Form 6-K
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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 2013.

Commission File Number: 001-31221

Total number of pages: 8

 

 

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)

 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

Form 20-F  x                        Form 40-F  ¨

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): ¨

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7): ¨

 

 

 

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 10, 2013     By:  

/S/ MUTSUO YAMAMOTO

     

Mutsuo Yamamoto

Head of Investor Relations

Information furnished in this form:

 

1. NTT DOCOMO Announces New Management Team

 

2 Notice Concerning Change of the Company’s Name and Partial Amendments to the Articles of Incorporation


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NTT DOCOMO, INC.

President and CEO: Kaoru Kato

Tokyo Stock Exchange: 9437

London Stock Exchange: NDCM

New York Stock Exchange: DCM

May 10, 2013

NTT DOCOMO Announces New Management Team

TOKYO, JAPAN, May 10, 2013 — 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 18, 2013.

 

1. New Members of the Board of Directors (candidates)

 

(Name)

   (Current Position)

Kiyoshi Tokuhiro

   Executive Vice President
   Managing Director of Kansai Regional Office

Teruyasu Murakami*/**/***

   Director, Research Institute for Industrial Strategy

Takashi Nakamura*

   General Manager of Finance and Accounting
Department, NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND
TELEPHONE CORPORATION

 

* External board member candidates
** The company intends to file with the Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. (TSE) the notification of Mr. Teruyasu Murakami as an independent director as defined by TSE regulations.
*** Mr. Teruyasu Murakami is currently a member of the seventh Advisory Board of NTT DOCOMO, INC., but is expected to resign from the position at the close of the shareholders meeting to be held on June 18, 2013.

 

2. New Audit & Supervisory Board Members (candidates)

 

(Name)

   (Current Position)

Kenji Ota

   Audit & Supervisory Board Member, DOCOMO Business Net Inc.

Naoto Shiotsuka*

   President and Chief Executive Officer, NTT DATA
MANAGEMENT SERVICE Corporation

 

* External audit & supervisory board member candidate

 

3. New Senior Vice Presidents (candidates)

 

(Name)

   (Current Position)

Ichiro Nishino

   General Manager, Gunma Branch

Kouji Furukawa

   Managing Director of Corporate Marketing Department I

Kyoji Murakami

   Senior Director of Frontier Services Department
   (Senior Executive Vice President, docomo Healthcare, Inc.)

 

 

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4. Resigning Members of the Board of Directors

 

(Name)

   (Current Position)

Kiyohito Nagata

   Senior Vice President
   Member of the Board of Directors
   [expected to become Executive Vice President,
   Managing Director of Kansai Regional Office]

Hiroo Kusumoto

   Member of the Board of Directors

 

5. Resigning Audit & Supervisory Board Members

 

(Name)

   (Current Position)

Shuro Hoshizawa

   Audit & Supervisory Board Member
   [expected to become Advisor]

Kyouichi Yoshizawa

   Audit & Supervisory Board Member

 

6. Resigning Senior Vice Presidents

 

(Name)

   (Current Position)

Katsuhiro Nakamura

   Executive Vice President
   [expected to join NTT LEARNING SYSTEMS CORPORATION]

Masaki Yoshikawa

   Executive Vice President
  

[expected to join Sumitomo Mitsui Card Company, Limited]

Toshinari Kunieda

   Senior Vice President
   [expected to join DOCOMO Engineering Inc.]

Yasuhiro Taguchi

   Senior Vice President
   [expected to join DOCOMO Service Kansai Inc.]

 

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7. Expected Executive Positions and Organizational Responsibilities as of June 18, 2013

 

Positions

  

Name

  

Organizational Responsibilities

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

Member of the Board of Directors

  

Kaoru

Kato

  

Senior Executive Vice President

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

Member of the Board of Directors

  

Kazuto

Tsubouchi

  

Responsible for:

 

– Global business

– Corporate

Senior Executive Vice President

 

Chief Privacy Officer

 

Member of the Board of Directors

  

Fumio

Iwasaki

  

Responsible for:

 

– Multimedia

– Technology

Executive Vice President

 

Member of the Board of Directors

  

Tsutomu

Shindou

  

Managing Director of Corporate Marketing Division

Managing Director of Corporate Marketing Department II

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

Executive 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 Improvement Action Office

Responsible for:

 

– CSR

Executive Vice President

 

Member of the Board of Directors

  

Kiyoshi

Tokuhiro*

  

Managing Director of Network Department

Responsible for:

 

– Network

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

   Chief Strategic Adviser

Member of the Board of Directors

  

Teruyasu

Murakami*/**

  

Member of the Board of Directors

  

Takashi

Nakamura*

  

Executive Vice President

  

Kiyohito

Nagata*

   Managing Director of Kansai Regional Office

Executive Vice President

  

Hiroyasu

Asami

  

Responsible for:

 

– Multimedia services

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

  

Koji

Aoyama

   Managing Director of Tohoku Regional Office

Senior Vice President

  

Kei

Irie

   Managing Director of Tokai Regional Office

Senior Vice President

  

Ichiro

Nishino*

   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

  

Kazunori

Yamamoto

   Managing Director of Kyushu Regional Office

Senior Vice President

  

Akiko

Ide

  

President and Chief Executive Officer,

Radishbo-ya Co., Ltd.

