FORM 6-K
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 April 2009
Commission File Number 1-8320
Hitachi, Ltd.
(Translation of registrant’s name into English)
6-6, Marunouchi 1-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8280, Japan
(Address of principal executive offices)
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This report on Form 6-K contains the following:
| 1. | Press release dated April 24, 2009 regarding announcement on new director candidates |
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.
| Hitachi, Ltd. | ||||
| (Registrant) | ||||
| Date April 24, 2009 | By | /s/ Toshiaki Kuzuoka | ||
| Toshiaki Kuzuoka | ||||
| Vice President and Executive Officer | ||||
Hitachi Announces New Directors
Tokyo, April 24, 2009 — Hitachi, Ltd. (NYSE:HIT / TSE:6501) today announced new directors in accordance with a decision taken at a meeting of Nominating Committee convened today, and is subject to approval at Hitachi’s Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders in June 2009.
1. Director Candidates <Proposed at Hitachi’s Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders in June 2009> [* New]
< Board Director (Chair)>
Tadamichi Sakiyama, currently Director
<Director>
| * | Takashi Kawamura, currently Representative Executive Officer, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer |
Michiharu Nakamura, currently Director
| * | Takashi Miyoshi, currently Representative Executive Officer, Executive Vice President and Executive Officer |
<Outside Director>
Yoshie Ota, currently Outside Director, Advisor, Japan Institute of Workers’ Evolution
Mitsuo Ohashi, currently Outside Director, Chairman of the Board, Showa Denko K.K.
Akihiko Nomiyama, currently Outside Director, Special Advisor, NIPPON MINING HOLDINGS, INC.
Kenji Miyahara, currently Outside Director, Special Advisor, Sumitomo Corporation
Tohru Motobayashi, currently Outside Director, Lawyer, Partner, Ihara & Motobayashi
<Director>
Takeo Ueno, currently Director, Advisor, Hitachi Via Mechanics, Ltd.
Shungo Dazai, currently Director, Chairman of the Board, Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
Michihiro Honda, currently Director, Chairman of the Board, Hitachi Metals, Ltd.
Each committee is scheduled to be composed of the following members (Chairman underlined)
| • | Nominating Committee: |
Takashi Kawamura, Yoshie Ota, Mitsuo Ohashi, Tohru Motobayashi
| • | Audit Committee: |
Tadamichi Sakiyama, Yoshie Ota, Akihiko Nomiyama, Kenji Miyahara, Michiharu Nakamura
| • | Compensation Committee: |
Takashi Kawamura, Akihiko Nomiyama, Kenji Miyahara, Tohru Motobayashi
Hitachi had announced on March 16 the potential appointment of Takashi Kawamura to the position of Chairman of the Board. Due to the new appointment of Tadamichi Sakiyama as Board Director (Chair), the Company has decided not to have a Chairman of the Board in place.
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2. Resigning Directors
Etsuhiko Shoyama, currently Board Director (Chair)
| • | Scheduled to be appointed to Chairman Emeritus of Hitachi, Ltd., after the Company’s Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders in June 2009. |
Kazuo Furukawa, currently Director, Representative Executive Officer, Vice Chairman and Executive Officer
| • | Scheduled to resign Representative Executive Officer, Vice Chairman and Executive Officer and to be appointed to Senior Corporate Adviser of Hitachi, Ltd., after the Company’s Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders in June 2009. |
Toyoaki Nakamura, currently Director, Representative Executive Officer, Senior Vice President and Executive Officer
| • | Scheduled to continue Representative Executive Officer, Senior Vice President and Executive Officer. |
3. Biography of New Director Candidates
Takashi Kawamura
| 1. Date of Birth | : | December 19, 1939 | ||||
| 2. Education | ||||||
| March, 1962 | : | Graduated from Electrical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Tokyo University | ||||
| 3. Business Experience | ||||||
| April, 2009 | : | Representative Executive Officer, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer | ||||
| June, 2007 | : | Chairman of the Board, Hitachi Maxell, Ltd. Chairman Emeritus, Hitachi Software Engineering Co., Ltd. Resigned Director of Hitachi, Ltd. | ||||
| June, 2006 | : | Chairman of the Board, Hitachi Software Engineering Co., Ltd. | ||||
| June, 2005 | : | Chairman of the Board, Hitachi Plant Engineering & Construction Co., Ltd. (currently Hitachi Plant Technologies, Ltd.) | ||||
| June, 2003 | : | Chairman of the Board and Representative Executive Officer, Hitachi Software Engineering Co., Ltd. | ||||
| April, 2003 | : | Director | ||||
| April, 1999 | : | Executive Vice President and Representative Director | ||||
| June, 1997 | : | Executive Managing Director and Group Executive of Power Group | ||||
| June, 1995 | : | Director and Group Executive of Electric Utility Sales Operations Group | ||||
| June, 1992 | : | General Manager of Hitachi Works | ||||
| November, 1987 | : | Division Manager of Thermal Power Engineering Division, Power Group | ||||
| April, 1962 | : | Joined Hitachi, Ltd. | ||||
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Takashi Miyoshi
| 1. Date of Birth | September 25, 1947 | |||
| 2. Education | ||||
| March, 1970 | Graduated from the Faculty of Economics, Kyoto University | |||
| 3. Business Experience | ||||
| April, 2009 | Representative Executive Officer, Executive Vice President and Executive Officer | |||
| June, 2008 | Director, Representative Executive Officer, President and Chief Executive Officer of Hitachi Systems & Services, Ltd. | |||
| April, 2008 | Executive Vice President and Executive Officer of Hitachi Systems & Services, Ltd. | |||
| June, 2007 | Chairman of the Board of Hitachi Global Storage Technologies, Inc. | |||
| April, 2007 | Director | |||
| April, 2006 | Representative Executive Officer, Executive Vice President and Executive Officer and Director, Chief Hitachi Group Headquarters | |||
| June, 2004 | Senior Vice President and Executive Officer and Director, General Manager of Finance | |||
| April, 2004 | Senior Vice President and Executive Officer, General Manager of Finance | |||
| June, 2003 | Executive Officer, General Manager of Finance | |||
| June, 2002 | General Manager of Finance Department I | |||
| June, 2001 | General Manager of Finance, Semiconductor & Integrated Circuits | |||
| January, 2000 | Deputy General Manager and Department Manager of Finance, Finance & Distribution Systems | |||
| December, 1995 | Department Manager of Accounting Control Department, Office Systems Division | |||
| April, 1970 | Joined Hitachi, Ltd. | |||
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About Hitachi, Ltd.
Hitachi, Ltd., (NYSE: HIT / TSE: 6501), headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, is a leading global electronics company with approximately 390,000 employees worldwide. Fiscal 2007 (ended March 31, 2008) consolidated revenues totaled 11,226 billion yen ($112.3 billion). The company offers a wide range of systems, products and services in market sectors including information systems, electronic devices, power and industrial systems, consumer products, materials, logistics and financial services. For more information on Hitachi, please visit the company’s website at http://www.hitachi.com.
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