EX-99.I.2 2 k02408exv99wiw2.htm EX-99.I.2 EX-99.I.2
Exhibit I-2
(English Language Translation)

This share exchange is made for the securities of a Japanese company. The share exchange is subject to disclosure requirements of Japan that are different from those of the United States. Financial statements included in the document, if any, may be prepared in accordance with foreign accounting standards that may not be comparable to the financial statements of United States companies. It may be difficult for you to enforce your rights and any claim you may have arising under U.S. federal securities laws, since the issuer is located in Japan, and some or all of its officers and directors are residents of Japan. You may not be able to sue a Japanese company or its officers or directors in a Japanese court for violations of the U.S. securities laws. Furthermore, it may be difficult to compel a Japanese company and its affiliates to subject themselves to a U.S. court’s judgment. You should be aware that the acquiror may purchase securities otherwise than under the share exchange, such as in open market or privately negotiated purchases.
(Securities Code: 9813)
August 5, 2010
Tokki Corporation
10-1 Shinko-cho, Mitsuke-shi
Niigata, Japan
Teruhisa Tsugami
President and CEO
Notice of Convocation of the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders
Dear fellow shareholder:
We are pleased to invite you to the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders to be held as described below.
If you are unable to attend the meeting in person, you will be entitled to vote in writing. Please read the attached referential documents, vote for or against the proposal in the voting card and return the completed voting card so that it may reach at or prior to 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, August 19, 2010.
Particulars:
1.   Date and time:   Friday, August 20, 2010 from 2:00 p.m.
2.   Place:   Yaesu First Financial Building
2nd Floor, Rooms B and C, Bellesalle Yaesu
Yaesu First Financial Building
3-7, Yaesu 1-chome, Chuo-ku, Tokyo
3.   Purpose of the meeting:
           Matter  to be resolved:
      Proposal:     Approval to the execution of the Share Exchange Agreement between Tokki Corporation (“Tokki”) and Canon Inc.

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(Requests)   If you attend the meeting in person, you will be asked to present the enclosed voting card at the reception.
Any revisions made to the referential documents for the general meeting of shareholders will be posted on our website (URL: http://www.tokki.co.jp).

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Referential Documents for the General Meeting of Shareholders
Proposal:   Approval to the execution of the share exchange agreement between Tokki and Canon Inc.
      The Boards of Directors of Tokki and Canon Inc. (“Canon”) adopted the resolutions for the share exchange under which Canon would make Tokki its wholly owned subsidiary (the “Share Exchange”) at their meetings both held on June 28, 2010, and Tokki and Canon entered into the share exchange agreement (the “Share Exchange Agreement”).
 
      We ask you to approve the execution of the Share Exchange Agreement.
 
      The effective date of the Share Exchange is scheduled to occur on October 1, 2010, and Canon will effect the Share Exchange as the simplified share exchange without approval of its general meeting of shareholders pursuant to Article 796, Paragraph 3 of the Companies Act.
 
      Subject to approval of shareholders, Canon will become a wholly owning parent company of Tokki on October 1, 2010, the effective date of the Share Exchange. Additionally, Tokki will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Canon and Tokki’s shares will be delisted on September 28, 2010 (the last trading day will be September 27, 2010).
  1.       Reasons for effecting the Share Exchange
      Under the corporate philosophy of kyosei—living and working together for the common good—the basic management policy of the Canon Group (the “Group”) is to contribute to the prosperity and well-being of the world while endeavoring to become a truly excellent global corporate group targeting continued growth and development. Based on this basic management policy, Canon launched two consecutive five-year management plans—Phase I of its Excellent Global Corporation Plan in 1996, and Phase II in 2001—with the aim of becoming a truly excellent global corporation. Through these two management plans, Tokki promoted a range of management reforms, thoroughly strengthening its product competitiveness and financial base. Since 2006, under a new five-year management plan—Phase III, which targets further growth and improved corporate value—Canon is pursuing “sound growth,” making use of the solid management foundation achieved through the two preceding plans, and further expanding its corporate scale while maintaining a high level of profitability.
 
      The Group set five key strategies for Phase III, and strives to achieve the overwhelming No.1 position in its current core businesses and fortify its industry equipment business.
 
      The Group believes that Tokki’s core organic EL and solar battery manufacturing equipment business is essential to the future growth of its industry equipment business. The Group also recognizes that organic EL operates as a powerful key component in the Office and Consumer Business Segments that would substantiate highly value-added and differentiated products of the Group.
 
      In order to permanently develop the Group, it is an urgent and dispensable task to expand the core business of Tokki. Moreover, the organic EL and solar battery markets surrounding Tokki have been rapidly growing. In order to promptly propel such expansion of business, Canon and Tokki must keep a closer cooperative relationship and further accelerate their management speeds, based on the financial strength the Group has built up to date.
 
      Given these circumstances, Canon has decided to utilize its strong management resources and Tokki’s advantages by making the CompanyTokki its wholly owned subsidiary, and enhance the synergy effect

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      throughout the Group, thereby focusing on development of high value-added products maximizing Tokki’s high level of technologies and know-how.
 
      As a result of these measures, the Group will further elevate its speed of management by quickly creating a framework that enables the flexible and swift execution of its key strategies, and make concerted efforts to reinforce the existing business through the utilization of differentiated key components and foster and expand the organic EL and solar battery manufacturing equipment business that will become the core of its Industry and Other Business Unit.
  2.       Brief Description of the Share Exchange Agreement
      The following presents the text of the Share Exchange Agreement entered into by and between Tokki and Canon, dated June 28, 2010:
Share Exchange Agreement (Duplicate)
      THIS SHARE EXCHANGE AGREEMENT (“this Agreement”) is made and entered into, as of June 28, 2010, by and between Canon Inc. (having its address at 30-2, Shimomaruko 3-chome, Ota-ku, Tokyo; “Canon”) and Tokki Corporation (having its address at 10-1 Shinko-cho, Mitsuke-shi, Niigata; “Tokki”) upon the terms and conditions set forth hereinbelow:
 
      Article 1. (Share Exchange)
      In accordance with and subject to the provisions of this Agreement, Canon and Tokki shall effect a share exchange under which Canon would become a wholly owning parent company of Tokki and make Tokki its wholly owned subsidiary (the “Share Exchange”), and Canon shall acquire all of Tokki’s issued shares (other than those shares held by Canon).
      Article 2. (Shares to Be Delivered upon the Share Exchange, and Allotment)
  1.   Upon the Share Exchange, Canon shall deliver the number of shares of its common stock representing the total number of shares of common stock held by it in Tokki multiplied by 0.12, in exchange for the shares of Tokki’s common stock, to Tokki’s shareholders (other than Canon) as of the point of time immediately prior to Canon’s acquisition of all of Tokki’s issued shares (other than those shares held by Canon) by way of the Share Exchange (the “Base Time”).
 
  2.   Upon the Share Exchange, Canon shall allot to each of Tokki’s shareholders (other than Canon) as of the Base Time 0.12 shares of its common shares for one share of common stock held by each of them in Tokki.
 
  3.   Any fraction of less than one share resulting from the allotment of shares of Canon’s common stock to the shareholders referred to in the immediately preceding Paragraph shall be treated by Canon pursuant to Article 234 of the Companies Act (Act No. 86 of 2005, as amended; hereinafter the same).
 
  4.   Canon shall issue no new share for shares of its common stock to be delivered upon the Share Exchange, and deliver shares held by it in treasury.
      Article 3. (Amounts of Capital and Reserves)
      Canon shall not increase the amounts of its capital and reserves upon the Share Exchange.
      Article 4. (Effective Date of the Share Exchange)

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      The date on which the Share Exchange will become effective (the “Effective Date”) shall be October 1, 2010; provided, however, that this date may be changed by reason of the necessity for proceeding with the Share Exchange or other cause, as agreed upon between Canon and Tokki after discussion.
      Article 5. (General Meetings of Shareholders for Approval to the Share Exchange)
  1.   Canon shall effect the Share Exchange without approval of the general meeting of shareholders to this Agreement pursuant to Article 796, Paragraph 3 of the Companies Act.
 
  2.   Tokki shall ask its shareholders to adopt a resolution for approval to this Agreement, as well as other matters necessary for the Share Exchange at the extraordinary general meeting of shareholders to be held on August 20, 2010 (the “General Meeting for Approval of the Share Exchange”).
 
  3.   The procedures set forth in the preceding two (2) Paragraphs (including the date on which the General Meeting for Approval of the Share Exchange is to be held) may be changed by reason of the necessity for proceeding with the Share Exchange or other cause, as agreed upon between Canon and Tokki after discussion.
      Article 6. (Cancellation of Treasury Shares)
      Tokki shall cancel all of shares held by it in treasury as of the Base Time (including those shares to be repurchased by Tokki in response to shareholders’ request for repurchase under Article 785 of the Companies Act) as of the Base Time pursuant to a resolution adopted at the meeting of Tokki’s Board of Directors to be held prior to the Effective Date.
      Article 7. (Management of Company Assets)
      Canon and Tokki shall conduct their respective business operations and manage and operate their respective assets and properties with the duty of care of a prudent manager for the period from the date of the execution of this Agreement up to the Effective Date, and dividends from surplus and other activities that may have any material effect on their respective assets, properties, rights and obligations shall be effected as agreed in advance between Canon and Tokki after discussion.
      Article 8. (Revision of the Share Exchange Terms; and Termination of This Agreement)
      If there arises any material change in the financial condition or operating results of Canon or Tokki due to an act of God or other cause for the period from the date of the execution of this Agreement up to the Effective Date, or if Canon receives notice of objection from the shareholders holding such number of shares as prescribed in Article 796, Paragraph 4 of the Companies Act and Article 197 of the Ordinance for Enforcement of the Companies Act or Canon or Tokki is exposed to any circumstance that might have a material adverse effect on the closing of the Share Exchange due to the statutory requirements for permission, authorization or clearance or notification (including those under any foreign law) or other reason, Canon and Tokki shall amend the Share Exchange terms and other provisions of this Agreement or terminate this Agreement, in either case as agreed upon after discussion.
      Article 9. (Effect of This Agreement)
      This Agreement shall cease to be effective either when Canon receives notice of objection from the shareholders holding such number of shares as prescribed in Article 796, Paragraph 4 of the Companies Act and Article 197 of the Ordinance for Enforcement of the Companies Act, provided that Canon’s general meeting of shareholders fails to adopt a resolution for approval to this Agreement and other matters necessary for the Share Exchange prior to the Effective Date or

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      when the General Meeting for Approval of the Share Exchange fail to adopt a resolution for approval of this Agreement and other matters necessary for the Share Exchange.
      Article 10. (Governing Law)
  1.   This Agreement shall be governed by, and be interpreted in accordance with, the laws of Japan.
 
  2.   It is agreed upon that the Tokyo District Court shall be the court of first instance having the exclusive jurisdiction over any dispute arising in relation to the performance and interpretation of this Agreement.
      Article 11. (Matters to Be Discussed)
  1.   Any matters not expressly stipulated in this Agreement and other matters necessary for the Share Exchange shall be determined in accordance with the purport of this Agreement as agreed upon between Canon and Tokki after discussion.
 
  2.   Any differences or other doubts in the interpretation of any provision of this Agreement shall be resolved through good-faith discussion between Canon and Tokki.
      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement in duplicate, retaining one copy each after affixing their respective names and seals hereupon.
 
      June 28, 2010
Canon:   Canon Inc.
30-2, Shimomaruko 3-chome, Ota-ku, Tokyo
 
    Fujio Mitarai [seal]
Chairman and CEO
 
Tokki:   Tokki Corporation
10-1 Shinko-cho, Mitsuke-shi, Niigata
 
    Teruhisa Tsugami [seal]
President and CEO
3.   Brief Description of the Matters Prescribed in Article 184 of the Ordinance for Enforcement of the Companies Act
  (1)   Matters regarding the reasonableness of the consideration for the exchange
  (i)   Matters regarding the reasonableness of the total number or total amount of the consideration for the exchange
 
      In order to secure the fairness and reasonableness of the share exchange ratio under the Share Exchange, Canon and Tokki determined that each company would separately request an independent third-party appraisal agency to calculate the share exchange ratio, and designated Nomura Securities Co., Ltd. (“Nomura Securities”) and Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities Co., Ltd. (“Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities”), respectively, as the third-party appraisal agencies to calculate the share exchange ratio.

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      Nomura Securities calculated the share exchange ratio by performing the average market price analysis for Canon, and the average market price analysis and discounted cash flow analysis (“DCF Analysis”) for Tokki. The results of calculation under each of these analyses are as follows. The ranges of the share exchange ratio shown below represent the ranges of the number of shares of Canon common stock to be allotted for each share of Tokki common stock.
 
