FORM 6-K

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

Report of Foreign Issuer

Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of

the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

For the month of …		April		…………………………………………………,		2016

 

		CANON INC.
		(Translation of registrant’s name into English)
		30-2, Shimomaruko 3-Chome, Ohta-ku, Tokyo 146-8501, Japan
		(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.

 

Form 20-F		X		Form 40-F

[Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

Yes				No		X

[If “Yes” is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b):82-....................

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SIGNATURES

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.

 

 

Date….		April 1, 2016				By ……/s/………. Shinichi Aoyama…………
						(Signature)*
						Shinichi Aoyama
						Deputy Senior General Manager
						Group Management Center
						Canon Inc.

*Print the name and title of the signing officer under his signature.

The following materials are included.

1. NOTICE OF RESOLUTIONS OF THE ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS FOR THE 115TH BUSINESS TERM

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TRANSLATION

Securities Code: 7751

March 30, 2016

TO OUR SHAREHOLDERS		CANON INC. 30-2, Shimomaruko 3-chome, Ohta-ku, Tokyo Fujio Mitarai Chairman & CEO

NOTICE OF RESOLUTIONS

OF

THE ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

FOR THE 115TH BUSINESS TERM

Notice is hereby given that, at the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders for the 115th Business Term of Canon Inc. (the “Company”) held today, reports were made and resolutions were passed as mentioned below.

 

Matters Reported:

1.

Reports on the contents of the Business Report and Consolidated Financial Statements for the 115th Business Term (from January 1, 2015 to December 31, 2015), and reports on the Auditing Results of Accounting Auditor and Audit & Supervisory Board regarding the Consolidated Financial Statements.

2.

Reports on the content of the Financial Statements for the 115th Business Term (from January 1, 2015 to December 31, 2015). The contents of items 1. and 2. above were reported.

Matters Resolved upon:

 

Item No.1

Dividend from Surplus

It was approved and adopted in all respects as proposed. Thus, the term-end dividend was decided to be 75.00 yen per share, taking into consideration medium-term profit forecasts along with planned future investments, cash flow and other factors. As we have already paid an interim dividend of 75.00 yen per share, the full-year dividend will be 150.00 yen per share, which is the same amount as the dividend for the previous business term.

 

Item No.2

Election of Six Directors

It was approved and adopted in all respects as proposed. Thus, Messrs. Fujio Mitarai, Toshizo Tanaka, Shigeyuki Matsumoto, Masaya Maeda, Kunitaro Saida and Haruhiko Kato were reappointed as Directors. All of them assumed their offices.

Messrs. Kunitaro Saida and Haruhiko Kato are Outside Directors.

 

Item No.3

Grant of Bonus to Directors

It was approved and adopted in all respects as proposed. Thus, it was decided that bonus shall be granted to the fifteen Directors excluding Outside Directors as of the end of this term, which totals 143,900,000 yen.

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POSTSCRIPT

 

n	Appointment of Representative Directors and Directors with Specific Titles

As a result of the resolution passed at the meeting of the Board of Directors which was held after the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders for the 115th Business Term, each of the following persons were appointed as Representative Directors and/or Directors with specific titles. All of them assumed their offices.

 

Representative Director, Chairman & CEO		Fujio Mitarai
Representative Director, President & COO		Masaya Maeda
Representative Director, Executive Vice President & CFO		Toshizo Tanaka
Representative Director, Senior Managing Director & CTO		Shigeyuki Matsumoto

 

 

PAYMENT OF THE TERM-END DIVIDEND

The term-end dividend due for the 115th Business Term shall be paid by either of the following methods.

 

n	If you are receiving the dividend with the “Receipt of Dividend”:

Please receive the dividend in accordance with the instructions stated on the enclosed “Receipt of Term-end Dividend of the 115th Business Term” at a nearby head office, branch office or subbranch office of Japan Post Bank, or a post office (banking agency) during the payment period (from March 31, 2016 to May 2, 2016). You can also make your dividend be remitted to your Japan Post Bank account or postal giro account or bank account with this “Receipt of Term-end Dividend of the 115th Business Term.”

 

n	If you have requested the dividend to be transferred to your account of bank, Japan Post Bank or securities companies, etc.:

Please confirm the description of the enclosed “Statement of Term-end Dividend of the 115th Business Term”.

 

 

NOTIFICATION OF YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY AND TAX NUMBER

FOR TAX PROCEDURES RELATED TO SHARES

The Social Security and Tax Number that you have received from your local municipality will be required during tax procedures related to shares. Due to this, shareholders will need to notify their securities company etc. of their Social Security and Tax Number.

 

n	For inquiries with respect to notifying a securities company etc. of your Social Security and Tax Number:

 

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If your shares are managed in an account with a securities company, please contact your securities company.

 

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If your shares are not under custody of a securities company, please contact the following:

Stock Transfer Agency Department of Mizuho Trust & Banking Co., Ltd.

Phone: 0120-84-0178 (toll free, available in Japan only)