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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 2012

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)

 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

Form 20-F      X                 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):              

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7):              

Indicate by check mark whether by furnishing the information contained in this Form, the registrant is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

Yes                           No      X    

If “Yes” is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): 82-                    

 

 

 

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This report on Form 6-K contains the following:

 

1.	Press release dated April 24, 2012 regarding director candidates

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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.

 

						Hitachi, Ltd.
						(Registrant)
Date April 25, 2012				By		/s/    Toshiaki Kuzuoka
						Toshiaki Kuzuoka
						Senior Vice President and Executive Officer

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Hitachi Announces Director Candidates

Tokyo, April 24, 2012 — Hitachi, Ltd. (NYSE:HIT / TSE:6501) today announced director candidates in accordance with a decision taken at a meeting of Nominating Committee convened today, subject to approval at Hitachi’s Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders in June 2012.

Hitachi has worked actively over the years to strengthen its corporate governance. For instance, it adopted the Committees System under Japanese law in 2003, with the aim of creating a framework for quick business operation, by demarcating responsibilities for management oversight and those for the execution of business operations, while making management highly transparent. In selecting directorship candidates for this year, Hitachi has decided to increase the number of outside directors, including non-Japanese, to make outside directors the majority on the Board of Directors. Hitachi has made this move in order to better reflect various global viewpoints in management to drive further growth on a global basis, centered on the Social Innovation Business, as well as to further strengthen management oversight.

Specifically, Hitachi is proposing to increase the number of outside directors from four to seven, by nominating three people, including two non-Japanese, as outside director candidates. Furthermore, the number of directors appointed from within Hitachi will be reduced from eight to six, and the number of directors serving concurrently as executive officers will be reduced from two to one. With these changes in the Board composition, Hitachi aims to promote management with an enhanced global outlook and to ensure rigorous demarcation of management supervision and execution, thereby reinforcing a framework for even quicker business operation and improved management oversight.

 

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1.	Director Candidates <Proposed at Hitachi’s Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders in June 2012> [* New]

<Chairman of the Board>

Takashi Kawamura, currently Chairman of the Board

<Outside Director>

Yoshie Ota, currently Outside Director

Mitsuo Ohashi, currently Outside Director, Advisor of Showa Denko K.K.

Nobuo Katsumata, currently Outside Director, Chairman of the Board of Marubeni Corporation

* George Buckley, currently Executive Chairman of the Board of 3M Company (USA)

* Harufumi Mochizuki, currently Senior Adviser to the Board of Nippon Life Insurance Company

Tohru Motobayashi, currently Outside Director, Attorney at law

* Philip Yeo, currently Chairman of SPRING (Standards, Productivity and Innovation Board) Singapore

<Director>

* Michijiro Kikawa, currently Director of Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.

Stephen Gomersall, currently Director, Chairman of the Board of Hitachi Europe Ltd.

Hiroaki Nakanishi, currently Director, Representative Executive Officer and President

Takashi Hatchoji, currently Director, Chairman of the Board of Hitachi America, Ltd.

Takashi Miyoshi, currently Director

Note: Directors are listed in Japanese alphabetical order within each grouping.

 

2.	Resigning Directors

Isao Ono, currently Director, Chairman Emeritus of Hitachi Solutions, Ltd.

Tadamichi Sakiyama, currently Director

Masaharu Sumikawa, currently Director, Chairman of the Board of Hitachi Plant Technologies, Ltd.

 

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3.	Biography of New Director Candidates

George Buckley

 

Harufumi Mochizuki

 

 

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Philip Yeo

 

Michijiro Kikawa

 

 

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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 360,000 employees worldwide. Fiscal 2010 (ended March 31, 2011) consolidated revenues totaled 9,315 billion yen ($112.2 billion). Hitachi will focus more than ever on the Social Innovation Business, which includes information and telecommunication systems, power systems, environmental, industrial and transportation systems, and social and urban systems, as well as the sophisticated materials and key devices that support them. For more information on Hitachi, please visit the company’s website at http://www.hitachi.com.

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