      For the average market price analysis, Nomura Securities made calculations based on the closing stock price on June 25, 2010, the average closing stock prices on the five (5) business days from June 21, 2010 up to June 25, 2010, the average closing stock prices for the one month from May 26, 2010 up to June 25, 2010, the average closing stock prices for the three (3) months from March 26, 2010 up to June 25, 2010, and the average closing stock prices for the six (6) months from December 28, 2009 up to June 25, 2010.
         
    Method Adopted   Ranges of Share Exchange Ratio
(i)
  Average Market Price Analysis:   0.097 to 0.111
(ii)
  DCF Analysis:   0.101 to 0.126
      In calculating the share exchange ratio, Nomura Securities principally used the information provided by Canon and Tokki, as well as publicly available information. Nomura Securities assumed that all of those materials and information were accurate and complete and has not independently verified their accurateness and completeness. Additionally, Nomura Securities has not conducted any independent evaluation, appraisal or assessment of the assets and liabilities (including contingent liabilities) of Canon, Tokki and their affiliates, including analysis and evaluation of individual assets and liabilities, and has not requested any third-party institution to evaluate, appraise or assess them. The calculations of share exchange ratio by Nomura Securities reflect the information and economic conditions as of June 25, 2010. Nomura Securities also assumed that Tokki’s financial forecast (including its profit plan and other information) had been reasonably reviewed and prepared by the managements of Canon and Tokki based on the best forecast and judgment currently available to and possible for them.
 
      Based on the assumptions set forth above and certain other preconditions, Nomura Securities rendered to Canon its opinion (fairness opinion) dated June 25, 2010 that the agreed upon number of shares of Canon common stock to be allotted for each share of Tokki common stock is fair to Canon from a financial point of view.
 
      Given that shares of Canon common stock are listed on the financial instruments exchanges, have the substantial aggregate market value, and are highly liquid, Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities concluded that it could obtain fully appropriate results by the market price method, and made the calculation of the share exchange ratio by adopting the average market price analysis (the “Market Price Analysis”). In order to calculate the market prices under the Market Price Analysis, Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities designated June 25, 2010 as the base date, and adopted the base date and the periods of one week, one month, three (3) months and six (6) months prior to the base date to calculate the share exchange ratio based on Canon’s closing stock prices on each of the trading dates during those periods. In addition, given that shares of Tokki common stock are listed on the financial instruments exchange and the market prices are available, Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities made the calculation of the share exchange ratio by adopting the Market Price Analysis. Given that there exist multiple analogous listed companies comparable to Tokki, and the analogy of the stock valuation based on comparable companies analysis (the “Comparable Companies Analysis”) is feasible, Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities also made the calculation of the share exchange ratio by adopting the Comparable Companies Analysis, and in addition to the above, the discounted cash flow analysis (the “DCF Analysis”) to reflect the future business activities in its appraisal. Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities designated June 25, 2010 as the base date, and adopted the base date and the periods of one week, one month, three (3) months and six (6) months prior to the base date to calculate the share exchange ratio based on Tokki’s closing stock prices on each of the trading dates during

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      those periods. Under the DCF Analysis, Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities designated October 1, 2010, the scheduled effective date of the Share Exchange, as the base valuation date, and made the calculation of the share exchange ratio by computing as of the base date of June 25 the future corporate value which Tokki will have on the base valuation date.
 
      The appraisal range with the value of one share of Canon common stock being 1 is as shown below:
         
    Method Adopted   Appraisal Ranges of Share Exchange Ratio
(i)
  Market Price Analysis:   0.097 to 0.111
(ii)
  Comparable Companies Analysis:   0.094 to 0.114
(iii)
  DCF Analysis:   0.103 to 0.143
      In calculating the share exchange ratio, Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities used the information provided by Canon and Tokki, as well as publicly available information and data, as they were received and without any modification by Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities, and assumed that all of those materials, data and information were accurate and complete. Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities has never independently verified the accuracy or completeness of those materials, data and information. Additionally, Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities has not independently evaluated, appraised or assessed the assets and liabilities (including off-balance-sheet assets and liabilities, and other contingent liabilities) of Canon, Tokki or their subsidiaries or affiliates, and has never requested any third-party agency to evaluate, appraise or assess them. It is also assumed that Tokki’s financial forecast has been reasonably prepared by the management of Tokki, reflecting their best forecast and judgment currently possible.
 
      Based on the assumptions set forth above and other assumptions and certain other preconditions, Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities delivered to the board of directors of Tokki its opinion (fairness opinion) dated June 28, 2010 that the agreed number of shares of Canon common stock to be allotted for one share of Tokki common stock is fair to common shareholders of Tokki (excluding Canon) from a financial point of view.
 
      Canon and Tokki diligently examined the results of professional analysis and advice on the calculation of the proposed share exchange ratio submitted by the above-mentioned third-party appraisal agencies designated by each company, and each company considered the capital relationship between Canon and Tokki, the share exchange ratios in similar share exchange transactions in the past, the financial conditions, business performance trends, stock price trends, dividend trends and other relevant aspects of both companies. After repeated negotiations and discussions based on these aspects, it was determined that the share exchange ratio described below is reasonable and would contribute to shareholder interests of both companies. As a result, the Boards of Directors of Canon and Tokki determined the share exchange ratio under the Share Exchange as described below at their meetings held on June 28, 2010, and Canon and Tokki entered into the share exchange agreement.
         
    Canon   Tokki
Share exchange ratio:
  1   0.12
      The share exchange ratio may be changed after discussion between Canon and Tokki, in case of a material change in the assumptions based on which the ratio was calculated.
 
  (ii)   Reasons for selecting Canon’s shares of common stock as the consideration for the exchange
 
      Tokki selected Canon’s shares of common stock as the consideration for the exchange in consideration of protection of interests of Tokki’s shareholders (such as (i) the high marketability

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      of Canon shares; (ii) the availability of repurchase or additional purchase method to shareholders who cannot sell less than 100 Canon shares (i.e., the less-than-one-unit shares) that are allotted to them upon the Share Exchange on the exchange market; and (iii) the benefit of shareholders from sharing the potential synergies resulting from Canon becoming a wholly owning parent company of Tokki and Tokki becoming a wholly owned subsidiary of Canon), the group-wide capital policy after the Share Exchange, and other relevant aspects.
 
  (iii)   Matters noted so that the Share Exchange would not impair the interest of Tokki’s shareholders
 
      Canon already holds 66.01% of the number of issued shares of Tokki. In connection with the examination of the Share Exchange, Canon and Tokki requested the separate third-party appraisal agencies to calculate the share exchange ratio in order to secure the fairness of the share exchange ratio under the Share Exchange. Based on the results of that calculation, Canon and Tokki held negotiations and discussions, and the Boards of Directors of Canon and Tokki adopted the resolution for the Share Exchange at the share exchange ratio agreed upon between them.
 
      In order to avoid a conflict of interest, one director who concurrently serves as employee of Canon did not participate in the deliberation of and resolution for proposals on the Share Exchange at the meeting of the Board of Directors of Tokki, and did not participate in the discussions and negotiations with Canon as a representative of Tokki. Two (2) outside auditors who concurrently serve as employees of Canon did not participate in the deliberation of the Share Exchange at the meeting of Tokki’s Board of Directors to avoid a conflict of interest.
 
      Tokki received an opinion (fairness opinion) dated June 28, 2010 from Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities that the share exchange ratio described above is fair to the common shareholders of Tokki (excluding Canon) from a financial point of view.
 
      Tokki designated Yanagida & Partners as its legal adviser, and received advice on appropriate steps and other actions for the Share Exchange from a legal point of view.
  (2)   Referential matters on the consideration for the exchange
  (i)   Provisions of Canon’s Articles of Incorporation
      Articles of Incorporation of Canon Inc. (as amended as of March 27, 2009)
 
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF
CANON INC.

(as amended March 27, 2009)
 

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Chapter I. General Provisions
Trade Name
     Article 1.  The Company shall be called CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, which shall be indicated in English as CANON INC.
Objects
     Article 2.  The objects of the Company shall be to engage in the following business:
  (1)   Manufacture and sale of optical machineries and instruments of various kinds.
 
  (2)   Manufacture and sale of acoustic, electrical and electronic machineries and instruments of various kinds.
 
  (3)   Manufacture and sale of precision machineries and instruments of various kinds.
 
  (4)   Manufacture and sale of medical machineries and instruments of various kinds.
 
  (5)   Manufacture and sale of general machineries, instruments and equipments of various kinds.
 
  (6)   Manufacture and sale of parts, materials, etc. relative to the products mentioned in each of the preceding items.
 
  (7)   Production and sale of software products.
 
  (8)   Manufacture and sale of pharmaceutical products.
 
  (9)   Telecommunications business, and information service business such as information processing service business, information providing service business etc.
 
  (10)   Contracting for telecommunications works, electrical works and machinery and equipment installation works.
 
  (11)   Sale, purchase, leasing of real properties, contracting for construction works, design of buildings and supervision of construction works.
 
  (12)   Manpower providing business, property leasing business and travel business.
 
  (13)   Business relative to investigation, analysis of the environment and purification process of soil, water, etc.
 
  (14)   Any and all business relative to each of the preceding items.
Location of Head Office
     Article 3.  The Company shall have its head office in Ohta-ku, Tokyo.
Corporate Organizations
     Article 4.  The Company shall have the following corporate organizations as well as a general meeting of shareholders and Directors:
  (1)   Board of Directors;
 
  (2)   Corporate Auditors;
 
  (3)   Board of Corporate Auditors; and
 
  (4)   Accounting Auditors.
Method of Giving Public Notice
     Article 5.  Public notices of the Company shall be given in the Nihon Keizai Shimbun.
Chapter II. Shares

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Number of Shares Issuable
     Article 6.  The number of shares issuable by the Company shall be 3,000,000,000 shares.
Number of Shares Constituting One Unit
     Article 7.  Number of shares constituting one unit of the Company shall be one hundred (100) shares.
     2. Shareholders who own Less-than-one-unit Shares of the Company may request that the Company sell a number of shares which, when added to the Less-than-one-unit Shares, would equal the number of shares constituting one unit; provided, however, that the Company is not obliged to do so if the Company does not own its own shares in the number which it is requested to sell.
Rights Regarding Less-than-one-unit Shares
     Article 8.  Shareholders of the Company are not entitled to exercise any rights regarding their Less-than-one-unit Shares other than the rights described below:
  (1)   The rights provided in each item of paragraph 2, Article 189 of the Corporation Law; and
 
  (2)   The rights to request the sale of Less-than-one-unit Shares as provided in paragraph 2 of the preceding article.
Manager of the Register of Shareholders
     Article 9.  The Company shall have a manager of the register of shareholders.
     2. The manager of the register of shareholders and its place of handling business shall be designated by resolution of the Board of Directors and a public notice shall be given of such matters.
     3. The preparation and keeping of the register of shareholders and the register of stock acquisition rights of the Company, and other operations relating to the register of shareholders and the register of stock acquisition rights shall be delegated to the manager of the register of shareholders and shall not be handled by the Company.
Regulations for Handling of Shares
     Article 10. Handling business relating to shares of the Company shall be governed by the regulations for the handling of shares to be established by the Board of Directors.
Acquisition of the Company’s Own Shares
     Article 11. Pursuant to the provision of paragraph 2, Article 165 of the Corporation Law, the Company may acquire the Company’s own shares by means of market transaction, etc. by resolution of the Board of Directors.
Chapter III. General Meeting of Shareholders
Convocation
     Article 12. The ordinary general meeting of shareholders shall be convened in March each year and the extraordinary general meeting of shareholders shall be convened whenever necessary.

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     2. Unless otherwise provided by laws or ordinances, a general meeting of shareholders shall be convened by the Chairman-and-Director or the President-and-Director in accordance with a resolution of the Board of Directors.
     3. If the Chairman-and-Director and the President-and-Director are unable to act, such meeting shall be convened by another Director in accordance with the order prescribed in advance by the Board of Directors.
Record Date for Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders
     Article 13. The Company shall regard the shareholders entitled to vote and written or recorded in the final register of shareholders as of the last day of each business year as the shareholders who are entitled to exercise their rights as shareholders at the ordinary general meeting of shareholders for such business year.
Chairmanship
     Article 14. The chairmanship of a general meeting of shareholders shall be assumed by the Chairman-and-Director or the President-and-Director.
     2. If the Chairman-and-Director and the President-and-Director are unable to act, such chairmanship shall be assumed by another Director in accordance with the order prescribed in advance by the Board of Directors.
Method of Adopting Resolutions
     Article 15. Unless otherwise provided by laws or ordinances or by these Articles of Incorporation, resolutions at a general meeting of shareholders shall be adopted by a majority of the votes of the shareholders entitled to exercise voting rights who are present at the meeting.
     2. As to the resolutions under paragraph 2, Article 309 of the Corporation Law, they shall be adopted by a vote of two-thirds or more of the voting rights at a general meeting of shareholders where the shareholders holding one-third or more of the voting rights of shareholders entitled to exercise voting rights at the general meeting of shareholders are present.
Exercise of Voting Rights by Proxy
     Article 16. Shareholders may exercise their votes by proxy. Provided, however, that such proxy shall be a single shareholder of the Company entitled to vote.
Chapter IV. Director and Board of Directors
Number
     Article 17. The Company shall have thirty (30) Directors or less.
Method of Election
     Article 18. The Directors shall be elected by resolution of a general meeting of shareholders where the shareholders holding one-third or more of the voting rights of shareholders entitled to exercise voting rights are present.

