FORM 6-K
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D. C. 20549
Report of Foreign Private Issuer
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 under
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the month of February 2013
Commission File Number: 1-07952
KYOCERA CORPORATION
6 Takeda Tobadono-cho, Fushimi-ku,
Kyoto 612-8501, Japan
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Form 20-F x Form 40-F ¨
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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 and Business Systems |
| Administration Group |
Date: February 27, 2013
Information furnished on this form:
EXHIBITS
| Exhibit Number |
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| 1. | English translation of changes in Representative Directors filed with the Kanto Local Finance Bureau of the Ministry of Finance (“Rinji-houkokusho”) |
English translation of changes in Representative Directors filed with the Kanto Local Finance Bureau of the Ministry of Finance (“Rinji-houkokusho”)
1. Reason for Filing
To report the appointment of new Representative Directors of Kyocera Corporation at the meeting of the Board of Directors held on February 27, 2013, in accordance with Paragraph 4 of Article 24-5 of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law and Sub-Paragraph 9 of Paragraph 2 of Article 19 of the Cabinet Office Ordinance relating to Disclosure of Corporation.
2. Matters Reported
1) Effective date of changes in Representative Directors
April 1, 2013
2) New Representative Director
| Name (Date of birth) |
New position as Director |
New position as Executive Officer |
Former position as Director |
Former position |
Shares of Kyocera Corporation owned as of September 30, 2012 (in thousands) |
Summary of the professional history | ||||||||
| Goro Yamaguchi (January 21, 1956) | President and Representative Director | President and Executive Officer |
Director | Managing Executive Officer
General Manager of Corporate Semiconductor Components Group |
8 | March 1978 | Joined Kyocera Corporation | |||||||
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June 2003 |
Executive Officer | |||||||||||||
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June 2005 |
Senior Executive Officer | |||||||||||||
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April 2009 |
Managing Executive Officer [to present] General Manager of
Corporate Semiconductor Components Group | |||||||||||||
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June 2009 |
Director of Kyocera
Corporation | |||||||||||||
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May 2012 |
Representative Director and Chairman and President in Kyocera Korea
Co., Ltd. | |||||||||||||
Effective as of April 1, 2013, Tetsuo Kuba, President and Representative Director at present, will become Chairman of the Board and Representative Director, and Tatsumi Maeda, Vice President and Representative Director at present, will become Vice Chairman of the Board and Representative Director.
3) Retiring Representative Director
| Name (Date of birth) |
New position as Director |
New position as Executive Officer |
Former position as Director |
Former position as Executive Officer |
Shares of Kyocera Corporation owned as of September 30, 2012 (in thousands) | |||||
| Makoto Kawamura (August 13, 1949) |
Advisor and Director |
— | Chairman of the Board and Representative Director |
— | 4 |
Makoto Kawamura is scheduled to resign from the Board of Director at the annual general meeting of shareholders to be held in June 2013.