FORM 6-K
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
For the month of April 2010
Commission File Number 2 - 68279
RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
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(Translation of Registrant's name into English)
13-1, Ginza 8-Chome, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-8222, Japan
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(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.)
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Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934.)
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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, thereunto duly authorized.
Ricoh Company, Ltd.
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(Registrant)
By: /S/ Zenji Miura
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Zenji Miura
Director, Chief Financial Officer
Corporate Executive Vice President
April 26, 2010
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April 26, 2010
Company: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
Representative: Shiro Kondo
President and CEO
Contact: Minoru Saitoh
General Manager of
PR Department
+81-3-6278-5228
NOTICE: REORGANIZATION OF DOMESTIC SALES COMPANIES
Ricoh Company, Ltd. ("Ricoh") hereby announces that its Board of Directors
decided today at its meeting to reorganize the domestic sales structure.
Under the reorganization, the Marketing Group (excluding certain
operations) of Ricoh will be succeeded by Ricoh Sales Co., Ltd. ("Ricoh Sales"),
a wholly owned subsidiary of Ricoh, by means of an absorption-type split.
Meanwhile, Ricoh Hokkaido Co., Ltd. ("Ricoh Hokkaido"), Ricoh Tohoku Co., Ltd.
("Ricoh Tohoku"), Ricoh Chubu Co., Ltd. ("Ricoh Chubu"), Ricoh Kansai Co., Ltd.
("Ricoh Kansai"), Ricoh Chugoku Co., Ltd. ("Ricoh Chugoku"), and Ricoh Kyushu
Co., Ltd. ("Ricoh Kyushu"), all of which are wholly owned subsidiaries of Ricoh,
will be merged into Ricoh Sales, which will be the surviving company.
As the absorption-type split to be carried out by Ricoh is a simplified
reorganization with the wholly-owned consolidated subsidiary, Ricoh omits
certain disclosure items pursuant to the relevant disclosure rules of stock
exchanges.
I. PURPOSE OF THE REORGANIZATION
Ricoh seeks to improve its ability to provide solutions by using the collective
strengths of the Ricoh Group companies, and to improve management efficiency by
building a sales structure that will enable the Ricoh Group companies to make
prompt decisions in response to the diversifying needs of its customers.
II. SUMMARY OF THE REORGANIZATION
1) COMPANY SPLIT OF RICOH
1. Summary of the absorption-type split
(1) Schedule for the company split
April 26, 2010 Resolution of Board of Directors for the company split
April 26, 2010 Execution of the Company Split Agreement
July 1, 2010 Scheduled date of the company split (effective date)
(Note) Since the company split meets the requirements specified in Article
784, Paragraph 3 of the Companies Act, the Company Split Agreement
does not require the approval by the resolution of a meeting of
Ricoh's shareholders.
(2) Company split method
(i) Company split method
Absorption-type split, with Ricoh as the splitting company and Ricoh
Sales as the succeeding company.
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(ii) Reason for the adoption of the absorption-type split
Ricoh has adopted the absorption-type split to allow for a prompt
reorganization of a Group that involves wholly-owned subsidiaries, and
for the convenience in legal proceedings.
(3) Allocation of the shares related to the company split
Ricoh Sales will issue 263,491 common shares and will deliver them to Ricoh
for the company split.
(4) Treatment of the stock acquisition rights and the bonds with stock
acquisition rights of the splitting company
The splitting company has not issued any stock acquisition rights. The
treatment of bonds with stock acquisition rights will not change.
(5) Capital to decrease through the company split
The capital of Ricoh will not decrease through the absorption-type split.
(6) Rights and obligations to be succeeded by the succeeding company
Ricoh Sales, the succeeding company, will succeed to the assets,
liabilities, contractual status, and other rights and obligations belonging
to the businesses associated with the company split (businesses described
in II 1) 3. (1)), unless otherwise specified in the absorption-type split
agreement, from Ricoh on the effective date of the company split.