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     2. The election of Directors shall not be made by cumulative voting.
Term of Office
     Article 19. The term of office of Directors shall expire at the end of the ordinary general meeting of shareholders for the business year ending within one (1) year after their election.
Representative Directors
     Article 20. Directors to represent the Company shall be selected by resolution of the Board of Directors.
Directors with Specific Titles
     Article 21. By resolution of the Board of Directors, the Company shall select a Chairman-and-Director, a President-and-Director and other Directors with specific titles.
Convening and Presiding of the Board of Directors
     Article 22. Unless otherwise provided by laws or ordinances, a meeting of the Board of Directors shall be convened and presided over by the Chairman-and-Director or the President-and-Director.
     2. If the Chairman-and-Director and the President-and-Director are unable to act, such meeting shall be convened and presided over by another Director in accordance with the order prescribed in advance by the Board of Directors.
     3. Notice of convocation of a meeting of the Board of Directors shall be dispatched to each Director and each Corporate Auditor at least three (3) days before the date of such meeting; provided, however that such period may be shortened in case of urgency.
Board of Directors
     Article 23. The Board of Directors shall be organized by all the Directors and, in addition to the matters provided by laws or ordinances or by these Articles of Incorporation, shall make decisions on the execution of important business of the Company.
     2. The Corporate Auditors of the Company are required to attend the Board meetings and express their opinions when they deem it necessary.
Omission of Resolution of Board of Directors
     Article 24. The Company shall deem that a resolution of the Board of Directors is adopted when it meets the requirements provided in Article 370 of the Corporation Law.
Regulations of the Board of Directors
     Article 25. The procedure for convening a meeting of the Board of Directors, method of adopting resolutions, etc. shall be governed, in addition to the matters provided by laws or ordinances or by these Articles of Incorporation, by the Regulations of the Board of Directors to be established by the Board of Directors.
Remuneration, etc.

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     Article 26. The remuneration, bonuses and other financial benefits given by the Company in consideration of the performance of the duties (hereinafter “Remuneration, etc.”) of the Directors shall be determined by resolution of a general meeting of shareholders.
Chapter V. Corporate Auditor and Board of Corporate Auditors
Number
     Article 27. The Company shall have five (5) Corporate Auditors or less.
Method of Election
     Article 28. The Corporate Auditors shall be elected by resolution of a general meeting of shareholders where shareholders holding one-third or more of the voting rights of shareholders entitled to exercise voting rights are present.
Term of Office
     Article 29. The term of office of Corporate Auditors shall expire at the end of the ordinary general meeting of shareholders for the last business year ending within four (4) years after their election.
     2. The term of office of a Corporate Auditor elected to fill a vacancy shall expire with the expiration of the remaining term of office of the retired Corporate Auditor.
Full-Time Corporate Auditors
     Article 30. The Board of Corporate Auditors shall select from among the Corporate Auditors a full-time Corporate Auditor or Auditors.
Convening of the Board of Corporate Auditors
     Article 31. Notice of convocation of a meeting of the Board of Corporate Auditors shall be dispatched to each Corporate Auditor at least three (3) days before the date of such meeting; provided, however that such period may be shortened in case of urgency.
Board of Corporate Auditors
     Article 32. The Board of Corporate Auditors shall be organized by all the Corporate Auditors and, in addition to the matters provided by laws, shall make decisions on matters relating to the execution of the duties of the Corporate Auditors except to the extent that such decisions might impair any of the power of the Corporate Auditors.
Regulations of the Board of Corporate Auditors
     Article 33. The procedure for convening a meeting of the Board of Corporate Auditors, method of adopting resolutions, etc. shall be governed, in addition to the matters provided by laws or ordinances or by these Articles of Incorporation, by the Regulations of the Board of Corporate Auditors to be established by the Board of Corporate Auditors.
Remuneration, etc.

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     Article 34. The Remuneration, etc. of Corporate Auditors shall be determined by resolution of a general meeting of shareholders.
Chapter VI. Accounting
Business Year
     Article 35. The business year of the Company shall be from January 1 to December 31 each year.
Dividends from Surplus
     Article 36. The Company shall pay year-end dividends to the shareholders or registered pledgees written or recorded in the final register of shareholders as of the last day of each business year.
     2. By resolution of the Board of Directors, the Company may distribute interim dividends to the shareholders or registered pledgees written or recorded in the final register of shareholders as of June 30 each year.

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  (ii)   Matters regarding the method of realization of the consideration for the exchange
 
      The shares of Canon’s common stock are traded on the First Section of Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc., the First Section of Osaka Securities Exchange Co., Ltd., the First Section of Nagoya Stock Exchange, Inc., Fukuoka Stock Exchange, and Sapporo Securities Exchange.
 
      Additionally, the financial instruments business operators (kinyu-shohin-torihiki-gyosha) (securities companies) throughout Japan act as intermediary, broker or otherwise for trading in the shares of Canon’s common stock.
 
  (iii)   Matters on the market price of the consideration for the exchange
 
      Average closing share price for Canon’s common stock on Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. for the three (3) months ending on the business day immediately preceding the date of the execution of the Share Exchange Agreement (i.e., June 28, 2010) was ¥4,026, while the closing price on the business day immediately preceding the date of the execution of the Share Exchange Agreement (i.e., June 25, 2010) was ¥3,530.
 
      The market price of the consideration for the exchange and other relevant information are available from the stock price data published by Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. at URL (http://www.tse.or.jp/).

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(3) Canon’s financial statement for the most recent fiscal year

BUSINESS REPORT
(From January 1, 2009 to December 31, 2009)
1. Current Conditions of the Canon Group
(1) Business Progress and Results
  General Business Conditions
     Reviewing economic conditions in both Japan and overseas during the current term, the worst of the deep global recession seen at its onset ended, however, dire circumstances remained as a whole.
     The U.S. and European economies stopped their recession as stimulus measures began to take effect in the second half of the term, but remained precarious generally, facing problems such as a rising unemployment rate.
     Asian economies, on the other hand, began to recover aided primarily on the strength of Chinese domestic demand which started in the spring.
     The Japanese economy suffered a severe downturn through the first half as an ongoing decline in exports added to the effects of weak consumer spending and capital investment. The second half, though, saw an upturn mostly in exports to Asian countries and other signs of improvement. That said, however, poor conditions with regard to employment and corporate earnings kept a full-scale recovery out of reach.
     In foreign exchange markets, rapid yen appreciation took hold in the aftermath of the “Lehman shock” and the yen marked significant gains against both the U.S. dollar and the euro compared with the 108th business term.
     As to the situation of the markets in which the Canon Group operates, conditions for office-use products such as copying machines and multifunctional devices were generally weak in Japan and overseas, while demand for consumer products such as cameras and inkjet printers declined overall except for single lens reflex (SLR) cameras. The demand for both semiconductor production equipment and mirror projection mask aligners for LCDs also weakened due to further ongoing capital investment restraint by semiconductor and LCD panel manufacturers.
     Under such business conditions, the Canon Group set the current term, the fourth year of Phase III (2006 to 2010) of our “Excellent Global Corporation Plan,” as a “year for responding swiftly to the present difficult business conditions and preparing to take advantage of the future.” We are focusing on “improving management quality” and embarking on various measures to restructure ourselves as a lean organization.
     First, we succeeded in drastically reducing inventories by scaling down capacity at production bases, strengthening our supply chain management and other efforts.

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     In product development, we made efforts to timely introduce competitive new products which excel in terms of functionality and performance, ease of use, reliability, design and cost performance, even during the recession.
     Particularly, we promoted development based on the “Cross-media Imaging” strategy which aims to deliver new value by linking various products in a sophisticated manner over an IT network, and we released “imageRUNNER ADVANCE series” networked multifunctional devices for office use, serving as the core of this strategy.
     Furthermore, to continuously create new business themes, we also embarked on structural improvements for our Headquarters R&D Operations.
     In the area of production, the entire Group worked to accelerate automation and in-house production. Reliability improvements of automated production facilities resulted in greater productivity and steady progress was also achieved in increasing in-house production.
     We worked on improving cost rate to firmly maintain adequate investment and solid cash flow management. Therefore, we achieved further progress with production and procurement reform activities and made efforts to thoroughly improve design quality by utilizing simulations and, thereby, boost development efficiency. As a result, we were able to minimalize the decrease in profits due to lower production volumes and product prices.
     In addition, as for product quality, which is critical for manufacturers, we took to heart the “supremacy of quality,” improved product quality thoroughly and worked to increase customer satisfaction.
     In the area of sales, we decided to establish a far-reaching system for cooperating with the U.S. companies Hewlett-Packard Development Company LP and Adobe Systems Incorporated, mainly to strengthen our solutions business in the office sector, and also accelerated the restructuring of our domestic Group sales subsidiaries. Other measures to steadily enhance the Group structure were taken by strengthening the U.S. direct sales network and centralizing European headquarter functions in London to more strongly tie them to sales functions.
     As described above, we took various actions under severe business conditions and, as a result, we recorded net sales of 3,209.2 billion yen (down 21.6% from the previous term), income before income taxes of 219.4 billion yen (down 54.4%), and net income attributable to Canon Inc. of 131.6 billion yen (down 57.4%), all on a consolidated basis. On a non-consolidated basis, we recorded net sales of 2,025.5 billion yen (down 25.6%), ordinary profit of 142.7 billion yen (down 60.3%), and net income of 80.8 billion yen (down 64.0%).

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Net Sales (Consolidated)
(PERFORMANCE GRAPH)
Income before Income Taxes
(Consolidated)
(PERFORMANCE GRAPH)
Net Income Attributable to Canon Inc.
(Consolidated)
(PERFORMANCE GRAPH)
Net Sales (Non-Consolidated)
(PERFORMANCE GRAPH)
Ordinary Profit (Non-Consolidated)
(PERFORMANCE GRAPH)
Net Income (Non-Consolidated)
(PERFORMANCE GRAPH)


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Constitution of Sales by Region
100 MILLIONS OF YEN
     
Consolidated   Non-Consolidated
     
(LINE GRAPH)   (LINE GRAPH)
Business Conditions by Operations
Sales by Operations
Consolidated
 
                 
Operations   Sales   Change from Previous Term
    (100 millions of yen)   (%)
 
Office Business Unit
    16,451       (26.8 )
 
 
               
Consumer Business Unit
    13,012       (10.6 )
 
               
 
 
               
Industry and Others Business Unit
    3,580       (31.5 )
 
               
 
 
               
Eliminations
    (951 )      
 
               
 
 
               
Total
    32,092       (21.6 )
 
               
 
Non-Consolidated
 
                 
Operations   Sales   Change from Previous Term
    (100 millions of yen)   (%)
 
Office Business Unit
    10,213       (30.4 )
 
               
 
Consumer Business Unit
    9,505       (14.0 )
 
               
 
Industry and Others Business Unit
    537       (64.0 )
 
               
 
Total
    20,255       (25.6 )
 
               
 
Notes: 1.  Although “Business Conditions by Operations” was previously classified into “Business Machines (Office Imaging Products, Computer Peripherals, Business Information Products),” “Cameras” and “Optical and Other Products” according to product function and type, from this report, we have changed to classify into three business units, namely the “Office Business Unit,” “Consumer Business Unit,” and “Industry and Others Business Unit,” following business operation organization of Canon Inc.
 
