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Multiple director candidates, including one newly appointed external director, have been selected, and two external directors are scheduled to resign.","jir_summary":"### Regarding the Decision of Director Candidates\nHitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd. decided on director candidates to be proposed at the 62nd Annual General Meeting of Shareholders scheduled for June 2026 based on the resolution of the Nomination Committee held on April 24, 2026. The candidates include six incumbent external directors and Hiroyuki Miyakume, newly appointed as an external director (Executive Vice President and Representative Director of Itochu Corporation). Additionally, Keiichiro Shiojima, Managing Executive Officer and CFO; Masafumi Sakizaki, President, COO; and Kotaro Hirano, Chairman and CEO, were also selected as candidates.\n\n### Profiles and Appointment Reasons for Directors Scheduled to Resign and Newly Appointed Directors\nThe directors scheduled to resign are two external directors, Ken Fujisawa and Hidemitsu Bajyo. Hiroyuki Miyakume, the newly appointed external director, brings extensive management experience at a general trading company along with deep insight into overseas business operations and investments, and is expected to contribute to strengthening the management structure and enhancing medium- to long-term corporate value. Mr. Miyakume holds 0 shares.","jir_financial_highlights":"Number of Newly Appointed Directors: 1 (New Appointment)\nNumber of Directors Scheduled to Resign: 2 (Resignation)\nNumber of Shares Held by Director Candidates (New Appointments): 0 shares (Unknown)","jir_category":"","jir_hashtags":"#HitachiConstructionMachinery, #ExecutivePersonnel, #JapaneseStocks","jir_key_figures":"Number of Newly Appointed External Directors: 1 (Hiroyuki Miyakume)\nNumber of External Directors Scheduled to Resign: 2 (Ken Fujisawa, Hidemitsu Bajyo)\nNumber of Shares Held by Newly Appointed Directors: 0 shares","jir_meta_title":"[Hitachi Construction Machinery] Director Candidates Decided for June 2026 Annual General Meeting\uff5cExecutive Personnel Changes","jir_meta_description":"Hitachi Construction Machinery has decided director candidates to be proposed at the 62nd Annual General Meeting of Shareholders scheduled for June 2026. 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