UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D. C. 20549
FORM6-K
Report of Foreign Private Issuer
Pursuant to Rule13a-16 or15d-16 under
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the month of June 2018
Commission File Number:1-07952
KYOCERA CORPORATION
(Translation of registrant’s name into English)
6 TakedaTobadono-cho,Fushimi-ku,
Kyoto612-8501, Japan
(Address of principal executive office)
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SIGNATURE
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, thereto duly authorized.
| KYOCERA CORPORATION |
| (Registrant) |
/s/ SHOICHI AOKI |
| (Signature) |
| Shoichi Aoki |
| Director, |
| Managing Executive Officer and |
| General Manager of |
| Corporate Management Control Group |
Date: June 14, 2018
Information furnished on this form:
Status Report of Repurchase of Own Shares in May 2018
Type of Share Repurchased: Common Stock
| 1. | Status of Repurchase of Own Shares |
| (1) | Repurchase of own shares approved by the general meeting of shareholders |
Not Applicable
| (2) | Repurchase of own shares resolved by the Board of Directors |
As of May 31, 2018
Category | Number of shares | Amount in yen | ||||||||||
Maximum number/amount of own shares for repurchase resolved by the Board of Directors | 7,200,000 | 40,000,000,000 | ||||||||||
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| May 1 | 475,500 | 3,227,876,000 | ||||||||||
| May 2 | 500,900 | 3,389,577,700 | ||||||||||
| May 7 | 427,800 | 2,848,663,500 | ||||||||||
| May 8 | 379,000 | 2,542,335,800 | ||||||||||
| May 9 | 390,000 | 2,603,434,100 | ||||||||||
| May 10 | 192,100 | 1,296,424,600 | ||||||||||
| May 11 | 251,800 | 1,710,605,200 | ||||||||||
| May 14 | 189,900 | 1,283,106,900 | ||||||||||
| May 15 | 197,200 | 1,332,832,300 | ||||||||||
Number/amount of own shares repurchased in May 2018 | May 16 | 340,400 | 2,269,998,500 | |||||||||
| May 17 | 186,100 | 1,254,364,100 | ||||||||||
| May 18 | 271,400 | 1,830,276,500 | ||||||||||
| May 21 | 117,700 | 794,429,500 | ||||||||||
| May 22 | 113,600 | 767,603,600 | ||||||||||
| May 23 | 284,200 | 1,913,488,100 | ||||||||||
| May 24 | 290,000 | 1,922,726,800 | ||||||||||
| May 25 | 286,300 | 1,903,966,500 | ||||||||||
| May 28 | 132,100 | 879,129,000 | ||||||||||
| May 29 | 205,100 | 1,361,109,800 | ||||||||||
| May 30 | 298,500 | 1,958,104,100 | ||||||||||
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Total number/amount of own shares repurchased in May 2018 | — | 5,529,600 | 37,090,052,600 | |||||||||
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Accumulated number/amount of own shares repurchased from April 27, 2018 to May 31, 2018 | 5,951,000 | 39,999,761,100 | ||||||||||
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Percentage of accumulated number/amount of own shares repurchased to the maximum (%) | 82.7 | 100.0 | ||||||||||
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Note: The period for repurchase and the own shares repurchased in the table above are described based on the contract date.
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| 2. | Status of Reissuance of Own Shares |
Not Applicable
| 3. | Status of Holding of Treasury Stocks |
Total number of shares issued as of May 31, 2018 | 377,618,580 shares | |
Total number of treasury stocks as of May 31, 2018 | 15,862,267 shares |
Note: The number of treasury stocks contains the own shares acquired by purchase requests for less than a unit of shares.
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