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 January 2008
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 |
| Executive Officer |
| General Manager of |
| Corporate Financial & Accounting Group |
Date: January 30, 2008
Information furnished on this form:
Kyocera Corporation (the “Company”) filed an extraordinary report, pursuant to Paragraph 4 of Article 24-5 of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law and Sub-Paragraph 7 of Paragraph 2 of Article 19 of the Ordinance of Cabinet Office relating to Disclosure of Corporation, because a meeting of its Board of Directors held on January 21, 2008 authorized the Company to acquire the mobile phone-related business of SANYO Electric Co., Ltd. (“SANYO”) by means of a corporate split effective on April 1, 2008, and the final agreement relating thereto was executed following such authorization.
The Company hereby files an amendment to such extraordinary report pursuant to Paragraph 5 of Article 24-5 of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law because a meeting of its Board of Directors held on January 29, 2008 authorized the execution of the corporate split agreement and, following such resolution, the Company executed such agreement on January 30, 2008.
2. Matters Amended
Amended portions are indicated by underlines as follows:
(Before amendment)
(3) Form of a corporate split, number of shares of the acquiring company or any other assets to be allocated to the company undertaking such split by the acquiring company, and rights and obligations to be acquired by the Company
Form of a corporate split
In a corporate split, SANYO will be the company undertaking such split and the Company will be the acquiring company. The agreement for the corporate split is scheduled to be executed until January 31, 2008
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(After amendment)
(3) Form of a corporate split, number of shares of the acquiring company or any other assets to be allocated to the company undertaking such split by the acquiring company, and rights and obligations to be acquired by the Company
Form of a corporate split
In a corporate split, SANYO will be the company undertaking such split and the Company will be the acquiring company. The agreement for the corporate split was executed on January 30, 2008 following authorization by a resolution adopted at a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Company held on January 29, 2008.
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