(7) Prospect of the performance of obligations
Both Ricoh and Ricoh Sales are expected to have sufficient net assets after
the company split. We believe that there are no issues of uncertainty with
respect to the performance of the obligations.
2. Overview of the parties
(as of September 30, 2009)
(1)Corporate name Ricoh Co., Ltd. Ricoh Sales Co., Ltd.
(Splitting company) (Succeeding company) (Note 1)
(2)Business content The development, production, and marketing of Office equipment marketing
office equipment, optical instruments, and
other devices, and related services
(3)Date of incorporation February 6, 1936 May 2, 1959
(4)Address of head office 1-3-6 Nakamagome, Ota-ku, Tokyo 7-16-12 Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo
(5)Title and name of the President and CEO President and CEO
representative Shiro Kondo Kunio Taniguchi
(6)Capital stock 135,364 million yen 622 million yen
(7)Number of shares issued 744,912,078 1,151,545
(8)Net assets 1,005,438 million yen (consolidated) 10,810 million yen (non-consolidated)
(9)Total assets 2,376,976 million yen (consolidated) 74,435 million yen (non-consolidated)
(10)Fiscal year end March 31 March 31
(11)Major shareholders and The Master Trust Bank of Japan, Ltd.(trust Ricoh Co., Ltd. 100.00%
shareholding ratio account) 8.59%
Japan Trustee Service Bank, Ltd. (trust account)
7.22%
Nippon Life Insurance Company 5.07%
The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. 4.95%
Japan Trustee Service Bank, Ltd. (trust
account 9) 2.60%
(Note 1) The corporate name will change on July 1, 2010.
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3. Overview of the operating division to be split
(1) Businesses of the division to be split
Businesses of the Marketing Group of Ricoh (excluding marketing to
government offices, marketing to postal services, the sourcing and
provision of system products and paper, and business related to branches of
the Marketing Group)
(2) Operating results of the division to be split in the fiscal year ended
March 2010
Results of division
Sales (million yen) 33,421
(3) Assets and liabilities to be split (as of March 31, 2010)
Assets Liabilities
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Items Book value Items Book value
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Current assets (million yen) - Current liabilities (million yen) 2
Fixed assets (million yen) 2,764 Fixed liabilities (million yen) -
Total (million yen) 2,764 Total (million yen) 2
(Note) The amounts above may change up until the effective date.
(4) Profile of Ricoh after the company split
The corporate name, business content, head office address, representative,
capital stock, and fiscal year end of Ricoh will not change after the
company split.
(5) Effect on results
The company split will not affect the consolidated results. The effect on
non-consolidated results is expected to be minor.
2) MERGER OF THE SUBSIDIARIES (RICOH SALES, RICOH HOKKAIDO, RICOH TOHOKU,
RICOH CHUBU, RICOH KANSAI, RICOH CHUGOKU, RICOH KYUSYU)
1. Summary of the merger
(1) Schedule for the merger
April 21 to April 26, 2010 Resolution of Board of Directors for the
merger
April 21 to April 26, 2010 Execution of the merger agreements
May 27 to June 1, 2010 Scheduled date of shareholders meetings to
approve the merger
July 1, 2010 Scheduled date of the merger (effective date)
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(2) Merger method
Ricoh Hokkaido, Ricoh Tohoku, Ricoh Chubu, Ricoh Kansai, Ricoh Chugoku, and
Ricoh Kyushu will be merged into Ricoh Sales, the surviving company.
(3) Allocation of the shares related to the merger
Ricoh Sales will deliver shares to Ricoh, the sole shareholder of the
subsidiaries that will cease to exist, for the merger.
2. Overview of the parties
(as of September 30, 2009)
(1)Corporate name Ricoh Sales Co., Ltd.
