with Head of Division, General Administration Division andHead of Division, Digital Innovation Division on Business Transformation &Standardization
Cooperating with Head of Division, General Administration Division on
Public Relations•

Seita OUCHI

•
•

Legal
Rendering Assistance to Managing Executive Officer T. Honda on Legal inIntellectual Property

Eiji SOGOH••

Head of Division, Human Resources Division
Rendering Assistance to Managing Executive Officer T. Honda on Safety

Takeshi IMAI•

Head of Division, Flat Products Technology Division, Flat Products Unit;
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 Division, Technical Administration & Planning
Division on Hot Rolling Technology•

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Akihiko KOJIMA•Head of Division, R&D Planning Division, R&D Laboratories

Hidenori OGAWA•

Vice Head of Works, Kansai Works (Representative of Amagasaki Area)

Masashi KISHIMOTO•

Vice Head of Works, East Nippon Works (Representative of Kashima Area)

Noriyuki HIRAMITSU•

Head of Center, Plant Engineering and Facility Management Center

Eiji ORIHASHI••Head of Division, Technical Administration & Planning Division
Cooperating with Head of Division, General Administration Division andHead of Division, Digital Innovation Division on Business Transformation &Standardization

Satoru ENDO•

Vice Head of Unit, Flat Products Unit; Head of Division, Flat Products
Marketing Division; Project Leader, India Continuous Annealing &Processing Line Project, Global Business Development Sector

Akihiro NAKATA••Head of Division, Digital Innovation Division; Head of Division, Information& Communication Technology Division
Planning & Coordination on Business Transformation & Standardization

Tsuyoshi HARADA•

Head of Division, Legal Division

Toshiaki NAGANUMA••

Vice Head of Unit, Flat Products Unit
Cooperating with Executive Officer H. Tsuga on Group Companies Planning

Atsushi TSUCHIYA•

Rendering Assistance to Executive Vice President K. Miyamoto on Global
Business Development in Southeast Asia
Cooperating with Executive Officer I. Sato on Overseas Offices (including
locally incorporated companies) in Southeast Asia•

Yasutaka KAWAGUCHI ••Rendering Assistance to Managing Director T. Imai on Technical
Administration & Planning
Cooperating with Head of Division, Human Resources Division on Personnel
Planning & Collaborative Contractor Coordination in Human Resources

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Reference 2:
Managing Executive Officer to Retire on March 31, 2020
Retiring Managing Executive Officers<Expected position after retirement>
Atsuki MATSUMURAManaging Executive Officer, NS Solutions Corporation

Reference 3:
Directors, Senior Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Audit & Supervisory Board Member andExecutive Officers to retire at the end of 96th Annual Shareholders Meeting scheduled to be held inlate June 2020
Retiring Directors, Members of the Board<Expected position after retirement>
Akihiko INOUE

Representative Director and Executive Vice-President,
Nippon Steel Stainless Steel Corporation

Shin NISHIURAManaging Director, Member of the Board, Nippon Steel Texeng. Co.,Ltd

Atsushi IIJIMA

President and Representative Director,
Nippon Steel Coated Sheet Corporation

Yutaka ANDO

Representative Director and Executive Vice President,
Nippon Steel Logistics Co., Ltd

Mutsutake OTSUKA

Executive Advisor to the Board,
East Japan Railway Company (Current Position)

Ichiro FUJISAKI

President, The America-Japan Society Inc. (Current Position)

Retiring Senior Audit & Supervisory Board Member<Expected position after retirement>
Atsuhiko YOSHIE

Executive Advisor, Nippon Steel Corporation

Retiring Audit & Supervisory Board Member<Expected position after retirement>
Masato TSURIBE

Director, Member of the Board and Managing Executive Officer,
Nippon Steel Engineering Co., Ltd.

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Retiring Executive Officers<Expected position after retirement>
Hiroyuki UCHIDA(＊)

Yoichi FURUTA

Executive Advisor, Nippon Steel Corporation

Toru TAKEGOSHI

Executive Advisor, Nippon Steel Corporation

Kimitoshi YONEZAWA

Representative Director and President, Nippon Steel SG Wire Co., Ltd.

Shozo FURUMOTO

Director, Member of the Board who is an Audit & Supervisory Committee
Member, Nippon Steel Corporation

Taisuke NOMURA(＊)

Toshinori OHNISHI(＊)

Nobuhiro MIYOSHI

Director, Member of the Board who is an Audit & Supervisory Committee
Member, Nippon Steel Corporation(＊) Position after retirement will be announced as it is determined.

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Reference 4:Managing Executive Officers to be Newly Appointed on April 1, 2020

Takahiro MORI

Reference 5:
Executive Officers to be Newly Appointed on April 1, 2020
< Current Position>
Masashi KISHIMOTO•

General Manager, Head of Division, Sheet & Coil Division, Hirohata Works

Noriyuki HIRAMITSU•

General Manager, Vice Head of Works, Nagoya Works

Eiji ORIHASHI•

General Manager, Head of Division, Production & Technical Control
Division, Kashima Works

Satoru ENDO•

General Manager, Head of Division, Flat Products Marketing Division, Flat
Products Unit

Akihiro NAKATA•

General Manager, Head of Division, Business Process Innovation Division

Tsuyoshi HARADA•

General Manager, Head of Department, International Affairs Department,
Legal DivisionNobuhiro MIYOSHI•

Representative Director, Vice-President & Executive Officer,
Nippon Steel Nisshin Co., Ltd.
(Overseas Business; Corporate Planning; General Administration; Finance)

Toshiaki NAGANUMA•

Director, Managing Executive Officer, Nippon Steel Nisshin Co., Ltd.
(General Manager, Corporate Planning Department; General Manager ofCorporate Group Products Development Division)

Atsushi TSUCHIYA•Managing Executive Officer, Nippon Steel Nisshin Co., Ltd.
(Overseas Business; Electric Appliance Materials Sales; Special Steel Sales)

Yasutaka KAWAGUCHI •Managing Executive Officer, Nippon Steel Nisshin Co., Ltd.
(Outsourcing Administration; General Manager, Technology Administration
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