0001157523-19-000694.txt : 20190328 0001157523-19-000694.hdr.sgml : 20190328 20190328065145 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001157523-19-000694 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 6-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20190328 FILED AS OF DATE: 20190328 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20190328 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: LINE Corp CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001611820 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-COMPUTER PROGRAMMING, DATA PROCESSING, ETC. [7370] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: M0 FISCAL YEAR END: 1214 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 6-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-37821 FILM NUMBER: 19709913 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: JR SHINJUKU MIRAINA TOWER, 23RD FLOOR STREET 2: 4-1-6 SHINJUKU CITY: SHINJUKU-KU, TOKYO STATE: M0 ZIP: 160-0022 BUSINESS PHONE: (81) 3-4316-2050 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: JR SHINJUKU MIRAINA TOWER, 23RD FLOOR STREET 2: 4-1-6 SHINJUKU CITY: SHINJUKU-KU, TOKYO STATE: M0 ZIP: 160-0022 6-K 1 a51961181.htm LINE CORPORATION 6-K

 
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 March 2019

Commission File Number: 001-37821

LINE Corporation
(Translation of registrant's name into English)


1-6 Shinjuku 4-chome
Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 150-8510, Japan
(Address of principal executive office)


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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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.
 
 
 
 
LINE Corporation
 
(Registrant)
 
 
March 28, 2019
By: /s/ In Joon Hwang
 
(Signature)
 
 
 
Name: In Joon Hwang
 
Title: Director and Chief Financial Officer
 




Notice Regarding Appointment of Co-CEO (Representative Director)

LINE Corporation (hereinafter the “Company”) announces that it passed a resolution during its board meeting held on March 28, 2019 to appoint a Co-CEO (representative director).

1. Appointment reason

Under LINE Group’s corporate mission "Closing the Distance" between people, information, services, and content, we are aiming to realize a world in which users are able to seamlessly fulfill all of their daily needs through LINE. "WOW" is the word we use to describe the core value necessary to achieve this corporate mission. WOW is an unprecedented user sensation or an experience that needs to be shared with friends. In order to attain mid to long-term growth and creation of social value, LINE Group will continue its relentless journey to achieve WOW.

With the intention to accelerate efforts toward achieving this mission, LINE Corporation's board of directors decided to appoint Jungho Shin as Chief WOW Officer during its board meeting on February 26, 2019. The decision was based on the conviction that having a Chief WOW Officer is crucial to promote innovation and providing innovative services—two indispensable factors for building WOW-inducing services and products. Since founding the mobile messenger application, LINE, Jungho Shin has been forming and commercializing business strategies, expanding LINE's overseas businesses, and driving company’s growth. Jungho Shin is expected to create more global paradigm shifts with new services, and vigorously promote LINE Group's competitiveness.

Furthermore, a resolution was made during today's board meeting to appoint Jungho Shin as Co-CEO (Representative Director) of the Company. Under the new organizational structure, the Company will have two CEOs. As Co-CEO, Shin will commit to bolstering the competitiveness of LINE's services and promoting innovation—assuming a clear responsibility towards creating groundbreaking services and the company's operations.

2. Name and title
Name
Former title
New title
Jungho Shin
Chief WOW Officer
Co-CEO and Chief WOW Officer

3. Executive profile
Name
Summary of achievements
Number of LINE Corporation’s
common shares owned
(Date of birth)
Jungho Shin
(February 25, 1972)
February 1996
Joined Research & Development Information Center
4,760,500 shares
July 1999
Joined OZ Technology Inc.
April 2002
Joined Neowiz Games Corporation
June 2005
Joined 1noon Co., Ltd. (now NAVER Corporation)
July 2008
Appointed General Manager of Corporate Planning Department of Naver Japan Corporation (now LINE Corporation)
January 2012
Appointed Director of NHN Japan (now LINE Corporation)
March 2013
Appointed Representative Director of LINE Plus Corporation (to present)
April 2014
Appointed Director and Chief Global Officer (CGO) of LINE Corporation
April 2018
Appointed Director and Chief Service Officer (CSO) of LINE Corporation
February 2019
Appointed Co-CEO and Chief WOW Officer (CWO) of LINE Corporation (to present)

4. Planned appointment date

April 1, 2019

This is an English translation of the original Japanese-language document. Should there be any inconsistency between the translation and the original Japanese text, the later shall prevail.