(Surviving company) (Note 1)
(2)Business content Office equipment marketing
(3)Date of incorporation May 2, 1959
(4)Address of head office 7-16-12 Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo
(5)Title and name of the President and CEO
representative Kunio Taniguchi
(6)Capital stock 622 million yen
(7)Number of shares issued 1,151,545
(8)Net assets 10,810 million yen
(9)Total assets 74,435 million yen
(10)Fiscal year end March 31
(11)Major shareholders and Ricoh Co., Ltd. 100.00%
shareholding ratio
(1)Corporate name Ricoh Hokkaido Co., Ltd. Ricoh Tohoku Co., Ltd. Ricoh Chubu Co., Ltd.
(Company that will cease to (Company that will cease to (Company that will cease to
exist) exist) exist)
(2)Business content Office equipment marketing Office equipment marketing Office equipment marketing
(3)Date of incorporation April 24, 1970 November 4, 1968 June 1, 1964
(4)Address of head office 12 Kita 7-jo Nichi 4-chome, 1-5-3 Itsutsubashi, Aoba-ku, 1-30 Chigonomiyatori,
Kita-ku,Sapporo, Hokkaido Sendai, Miyagi Kita-ku, Nagoya, Aichi
(5)Title and name of the President President and CEO President and CEO
representative Tomohiro Sakanushi Kenichi Sato Akira Arakawa
(6)Capital stock 95 million yen 200 million yen 400 million yen
(7)Number of shares issued 95,000 400,000 800,000
(8)Net assets 583 million yen 2,472 million yen 2,378 million yen
(9)Total assets 6,172 million yen 10,910 million yen 16,845 million yen
(10)Fiscal year end March 31 March 31 March 31
(11)Major shareholders and Ricoh Co., Ltd. 100.00% Ricoh Co., Ltd. 100.00% Ricoh Co., Ltd. 100.00%
shareholding ratio
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(1)Corporate name Ricoh Kansai Co., Ltd. Ricoh Chugoku Co., Ltd. Ricoh Kyushu Co., Ltd.
(Company that will cease to (Company that will cease to (Company that will cease to
exist) exist) exist)
(2)Business content Office equipment marketing Office equipment marketing Office equipment marketing
(3)Date of incorporation January 13, 1967 May 23, 1967 February 13, 1968
(4)Address of head office 4-11-6 Tanimachi, Chuo-ku, 5-7 Hacchobori, Naka-ku, 2-38-29 Ishimaru, Nishi-ku,
Osaka City, Osaka Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Fukuoka City, Fukuoka
(5)Title and name of the President and CEO President and CEO President and CEO
representative Kunihiko Sato Yasunao Ienaga Toshiaki Akahoshi
(6)Capital stock 700 million yen 200 million yen 300 million yen
(7)Number of shares issued 1,400,000 400,000 600,000
(8)Net assets 6,742 million yen 1,017 million yen 4,230 million yen
(9)Total assets 34,366 million yen 7,772 million yen 16,290 million yen
(10)Fiscal year end March 31 March 31 March 31
(11)Major shareholders and Ricoh Co., Ltd. 100.00% Ricoh Co., Ltd. 100.00% Ricoh Co., Ltd. 100.00%
shareholding ratio
(Note 1) The corporate name will change on July 1, 2010.
III. PROFILE OF THE SUBSIDIARY AFTER THE REORGANIZATION
The corporate name of Ricoh Sales will change to RICOH JAPAN Corporation on the
effective date. A profile of the subsidiary after the reorganization is as
follows:
(1)Corporate name RICOH JAPAN Corporation
(2)Business content Office equipment marketing
(3)Address of head office Chuo-ku, Tokyo
(4)Title and name of the To be determined
representative
(5)Capital stock 2,517 million yen
(6)Fiscal year end March 31
IV. OUTLOOK
The reorganization being among Ricoh and the wholly-owned consolidated
subsidiaries of Ricoh, its expected effect on the consolidated results of Ricoh
is minor. Through the reorganization, the Ricoh Group aims to improve the
management efficiency of the entire Group, build a system to increase earnings,
and maximize the corporate value of the Group over the medium term.
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