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 ….  

 September

  ……………………………………………… ,   

2023

 

 

   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-....................


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.

 

CANON INC.

 
    (Registrant)  

 

Date….

  September 7, 2023              By...../s/........Sachiho Tanino.........................
                                                   (Signature)*
        
        
        
        
        

                      Sachiho Tanino

                      General Manager

                      Consolidated Accounting Division

                      Finance & Accounting Headquarters

                      Canon Inc.

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

The following materials are included.

 

1.

Notice Regarding Director Changes


September 7, 2023

LOGO

 

   

Canon Inc.

Chairman & CEO: Fujio Mitarai

Securities code: 7751

Tokyo (Prime Market) and other Stock Exchanges

   

 

Inquiries:

Sachiho Tanino

General Manager

Consolidated Accounting Div.

Finance & Accounting Headquarters

+81-3-3758-2111

 

Notice Regarding Director Changes

At a Board of Directors meeting held on September 7, 2023, Canon Inc. (the “Company”) passed a resolution regarding Director changes as follows.

These changes are to be formally approved at the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders for the 123rd Business Term to be held in March 2024.

 

1

Reason for Changes

To further strengthen management structure

 

2

Details of Director Changes

 

  1.

Newly Appointed Director Candidates (Note 1)

 

•  Kazuto Ogawa

  

Senior Managing Executive Officer of Canon Inc. (present)

President and CEO of Canon U.S.A., Inc. (present)

•  Hiroaki Takeishi

  

Senior Managing Executive Officer of Canon Inc. (present)

Head of Industrial Group (present)

•  Minoru Asada

  

Senior Managing Executive Officer of Canon Inc. (present)

Group Executive, Finance & Accounting Headquarters (present)

•  Masayuki Ikegami

   Justice of the Supreme Court, Japan (former)

•  Masaki Suzuki

   Vice-Minister of the Environment of Ministry of the Environment Japan (former)

•  Akiko Ito

  

Commissioner, Consumer Affairs Agency, Japan (former)

(Note 2)

  2.

Retiring Directors

 

•  Kunitaro Saida

  

 

Note 1:

Masayuki Ikegami, Masaki Suzuki, and Akiko Ito are to be outside directors.

Note 2:

Akiko Ito is registered as Akiko Noda in Japan’s Family Register System.

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Biographies of Newly Appointed Director Candidates


Biography

Canon Inc.

Kazuto Ogawa

Education:

   1981    Graduated Department of Psychology, Faculty of Letters, Waseda University

Career:

Apr.

   1981    Joined Canon Inc.

Jul.

   1995   

Manager of BJ Printer Marketing Dept. 1, BJ Printer Marketing Div.,

BJ Printer Products Business Group

Sep.

   1995    Transferred to Canon Singapore Pte. Ltd.

Jan.

   2000    Transferred to Canon Hongkong Co., Ltd.

Aug.

   2003    Transferred to Canon (China) Co., Ltd.

Apr.

   2005    President and CEO of Canon Singapore Pte. Ltd.

Mar.

   2008    President and CEO of Canon Canada Inc.

Apr.

   2011    Executive Officer of Canon Inc.

Feb.

   2014    Executive Vice President of Canon (China) Co., Ltd.

Apr.

   2016    Managing Executive Officer of Canon Inc.

Apr.

   2018    President and COO of Canon U.S.A., Inc.

Apr.

   2020    President and CEO of Canon U.S.A. Inc. (present)

Apr.

   2021    Senior Managing Executive Officer of Canon Inc. (present)

As of August 2023

 

2


Biography

Canon Inc.

Hiroaki Takeishi

Education:

   1988    Graduated School of Control Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology

Career:

Jul.

   1990    Joined Canon Inc.

Apr.

   2003    Manager of Semiconductor Production Equipment Design Dept. 24

Jan.

   2006    General Manager of Semiconductor Production Equipment Development Div. 21

Jul.

   2008   

Senior General Manager of Semiconductor Production Equipment

Design Center 2

Jul.

   2009   

Senior General Manager of Semiconductor Production Equipment

PLM Center 1

Jan.

   2012   

Group Executive of Semiconductor Production Equipment Group

Optical Products Operations

Apr.

   2012    Executive Officer of Canon Inc.

Jul.

   2016    Deputy Chief Executive of Optical Products Operations

Jan.

   2017    Chief Executive of Optical Products Operations (present)

Apr.

   2017    Managing Executive Officer of Canon Inc.

Apr.

   2021   

Senior Managing Executive Officer of Canon Inc. (present)

Head of Industrial Group (present)

Chairman & CEO, Canon Tokki Corporation (present)

As of August 2023

 

3


Biography

Canon Inc.

