FORM 6-K
U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Report of Foreign Private Issuer
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Commission File Number: 333-148157
For the Month of March, 2008
Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Company, Limited
(Translation of registrant’s name into English)
27-2, Shinkawa 2-chome,
Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-8252, Japan
(Address of principal executive offices)
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1. [Translation in English]
News Release
Listing of ‘Mitsui Suimitomo Insurance Group Holdings, Inc.’ Approved
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.
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| | | Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Company, Limited |
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| Date: March 3, 2008 | | By: | /s/ Toru Hasegawa |
| | | | Toru Hasegawa |
| | | | General Manager
Shareholder Relations & Legal Dept. |
March 3, 2008
Listing of ‘Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Group Holdings, Inc.’ Approved
Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Company, Limited (the “Company”) hereby announces that the listing of ‘Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Group Holdings, Inc.’, which is the holding company that the Company will establish on April 1, 2008, subject to the approvals of the competent authorities, has been approved by the Tokyo Stock Exchange, the Osaka Securities Exchange and the Nagoya Stock Exchange today.
| 1. | | Dates leading to the listing |
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| Monday, March 3, 2008 | | Approval of the listing of Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Group Holdings, Inc. |
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| Tuesday, March 25, 2008 | | Last day of trading in shares of common stock of the Company |
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| Wednesday, March 26, 2008 | | Day of delisting of shares of common stock of the Company |
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| Tuesday, April 1, 2008 | | Day of incorporation of Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Group Holdings, Inc. |
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| | Day of listing of Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Group Holdings, Inc. |
| 2. | | Listing Exchanges |
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| | | The Tokyo Stock Exchange (first section) |
| | | The Osaka Securities Exchange (first section) |
| | | The Nagoya Stock Exchange (first section) |
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Note Regarding Forward-looking Statements
This document contains forward-looking statements that are based on the Company’s current expectations, assumptions, estimates and projections about its business, its industry and capital markets around the world. These forward-looking statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties. Generally, these forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as “may”, “will”, “expect”, “anticipate”, “estimate”, “plan” or similar words. These statements discuss future expectations, identify strategies, contain projections of results of operations or of the Company’s financial condition, or state other forward-looking information. Known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors could cause the actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statement. The Company cannot promise that its expectations expressed in these forward-looking statements will turn out to be correct. The Company’s actual results could be materially different from and worse than those expectations. Important risks and factors that could cause the Company’s actual results to be materially different from its expectations include, but are not limited to; (1) economic downturn in Japan; (2) the extent of competition that the Company faces from Japan’s other major non-life insurance companies and new entrants in the Japanese non-life insurance market; (3) the extent of further deregulation of the Japanese insurance industry; (4) occurrence of natural disasters in Japan; (5) occurrence of losses the type or magnitude of which could not be foreseen by the Company at the time of writing the insurance policies covering such losses; (6) the price and availability of reinsurance; (7) the performance of the Company’s investments; and (8) the Company’s relationship with the other “Mitsui” and “Sumitomo” companies.
