FORM 6-K
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Report of Foreign Issuer
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
| For the month of …. | September | ……………………………………………… , | 2023 |
| CANON INC. | ||||
| (Translation of registrant’s name into English) | ||||
| 30-2, Shimomaruko 3-Chome, Ohta-ku, Tokyo 146-8501, 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 whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
| Yes | No | X |
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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.
CANON INC. | ||
| (Registrant) |
Date…. | September 7, 2023 | By...../s/........Sachiho Tanino......................... | ||||||
| (Signature)* | ||||||||
Sachiho Tanino General Manager Consolidated Accounting Division Finance & Accounting Headquarters Canon Inc. |
*Print the name and title of the signing officer under his signature.
The following materials are included.
| 1. | Notice Regarding Director Changes |
September 7, 2023
Canon Inc. Chairman & CEO: Fujio Mitarai Securities code: 7751 Tokyo (Prime Market) and other Stock Exchanges | ||||||
Inquiries: Sachiho Tanino General Manager Consolidated Accounting Div. Finance & Accounting Headquarters +81-3-3758-2111 | ||||||
Notice Regarding Director Changes
At a Board of Directors meeting held on September 7, 2023, Canon Inc. (the “Company”) passed a resolution regarding Director changes as follows.
These changes are to be formally approved at the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders for the 123rd Business Term to be held in March 2024.
| 1 | Reason for Changes |
To further strengthen management structure
| 2 | Details of Director Changes |
| 1. | Newly Appointed Director Candidates (Note 1) |
• Kazuto Ogawa | Senior Managing Executive Officer of Canon Inc. (present) President and CEO of Canon U.S.A., Inc. (present) | |
• Hiroaki Takeishi | Senior Managing Executive Officer of Canon Inc. (present) Head of Industrial Group (present) | |
• Minoru Asada | Senior Managing Executive Officer of Canon Inc. (present) Group Executive, Finance & Accounting Headquarters (present) | |
• Masayuki Ikegami | Justice of the Supreme Court, Japan (former) | |
• Masaki Suzuki | Vice-Minister of the Environment of Ministry of the Environment Japan (former) | |
• Akiko Ito | Commissioner, Consumer Affairs Agency, Japan (former) (Note 2) | |
| 2. | Retiring Directors |
• Kunitaro Saida |
| Note 1: | Masayuki Ikegami, Masaki Suzuki, and Akiko Ito are to be outside directors. |
| Note 2: | Akiko Ito is registered as Akiko Noda in Japan’s Family Register System. |
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| • | Biographies of Newly Appointed Director Candidates |
Biography
Canon Inc.
Kazuto Ogawa
Education:
| 1981 | Graduated Department of Psychology, Faculty of Letters, Waseda University |
Career:
Apr. | 1981 | Joined Canon Inc. | ||
Jul. | 1995 | Manager of BJ Printer Marketing Dept. 1, BJ Printer Marketing Div., BJ Printer Products Business Group | ||
Sep. | 1995 | Transferred to Canon Singapore Pte. Ltd. | ||
Jan. | 2000 | Transferred to Canon Hongkong Co., Ltd. | ||
Aug. | 2003 | Transferred to Canon (China) Co., Ltd. | ||
Apr. | 2005 | President and CEO of Canon Singapore Pte. Ltd. | ||
Mar. | 2008 | President and CEO of Canon Canada Inc. | ||
Apr. | 2011 | Executive Officer of Canon Inc. | ||
Feb. | 2014 | Executive Vice President of Canon (China) Co., Ltd. | ||
Apr. | 2016 | Managing Executive Officer of Canon Inc. | ||
Apr. | 2018 | President and COO of Canon U.S.A., Inc. | ||
Apr. | 2020 | President and CEO of Canon U.S.A. Inc. (present) | ||
Apr. | 2021 | Senior Managing Executive Officer of Canon Inc. (present) |
As of August 2023
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Biography
Canon Inc.
Hiroaki Takeishi
Education:
| 1988 | Graduated School of Control Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology |
Career:
Jul. | 1990 | Joined Canon Inc. | ||
Apr. | 2003 | Manager of Semiconductor Production Equipment Design Dept. 24 | ||
Jan. | 2006 | General Manager of Semiconductor Production Equipment Development Div. 21 | ||
Jul. | 2008 | Senior General Manager of Semiconductor Production Equipment Design Center 2 | ||
Jul. | 2009 | Senior General Manager of Semiconductor Production Equipment PLM Center 1 | ||
Jan. | 2012 | Group Executive of Semiconductor Production Equipment Group Optical Products Operations | ||
Apr. | 2012 | Executive Officer of Canon Inc. | ||
Jul. | 2016 | Deputy Chief Executive of Optical Products Operations | ||
Jan. | 2017 | Chief Executive of Optical Products Operations (present) | ||
Apr. | 2017 | Managing Executive Officer of Canon Inc. | ||
Apr. | 2021 | Senior Managing Executive Officer of Canon Inc. (present) Head of Industrial Group (present) Chairman & CEO, Canon Tokki Corporation (present) |
As of August 2023
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Biography
Canon Inc.
