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 28, 2018
Information furnished on this form:
Exhibit Number | ||
1. | English Translation of the Announcement of the Resolution Adopted at the 64th Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders of Kyocera Corporation (“Rinjihoukokusho”) |
English Translation of the Announcement of the Resolutions Adopted at the 64th Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders of Kyocera Corporation (“Rinjihoukokusho”)
| 1. | Reason for Filing |
To report certain resolutions adopted at the 64th Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders of Kyocera Corporation, which was held on June 26, 2018, in accordance with Paragraph 4 of Article24-5 of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law andSub-paragraph9-2 of Paragraph 2 of Article 19 of the Cabinet Office Ordinance on Disclosure of Corporate Information, etc.
| 2. | Matters Reported |
| 1) | Date of the Meeting Held: June 26, 2018 |
| 2) | Contents of the Matters Resolved: |
| Proposal No.1 | Appropriation of Surplus |
| 1. | Matters Relating toYear-end Dividend |
| (1) | Matters Relating to Appropriation to Shareholders of Assets Distributed as Dividend and Aggregate Amount thereof: |
60 yen per share of common stock of Kyocera Corporation
The aggregate amount thereof shall be 22,062,465,480 yen.
| (2) | Effective Date of the Distribution of Surplus as Dividend: |
June 27, 2018
| 2. | Matters Relating to Appropriation of General Reserve |
| (1) | Category of Surplus to Increase and the Amount thereof: |
| General Reserve: | 35,000,000,000 yen |
| (2) | Category of Surplus to Decrease and the Amount thereof: |
| Unappropriated Retained Earnings: | 35,000,000,000 yen |
| Proposal No.2 | Election of One Director | |||
Junichi Jinno shall be elected as Director. |
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| 3) | Number of the Votes Showing Intension to Vote FOR, AGAINST or ABSTAIN, Requirements for Adoption, and the Tabulation Results with respect to Matters Resolved: |
Matters Resolved | FOR | AGAINST | ABSTAIN | INVALID | Ratio of Votes FOR | Result | ||||||||||||||||||
Proposal No. 1 | 2,960,727 | 98,064 | 400 | 588 | 96.26 | Adopted | ||||||||||||||||||
Proposal No. 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Junichi Jinno | 2,830,633 | 226,192 | 2,898 | 51 | 92.03 | Adopted | ||||||||||||||||||
Notes:
| 1. | Requirements for adoption of resolutions are as follows: |
| - | The requirement for adoption of resolution relating to Proposal No. 1 is a majority of votes of the shareholders entitled to exercise voting rights who are present at the Meeting. |
| - | The requirement for adoption of resolution relating to Proposal No. 2 is a majority of votes of shareholders entitled to exercise voting rights who are present at the Meeting, at which shareholders holdingone-third or more of the voting rights of all shareholders entitled to exercise voting rights must be present. |
| 2. | “Ratio of Votes FOR” is expressed in percentage of a fraction, of which the denominator is the number of voting rights held by shareholders present or represented at the Meeting (i.e., the sum total of the number of voting rights exercised by shareholders by the day immediately preceding the Meeting date and the number of voting rights exercised at the Meeting by attending shareholders), and the numerator is the number of voting rights with confirmed votes “FOR” with respect to each Proposal. |
| 4) | Reason for not Including Some Votes of Shareholders Present at the Meeting: |
Because the said number of voting rights with confirmed votes “FOR”, out of the total number of voting rights exercised at the Meeting, was sufficient to satisfy the requirements for adoption of all Proposals.
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