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 June 2009
Commission File Number: 1-07952
KYOCERA CORPORATION
6 Takeda Tobadono-cho, Fushimi-ku,
Kyoto 612-8501, Japan
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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 |
| /s/ SHOICHI AOKI |
| Shoichi Aoki |
| Director, Managing Executive Officer and |
| General Manager of |
| Corporate Financial & Accounting Group |
Date: June 25, 2009
Information furnished on this form:
EXHIBITS
Exhibit Number
1. Notice of Resolution for the 55th Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders
Security Code 6971
June 25, 2009
To Our Shareholders:
| Tetsuo Kuba, | ||
| President and Representative Director | ||
| Kyocera Corporation | ||
| 6 Takeda Tobadono-cho, Fushimi-ku, Kyoto |
Notice of Resolution for the 55th Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders
We hereby give notice that the matters set forth below were reported or resolved at the 55th Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders of Kyocera Corporation (the “Company”), which was held on the date hereof.
Matters reported:
| 1. | Reporting of the substance of the business report, the consolidated financial statements and the result of audit of consolidated financial statements by the Accounting Auditor and the Board of Corporate Auditors for the year ended March 31, 2009; and |
| 2. | Reporting of the substance of the financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2009 |
The contents of 1. and 2. above were reported.
Matters resolved:
Agendum No. 1: Disposition of Surplus
It was resolved, as proposed by the Company, that the amount of year-end cash dividend to shareholders shall be 60 yen per share.
Agendum No. 2: Partial Amendments to the Articles of Incorporation
It was resolved, as proposed by the Company.
A summary of amendments is as follows.
| (1) | The provisions relating to share certificates, beneficial owners of shares and the register of beneficial owners were deleted as they were no longer necessary under the paperless share system. |
| (2) | Necessary provisions are newly created in the supplemental provisions to the Articles of Incorporation because a Register of Lost Share Certificates is required to be prepared and maintained by the Company for a period of one year commencing from January 6, 2009. |
| (3) | In addition to the above, certain necessary amendments were made to adjust paragraph numbering and to alter wording. |
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Agendum No. 3: Election of twelve (12) Directors
Messrs. Makoto Kawamura, Yuzo Yamamura, Tetsuo Kuba, Tatsumi Maeda, Hisao Hisaki, Rodney Lanthorne and John Gilbertson were re-elected, and Messrs. Yasuyuki Yamamoto, Yoshihiro Kano, Goro Yamaguchi, Shoichi Aoki and Katsumi Komaguchi were newly elected and assumed office as Director, as proposed by the Company.
Agendum No. 4: Election of two (2) Corporate Auditors
Mr. Yoshihiko Nishikawa was re-elected, and Mr. Yoshinari Hara was newly elected and assumed office as Corporate Auditor, as proposed by the Company.
Agendum No. 5: Bonuses to Directors
It was resolved, as proposed by the Company, that the Company shall pay bonuses to Directors in an aggregate amount of 23.7 million yen.
Agendum No. 6: Revision of Amount of Remuneration of Directors and Corporate Auditors in line with Reform of the Remuneration System for Directors and Corporate Auditors
It was resolved, as proposed by the Company, as follows.
Basic remuneration payable to all Directors shall be no more than 400 million yen annually which does not include the amount of any salaries for service as employees to be paid to Directors who are also serving as employees of the Company.
Aggregate amount payable to all Directors shall not exceed 0.2% of the consolidated net income of the Company for the relevant fiscal year, provided that such amount shall be no more than 300 million yen annually.
Basic remuneration payable to all Corporate Auditors shall be no more than 100 million yen annually.
Agendum No. 7: Payment of Retirement Allowances to Retiring Directors and Payment of Settlement Funds to Directors and Corporate Auditor as a Result of Abolishment of the Retirement Allowance System
It was resolved, as proposed by the Company, that the Company shall pay retirement allowance to Messrs. Kensuke Itoh, Noboru Nakamura, Naoyuki Morita, Michihisa Yamamoto and Isao Kishimoto in amounts reasonable and in accordance with the standards prescribed by the Company, and that the particular amount, timing and method of payment of such allowances shall be determined at a meeting of the Board of Directors.
In addition, it was resolved that the Company shall pay settlement funds concomitantly with abolishment of the retirement allowance system to Messrs. Makoto Kawamura, Yuzo Yamamura, Tetsuo Kuba, Tatsumi Maeda, Hisao Hisaki, Rodney Lanthorne and John Gilbertson who were re-elected as Directors and to Mr. Yoshihiko Nishikawa, who was re-elected as Corporate Auditor in amounts which are reasonable and in accordance with the standards prescribed by the Company. It was also resolved that the timing of the payment of such settlement fund shall be when the relevant Directors and Corporate Auditor retire from their respective offices, and that the particular amounts and method of payment thereof to the abovementioned Directors shall be determined at a meeting of the Board of Directors and to the abovementioned Corporate Auditor shall be determined through discussion among the Corporate Auditors.
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Attachment to the Notice of Resolution
Management Structure
The management structure of the Company as of June 25, 2009 is as follows:
| Title |
Name | |
| Chairman Emeritus | Kazuo Inamori | |
| Directors and Corporate Auditors | ||
| Chairman of the Board and Representative Director | Makoto Kawamura | |
| Vice Chairman of the Board and Representative Director | Yuzo Yamamura | |
| President and Representative Director | Tetsuo Kuba | |
| Vice President and Representative Director | Tatsumi Maeda | |
| Director | Hisao Hisaki | |
| Director | Yasuyuki Yamamoto | |
| Director | Yoshihiro Kano | |
| Director | Goro Yamaguchi | |
| Director | Shoichi Aoki | |
| Director | Katsumi Komaguchi | |
| Director | Rodney Lanthorne | |
| Director | John Gilbertson | |
| Full-time Corporate Auditor | Yoshihiko Nishikawa | |
| Full-time Corporate Auditor | Kokichi Ishibitsu | |
| Corporate Auditor | Osamu Nishieda | |
| Corporate Auditor | Kazuo Yoshida | |
| Corporate Auditor | Yoshinari Hara | |
| Note: Messrs. Osamu Nishieda, Kazuo Yoshida and Yoshinari Hara are outside Corporate Auditors. |
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| Title |
Name | |
| Executive Officers | ||
| President and Executive Officer | Tetsuo Kuba | |
| Vice President and Executive Officer | Tatsumi Maeda | |
| Senior Managing Executive Officer | Hisao Hisaki | |
| Managing Executive Officer | Yasuyuki Yamamoto | |
| Managing Executive Officer | Yoshihiro Kano | |
| Managing Executive Officer | Goro Yamaguchi | |
| Managing Executive Officer | Shoichi Aoki | |
| Managing Executive Officer | Katsumi Komaguchi | |
| Managing Executive Officer | Hisashi Sakumi | |
| Managing Executive Officer | Tsutomu Yamori | |
| Managing Executive Officer | Akiyoshi Okamoto | |
| Managing Executive Officer | Eiichi Toriyama | |
| Senior Executive Officer | Osamu Nomoto | |
| Senior Executive Officer | Keijiro Minami | |
| Senior Executive Officer | Yoshihito Ohta | |
| Senior Executive Officer | Takenori Ugari | |
| Executive Officer | Yasushi Matsumura | |
| Executive Officer | Junichi Jinno | |
| Executive Officer | Gen Takayasu | |
| Executive Officer | Junzo Katsuki | |
| Executive Officer | Masakazu Mitsuda | |
| Executive Officer | Toshimi Gejima | |
| Executive Officer | Michiaki Furuhashi | |
| Executive Officer | Mitsuru Imanaka | |
| Executive Officer | Yoichi Yamashita | |
| Executive Officer | Robert Whisler | |
| Executive Officer | John Rigby | |
| Executive Officer | Masaki Kozu | |
| Executive Officer | Hitoshi Takao | |
| Executive Officer | Yoshiharu Nakamura | |
| Executive Officer | Kazumasa Umemura | |
| Executive Officer | Takafumi Matsuda | |
| Executive Officer | Masaaki Itou | |
| Executive Officer | Masahisa Shimizu | |
| Executive Officer | Tsuyoshi Egami | |
| Executive Officer | Kouji Mae | |
| Executive Officer | Motoo Kobayashi | |
| Executive Officer | Nobuo Kitamura | |
| Executive Officer | Ken Ishii | |
| Executive Officer | Takeshi Oda | |
Note: Messrs. Hisao Hisaki, Senior Managing Executive Officer, Kouji Mae, Executive Officer, Motoo Kobayashi, Executive Officer, Nobuo Kitamura, Executive Officer, Ken Ishii, Executive Officer, and Takeshi Oda, Executive Officer, were newly elected as of April 1, 2009.
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