SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 6 - K
Report of Foreign Private Issuer
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the month of March 2011
Commission File Number: 1-07294
KUBOTA CORPORATION
(Translation of registrant’s name into English)
2-47, Shikitsuhigashi 1-chome, Naniwa-ku, Osaka, Japan
(Address of principal executive offices)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F :
Form 20-F X Form 40-F
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Information furnished on this form:
EXHIBITS
Exhibit Number
| 1. | Notice of Changes of Management (Thursday, March 24, 2011) |
To whom it may concern
Kubota Corporation
2-47, Shikitsu-higashi 1-chome,
Naniwa-ku, Osaka 556-8601, Japan
Contact: IR Group
Finance & Accounting Department
Phone: +81-6-6648-2645
Notice of Changes of Management
Please be advised that the Board of Directors of Kubota Corporation (“the Company”) resolved at the Board of Directors’ Meeting held on March 24, 2011 to propose the following persons as candidates for new members of the Board of Directors and the Board of Corporate Auditors at the 121st ordinary general meeting of shareholders to be held in June 2011.
1) Candidates for new members of the Board of Directors
| Name |
Current responsibility | |
| Takeshi Torigoe | Managing Executive Officer of the Company (To be Senior Managing Executive Officer as of April 1, 2011) | |
| Masayoshi Kitaoka | Managing Executive Officer of the Company | |
| Toshihiro Kubo | Executive Officer of the Company (To be Managing Executive Officer as of April 1, 2011) | |
| Junichi Sato* | Senior Executive Officer of Daikin Industries, Ltd. | |
| * | Mr. Junichi Sato is a candidate for outside director. |
< Date of assuming office (scheduled): June 2011 >
2) Candidate for a new member of the Board of Corporate Auditors
| Name |
Current responsibility | |
| Hirokazu Nara | Representative Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer of the Company (To be Director as of April 1, 2011) | |
< Date of assuming office (scheduled): June 2011 >
3) Retirement of directors (Expiration of the term of office)
| Name |
New responsibility after retirement | |
| Daisuke Hatakake | Executive Adviser of the Company | |
| Moriya Hayashi | Adviser of the Company | |
| Hirokazu Nara | Corporate Auditor of the Company | |
| Kan Trakulhoon | Honorable Associate of the Company | |
< Date of retirement (scheduled): June 2011 >
< Cautionary Statements with Respect to Forward-Looking Statements >
This document may contain forward-looking statements that are based on management’s expectations, estimates, projections and assumptions. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve certain risks and uncertainties, which are difficult to predict. Therefore, actual future results may differ materially from what is forecast in forward-looking statements due to a variety of factors, including, without limitation: general economic conditions in the Company’s markets, particularly government agricultural policies, levels of capital expenditures, both in public and private sectors, foreign currency exchange rates, continued competitive pricing pressures in the marketplace, as well as the Company’s ability to continue to gain acceptance of its products.
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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.
| KUBOTA CORPORATION | ||||||
| Date: March 24, 2011 | By: | /s/ Yoshiyuki Fujita | ||||
| Name: | Yoshiyuki Fujita | |||||
| Title: | General Manager of Global Management Promotion Department | |||||