Engages in:

 

– Commerce Business Promotion

Senior Vice President

  

Minoru

Etoh

   Managing Director of R&D Strategy Department

Senior Vice President

  

Yuji

Araki

   Managing Director of Strategic Marketing Department

Senior Vice President

  

Toshiki

Nakayama

   Managing Director of Frontier Services Department

Senior Vice President

  

Yohji

Maruyama

   Managing Director of Network Service Operation Department

 

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Position

  

Name

  

Organizational Responsibilities

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

  

Kouji

Furukawa*

   Managing Director of Corporate Marketing Department I

Senior Vice President

  

Hajime

Kii

   Managing Director of Global Business Division

Senior Vice President

  

Mitoshi

Hirokane

   Managing Director of Information Security Department

Senior Vice President

  

Kyoji

Murakami*

  

Senior Executive Vice President, docomo Healthcare, Inc.

Engages in:

 

– Medical / Healthcare Business Promotion

 

Position

  

Name

Audit & Supervisory Board Member

  

Takanori

Utano

Audit & Supervisory Board Member

  

Kenji

Ota*

Audit & Supervisory Board Member

  

Haruo

Morosawa**

Audit & Supervisory Board Member

  

Naoto

Shiotsuka*

Audit & Supervisory Board Member

  

Eiko

Tsujiyama**

 

* Newly appointed or promoted.
** Independent director / audit & supervisory board member

For further information, please contact

Investor Relations Department

NTT DOCOMO, INC.

Tel: +81-3-5156-1111

 

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NTT DOCOMO, INC.

President and CEO: Kaoru Kato

Tokyo Stock Exchange: 9437

London Stock Exchange: NDCM

New York Stock Exchange: DCM

May 10, 2013

Notice Concerning Change of the Company’s Name and

Partial Amendments to the Articles of Incorporation

NTT DOCOMO, INC (the “Company”) hereby announces that on Friday, May 10, 2013, the Board of Directors decided to submit a proposal on “Partial Amendments to the Articles of Incorporation,” which includes the change of the company’s Japanese name, to the 22nd Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders to be held on Tuesday, June 18, 2013.

1. Change of the Company’s Name

(1)Reason for the company name change

To unify the company name for “Kabushiki Kaisha NTT DOCOMO” which is currently used as a common name.

(2)The current and new company name (in Japanese only)

 

Current

   :    Kabushiki Kaisha N.T.T. DOCOMO

New

   :    Kabushiki Kaisha NTT DOCOMO

*Note

   :    The above is a translation of the current and new Japanese names into the Roman alphabet.
      There is no change in the company’s name in English (NTT DOCOMO, INC.).

(3)Effective date

Tuesday, October 1, 2013

2. Partial Amendments to the Articles of Incorporation

(1)Content and reason for the amendment

1)The Company shall make amendment to Article 1 (Company Name) in order to change the way the current company name is written in Japanese.

2)The Company shall make amendment to Article 2 (Purpose) in order to prepare for future developments in the business.

(2) Schedule (Planned)

1) General Meeting of Shareholders for amendments to the Articles of Incorporation:

Tuesday, June 18, 2013

2) Effective date of the amended Articles of Incorporation:

Article 1 : Tuesday, October 1, 2013

Article 2 : Tuesday, June 18, 2013


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Specifics concerning the content of the amendments are given in the attachment.

Attachment

(Changes are underlined)

 

Current Articles of Incorporation

  

Proposed Articles of Incorporation

Article 1 (Company Name)

 

The Company shall be named Kabushiki Kaisha N.T.T. DOCOMO, and shall be written in English as NTT DOCOMO, INC.

 

Article 2 (Purpose)

 

(Provisions omitted)

 

1 to 17 (Provisions omitted)

 

(Newly established)

 

18 Other General Commercial Pursuits

 

19 to 21 (Provisions omitted)

  

Article 1 (Company Name)*1

 

The Company shall be named Kabushiki Kaisha NTT DOCOMO, and shall be written in English as NTT DOCOMO, INC.

 

Article 2 (Purpose)*1

 

(Unchanged )

 

1 to 17 (Unchanged)

 

18 Travel Business

 

19 Other General Commercial Pursuits

20 to 22 (Unchanged)

 

   

For further information, please contact:

Investor Relations Department

NTT DOCOMO, INC.

Tel: +81-3-5156-1111