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 2009
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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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
January 29, 2009
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January 29, 2009
Company: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
Representative: Shiro Kondo
President and CEO
Contact: Masakuni Kutsuwada,
General Manager of
PR Department
+81-3-6278-5228
NOTICE CONCERNING REVISION OF FINANCIAL RESULTS FORECAST AND DIVIDENDS FORECAST
Ricoh Company, Ltd. ("Ricoh") revised its consolidated financial results
forecast and its dividends forecast for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2009
that were announced on October 28, 2008, based on its recent bussiness
performance.
1. Revision of the financial results forecast
(1) Revision of the consolidated financial results forecast for FY2009
(Millions of Yen)
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Operating Income before
Net sales income income taxes Net income
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Previous forecast (A)
(Announced on October 28, 2008) 2,150,000 150,000 142,000 87,000
New forecast (B) 2,150,000 100,000 70,000 35,000
Change (B - A) -- -50,000 -72,000 -52,000
Percentage change -- -33.3% -50.7% -59.8%
(Reference)
Actual results for FY2008 2,219,989 181,506 174,669 106,463
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* Consolidated sales would have decreased by JPY 143 billion (or 6.2%)
compared to the previous forecast, if including the expected impact (JPY
143 billion) on consolidated sales resulted from the acquisition of IKON
Office Solutions, Inc., which was announced on "RICOH COMPLETES ACQUISITION
OF IKON OFFICE SOLUTIONS, INC." dated November 1, 2008.
(2) Basis for revision
Ricoh revised the forecast of consolidated financial results for FY2009
downward due to factors such as slowdown in demand in domestic and overseas
caused by worldwide recession, and ongoing appreciation of the yen more than our
assumption.
2. Revision of dividends forecast
(1) Details of the revised dividends forecast
Dividends per share (Yen)
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Record date second quarter Year-end Total
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Previous forecast
(Announced on October 28, 2008) -- 19.00 37.00
New forecast -- 18.00 36.00
Performance in FY2009 18.00 -- --
Performance in FY2008 16.00 17.00 33.00
(2) Basis for revision
Ricoh considers continuous reinforcement in returning profits to
shareholders to be one of its basic policies concerning distribution of profits,
and dividends payout ratio is being taken into account upon distribution. As the
forecast of consolidated financial results for the fiscal year ending March 31,
2009 has been revised as mentioned above, Ricoh has also revised the forecast of
dividends amount per share to 18.00 yen for the fiscal year ending March 31,
2009, which is the same amount as the second quarter ended September 30, 2008.
* Ricoh bases the forecast estimates for FY2009 above upon information
currently available to management, which involves risks and uncertainties
that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected.