UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR
15d-16 UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of May 2012.
Commission File Number: 001-31221
Total number of pages: 9
NTT DOCOMO, INC.
(Translation of registrant’s name into English)
Sanno Park Tower 11-1, Nagata-cho 2-chome
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-6150
Japan
(Address of principal executive offices)
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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.
| NTT DOCOMO, INC. | ||||||
| Date: May 11, 2012 |
By: |
/S/ OSAMU HIROKADO | ||||
| Osamu Hirokado Head of Investor Relations | ||||||
Information furnished in this form:
| 1. |
President and CEO: Ryuji Yamada
Tokyo Stock Exchange: 9437
London Stock Exchange: NDCM
New York Stock Exchange: DCM
May 11, 2012
NTT DOCOMO Announces New Management Team
TOKYO, JAPAN, May 11, 2012 — NTT DOCOMO, INC. announced today that its board of directors has met and proposed the following changes in executive positions for official approval at the shareholders and board of directors meetings scheduled on June 19, 2012.
1. Changes in Executives
1) Reasons for Change of Executives
To further grow and develop the company under the new management setup
2) New Representative Directors (candidates)
| Name |
New Position(s) |
Current Position(s) | ||
| Kaoru Kato | President and Chief Executive Officer
Member of the Board of Directors |
Executive Vice President
Member of the Board of Directors | ||
| Kazuto Tsubouchi | Senior Executive Vice President
Member of the Board of Directors |
Executive Vice President
Member of the Board of Directors | ||
| Fumio Iwasaki | Senior Executive Vice President
Member of the Board of Directors |
Executive Vice President
Member of the Board of Directors | ||
3) Resigning Representative Directors
| Name |
Current Position | |
| Ryuji Yamada | President and Chief Executive Officer | |
| Member of the Board of Directors | ||
| [expected to become NTT DOCOMO Corporate Advisor and Member of the Board of Directors] | ||
| Kiyoyuki Tsujimura | Senior Executive Vice President | |
| Member of the Board of Directors | ||
| [expected to join DOCOMO Engineering Inc. ] | ||
| Masatoshi Suzuki | Senior Executive Vice President | |
| Member of the Board of Directors | ||
| [expected to join MIRAIT Holdings Corporation and DAIMEI TELECOM ENGINEERING CORP. ] | ||
| Hiroshi Matsui | Senior Executive Vice President | |
| Member of the Board of Directors | ||
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2. Other Executive Changes
1) New Members of the Board of Directors (candidates)
| Name |
Current Position | |
| Seizo Onoe | Senior Vice President | |
| Managing Director of R&D Strategy Department | ||
| Kiyohito Nagata | Senior Vice President | |
| Managing Director of Strategic Marketing Department | ||
| Responsible for product business strategy | ||
| Hirotaka Sato | Senior Vice President | |
| Managing Director of Corporate Marketing Department I | ||
| Kazuhiro Takagi | Managing Director of Frontier Services Department | |
| Hiroo Kusumoto* | Senior Manager of Corporate Strategy Planning Department, NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION | |
| * | External board member candidate |
2) New Corporate Auditor (candidate)
| Name |
Current Position | |
| Takanori Utano | President and Chief Executive Officer, DOCOMO Technology, Inc. | |
3) New Senior Vice Presidents (candidates)
| Name |
Current Position | |
| Toshiki Nakayama | Director of Strategic Business Development Division, NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION | |
| Syohei Sakaguchi | General Manager of Saitama Branch | |
| Hajime Kii | Managing Director of Global Business Division | |
| Yohji Maruyama | Managing Director of Network Service Operation Department | |
| Minoru Etoh | Managing Director of Service & Solution Development Department | |
4) Resigning Members of the Board of Directors
| Name |
Current Position | |
| Kiyoyuki Tsujimura | Senior Executive Vice President | |
| Member of the Board of Directors | ||
| Masatoshi Suzuki | Senior Executive Vice President | |
| Member of the Board of Directors | ||
| Hiroshi Matsui | Senior Executive Vice President | |
| Member of the Board of Directors | ||
| Mitsunobu Komori | Executive Vice President | |
| Member of the Board of Directors | ||
| [expected to join DOCOMO Mobile Inc.] | ||
| Hiroshi Tsujigami | Member of the Board of Directors | |
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5) Resigning Corporate Auditor
| Name |
Current Position | |
| Shunichi Tamari | Corporate Auditor | |
| [expected to become Advisor] | ||
6) Resigning Senior Vice Presidents
| Name |
Current Position | |
| Yoshiyuki Takeda | Executive Vice President | |
| Yoshikiyo Sakai | Senior Vice President | |
| [expected to join NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION] | ||
| Hiroshi Sawada | Senior Vice President | |
| [expected to join DOCOMO Technology, Inc.] | ||
7) Executive Vice Presidents and Members of the Board of Directors (candidates)
| Name |
Current Position | |
| Tsutomu Shindou | Executive Vice President | |
| Member of the Board of Directors | ||
| Takashi Tanaka | Executive Vice President | |
| Member of the Board of Directors | ||
| Kazuhiro Yoshizawa | Senior Vice President | |
| Member of the Board of Directors | ||
| Seizo Onoe | Senior Vice President | |
8) Executive Vice Presidents (candidates)
| Name |
Current Position | |
| Katsuhiro Nakamura | Executive Vice President | |
| Kiyoshi Tokuhiro | Executive Vice President | |
| Masaki Yoshikawa | Senior Vice President | |
| Seiji Nishikawa | Senior Vice President | |
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3. Expected Executive Positions and Organizational Responsibilities as of June 19, 2012
| Positions |
Name |
Organizational Responsibilities | ||
| President and Chief Executive Officer
Member of the Board of Directors |
Kaoru Kato |
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| Senior Executive Vice President
Chief Financial Officer
Member of the Board of Directors |
Kazuto Tsubouchi |
Responsible for:
• Global business
• Corporate
• CSR | ||
| Senior Executive Vice President
Chief Privacy Officer
Member of the Board of Directors |
Fumio Iwasaki |
Responsible for:
• Multimedia services
• Network
• Technology | ||
| Executive Vice President
Member of the Board of Directors |
Tsutomu Shindou |
Managing Director of Corporate Marketing Division
Managing Director of Corporate Marketing Strategy Department
Managing Director of TOHOKU Reconstruction Support Office | ||
| Executive Vice President
Member of the Board of Directors |
Takashi Tanaka |
Responsible for:
• Consumer sales
• Branches in Kanto and Koshinetsu areas | ||
| Executive Vice President
Member of the Board of Directors |
Kazuhiro Yoshizawa |
Managing Director of Corporate Strategy & Planning Department
Responsible for:
• Mobile Society Research Institute | ||
| Executive Vice President
Chief Technical Officer
Member of the Board of Directors |
Seizo Onoe |
Managing Director of R&D Center | ||
| Senior Vice President
Member of the Board of Directors |
Wataru Kagawa |
Managing Director of General Affairs Department
Managing Director of Corporate Citizenship Department
Managing Director of Business Process Improvement Office | ||
| Senior Vice President
Member of the Board of Directors |
Kiyohito Nagata |
Managing Director of Strategic Marketing Department | ||
| Senior Vice President
Member of the Board of Directors |
Hirotaka Sato |
Managing Director of Accounts and Finance Department | ||
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| Position(s) |
Name |
Organizational Responsibilities | ||
| Senior Vice President
Member of the Board of Directors |
Kazuhiro Takagi |
Managing Director of Human Resources Management Department | ||
| Member of the Board of Directors | Ryuji Yamada |
Corporate Advisor | ||
| Member of the Board of Directors | Hiroo Kusumoto |
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| Executive Vice President | Katsuhiro Nakamura |
Managing Director of Tokai Regional Office | ||
| Executive Vice President | Kiyoshi Tokuhiro |
Managing Director of Kansai Regional Office | ||
| Executive Vice President | Masaki Yoshikawa |
Managing Director of Credit Card Business Division | ||
| Executive Vice President
Chief Information Officer |
Seiji Nishikawa |
Managing Director of Information Systems Department | ||
| Senior Vice President | Tomohiro Kurosawa |
Managing Director of Hokkaido Regional Office | ||
| Senior Vice President | Yuji Araki |
Managing Director of Tohoku Regional Office | ||
| Senior Vice President | Mitoshi Hirokane |
Managing Director of Hokuriku Regional Office | ||
| Senior Vice President | Kiyohiro Omatsuzawa |
Managing Director of Chugoku Regional Office | ||
| Senior Vice President | Shoji Suto |
Managing Director of Shikoku Regional Office | ||
| Senior Vice President | Toshinari Kunieda |
Managing Director of Kyushu Regional Office | ||
| Senior Vice President | Akiko Ide |
Managing Director of Information Security Department | ||
| Senior Vice President | Minoru Etoh |
Managing Director of R&D Strategy Department | ||
| Senior Vice President | Toshiki Nakayama |
Managing Director of Frontier Services Department | ||
| Senior Vice President | Hiroyasu Asami |
Managing Director of Smart Communication Services Department Responsible for:
• Multimedia | ||
| Senior Vice President | Kei Irie |
Managing Director of Network Department | ||
| Senior Vice President | Kazunori Yamamoto |
Managing Director of Sales Promotion Department | ||
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| Position |
Name |
Organizational Responsibilities | ||
| Senior Vice President | Yohji Maruyama |
Managing Director of Network Service Operation Department | ||
| Senior Vice President | Syohei Sakaguchi |
Managing Director of Front Support Center | ||
| Senior Vice President | Morikazu Takahashi |
Deputy Managing Director of Corporate Marketing Division | ||
| Senior Vice President | Koji Aoyama |
Managing Director of Corporate Marketing Department II | ||
| Senior Vice President | Yasuhiro Taguchi |
Managing Director of Corporate Marketing Department III | ||
| Senior Vice President | Hajime Kii |
Managing Director of Global Business Division | ||
| Position |
Name |
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| Corporate Auditor | Shuro Hoshizawa |
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| Corporate Auditor | Takanori Utano |
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| Corporate Auditor | Kyouichi Yoshizawa |
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| Corporate Auditor | Haruo Morosawa |
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| Corporate Auditor | Eiko Tsujiyama |
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For further information, please contact:
Investor Relations Department
Tel: +81-3-5156-1111
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Attachment
Career Summaries of New Representative Directors (candidates)
Kaoru Kato
| - Birth: | May 20, 1951 | |
| - Shares Owned: |
115 | |
| - Career |
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| April 1977 |
Entered NTT Public Corporation | |
| June 2007 |
Executive Vice President and Member and the Board of Directors, NTT DoCoMo Kansai, Inc. | |
| July 2007 |
Executive Vice President, Member of the Board of Directors and Managing Director of Corporate Strategy Planning Department of NTT DoCoMo Kansai, Inc. | |
| June 2008 |
Executive Vice President, Member of the Board of Directors and Managing Director of Corporate Strategy Planning Department of NTT DOCOMO, INC. | |
| April 2009 |
Executive Vice President, Member of the Board of Directors, Managing Director of Corporate Strategy Planning Department and Managing Director of Mobile Society Research Institute of NTT DOCOMO, INC. | |
| July 2009 |
Executive Vice President, Member of the Board of Directors and Managing Director of Corporate Strategy Planning Department of NTT DOCOMO, INC. | |
Kazuto Tsubouchi
| - Birth: |
May 2, 1952 | |
| - Shares Owned: |
145 | |
| - Career |
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| April 1976 |
Entered NTT Public Corporation | |
| December 2000 |
General Manager of Kanazawa Branch of NTT West | |
| June 2004 |
Member of the Board of Directors and Managing Director of Accounts and Finance Department of NTT DoCoMo Kansai, Inc. | |
| June 2006 |
Senior Vice President and Member of the Board of Directors and Managing Director of Accounts and Finance Department of NTT DOCOMO, INC. | |
| June 2008 |
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Member of the Board of Directors and Managing Director of Accounts and Finance Department of NTT DOCOMO, INC. | |
| July 2008 |
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Member of the Board of Directors, Managing Director of Accounts and Finance Department and Responsible for Business Alliance Department of NTT DOCOMO, INC. | |
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Fumio Iwasaki
| - Birth: |
February 28, 1953 | |
| - Shares Owned: |
124 | |
| - Career |
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| April 1977 |
Entered NTT Public Corporation | |
| June 2004 |
Member of the Board of Directors and Managing Director of Network Planning Department of NTT DOCOMO, INC. | |
| June 2005 |
Senior Vice President and Managing Director of Network Planning Department of NTT DOCOMO, INC. | |
| June 2007 |
Senior Executive Vice President, Member of the Board of Directors and Managing Director of Corporate Marketing Division of NTT DoCoMo Kyushu, Inc. | |
| July 2008 |
Senior Vice President and Managing Director of Kyushu Regional Office of NTT DOCOMO, INC. | |
| June 2010 |
Executive Vice President, Member of the Board of Directors and Responsible for Network of NTT DOCOMO, INC. | |
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