Minoru Asada
Education:
Mar. | 1985 | Graduated Faculty of Economics, Sophia University, Tokyo |
Career:
Apr. | 1985 | Joined Canon Inc. | ||
Jul. | 1991 | Transferred to Canon U.S.A., Inc. | ||
Jul. | 1996 | Budget Dept., Finance & Accounting Headquarters | ||
Jan. | 2004 | Manager, LBP Accounting Dept., LBP Production Planning & Promotion Div., Peripheral Products Global Manufacturing Management Center, Peripheral Products Operations | ||
Apr. | 2004 | Transferred to Canon U.S.A., Inc. | ||
Dec. | 2010 | General Manager, Accounting Planning Administration Div., Global Accounting Planning Administration Center, Finance & Accounting Headquarters | ||
Jan. | 2013 | General Manager, Group Executive Office, Finance & Accounting Headquarters | ||
Jan. | 2014 | General Manager, Budget & Management Administration Div., Group Management Center, Finance & Accounting Headquarters | ||
Apr. | 2016 | Senior General Manager, Group Management Center, Finance & Accounting Headquarters | ||
Apr. | 2017 | Executive Officer of Canon Inc. | ||
Apr. | 2018 | Deputy Group Executive, Finance & Accounting Headquarters | ||
Sep. | 2018 | Executive Vice President & COO, Océ Technologies B.V. | ||
| (Currently, Canon Production Printing Netherlands B.V. (the Netherlands)) | ||||
Dec. | 2018 | President & CEO, Océ Holding B.V. | ||
| (Currently, Canon Production Printing Holding B.V. (the Netherlands)) | ||||
Apr. | 2020 | Managing Executive Officer of Canon Inc. | ||
Jan. | 2023 | Group Executive, Finance & Accounting Headquarters (present) | ||
Apr. | 2023 | Senior Managing Executive Officer of Canon Inc. (present) |
As of August 2023
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Biography
Masayuki Ikegami
Education:
| 1975 | Graduated Faculty of Law, Tohoku University |
Career:
Apr. | 1977 | Appointed as Public Prosecutor | ||
Jun. | 2006 | Deputy Vice-Minister of Justice of Ministry of Justice | ||
Oct. | 2008 | Public Prosecutor of Supreme Public Prosecutors Office | ||
Aug. | 2011 | Deputy Prosecutor-General of Supreme Public Prosecutors Office | ||
Jul. | 2012 | Superintending Prosecutor of Nagoya High Public Prosecutors Office | ||
Jan. | 2014 | Superintending Prosecutor of Osaka High Public Prosecutors Office | ||
Oct. | 2014 | Justice of the Supreme Court | ||
Aug. | 2021 | Retired from Justice of the Supreme Court | ||
Mar. | 2023 | Registered as an attorney (present) |
As of August 2023
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Biography
Masaki Suzuki
Education:
| 1978 | Graduated Faculty of Law, Tokyo University |
Career:
Apr. | 1978 | Joined Ministry of Finance | ||
Jul. | 2007 | Deputy Vice Minister for Policy Planning and Co-ordination of Minister’s Secretariat of Ministry of Finance | ||
Jul. | 2008 | Councilor of Minister’s Secretariat of Ministry of the Environment | ||
Sep. | 2012 | Deputy Vice Minister of Minister’s Secretariat of Ministry of the Environment | ||
Jul. | 2014 | Vice-Minister of the Environment of Ministry of the Environment | ||
Jul. | 2015 | Retired from Ministry of the Environment | ||
Oct. | 2015 | Chairman and Representative Director of AEON Bank, Ltd. | ||
Jun. | 2016 | Chairman of AEON Financial Service Co., Ltd. | ||
Mar. | 2017 | Executive Officer in charge of Comprehensive Financial Business of AEON Co., Ltd. | ||
Jun. | 2023 | Outside Director of FP Partner Inc. (present) |
As of August 2023
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Biography
Akiko Ito
Education:
| 1984 | Graduated Faculty of Engineering, Kyoto University |
Career:
Apr. | 1984 | Joined Ministry of Construction | ||
Sep. | 2014 | Councillor, Cabinet Secretariat Deputy Director General, Secretariat of the Headquarters for Overcoming Population Decline and Vitalizing Local Economy in Japan | ||
Jun. | 2016 | Deputy Director-General, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism | ||
Jul. | 2017 | Director-General, Housing Bureau, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism | ||
Jul. | 2018 | Councillor, Cabinet Secretariat Director General, Secretariat of the Headquarters for Overcoming Population Decline and Vitalizing Local Economy in Japan | ||
Jul. | 2019 | Commissioner, Consumer Affairs Agency | ||
Jul. | 2022 | Retired from Consumer Affairs Agency | ||
Mar. | 2023 | Representative Director, The Research Institute for communities, Human resources and work (present) | ||
Jun. | 2023 | Outside Director, ITOCHU Corporation (present) |
As of August 2023
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