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 2011
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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(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.)
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permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): __ )
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Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934.)
Yes __ No X
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in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): 82-__ )
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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
Chief Financial Officer,
Deputy President and
Representative Director
June 29, 2011
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June 29, 2011
To whom it may concern,
Company: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
Representative: Shiro Kondo
President and CEO
Contact: Minoru Saitoh
General Manager
PR Department
+81-3-6278-5228
ANNOUNCEMENT REGARDING CALL FOR VOLUNTARY EARLY RETIREMENT
Please be informed that at the Group Management Committee (a decision-making
body of Executive Officers) held on June 29, 2011, Ricoh Co. Ltd. decided to put
out a call to personnel for voluntary early retirement as follows.
1. REASONS FOR THE PROPOSAL
Against a background of increasingly severe global competition, the Ricoh Group
needs to take firm steps to improve profitability, including cutting fixed
costs. Under the current midterm business plan, one of the principal initiatives
is HR optimization, whereby those who would seek opportunities outside the group
would be supported with an early retirement package as well as outplacement
assistance when looking for a new career elsewhere.
2. OUTLINE OF CALL FOR VOLUNTARY EARLY RETIREMENT
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Number of personnel that may elect Approx. 1,600 among Ricoh Co. Ltd. and
voluntary early retirement: Ricoh group companies in Japan
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Application period: July 1, 2011 to October 31, 2011
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Date of retirement: August 1,2011 to November 30, 2011
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3. FUTURE OUTLOOK
Expenses, such as special retirement payments, that arise from this voluntary
early retirement program are projected to total approximately 23 billion yen
among Ricoh Co. Ltd. and Ricoh group companies in Japan.
In addition to this program, Ricoh Group, on a global basis (including in
Japan), will continue to implement measures to optimize its human resources such
as by decreasing the number of personnel (through natural attrition on a global
basis, including in Japan, whereby new personnel will not be hired to replenish
retiring personnel and prior hiring decisions will be reexamined), undertaking
internally businesses that were out-sourced to external parties and relocating
personnel, such that the personnel headcount would be reduced in the aggregate
by approximately 10,000 persons on a group-wide basis.
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