March 29, 2002 |
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| Change of Board Members | ||||
| Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (“K” LINE) is pleased to announce that the following changes in the Board of Directors have been decided subject to approval at the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders and the following Board Meeting on June 27, 2002. | ||||
| 1. Newly Appointed Candidates for Directorship | ||||
| (name) | (new position) | (current position) | ||
| Shimizu Toshio | Director | General Manager of Containerships Business Group | ||
| Shigenori Ishii | Director | General Manager of Thermal Coal Group | ||
| Yoshiyuki Ohta | Director | General Manager of Bulk Carrier Planning & Co-ordination Group and Bulk Carrier Group | ||
| Hisashi Yasui | Director | General Manager of LNG Group | ||
| Toshinori Morita | Director | General Manager of Car Carrier Planning & Co-ordination Group and Car Carrier Group No. 2 | ||
| 2. Board Members to Resign | ||||
| (name) | (current position) | (planned post-retirement assignment) | ||
| Zenzaburo Wakabayashi | Executive Vice President | Special Executive Advisor and President of “K” Line Logistics Holding, Inc. | ||
| Seiji Nagasawa | Senior Managing Director | Special Executive Advisor | ||
| Goro Mera | Managing Director | Senior Managing Director of Hokkai Unyu Co., Ltd. | ||
| Eiichi Suzuki | Managing Director | Senior Managing Director of Naigai Unyu Co., Ltd. and Senior Managing Director of Shinto Transportation Co., Ltd. | ||
| Michio Oka | Managing Director | President of Kawaki Kosan Kaisha, Ltd. and President of “K” Line Accounting and Finance Co., Ltd. | ||
| Ken Fujita | Director | President of “K” Logistics Corporation | ||
| 3. Corporate Auditor to Resign | ||||
| (name) | (current position) | (planned post-retirement assignment) | ||
| Masayuki Nakayama | Auditor | President of Japan Express Transportation Co., Ltd. | ||
| 4. Directors Promoted | ||||
| (name) | (new position) | (current position) | ||
| Hiroyuki Maekawa | Senior Managing Director | Managing Director | ||
| Isao Akiba | Senior Managing Director | Managing Director | ||
| Nobuya Kamisaka | Managing Director | Director | ||
| Tetsuo Shiota | Managing Director | Director | ||
| Katsue Yoshida | Managing Director | Director | ||
| Satoru Kuboshima | Managing Director | Director | ||
| Yoichi Hasegawa | Managing Director | Director | ||
| Board of Directors and Corporate Auditors as of June 27, 2002 | ||||
| (New assignment subject to approval at the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders and the following Board Meeting on June 27, 2002.) | ||||
| (title) | (name) | (responsibilities) | ||
| Chairman | Isao Shintani* | |||
| President | Yasuhide Sakinaga* | |||
| Senior Managing Director | Takefumi Araki* | Bulk Carrier sector and Energy Transport sector | ||
| Senior Managing Director | Hiroyuki Maekawa* | Car Carrier sector | ||
| Senior Managing Director | Isao Akiba* | Container Transportation sector | ||
| Managing Director | Nagato Keisuke | Marine sector | ||
| Managing Director | Yoshio Iinuma | Overall Management of North American
Business and President & CEO of “K” Line America, Inc. |
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| Managing Director | Nobuya Kamisaka | Containerships Sales sector, Nagoya Branch and Osaka Branch | ||
| Managing Director | Tetsuo Shiota | Corporate Planning, Finance, Accounting and IR | ||
| Managing Director | Katsue Yoshida | Energy Transport sector | ||
| Managing Director | Satoru Kuboshima | Information System and Total Logistics business | ||
| Managing Director | Yoichi Hasegawa | General Affairs & Human Resources and Information & Public Relations | ||
| Director | Fumito Kawamata | CEO of “K” Line (Europe) Limited | ||
| Director | Norio Tsutsumi | Ship Planning and Environmental management | ||
| Director | Shigeru Soda | Coal & Iron Ore Carrier | ||
| Director | Toshio Shimizu | Containerships Business sector and Port Business | ||
| Director | Shigenori Ishii | Assistant to the Managing Director of Energy Transport and General Manager of Thermal Coal Group | ||
| Director | Yoshiyuki Ohta | Bulk Carrier, General Manager of Bulk Carrier Planning & Co-ordination Group and Bulk Carrier Group | ||
| Director | Hisashi Yasui | Assistant to the Managing Director of Energy Transport and General Manager of LNG Group | ||
| Director | Toshinori Morita | Car Carrier sector, General Manager of Car Carrier Planning Group and Car Carrier Group No. 2 | ||
| * Marked Directors represent the Company. | ||||