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# Important Changes in Directors and Executive Officers
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March 4, 2025
Kobelco Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
Kobelco Construction Machinery Co., Ltd. (or KCM), headquartered in Tokyo, announces that it will be making personnel changes determined at today’s Board of Directors meeting as follows.
1. Appointment and retirement of executive officers, effective April 1
2. Changes, etc. of positions and responsibility areas of directors and executive officers, effective April 1
3. Retirement of consultants, effective March 31
4. Appointment of directors, which will be discussed at the ordinary general meeting of shareholders scheduled for the end of June
5. Changes of responsibility areas of executive officers, which will be determined at the above-mentioned ordinary general meeting of shareholders
6. Appointment of directors, effective April 1
The new structure of officers, effective April 1, as well as the responsibility areas of directors and executive officers, which are to become effective after the ordinary general meeting of shareholders scheduled for the end of June, is included here.
## 1. Appointment and retirement of executive officers (effective April 1, 2025)
### (1) Newly appointed executive officer
| Name | Current Position | New Position after Retirement (effective April 1) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Shigeki Ashikaga | Head of Corporate Planning & Administration Department | Executive Officer |
### (2) Retiring executive officers
| Name | Current Position | New Position after Retirement (effective April 1) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Hideki Kinugawa | Director, Executive Officer | Director |
| Yoichiro Yamazaki | Executive Officer Oversees Product Development Engineering Division and Business Development Department | Executive Officer at Kobe Steel, Ltd. |
## 2. Changes, etc. of positions and responsibility areas of directors and executive officers (effective April 1, 2025)
| Position (April 1) | Name | Current Responsibility Areas | New Responsibility Areas (effective April 1) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Director, Executive Officer | Seiji Hirata | Oversees Internal Control & Internal Audit Department, Legal Department, General Administration & Human Resource Department(excluding Safety Management, Environmental Protection & Disaster Prevention Group), Corporate Planning & Administration Department, Production Cost Planning Department, and Finance & Accounting Department | Oversees Internal Control Planning & Administration Department, Internal Audit Department, Legal Affairs Department, General Administration & Human Resource Department (excluding Safety Management, Environmental Protection & Disaster Prevention Group), Corporate Planning & Administration Department, Production Cost Planning Department, and Finance & Accounting Department |
| Executive Officer | Shigeki Ashikaga | ー | Head of Corporate Planning & Administration Department, oversees Global IT System Division |
| Executive Officer | Motoshi Nishioka | Overall management of crane business, and Head of Crane Sales & Marketing Division, Marketing Business Unit | Overall management of crane business, oversees Marketing Business Unit's domestic business, and Head of Crane Sales & Marketing Division, Marketing Business Unit |
| Executive Officer | Yoshio Nishida | Head of Production Division, Head of Procurement Department, and oversees Safety Management, Environmental Protection & Disaster Prevention | Head of After Sales Division, and oversees Production Division and Safety Management, Environmental Protection & Disaster Prevention |
## 3. Retirement of consultants
| Name | Current Responsibility Areas | |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Hideki Kinugawa | Consultant | Scheduled for March 31, 2025 |
| Yasuhiro Fukuda | Consultant | Scheduled for March 31, 2025 |
## 4. Personnel changes of directors (to be effective at the end of June 2025)
For a list of appointed directors and executive officers, please see the reference as below.
### Retiring director
| Name | Position (from April 1) | New Position after Retirement (to be effective at the end of June) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Hideki Kinugawa | Director | Consultant |
## 5. Changes of responsibility areas of executive officers (to be effective at the end of June 2025)
| Position (End of June) | Name | Responsibility Areas (from April 1) | New Responsibility Areas (to be effective at the end of June) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Executive Officer | Yoshio Nishida | Head of After Sales Division, and oversees Production Division and Safety Management, Environmental Protection & Disaster Prevention | Oversees After Sales Division, Production Division, and Safety Management, Environmental Protection & Disaster Prevention |
## 6. Appointment of Senior General Manager (effective April 1, 2025)
### New Senior General Manager
| Name | Current Position | New Position (effective April 1) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Takemichi Hirakawa | Managing Director & CEO at Kobelco Construction Equipment India Pvt. Ltd. | (Same as left) |
| Koji Yamashita | Head of Product Development Engineering Division | Head of Product Development Engineering Division and an assistant to officer in charge of Business Development Department |
##### Reference
- [New Structure of Officers, Effective April 1, 2025](https://demo.lambell.co.jp/hubfs/blog/news_global/20250304/document_01.pdf)
- [New Structure of Officers, to be Effective at the End of June 2025](https://demo.lambell.co.jp/hubfs/blog/news_global/20250304/document_02.pdf)
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