Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd. TSE:6305

Hitachi Construction Machinery : Changes in the Members of the Board of Directors(234 KB)

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Source: MarketScreener

April 24, 2026

Corporate name Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.

(Code: 6305, Prime Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange) Name of representative Masafumi Senzaki

President and Executive Officer, COO

Changes in the Members of the Board of Directors

Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd. announce that, based on the resolution of the nominating committee held on April 24, 2026, the nominate candidates for director to be submitted to the 62nd Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders scheduled for June this year have been decided as follows.

Title

Name

Current Title

Outside Director

Masaaki Ito

Outside Director

Outside Director

Toshiko Oka

Outside Director

Outside Director

Kazushige Okuhara

Outside Director

Outside Director

Kiyomi Kikuchi

Outside Director

Outside Director

Joseph P. Schmelzeis, Jr.

Outside Director

Outside Director

Hiroyuki Tsubai

Representative Director, Executive Vice President President, Machinery Company; Deputy COO,

ITOCHU Corporation

Director

Keiichiro Shiojima

Vice President and Executive Officer, Director, CFO

Director

Masafumi Senzaki

Representative Executive Officer,

President, Executive Officer and Director, COO

Director

Kotaro Hirano

Representative Executive Officer,

President, Executive Officer and Director, CEO

  1. Candidates for Director

    *

    Note：1. "＊" describes new appointment.

  2. Masaaki Ito, Toshiko Oka, Kazushige Okuhara, Kiyomi Kikuchi, Joseph P. Schmelzeis, Jr., and Hiroyuki Tsubai satisfy the requirements for Outside Director candidates as defined by the Ordinance for Enforcement of the Companies Act.

  1. Resigning Directors (effective in June 2026)

    Name

    Current Title

    Takeshi Fujisawa

    Outside Director

    Hidemi Moue

    Outside Director

  2. Biography of New Director Candidates and Reasons for Appointment of Directors.

    Hiroyuki Tsubai

    1. Date of Birth March 28, 1960

    2. Business Experience

      April 1982 Joined ITOCHU Corporation April 2014 Executive Officer

      April 2016 Managing Executive Officer

      April 2019 President, Machinery Company (present) April 2022 Senior Managing Executive Officer

      June 2022 Representative Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer April 2023 Representative Director, Executive Vice President (present) April 2025 President, Machinery Company;

      Deputy COO (present)

    3. Reasons for Appointment of Directors

      He has extensive management experience across a wide range of business sectors at a general trading company, together with deep expertise in global operations and investments. The Company has nominated him as a candidate for Outside Director because it expects that he will draw on this extensive experience to provide advice and oversight on the Company's overall management, thereby contributing to the further enhancement of corporate governance and the sustainable increase of corporate value over the medium to long term.

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