Minoru Asada

Education:

Mar.

   1985    Graduated Faculty of Economics, Sophia University, Tokyo

Career:

Apr.

   1985    Joined Canon Inc.

Jul.

   1991    Transferred to Canon U.S.A., Inc.

Jul.

   1996    Budget Dept., Finance & Accounting Headquarters

Jan.

   2004    Manager, LBP Accounting Dept., LBP Production Planning & Promotion Div., Peripheral Products Global Manufacturing Management Center, Peripheral Products Operations

Apr.

   2004    Transferred to Canon U.S.A., Inc.

Dec.

   2010    General Manager, Accounting Planning Administration Div., Global Accounting Planning Administration Center, Finance & Accounting Headquarters

Jan.

   2013    General Manager, Group Executive Office, Finance & Accounting Headquarters

Jan.

   2014    General Manager, Budget & Management Administration Div., Group Management Center, Finance & Accounting Headquarters

Apr.

   2016    Senior General Manager, Group Management Center, Finance & Accounting Headquarters

Apr.

   2017    Executive Officer of Canon Inc.

Apr.

   2018    Deputy Group Executive, Finance & Accounting Headquarters

Sep.

   2018    Executive Vice President & COO, Océ Technologies B.V.
      (Currently, Canon Production Printing Netherlands B.V. (the Netherlands))

Dec.

   2018    President & CEO, Océ Holding B.V.
      (Currently, Canon Production Printing Holding B.V. (the Netherlands))

Apr.

   2020    Managing Executive Officer of Canon Inc.

Jan.

   2023    Group Executive, Finance & Accounting Headquarters (present)

Apr.

   2023    Senior Managing Executive Officer of Canon Inc. (present)

As of August 2023

 

4


Biography

Masayuki Ikegami

Education:

   1975    Graduated Faculty of Law, Tohoku University

Career:

Apr.

   1977    Appointed as Public Prosecutor

Jun.

   2006    Deputy Vice-Minister of Justice of Ministry of Justice

Oct.

   2008    Public Prosecutor of Supreme Public Prosecutors Office

Aug.

   2011    Deputy Prosecutor-General of Supreme Public Prosecutors Office

Jul.

   2012    Superintending Prosecutor of Nagoya High Public Prosecutors Office

Jan.

   2014    Superintending Prosecutor of Osaka High Public Prosecutors Office

Oct.

   2014    Justice of the Supreme Court

Aug.

   2021    Retired from Justice of the Supreme Court

Mar.

   2023    Registered as an attorney (present)

As of August 2023

 

5


Biography

Masaki Suzuki

Education:

   1978    Graduated Faculty of Law, Tokyo University

Career:

Apr.

   1978    Joined Ministry of Finance

Jul.

   2007    Deputy Vice Minister for Policy Planning and Co-ordination of Minister’s Secretariat of Ministry of Finance

Jul.

   2008    Councilor of Minister’s Secretariat of Ministry of the Environment

Sep.

   2012    Deputy Vice Minister of Minister’s Secretariat of Ministry of the Environment

Jul.

   2014    Vice-Minister of the Environment of Ministry of the Environment

Jul.

   2015    Retired from Ministry of the Environment

Oct.

   2015    Chairman and Representative Director of AEON Bank, Ltd.

Jun.

   2016    Chairman of AEON Financial Service Co., Ltd.

Mar.

   2017    Executive Officer in charge of Comprehensive Financial Business of AEON Co., Ltd.

Jun.

   2023    Outside Director of FP Partner Inc. (present)

As of August 2023

 

6


Biography

Akiko Ito

Education:

   1984    Graduated Faculty of Engineering, Kyoto University

Career:

Apr.

   1984    Joined Ministry of Construction

Sep.

   2014   

Councillor, Cabinet Secretariat

Deputy Director General, Secretariat of the Headquarters for Overcoming Population Decline and Vitalizing Local Economy in Japan

Jun.

   2016    Deputy Director-General, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism

Jul.

   2017    Director-General, Housing Bureau, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism

Jul.

   2018   

Councillor, Cabinet Secretariat

Director General, Secretariat of the Headquarters for Overcoming Population Decline and Vitalizing Local Economy in Japan

Jul.

   2019    Commissioner, Consumer Affairs Agency

Jul.

   2022    Retired from Consumer Affairs Agency

Mar.

   2023    Representative Director, The Research Institute for communities, Human resources and work (present)

Jun.

   2023    Outside Director, ITOCHU Corporation (present)

As of August 2023

 

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