  2. The consolidated sales of each business unit includes the amount of intersegment sales.

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Office Business Unit
     For our office-use digital networked multifunctional devices, we took various measures amid a lack of corporate motivation toward capital investment. These included measures to boost sales of the “iR C3580” color machine and “iR 3245” black-and-white machine introduced in the previous term, and efforts to restructure the U.S. direct sales network. In the fall, we announced a new generation of multifunctional devices called the “imageRUNNER ADVANCE series,” and introduced 12 models, including the “C9075PRO/9065PRO,” “C7065/7055” and the “C5051/5051F.” This series has become the focus of attention as a line of products that not only offer more basic functions as multifunctional devices but also respond to the full range of user document needs via robust connections to IT environments and compatibility to a variety of system application software. Our solutions business aims to generate profits from both hardware and software by constantly developing and providing users with Internet services as well as with the latest in software offering the most advanced functions. All necessary resources were applied to selling “imageRUNNER ADVANCE series” products, which were deemed as strategic for this new business.
     For our “imagePRESS series” of printers for digital commercial printing, we worked to expand sales of color machines such as the “imagePRESS C7000VP” with strong results in this term particularly in Asia and Oceania. Additionally, to mark our full-scale entry into the market for black-and-white commercial printers, we introduced and made a good start of the high-speed “imagePRESS 1135” which offers both high-quality printing reproducing the beauty of true black and an output of up to 135 pages per minute.
     Regarding multifunctional devices for small mid-sized business owners, we launched products such as the “Satera MF8350Cdn” A4 color laser multifunctional device which offers four functions of copying, printing, faxing and scanning together with the high image quality technology we developed for our “imagePRESS series ” in a compact body.
     In laser beam printers, orders for OEM-brand products declined as the recession weighed heavily on customers. As for Canon-brand products in color machines, we expanded our lineup by introducing the A3-size compatible “Satera LBP9600C” and A4-size compatible “Satera LBP7700C,” both offering greater ease-of-use through the addition of features like a wide LCD panel, which can display onscreen animation, and the ability to print 30 pages per minute. We also worked to expand our solutions business, utilizing the “MEAP-Lite” function expansion system.
     In our “imagePROGRAF series” of large-format inkjet printers, we introduced four new products including “iPF755/750” whose high productivity and user friendliness rivals that of high-end models, and took steps to strengthen our solutions business by marketing the “PosterArtist 2009” poster auto design application which features powerful design and support functions and advanced design-editing capabilities well suited for CAD drawings, posters, signboards and a wide variety of other applications. As a result, we managed to increase our market share well above the previous term results amid recessionary conditions.
     Sales for this business unit fell by 26.8% on a consolidated basis and by 30.4% on a non-consolidated basis, both in comparison to the previous term.

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Change in Sales
100 MILLIONS OF YEN
Consolidated
(GRAPPH)
Non-Consolidated
(GRAPPH)

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l Consumer Business Unit
     In digital cameras, demand for SLRs remained relatively solid amid the global recession. Under such conditions, we launched some models including the “EOS Kiss X3” equipped with a 15.1 megapixel CMOS sensor, the high-performance “DIGIC 4” image processor for high image quality shooting and full HD video functionality, despite it being an entry-level model. We also launched an advanced amateur model, the “EOS 7D” with an 18.0 megapixel CMOS sensor, “Dual DIGIC 4” image processor for high-resolution and rich gradation expression, capable of a maximum continuous shooting speed of about 8 frames per second and the maximum burst capacity of about 94 frames. Furthermore, with solid sales results for the “EOS 5D Mark II” which was awarded “Camera of the Year” in the Camera Grand Prix 2009 and the “EOS Kiss X2,” SLR unit sales grew. As for interchangeable lenses for SLRs, the “EF 100mm F2.8L Macro IS USM” employing a new image stabilization system met with favorable reviews and cumulative production of our EF lens series reached the 50 million unit milestone in December.
     In the area of compact digital cameras, we launched six new models in our “IXY DIGITAL series.” One of these, the “IXY DIGITAL 930 IS” features the “DIGIC 4” image processor, a 12.1 megapixel CCD, wide-angle 24mm 5x zoom lens and 3.0-inch “Clear Live LCD T” monitor with touch-panel interface. We also added nine new products to our “PowerShot series.” One of them, the “PowerShot S90” is equipped with the “Dual Clear System” combining an ultra high-resolution CCD sensor and “DIGIC 4” image processor, which allows beautiful low-noise pictures and a wide-angle 28mm f/2.0 large-aperture 3.8x zoom lens.
     In digital video cameras, we secured a large share of the HD flash memory video camera market, which is expected to grow, by introducing products such as the “iVIS HF S11” and “iVIS HF21.” Both feature a double memory system comprised of a large 64GB internal flash memory and an SD/SDHC card, along with a “Canon Full HD CMOS” sensor, “DIGIC DV III” image processor and “Canon HD Video Lens” for recording high-quality, high-definition images.
     For our line of LCD projectors, we mounted sales promotion efforts focusing on the “WUX10 Mark II,” “SX80 Mark II” and other high-resolution and high image quality models especially well-suited for the production of images such as medical imagery and high resolution digital photo.
     Regarding broadcasting equipment, we secured a large share of the market by introducing portable HDTV camera lenses. These included the “HJ14e´4.3B” super-wide-angle lens offering optical performance of the highest level, and the compact and lightweight “KJ17e´7.7B” 17.0x zoom lens responding to the growing consumers’ demand for low-price products.
     As for inkjet printer, in the face of declining global demand, we took steps that included expanding sales channels among volume retailers in the U.S., recording strong sales of middle and top range multifunctional devices and implementing sales-boosting measures in China. This resulted in pushing unit sales beyond the result of the previous term. In the first half, we introduced the “PIXUS MX860” targeting home office users and the “PIXUS Pro9500 Mark II” for advanced amateurs. In the second half, we completely renewed our lineup for home users with new introductions of models featuring wireless LAN functionality, which has seen a particularly strong increase in demand. Examples included the “PIXUS MP990” multifunctional device which adds grey ink for a total of six ink colors and the “PIXUS MP640.” Meanwhile, sales of consumables suffered minimal losses as printing demand among end users remained solid despite the recession.
     In image scanners, the “CanoScan LiDE 200” and other products released in the previous term were well received allowing us to maintain our No. 1 share position in this market, even as market contraction reduced unit sales.
     Sales for this business unit fell by 10.6% on a consolidated basis and by 14.0% on a non-consolidated basis, both in comparison to the previous term.

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Change in Sales
100 MILLIONS OF YEN
Consolidated
(GRAPH)
Non-Consolidated
(GRAPH)

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l Industry and Others Business Unit
     Mirror projection mask aligners for LCDs fell substantially in terms of both units and sales in the current term. These declines became inevitable as forecasts of negative market growth for LCD panels as of the end of the previous term led panel manufacturers to postpone or freeze capital investments.
     Similarly, severe market conditions also prevailed for semiconductor production equipment, demand for which plummeted as semiconductor manufacturers kept investments in new capital equipment low.
     In response to these circumstances, we moved to implement a dramatic structural improvement of our semiconductor equipment business. One of the steps was to integrate the relevant operations of Canon Marketing Japan Inc. into Canon Inc. as of January 1, 2010. This change was undertaken to establish a system integrating everything from development and design, to production, sales and service and support and to include reflecting market trends and customer desires into products more rapidly and strengthening the technical capabilities of sales units.
     On the medical equipment front, we launched five new digital radiography systems, including the lightweight and thin “CXDI-55C” which offers a wide effective imaging area. Strong sales of these products in China and other parts of Asia helped to keep unit sales on a par with the previous term’s result.
     For sales of ophthalmic devices, we made efforts to expand sales by introducing products such as “CR-1 Mark II,” a non-mydriatic digital retinal camera capable of producing high-quality images with low flash intensity and the “CX-1,” Canon’s first mydriatic/non-mydriatic hybrid digital retinal camera, which is a compact, lightweight and easy-to-use model that employs a newly developed specialized digital camera unit enabling high-resolution 15.1 megapixel images.
     Document scanners handled by Canon Electronics Inc. met with lower sales, despite efforts to expand sales including the introduction of products such as the highly durable, highly speedy “DR-9050C/7550C/6050C” and the extremely compact and portable “DR-150.”
     Regarding calculators handled by Canon Electronic Business Machines (H.K.) Co., Ltd., the “X-Mark I” with its refined design and other products utilizing recycled materials drew attention, however, sales of its mainstay commercial printing calculators faltered on a marked decline in corporate demand. On another front, we released, to rave reviews, the “wordtank V823,” with substantial content for Chinese language learners, and four models of the compact “wordtank S500 series” offering a color LCD screen and carefully selected content.
     Die bonders handled by Canon Machinery Inc. and magnetic head film deposition equipment handled by Canon ANELVA Corporation were low due to the effect of capital investment restraint by customers.
     Sales for this business unit fell by 31.5% on a consolidated basis and by 64.0% on a non-consolidated basis, both in comparison to the previous term.

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Change in Sales
100 MILLIONS OF YEN
Consolidated
(GRAPH)
Non-Consolidated
(GRAPH)

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(2) Facilities Investment
     The investment in facilities during this term totaled 216.1 billion yen (128.2 billion yen by the Company), which are mainly as follows:
 
Main facilities completed during this term
  Canon Virginia, Inc.: Land and New Production Base
(Office Business Unit)
Location: Virginia, U.S.A.
Date of Completion: May, 2009
 
   Hita Canon Materials Inc.: Land
(Office Business Unit)
Location: Hita-shi, Oita Pref.
Date of Completion: June, 2009
*To be leased to Hita Canon Materials Inc. by the Company
 
  Nagasaki Canon Inc.: Land
(Consumer Business Unit)
Location: Hasami-cho, Higashisonogi-gun, Nagasaki Pref.
Date of Completion: July, 2009
*To be leased to Nagasaki Canon Inc. by the Company
 
  Canon Dalian Business Machines, Inc.: New Production Base
(Office Business Unit)
Location: Liaoning Province, China
Date of Completion: November, 2009
 
  Canon Electronics Inc.: Land and New Tokyo Headquarters
(Office Business Unit, Industry and Others Business Unit)
Location: Minato-ku, Tokyo
Date of Completion: December, 2009
 
Main facilities under construction for establishment/expansion as of the end of this term
 
  Nagasaki Canon Inc.: New Administration and Welfare Building / New Production Base
(Consumer Business Unit)
Location: Hasami-cho, Higashisonogi-gun, Nagasaki Pref.
*To be leased to Nagasaki Canon Inc. by the Company
 
  Kawasaki Office of the Company: New R&D Building
(Headquarters Operations)
Location: Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa Pref.
 
  Oita Canon Materials Inc.: New Production Base
(Office Business Unit)
Location: Oita-shi, Oita Pref.
*To be leased to Oita Canon Materials Inc. by the Company
 
  Toride Office of the Company: New Production Base
(Office Business Unit)
Location: Toride-shi, Ibaraki Pref.
 
  Canon Chemicals Inc.: New Production Base
(Office Business Unit)
Location: Kasama-shi, Ibaraki Pref.
*To be leased to Canon Chemicals Inc. by the Company

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(3) Management Perspectives
     Although the global economy has generally entered a recovery trend, there are still various risk factors such as weakened effects of stimulus measures in various countries, worsening employment conditions and consequent weakness in consumer spending, and it is necessary to maintain a close watch on what is a very uncertain future. It is expected that the global economy will continue to be trapped in a slow, L-shaped recovery, with business conditions facing the Canon Group remaining severe for the foreseeable future.
     The Canon Group has, however, successfully managed to further strengthen its financial condition, by implementing various management reforms undertaken until this term. Therefore, we have designated 2010, the final year of Phase III (2006-2010) of our “Excellent Global Corporation Plan,” as our “First Year of Growth,” a turning point to the growth mode. We will make full efforts to improve business performance at a speed that exceeds that of the economic recovery under a new growth strategy.
     We will begin by focusing on the introduction of innovative products and services that take markets by storm. For example, we strive to utilize the most of technologies and personnel resources we have developed throughout our history to identify market trends early on and create novel products and services like the “imageRUNNER ADVANCE series” which has the potential to become the core of the promising solutions business.
     Next, we will also focus on capturing significant portions of markets in China and other parts of Asia, where significant growth beyond that of the industrialized nations can be expected. Our approach will be to maximize our competitiveness by thoroughly considering the characteristics of individual regions and revising our sales strategies from the ground up.
     In addition, we will make Océ N.V., a Dutch printer manufacturer with strengths in printers for commercial use and large-format printers for business use, into a consolidated subsidiary and by doing so, we will enhance our direct-sales and direct-service systems, mainly in Europe and the U.S., and apply its technologies and products to overwhelmingly achieve the No.1 position in the printing industry. With the addition of Océ to the Canon Group serving as a foothold, we will also accelerate efforts to achieve our long-held objective of constructing a global tri-polar (Japan, U.S., and Europe) business creation organization.
     To nurture the development of new businesses, we plan to search for and develop existing businesses and peripheral businesses, enhance Group company sales to non-Group members and swiftly establish positions in next-generation businesses such as medical imaging and industrial robots.
     As we move ahead with the measures mentioned above, we will remain steadfast in our efforts to achieve further improvements in management quality. To strengthen profit structure, we will work on restructuring our semiconductor business, strengthening our office equipment business and creating an optimal production system.
     We will also continue to promote inventory reductions as we further strive for “supremacy of quality.”

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(4) Status of Assets and Earnings
Consolidated
                         
 
         
   
105th Business Term
  106th Business Term        
    (Jan. 1, 2005-Dec. 31, 2005)

  (Jan. 1, 2006-Dec. 31, 2006)        
 
         
 
                       
Net Sales
(100 millions of yen)
    37,542       41,568      
 
                       
 
         
 
                       
Income before Income Taxes
(100 millions of yen)
    6,120       7,191          
 
                       
 
         
 
                       
Net Income Attributable to
Canon Inc.
(100 millions of yen)
    3,841       4,553          
 
                       
 
         
 
                       
Basic Net Income Attributable to
Canon Inc. Stockholders Per Share
(yen)
    288.63       341.95          
 
                       
 
         
 
                       
Total Assets
(100 millions of yen)
    40,436       45,219          
 
                       
 
         
 
                       
Total Canon Inc. Stockholders’ Equity
(100 millions of yen)
    26,047       29,866          
 
                       
 
         
Notes: 1.  Canon’s consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
 
2.  Basic net income attributable to Canon Inc. stockholders per share is calculated based on the weighted average number of outstanding shares during the term.
Non-Consolidated
                         
 
         
   
105th Business Term
  106th Business Term        
    (Jan. 1, 2005-Dec. 31, 2005)

  (Jan. 1, 2006-Dec. 31, 2006)        
 
         
 
                       
Net Sales
(100 millions of yen)
    24,815       27,297          
 
                       
 
         
 
                       
Ordinary Profit
(100 millions of yen)
    4,407       5,240          
 
                       
 
         
 
                       
Net Income
(100 millions of yen)
    2,893       3,375          
 
                       
 
         
 
                       
Net Income Per Share
(yen)
    325.83       253.48          
 
                       
 
         
 
                       
Total Assets
(100 millions of yen)
    26,528       29,381          
 
                       
 
         
 
                       
Net Assets
(100 millions of yen)
    18,754       21,093          
 
                       
 
         
Notes: 1.  Net income per share is calculated based on the weighted average number of outstanding shares during the term.
 
2.  The Company implemented a three-for-two stock split on July 1, 2006. The net income per share for the 106th business term has been calculated on the basis that the stock split was made at the beginning of the term.

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107th Business Term
  108th Business Term   109th Business Term
    (Jan. 1, 2007-Dec. 31, 2007)

  (Jan. 1, 2008-Dec. 31, 2008)   (Jan. 1, 2009-Dec. 31, 2009)
 
                       
 
                       
 

    44,813       40,942       32,092  
 
                       
 
                       
 

    7,684       4,811       2,194  
 
                       
 
                       
 

    4,883       3,091       1,316  
 
                       
 
                       
 

    377.59       246.21       106.64  
 
                       
 
                       
 

    45,126       39,699       38,476  
 
                       
 
                       
 

    29,223       26,598       26,881  
 
                       
 
                       
3.  Canon has made a three-for-two stock split on July 1, 2006. Basic net income attributable to Canon Inc. stockholders per share for the 105th business term has been calculated based on the number of issued shares following the implementation of the stock split. The basic net income attributable to Canon Inc. stockholders per share for the 106th business term has been calculated on the basis that the stock split was made at the beginning of the term.
                         
 
   
107th Business Term
  108th Business Term   109th Business Term
    (Jan. 1, 2007-Dec. 31, 2007)

  (Jan. 1, 2008-Dec. 31, 2008)   (Jan. 1, 2009-Dec. 31, 2009)
 
                       
 
                       
 

    28,879       27,211       20,255  
 
                       
 
                       
 

    5,528       3,591       1,427  
 
                       
 
                       
 

    3,670       2,241       808  
 
                       
 
                       
 

    283.75       178.50       65.44  
 
                       
 
                       
 

    27,909       26,190       25,511  
 
                       
 
                       
 

    18,906       18,650       18,127  
 
                       
 
3.  Effective from 106th business term, the Company adopted Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 5 “Accounting Standard for Presentation of Net Assets in the Balance Sheet” issued by the Accounting Standards Board of Japan on December 9, 2005 and Accounting Standards Board Guidance No. 8 “Guidance on Accounting Standards for Presentation of Net Assets in the Balance Sheet” issued by the Accounting Standards Board of Japan on December 9, 2005.

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(5) Main Activities
     Canon Group is engaged in the development, manufacture and sales of the following products.
     
 
 
   
Operations
  Main Products
 
   
 
 
   
Office Business Unit
  Office Network Digital Multifunction Devices (MFDs),
 
   
 
  Color Network Digital MFDs,
 
   
 
  Personal-use Network Digital MFDs,
 
   
 
  Office Copying Machines,
 
   
 
  Full-color Copying Machines,
 
   
 
  Personal-use Copying Machines,
 
   
 
  Laser Printers,
 
   
 
  Large Format Inkjet Printers
 
   
 
 
   
Consumer Business Unit
  Digital SLR Cameras,
 
   
 
  Compact Digital Cameras,
 
   
 
  Interchangeable Lenses,
 
   
 
  Digital Video Cameras,
 
   
 
  Inkjet Multifunction Printers,
 
   
 
  Single Function Inkjet Printers,
 
   
 
  Image Scanners,
 
   
 
  Broadcast-use Television Lenses
 
   
 
 
   
Industry and Others Business Unit
  Semiconductor Production Equipment,
 
   
 
  Mirror Projection Mask Aligners for LCD Panels,
 
   
 
  Medical Image Recording Equipment,
 
   
 
  Magnetic Heads,
 
   
 
  Micromotors
 
   
 
  Computers,
 
   
 
  Handy Terminals,
 
   
 
  Document Scanners,
 
   
 
  Calculators
 
   
 

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(6) Canon Group Global Network
n Major Domestic Bases
 
Name [Location]
 
Canon Inc.
Headquarters      [Tokyo]
Kawasaki Office      [Kanagawa Pref.]
Ayase Plant      [Kanagawa Pref.]
Hiratsuka Plant      [Kanagawa Pref.]
Oita Plant      [Oita Pref.]
Tamagawa Office      [Kanagawa Pref.]
Kosugi Office      [Kanagawa Pref.]
Toride Plant      [Ibaraki Pref.]
Fuji-Susono Research Park      [Shizuoka Pref.]
Yako Office      [Kanagawa Pref.]
Utsunomiya Plant      [Tochigi Pref.]
Ami Plant      [Ibaraki Pref.]
Manufacturing
Oita Canon Inc.      [Oita Pref.]
Canon Chemicals Inc.      [Ibaraki Pref.]
Nagahama Canon Inc.      [Shiga Pref.]
Fukushima Canon Inc.      [Fukushima Pref.]
Oita Canon Materials Inc.      [Oita Pref.]
Marketing
Canon Marketing Japan Inc.      [Tokyo]
Canon Software Inc.      [Tokyo]
Canon System & Support Inc.      [Tokyo]
Canon IT Solutions Inc.      [Tokyo]
R&D, Manufacturing and Marketing
Canon Electronics Inc.      [Saitama Pref.]
Canon Finetech Inc.      [Saitama Pref.]
Canon Machinery Inc.      [Shiga Pref.]
Canon Precision Inc.      [Aomori Pref.]
Canon ANELVA Corporation      [Kanagawa Pref.]
 

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n Major Overseas Bases
 
Name [Location]
 
R&D
Canon Development Americas, Inc.      [U.S.A.]
Canon Technology Europe Ltd.       [U.K.]
Canon Research Centre France S.A.S.       [France]
Canon Information Systems Research Australia Pty. Ltd.       [Australia]
Manufacturing
Canon Virginia, Inc.      [U.S.A.]
Canon Giessen GmbH      [Germany]
Canon Bretagne S.A.S.      [France]
Canon Dalian Business Machines, Inc.      [China]
Canon Zhuhai, Inc.       [China]
Canon Zhongshan Business Machines Co., Ltd.      [China]
Canon (Suzhou) Inc.      [China]
Canon Inc., Taiwan      [Taiwan]
Canon Hi-Tech (Thailand) Ltd.      [Thailand]
Canon Vietnam Co., Ltd.      [Vietnam]
Canon Opto (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd.       [Malaysia]
Marketing
Canon U.S.A., Inc.      [U.S.A.]
Canon Canada Inc.      [Canada]
Canon Latin America, Inc.      [U.S.A.]
Canon Europa N.V.      [Netherlands]
Canon Europe Ltd.      [U.K.]
Canon (UK) Ltd.      [U.K.]
Canon France S.A.S.      [France]
Canon Deutschland GmbH       [Germany]
Canon Ru LLC      [Russia]
Canon Middle East FZ-LLC      [U.A.E.]
Canon (China) Co., Ltd.      [China]
Canon Hongkong Co., Ltd.       [Hong Kong]
Canon Korea Consumer Imaging Inc.      [Korea]
Canon Singapore Pte. Ltd.       [Singapore]
Canon Australia Pty. Ltd.      [Australia]
Canon do Brasil Indústria e Comércio Limitada      [Brazil]
Canon Chile, S.A.      [Chile]
Canon South Africa Pty. Ltd.      [South Africa]
R&D, Manufacturing and Marketing
Canon Electronic Business Machines (H.K.) Co., Ltd.       [Hong Kong]
 

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(7) Employees
Consolidated
 
         
Number of employees
  168,879 persons    
 
       
(Increase of 1,899 persons from the previous term)    
 
       
 
 
       
Americas
  11,084 persons    
 
       
Europe
  12,004 persons    
 
       
Japan
  73,635 persons    
 
       
Others
  72,156 persons    
 
       
 
Non-Consolidated
 
         
Number of employees
  25,683 persons    
(Increase of 271 persons from the previous term)    
 
       
 

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(8) Principal Subsidiaries
n Subsidiaries
 
                     
Company Name   Capital Stock
(millions of yen)
  Ratio of Voting    
    Rights of the   Main Activities
    Company (%)    
 
                   
 
 
                   
Canon Marketing Japan Inc.
    73,303       55.2     Domestic sale of business machines, cameras, etc.
 
                   
Canon Electronics Inc.
    4,969       55.1     Manufacture and sale of information related equipment and precision machinery units for cameras
 
                   
Canon Finetech Inc.
    3,451       58.1     Manufacture and sale of printers, peripheral devices for business machines and chemicals, etc.
 
                   
Canon Software Inc.
    1,348       57.6     Development and sale of computer software
 
                   
Canon Machinery Inc.
    2,712       64.6     Manufacture and sale of semiconductor production equipment and automation/laborsaving equipment
 
                   
Tokki Corporation
    6,573       66.5     Development, manufacture and sale of equipment for manufacturing organic EL display panels, etc.
 
                   
Asia Pacific System
Research Co., Ltd.
    2,400       87.9     Design, development, operation and maintenance of software and systems
 
                   
e-System Corporation
    5,005       62.1     Introduction of Customer Relationship Management System, etc.
 
                   
Oita Canon Inc.
    80       100.0     Manufacture of cameras
 
                   
Canon U.S.A., Inc.
    204,355
thousands of U.S.$
    100.0     Sale of business machines, cameras, etc. in the Americas
 
                   
Canon Europa N.V.
    290,600
thousands of Euro
    100.0     Sale of business machines, cameras, etc. in Europe
 
                   
 
         
Notes:
    1.  The ratio of the Company’s voting rights in Canon Marketing Japan Inc. and Canon Finetech Inc. are calculated together with the number of voting rights held by subsidiaries.
 
       
 
    2.  The ratio of the Company’s voting rights in Canon Software Inc., Asia Pacific System Research Co., Ltd. and e-System Corporation are based on the number of voting rights held by subsidiaries.
 
       
 
    3.  The ratio of the Company’s voting rights in Asia Pacific System Research Co., Ltd. is calculated based on the number of voting rights as of September 30, 2009.
n Consolidated Status
  The number of consolidated subsidiaries was 241, and the number of affiliated companies accounted for by the equity method was 15.

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(9) Other Important Items Regarding Current Conditions of the Canon Group
(i)   On January 1, 2010, Canon Inc. received sales, service and support functions for semiconductor production equipment and mirror projection mask aligners for LCD panels from Canon Marketing Japan Inc. This was in an effort to fortify our industry equipment business by establishing a completely integrated system from development to production, sales and servicing.
 
(ii)   On February 1, 2010, Asia Pacific System Research Co., Ltd. exercised a share exchange with Canon Electronics Inc. and became a wholly owned subsidiary of Canon Electronics Inc. This was in an effort to further accelerate business decision-making by integrating the two companies.
 
(iii)   On January 26, 2010, Canon Marketing Japan Inc. concluded a share exchange agreement with Canon Software Inc. (“Canon Software”), making Canon Software a wholly owned subsidiary effective May 1, 2010. This was in an effort to further fortify and streamline our consolidated business base and accelerate the making of IT solutions business of Canon Marketing Japan Group into a core business.
 
(iv)   On February 8, 2010, Canon Inc. concluded a share exchange agreement with Canon Finetech Inc. (“Canon Finetech”), making Canon Finetech a wholly owned subsidiary effective May 1, 2010. This was in an effort to facilitate the organic integration of management resources between both companies and further enhance the synergies throughout the Canon Group to promote speed of management and solidify our position in the office equipment segment.
2. Shares of the Company
Number of Shares Issuable      3,000,000,000 shares
Issued Shares, Capital Stock and Number of Shareholders
 
                         
    As of the end of     Change during     As of the end of  
    the Previous Term     This Term     This Term  
 
                       
 
 
                       
Issued Shares (share)
    1,333,763,464       0       1,333,763,464  
 
                       
 
 
                       
Capital Stock (yen)
    174,761,797,475       0       174,761,797,475  
 
                       
 
 
                       
Number of
    184,789     Decrease of     169,172  
Shareholders (person)
          15,617        
 
                       
 
 
                       

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Major Shareholders (Ten shareholders)
                 
 
    Number of     Share-  
    Shares Held     holding  
Name of Shareholders   (thousands of     Ratio (%)  
    shares)        
 
               
 
 
               
The Dai-Ichi Mutual Life Insurance Company
    74,649       6.0  
 
               
Japan Trustee Services Bank, Ltd. (Trust Account)
    67,840       5.5  
 
               
The Master Trust Bank of Japan, Ltd. (Trust Account)
    51,665       4.2  
 
               
Moxley and Co.
    50,458       4.1  
 
               
JP Morgan Chase Bank 380055
    39,866       3.2  
 
               
Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd.
    25,919       2.1  
 
               
Sompo Japan Insurance Inc.
    22,910       1.9  
 
               
The Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A. London S.L. Omnibus Account
    21,863       1.8  
 
               
State Street Bank and Trust Company 505225
    20,850       1.7  
 
               
State Street Bank and Trust Company
    19,681       1.6  
 
 
         
Notes:
    1.  Shareholding ratio is calculated by deducting number of treasury shares (99,288 thousand shares) from total shares issued.
 
       
 
    2.  With respect to The Dai-Ichi Mutual Life Insurance Company, in addition to the above, there are 6,180 thousand shares of the Company’s stock, in the form of trust property relating to retirement allowance trust.
 
       
 
    3.  With respect to Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd., in addition to the above, there are 7,704 thousand shares of the Company’s stock, in the form of trust property relating to retirement allowance trust.
Shareholding Ratio by Category
(GRAPH)

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3. Share Options of the Company
Share Options Issued as Stock Options
(i)   Share Options Held by the Directors and Corporate Auditors of the Company as of the end of this term
 
                 
    Number of share   Class and        
    options   number of shares   Exercise period   Number of
    (Exercise price   to be acquired       holders
    per share)            
 
 
               
1st Share
  3,400 options   Common stock   May 1, 2010 to   Directors
Options
  (5,502 yen)   340,000 shares   April 30, 2014   24 persons
 
               
 
 
               
2nd Share
  5,500 options   Common stock   May 1, 2011 to   Directors
Options
  (3,287 yen)   550,000 shares   April 30, 2015   25 persons
 
               
 
(ii)   Share Options Issued to the Employees of the Company during this term
                 
 
    Number of share   Class and        
    options   number of shares   Exercise period   Number of
    (Exercise price   to be acquired       holders
    per share)            
 
               
 
 
               
2nd Share
  4,040 options   Common stock   May 1, 2011 to   Employees of
Options
  (3,287 yen)   404,000 shares   April 30, 2015   the Company
 
              39 persons
 
               
 
(iii)   Issue Price of Share Options
     No cash payment is required.
(iv)   Other Conditions for Exercise of Share Options
a.   One (1) share option may not be exercised partially.
b.   Each holder of share options must continue to be a director, executive officer or employee of the Company until the end of the Company’s Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders regarding the final business term within two (2) years from the end of the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders which the issuance of such share options was resolved.
c.   Holders of share options will be entitled to exercise their share options for two (2) years, and during the exercisable period, even after they lose their positions as directors, executive officers or employees. However, if a holder of share options loses such position due to resignation at his/her initiative, or due to dismissal or discharge by the Company, his/her share options will immediately lose effect.
d.   No succession by inheritance is authorized for the share options.
e.   Besides the above, other conditions shall be stipulated in an agreement to be executed between the Company and grantee of share options, based on the resolution of the Board of Directors’ meeting.

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4. Directors and Corporate Auditors
(1) Directors and Corporate Auditors
         
 
 
Position   Name   Business in Charge or
    Important Concurrent Posts
 
 
 
       
Chairman & CEO
  Fujio Mitarai   Chairman of Nippon Keidanren
 
       
President & COO
  Tsuneji Uchida    
 
       
Executive Vice President & CFO
  Toshizo Tanaka   Senior General Manager of Policy & Economy Research Center
 
       
Executive Vice President & CTO
  *Toshiaki Ikoma   Group Executive of Corporate R&D Headquarters, Chief Executive of Optical Products Operations, President of The Canon Foundation and Director of Hitachi Metals, Ltd.
 
       
Senior Managing Director
  Nobuyoshi Tanaka   Group Executive of Corporate Intellectual Property and Legal Headquarters
 
       
Senior Managing Director
  Junji Ichikawa   Chairman and Representative Director and President of Canon ANELVA Corporation
 
       
Senior Managing Director
  Akiyoshi Moroe   Group Executive of External Relations Headquarters and Group Executive of Human Recources Management & Organization Headquarters
 
       
Senior Managing Director
  Kunio Watanabe   Group Executive of Corporate Planning Development Headquarters
 
       
Senior Managing Director
  Yoroku Adachi   President & CEO of Canon U.S.A., Inc.
 
       
Senior Managing Director
  Yasuo Mitsuhashi   Chief Executive of Peripheral Products Operations and Chief Executive of Chemical Products Operations
 
       
Managing Director
  Tomonori Iwashita   Group Executive of Environment Headquarters and Group Executive of Quality Management Headquarters
 
       
Managing Director
  Masahiro Osawa   Group Executive of Finance & Accounting Headquarters
 
       
Managing Director
  Shigeyuki Matsumoto   Group Executive of Device Technology Development Headquarters
 
       
Managing Director
  Katsuichi Shimizu   Chief Executive of Inkjet Products Operations
 
       
Managing Director
  Ryoichi Bamba   President of Canon Europa N.V. and President of Canon Europe Ltd.
 
       
Managing Director
  Toshio Homma   Chief Executive of L Printer Products Operations
 
       
Managing Director
  Masaki Nakaoka   Chief Executive of Office Imaging Products Operations
 
       
Managing Director
  Haruhisa Honda   Group Executive of Production Engineering Headquarters
 
       
Director
  Toshiyuki Komatsu   Deputy Group Executive of Corporate Planning Development Headquarters
 
       
Director
  Tetsuro Tahara   Group Executive of Global Manufacturing & Logistics Headquarters
 
       
Director
  Seijiro Sekine   Deputy President and Representative Executive Officer of Japan Post Holdings Co., Ltd.
 
       
Director
  Shunji Onda   Group Executive of Global Procurement Headquarters
 
       
Director
  Kazunori Fukuma   President & Representative Director of SED Inc.
 
       
Director
  Hideki Ozawa   President of Canon (China) Co., Ltd.
 
       
Director
  Masaya Maeda   Group Executive of Image Communication Products Operations
 

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Position   Name   Business in Charge or
    Important Concurrent Posts
 
 
Corporate Auditor
  Keijiro Yamazaki   Auditor of Canon Finetech Inc.
 
       
Corporate Auditor
  Kunihiro Nagata   Auditor of Canon Marketing Japan Inc. and Auditor of Canon Electronics Inc.
 
       
Corporate Auditor
  Tadashi Ohe   Attorney, Auditor of Marui Group Co., Ltd. and Auditor of Kao Corporation
 
       
Corporate Auditor
  Yoshinobu Shimizu   Certified Public Accountant, Auditor of Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation and Auditor of Canon Electronics Inc.
 
       
Corporate Auditor
  Minoru Shishikura   Auditor of Canon Marketing Japan Inc. and Auditor of Canon Finetech Inc.
 
       
 
                 
Notes:     1.     Mr. Fujio Mitarai, Mr. Tsuneji Uchida and Mr. Toshizo Tanaka are Representative Directors.
      2.     Director with asterisk was newly elected at the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders for the 108th Business Term held on March 27, 2009, and assumed his office.
      3.     Corporate Auditors Mr. Tadashi Ohe, Mr. Yoshinobu Shimizu and Mr. Minoru Shishikura are Outside Corporate Auditors defined by Item 16, Article 2 of the Corporation Law.
      4.     Corporate Auditor Mr. Kunihiro Nagata had experienced accounting operation at the Company for many years and has a wealth of expertise in finance and accounting.
      5.     Corporate Auditor Mr. Yoshinobu Shimizu is a Certified Public Accountant and has a wealth of expertise in finance and accounting.
      6.     Corporate Auditor Mr. Minoru Shishikura had experienced financial operation at an insurance company for many years and has a wealth of expertise in finance.
      7.     “Business in Charge or Important Concurrent Posts” of Directors Mr. Toshizo Tanaka and Mr. Yasuo Mitsuhashi, as of January 1, 2010, have been changed as follows.
 
          Toshizo Tanaka   Senior General Manager of Policy & Economy Research Center and Group Executive of General Affairs Headquarters
 
          Yasuo Mitsuhashi   Chief Executive of Peripheral Products Operations
(2) Remuneration and Other Amounts to Directors and Corporate Auditors
         
Directors
  26 persons   1,654 million yen
Corporate Auditors
  5 persons   105 million yen
     (including 53 million yen for 3 Outside Corporate Auditors)
             
Notes:
    1.     The above persons include 1 Director who has retired at the conclusion of the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders for the 108th Business Term held on March 27, 2009.
 
    2.     Directors’ remuneration and other amounts do not include amount paid as salary for employees to those Directors who are also employees.
 
    3.     Directors’ remuneration and other amounts include provisions for directors’ bonuses for this term in the amount of 127 million yen.
 
    4.     Directors’ remuneration and other amounts include expenses related to the share options issued pursuant to the resolution of the 107th Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders, held on March 28, 2008, and the share options issued pursuant to the resolution of the 108th Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders, held on March 27, 2009, in the amount of 341 million yen.
 
    5.     The above remuneration and other amounts include an increased amount of accrued directors’ retirement benefits for this term (Directors 225 million yen, Corporate Auditors 11 million yen (including 5 million yen for Outside Corporate Auditors)).
 
    6.     In addition to the above, Directors and Corporate Auditors received the following remuneration and other amounts.
 
 
          Directors’ allowance paid pursuant to the resolution of the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders for the 108th Business Term held on March 27, 2009
         
Director   1 person   26 million yen
 
             
          The amount includes increased amount of accrued directors’ retirement benefits, disclosed in the business report for this business term and in prior business terms.

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(3) Outside Directors and Outside Corporate Auditors
Relation Between Important Organization of Concurrent Post and Canon Inc.
             
 
Name
  Concurrent Post   Organization of   Relation with
    Concurrent Post   Canon Inc.
 
           
 
 
           
Tadashi Ohe
  Outside Corporate
Auditor
  Marui Group Co., Ltd.   No special relation
           
   
 
           
  Outside Corporate
Auditor
  Kao Corporation   No special relation
           
 
 
           
Yoshinobu Shimizu
  Outside Corporate
Auditor
  Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation   No special relation
           
   
           
  Outside Corporate
Auditor
  Canon Electronics Inc.   Subsidiary
 
           
 
 
           
Minoru Shishikura
  Outside Corporate
Auditor
  Canon Marketing Japan Inc.   Subsidiary
           
   
           
  Outside Corporate
Auditor
  Canon Finetech Inc.   Subsidiary
 
Principal Activities
     
 
 
   
Name
  Principal Activities
 
   
 
 
   
Tadashi Ohe
  Attended 12 out of 19 Board of Directors meetings and 18 out of 19 Board of Corporate Auditors meetings held during this term, and provided expert input as an attorney when necessary.
 
   
 
 
   
Yoshinobu Shimizu
  Attended 18 out of 19 Board of Directors meetings and all 19 of the Board of Corporate Auditors meetings held during this term, and provided expert input as a Certified Public Accountant when necessary.
 
   
 
 
   
Minoru Shishikura
  Attended all 19 of the Board of Directors meetings and 18 out of 19 Board of Corporate Auditors meetings held during this term, and provided input based on his insight in financial operation when necessary.
 
   
 
Remuneration and Other Amounts Received by Outside Directors and Outside Corporate Auditors from the Company’s Subsidiaries
     Remuneration and other amounts received during this term by Outside Corporate Auditors from the Company’s subsidiaries for their services as Outside Corporate Auditors amounted to 11 million yen.

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5. Accounting Auditor
(1) Name of Accounting Auditor
Ernst & Young ShinNihon LLC
(2) Remuneration and Other Amounts to Accounting Auditor for This Term
         
 
 
        Amount
 
 
 
       
(i)
  Remuneration and other amounts payable by the Company for the services defined in Paragraph 1, Article 2 of the Certified Public Accountants Act   522 million yen
 
       
 
 
       
(ii)
  Total amount of cash and other financial benefits payable by the Company and its subsidiaries to the Accounting Auditor   1,050 million yen
 
       
 
Notes:  1.    In the audit agreement between the Company and the Accounting Auditor, remuneration amounts are determined on a lump-sum without breakdown into a separate remuneration amount for auditing in accordance with the Corporation Law and in accordance with the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law. Accordingly, the amounts shown in (i) above represent total amounts of remuneration and other amounts for both of these auditing services.
 
  2.   The Company pays remuneration to the Accounting Auditor for their advisory services in addition to the services defined in Paragraph 1, Article 2 of the Certified Public Accountants Act.
 
  3.   Among the Company’s principal subsidiaries, Asia Pacific System Research Co., Ltd. is audited by KPMG AZSA & Co., Canon U.S.A., Inc. is audited by Ernst & Young LLP and Canon Europa N.V. is audited by Ernst & Young Accountants LLP.
(3)   Policy Regarding Decision to Either Dismiss or Not Reappoint Accounting Auditor
     The Board of Corporate Auditors, by unanimous agreement, will dismiss the Accounting Auditor when confirmed that the Accounting Auditor falls under any Item of Paragraph 1, Article 340 of the Corporation Law.
     In addition to the above, should anything occur to negatively impact the qualifications or independence of the Accounting Auditor, making it unlikely that the Accounting Auditor will be able to properly perform an audit, the Directors will propose, with the agreement of the Board of Corporate Auditors, or as requested by the Board of Corporate Auditors, not to reappoint the Accounting Auditor at a General Meeting of Shareholders.

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6.   Systems for Ensuring Propriety of Operations
     As systems for ensuring the propriety of the Company’s operations, the Board of Directors has adopted a resolution as follows:
(1)   System for Ensuring the Performance of Duties by Directors and Employees to Comply with Laws and Articles of Incorporation
  (i)   Based on the spirit of the “Three Selfs” (self-motivation, self-management, and self-awareness)—a Canon universal principle dating back to the Company’s founding—the Company established the Canon Group Code of Conduct as a standard to which Directors, Executive Officers and employees must adhere when performing their work. A Committee that manages and oversees this initiative promotes compliance activities to develop law-abiding, independent and strong individuals with a high sense of ethics.
 
  (ii)   Policies and measures set forth by the Committee above are implemented throughout the Company with the assistance of compliance staff assigned to each division.
 
  (iii)   Each division establishes internal rules and guidelines to help ensure that all Directors, Executive Officers and employees thoroughly understand the laws and regulations of Japan and other countries.
 
  (iv)   The Company ensures Directors, Executive Officers and employees the implementation of the basic policy that provides not to have any relation with antisocial forces under any circumstances, and also maintains and improves the cooperation structure with external institutions such as police by establishing a department in charge.
 
  (v)   The Company’s internal auditing, legal, and other divisions work to strengthen compliance through law-abidance guidance and monitoring on its business activities.
 
  (vi)   An in-house hotline system is employed to promote internal self-checks to prevent illegal or unethical activities and help prevent improprieties.
(2)   System for Maintaining and Managing Information Relating to the Performance of Duties by Directors
  (i)   Information relating to the performance of duties by Directors is maintained and managed in accordance with the Company’s basic rules for document management addressing the creation, sending and receiving, storage, retention, and destruction of documents, and other in-house rules.
 
  (ii)   A system is established that enables Directors, Corporate Auditors, and internal auditing to access this information anytime.

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(3)   Rules and Other Systems Regarding Management of Risk of Loss
  (i)   Important matters are carefully deliberated at the Executive Committee and in other Management Committees on specific action plans to eliminate or reduce business risks.
 
  (ii)   Business processes are specified and risks are evaluated based on guidelines set forth by a committee that oversees financial risk management to ensure the accuracy and reliability of financial reporting. This must be documented in writing, and the status of control activity is regularly confirmed to make risk management effectively work.
 
  (iii)   A risk management system is created through the formulation and observance of various in-house rules to protect the Company from diversifying risks (quality, environmental, disaster, information-related, export management, etc.) and maintain public faith. In particular, Basic Policies Regarding Product Safety have been established, which govern efforts in supplying customers with safe products that will allow comfortable and satisfactory use.
 
  (iv)   Wide-ranging audits of various types and promotion of the in-house hotline system by internal auditing are carried out for the early detection and resolution of risks.
(4)   System for Assuring Directors’ Efficient Execution of Duties
  (i)   The Executive Committee and Management Committees are established and important matters are carefully deliberated in advance by Directors, Executive Officers and relevant managers to promote prompt and appropriate decision making by Directors.
 
  (ii)   Based on explanation of management policies in long-term management plans, the Company goals are given concrete shape in medium-term plans, and each division is thoroughly informed of the content of these plans. Furthermore, annual and quarterly short-term plans and monthly budgetary control are used to monitor performance progress, through which the Company makes optimum use of management resources.

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(5)   System for Ensuring Appropriate Operations of the Corporate Group Comprised of Corporation, its Parent Companies and Subsidiaries
  (i)   Based on the “Canon Group Code of Conduct,” the Company promotes Groupwide compliance and infuses an awareness of compliance and corporate ethics to share as a set of common values for the Group.
 
  (ii)   Policies and measures set forth by the Committee managing and overseeing the “Canon Group Code of Conduct” are implemented at each Group company by compliance staff assigned to it.
 
  (iii)   The internal auditing, legal, and other divisions enhance compliance by providing guidance and monitoring with regard to the observance of laws in the business activities of all Group companies.
 
  (iv)   The soundness and efficiency of the Group’s business activities are ensured through the formulation of Groupwide medium-term plans and deliberations in the Management Committee.
(6)   Matters Regarding Employees Who Assist the Duties of Corporate Auditors When Corporate Auditors Request Assignment of Such Employees
  (i)   A division is established specifically to assist Corporate Auditors with their duties.
 
  (ii)   Full-time employees of a requisite number are assigned to the division.
(7)   Matters Regarding Independence of the Employees in (6) Above From Directors
  (i)   The division is an organization independent of the Board of Directors.
 
  (ii)   Changes in the division’s personnel require the prior consent of the Board of Corporate Auditors.

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(8)   System for Directors and Employees to Report to Corporate Auditors and System for Other Types of Reporting to Corporate Auditors
  (i)   Directors promptly report to Corporate Auditors matters that may have a significant impact on the Company when such matters emerge or are likely to emerge.
 
  (ii)   Directors, Executive Officers and employees deliver reports periodically to Corporate Auditors regarding matters Directors and the Corporate Auditors have previously agreed upon in consultations.
 
  (iii)   Corporate Auditors attend the Executive Committee and other important meetings.
 
  (iv)   An in-house hotline system is adopted to allow Corporate Auditors to receive information from employees.
(9)   Other Systems for Securing the Effectiveness of Auditing by Corporate Auditors
  (i)   Corporate Auditors periodically receive reports from accounting auditors.
 
  (ii)   The Company establishes the systems for providing cooperation and allowing field audits of internal divisions and affiliates to be performed efficiently by Corporate Auditors.

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Consolidated Financial Statements
 
Consolidated Balance Sheets
     
ASSETS   Millions of yen
                 
         
    As of Dec. 31,   As of Dec. 31,
    2009   2008
         
         
Current assets:
               
Cash and cash equivalents
    795,034       679,196  
Short-term investments
    19,089       7,651  
Trade receivables, net
    556,572       595,422  
Inventories
    373,241       506,919  
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
    273,843       275,660  
         
Total current assets
    2,017,779       2,064,848  
 
               
Noncurrent receivables
    14,936       14,752  
Investments
    114,066       88,825  
Property, plant and equipment, net
    1,269,785       1,357,186  
Intangible assets, net
    117,396       119,140  
Other assets
    313,595       325,183  
         
Total assets
    3,847,557       3,969,934  
 
 
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY           Millions of yen

         
    As of Dec. 31,   As of Dec. 31,
    2009   2008
         
         
Current liabilities:
               
Short-term loans and current portion of long-term debt
    4,869       5,540  
Trade payables
    339,113       406,746  
Accrued income taxes
    50,105       69,961  
Accrued expenses
    274,300       277,117  
Other current liabilities
    115,303       184,636  
         
Total current liabilities
    783,690       944,000  
 
               
Long-term debt, excluding current installments
    4,912       8,423  
Accrued pension and severance cost
    115,904       110,784  
Other noncurrent liabilities
    63,651       55,745  
         
Total liabilities
    968,157       1,118,952  
         
 
               
Commitments and contingent liabilities
               
Equity:
               
Canon Inc. stockholders’ equity:
               
Common stock
    174,762       174,762  
[Authorized shares] (share)
    [3,000,000,000 ]     [3,000,000,000 ]
[Issued shares] (share)
    [1,333,763,464 ]     [1,333,763,464 ]
Additional paid-in capital
    404,293       403,790  
Legal reserve
    54,687       53,706  
Retained earnings
    2,871,437       2,876,576  
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)
    (260,818 )     (292,820 )
Treasury stock, at cost
    (556,252 )     (556,222 )
[Treasury shares] (share)
    [99,288,001 ]     [99,275,245 ]
         
Total Canon Inc. stockholders’ equity
    2,688,109       2,659,792  
         
Noncontrolling interests
    191,291       191,190  
         
Total equity
    2,879,400       2,850,982  
         
Total liabilities and equity
    3,847,557       3,969,934  
 
         
<Notes to Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2009>
       
1. Allowance for doubtful receivables:
  11,343 million yen
2. Accumulated depreciation:
  1,815,982 million yen
3. Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) includes foreign currency translation adjustments, net unrealized gains and losses on securities, net gains and losses on derivative financial instruments and pension liability adjustments.
4. Guarantee obligations for bank loans taken out by employees:
  18,526 million yen
 
       
<Note to Per Share Information as of December 31, 2009>
       
Canon Inc. stockholders’ equity per share
  2,177.53 yen

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Consolidated Statements of Income
                 
Millions of yen

         
    Year ended   Year ended
    Dec. 31, 2009   Dec. 31, 2008
         
         
 
               
Net sales
    3,209,201       4,094,161  
 
               
Cost of sales
    1,781,808       2,156,153  
 
               
         
 
               
Gross profit
    1,427,393       1,938,008  
 
               
Operating expenses:
               
 
               
Selling, general and administrative expenses
    905,738       1,067,909  
 
               
Research and development expenses
    304,600       374,025  
 
               
         
 
               
 
    1,210,338       1,441,934  
 
               
         
 
               
Operating profit
    217,055       496,074  
 
               
Other income (deductions):
               
 
               
Interest and dividend income
    5,202       19,442  
 
               
Interest expense
    (336 )     (837 )
 
               
Other, net
    (2,566 )     (33,532 )
 
               
         
 
               
 
    2,300       (14,927 )
 
               
         
 
               
Income before income taxes
    219,355       481,147  
 
               
Income taxes
    84,122       160,788  
 
               
         
 
               
Consolidated net income
    135,233       320,359  
 
               
         
 
               
Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests
    3,586       11,211  
 
               
         
 
               
Net income attributable to Canon Inc.
    131,647       309,148  
 
               
 
         
<Note to Per Share Information for the year ended December 31, 2009>
       
Net income attributable to Canon Inc. stockholders per share
       
Basic
  106.64 yen
Diluted
  106.64 yen

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Consolidated Statement of Equity
                                                         
Millions of yen

 
          Additional
paid-in
capital
                    Accumulated             Total  
    Common         Legal     Retained     other     Treasury     Canon Inc.  
    stock         reserve     earnings     comprehensive     stock     stockholders’  
                                income (loss)             equity  
 
 
Balance at December 31, 2008
    174,762       403,790       53,706       2,876,576       (292,820 )     (556,222 )     2,659,792  
 
 
Equity transactions with
noncontrolling interests and other
            503                                       503  
Dividends paid to Canon Inc. stockholders
                            (135,793 )                     (135,793 )
Dividends paid to noncontrolling interests
                                                       
Transfers to legal reserve
                    981       (981 )                     -  
Comprehensive income:
                                                       
Net income
                            131,647                       131,647  
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax
                                                       
Foreign currency translation adjustments
                                    33,340               33,340  
Net unrealized gains and losses on securities
                                    2,150               2,150  
Net gains and losses on derivative instruments
                                    (1,422 )             (1,422 )
Pension liability adjustments
                                    (2,066 )             (2,066 )
 
                                                     
Total comprehensive income
                                                    163,649  
 
                                                     
Repurchase of treasury stock, net
                            (12 )             (30 )     (42 )
 
 
Balance at December 31, 2009
    174,762       404,293       54,687       2,871,437       (260,818 )     (556,252 )     2,688,109  
 
 
                 
Millions of yen

         
    Noncontrolling   Total
    interests   equity
         
 
 
Balance at December 31, 2008
    191,190       2,850,982  
 
 
Equity transactions with
noncontrolling interests and other
    (1,376 )     (873 )
Dividends paid to Canon Inc. stockholders
            (135,793 )
Dividends paid to noncontrolling interests
    (3,326 )     (3,326 )
Transfers to legal reserve
            -  
Comprehensive income:
               
Net income
    3,586       135,233  
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax
               
Foreign currency translation adjustments
    30       33,370  
Net unrealized gains and losses on securities
    67       2,217  
Net gains and losses on derivative instruments
    (1 )     (1,423 )
Pension liability adjustments
    1,121       (945 )
     
Total comprehensive income
    4,803       168,452  
     
Repurchase of treasury stock, net
            (42 )
 
 
Balance at December 31, 2009
    191,291       2,879,400  
 
 
<Note to Consolidated Statement of Equity>
Pension liability adjustments include actuarial loss, prior service credit and net transition obligation.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
<Notes to Basic Significant Matters Regarding Preparation of Consolidated Financial Statements>
Significant Accounting Policies
1. Group Position
     The number of consolidated subsidiaries was 241, and the number of affiliated companies accounted for by the equity method was 15.
2. Basis of Presentation
     The consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“US GAAP”) pursuant to the provision of Paragraph 1, Article 120 of the previous Company Accounting Regulations based on Article 2 of supplementary provision (Act of Justice Ministry No. 46 issued and effective in 2009) of current Company Accounting Regulations. However, certain disclosures required under US GAAP are omitted pursuant to the same provision.
3. Cash Equivalents
     All highly liquid investments acquired with an original maturity of three months or less are considered to be cash equivalents.
4. Translation of Foreign Currencies
     Assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated at the rate of exchange in effect at the balance sheet date. Exchange differences are charged or credited to income. Assets and liabilities of subsidiaries located outside Japan are translated into Japanese yen at the rates of exchange in effect at the balance sheet date and income and expense items are translated at the average exchange rates prevailing during the year. The resulting translation adjustments are reported in other comprehensive income (loss).
5. Inventories
     Inventories are stated at the lower of cost or market value. Cost is determined by the average method for domestic inventories and principally the first-in, first-out method for overseas inventories.
6. Investments
     Canon accounts for its debt and marketable equity securities as follows. Held-to-maturity securities are recorded at amortized cost, adjusted for the amortization or accretion of premiums or discounts. Available-for-sale securities are recorded at fair value. Unrealized holding gains and losses, net of the related tax effect, on available for-sale securities are excluded from earnings and are reported in other comprehensive income (loss) until realized. Realized gain and losses are determined on the average cost method.
7. Property, Plant and Equipment
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8. Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets
     Goodwill and other intangible assets with indefinite useful lives are not amortized, but are instead tested for impairment at least annually in the fourth quarter of each year, or more frequently if indicators of potential impairment exist. Intangible assets with finite useful lives are amortized over the respective estimated useful lives. Software is amortized on a straight-line basis over the period of three to five years.
9. Impairment of Long-Lived Assets
     Long-lived assets, such as property, plant and equipment, and acquired intangibles subject to amortization, are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. If the carrying amount of the asset exceeds its estimated undiscounted future cash flows, an impairment change is recognized in the amount by which the carrying amount of the asset exceeds the fair value of the asset.
10. Basis of Recording Allowances
(Allowance for doubtful accounts)
     An allowance for doubtful accounts is provided based on credit loss history and an evaluation of any specific doubtful accounts.
(Accrued pension and severance cost)
     Pension and severance cost is accrued based on the projected benefit obligations and the fair value of plan assets at the balance sheet date. Unrecognized actuarial loss is recognized by amortizing a portion in excess of a corridor (i.e., 10% of the greater of the projected benefit obligations or the fair value of plan assets) using the straight-line method over the average remaining service period of employees. Unrecognized prior service cost or credit is amortized using the straight-line method over the average remaining service period of employees.
11.  Taxes collected from customers and remitted to governmental authorities are excluded from revenues, cost and expenses in consolidated statements of income.
12. Stock-Based Compensation
     Canon measures stock-based compensation cost at the grant date, based on the fair value of the award, and recognizes the cost on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period.
13. Net Income Attributable to Canon Inc. Stockholders Per Share
     Basic net income attributable to Canon Inc. stockholders per share is computed by dividing net income by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during each year. Diluted net income attributable to Canon Inc. stockholders per share includes the effect from potential issuance of common stock based on the assumption that all stock options were exercised.
14. Recently Issued Accounting Guidance
     Canon adopted the Accounting Standards Codification issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board in the third quarter beginning July 1, 2009. This adoption did not have a material impact on Canon’s consolidated results of operations and financial condition. As a result of the adoption of this guidance, throughout the notes to the consolidated financial statements, references to specific accounting guidance are not used.

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     Canon adopted new guidance for noncontrolling interests in consolidated financial statements in the first quarter beginning January 1, 2009. Upon the adoption of this guidance, noncontrolling interests, which were previously referred to as minority interests and classified between total liabilities and stockholders’ equity on the consolidated balance sheets, are now included as a separate component of total equity. In addition, consolidated net income on the consolidated statements of income now includes the net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests. The financial statement presentation requirements have been adopted retrospectively and prior year amounts have been reclassified or adjusted to conform to this guidance.
<Note for Additional Information>
    (Recommended Cash Offer by Canon for All the Issued and Outstanding Ordinary Shares of Océ N.V.)
     Canon and Océ N.V. (“Océ”) have reached conditional agreement on November 16, 2009 that Canon intends to make a fully self-funded, public cash offer for all the issued and outstanding shares of Océ, which is listed on NYSE Euronext Amsterdam. In accordance with this agreement, Canon has been proceeding to acquire all the issued and outstanding ordinary shares of Océ.
1. Strategic Rationale
     Amid the increasingly competitive printing industry, Canon aims to further strengthen its business foundation in order to solidify the position as the global leader. The combination of Canon and Océ will render strong synergies in areas such as creating benefits from complementary technologies and products, reinforcing research and development on a global basis and acquiring strong sales and distribution networks, along with serving excellent clients.
2. Trade Name and Business Operation of Océ
  (1)   Trade Name: Océ N.V.
 
  (2)   Business Operation: Research and development, manufacture and sale of document management systems, printing systems for professionals and high-speed, wide format digital printing systems
3. Offer Period
From January 29, 2010 to March 1, 2010
(In the event that tender offer conditions are not fulfilled, Canon can extend the Offer Period)

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<Note to Significant Subsequent Events>
(Share Exchange Agreement to Make Canon Finetech Inc. a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Canon Inc.)
     On February 8, 2010, the Board of Directors of Canon Inc. approved a share exchange under which Canon Inc. would make Canon Finetech Inc. (“Canon Finetech”) its wholly owned subsidiary, and on the same date, has entered into the share exchange agreement with Canon Finetech. As of February 8, 2010, Canon Inc. owned 57.59% of the outstanding shares issued by Canon Finetech.
1. Strategic Rationale of the Share Exchange
     Canon Inc. aims to facilitate the organic integration of management resources between Canon Inc. and Canon Finetech, further enhance the synergies throughout the Canon Group, and promote the flexibility and speed of its management, through the share exchange with Canon Finetech.
2. Overview of the Share Exchange Agreement
  (1)   Method and Procedures
 
      In accordance with the share exchange agreement reached on February 8, 2010, Canon Inc. will allot 0.38 shares of Canon Inc. for one share of Canon Finetech to the shareholders of Canon Finetech (excluding itself), who will hold the shares of Canon Finetech just before the planned acquisition date of all the outstanding shares (excluding shares already held by Canon Inc.)
 
      Canon Inc. will execute the share exchange without obtaining the approval at the Meeting of Shareholders of Canon Inc., pursuant to the provision of Paragraph 3, Article 796 stated in the Corporation Law, which specifies the simplified share exchange procedure. Canon Inc. will not issue new shares for this transaction, and will allot its treasury stocks instead.
 
  (2)   Share Exchange Ratio
 
      The share exchange ratio is 0.38 shares of Canon Inc. for one share of Canon Finetech. As for the 24,496,816 shares of Canon Finetech held by Canon Inc., no shares will be allotted.
 
  (3)   Measurement Rationale of the Share Exchange Ratio
 
      In order to ensure fairness of calculating the share exchange ratio, both companies have separately requested an independent third party appraisal agency to calculate the share exchange ratio. Taking into account the results of the professional analyses and advice of the proposed share exchange ratio, the Board of Directors of the two companies have decided the announced share exchange ratio.
 
  (4)   Common Stock Account
 
      Common stock account will not increase as a result of this share exchange.
 
  (5)   Schedule
March 24, 2010
  Annual general meeting of shareholders to be held at Canon Finetech
 
  (share exchange agreement to be approved)
May 1, 2010
  Execution of the planned share exchange (effective date)

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Accounting Audit Report of Accounting Auditor on
Consolidated Financial Statements
Report of Independent Auditors
February 9, 2010
The Board of Directors
Canon Inc.
Ernst & Young ShinNihon LLC
Noriharu Fujita
Certified Public Accountant
Designated and Engagement
Partner
Norimitsu Yanai
Certified Public Accountant
Designated and Engagement
Partner
Yuichiro Munakata
Certified Public Accountant
Designated and Engagement
Partner
Hiroki Suzuki
Certified Public Accountant
Designated and Engagement
Partner
     Pursuant to Paragraph 4, Article 444 of the Corporation Law, we have audited the consolidated balance sheet, the consolidated statement of income, the consolidated statement of equity and the notes to consolidated financial statements of Canon Inc. (the “Company”) applicable to the fiscal year from January 1, 2009 through December 31, 2009. These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements based on our audit.
     We conducted our audit in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in Japan. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the consolidated financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the consolidated financial statements. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

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     In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position and results of operations of the Canon Group, which consisted of the Company and consolidated subsidiaries, applicable to the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States under Paragraph 1, Article 120 of the previous Company Accounting Regulations based on Article 2 of supplementary provision (Act of Juctice Ministry No. 46 issued and effective in 2009) of current Company Accounting Regulations (refer to Note 2 of notes to basic significant matters regarding preparation of consolidated financial statements in the notes to consolidated financial statements).
Additional Information
     As mentioned in “14. Notes to Basic Significant Matters Regarding Preparation of Consolidated Financial Statements” of “Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements,” Canon Inc. adopted the new accounting guidance that was issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board and was codified in Accounting Standards Codification 810, “Consolidations” (the provisions of which were previously included in Statement of Financial Accounting Standards 160, “Noncontrolling Interests in Consolidated Financial Statements, an amendment of ARB No.51”) in the fiscal year beginning January 1, 2009, and prepared the consolidated financial statements in accordance with the said accounting standard.
     We have no interest in the Company which should be disclosed in compliance with the Certified Public Accountants Act.

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Audit Report of Board of Corporate Auditors on
Consolidated Financial Statements
Audit Report on Consolidated Financial Statements
     Regarding the consolidated financial statements (consolidated balance sheet, consolidated statement of income, consolidated statements of equity, and notes to consolidated financial statements) for the 109th business term from January 1, 2009, to December 31, 2009, we have prepared this Audit Report upon deliberation based on the audit reports prepared by each Corporate Auditor and hereby report as follows:
1.  
Auditing Methods Employed by the Corporate Auditors and Board of Corporate Auditors and Details of Such Methods
     We established auditing policies, allocation of duties, and other relevant matters, and received reports from each Corporate Auditor regarding their execution of audits and results thereof, as well as reports from the Directors and the Accounting Auditor regarding performance of their duties, and sought explanations as necessary.
     Following the auditing policies and allocation of duties established by the Board of Corporate Auditors, each Corporate Auditor received reports from such as the Directors and employees regarding consolidated financial statements and sought explanations as necessary. Furthermore, we monitored and verified whether the Accounting Auditor maintained their independence and implemented appropriate audits, and received reports from the Accounting Auditor regarding the performance of their duties and sought explanations as necessary. In addition, we received notice from the Accounting Auditor that “System for ensuring that duties are performed properly” (matters set forth in each Item of Article 131 of the Company Accounting Regulations) is organized in accordance with the “Quality Management Standards Regarding Audits” (Business Accounting Council, October 28, 2005) and other relevant standards, and sought explanations as necessary. Based on the above methods, we examined the consolidated financial statements for this business term.

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2.   Audit Results
          We confirm that the methods and results of the audit employed by the Accounting Auditor, Ernst & Young ShinNihon LLC, are proper.
     February 10, 2010
     
Board of Corporate Auditors, Canon Inc.
 
   
Corporate Auditor
  Keijiro Yamazaki
 
Corporate Auditor
  Kunihiro Nagata
 
Corporate Auditor
  Tadashi Ohe
 
Corporate Auditor
  Yoshinobu Shimizu
 
Corporate Auditor
  Minoru Shishikura
Note:  
Corporate Auditors, Tadashi Ohe, Yoshinobu Shimizu and Minoru Shishikura are Outside Corporate Auditors, as provided in Item 16, Article 2, and Paragraph 3, Article 335, of the Corporation Law.

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 Non-Consolidated Financial Statements
Non-Consolidated Balance Sheets
                 
ASSETS           Millions of yen
             
                 
      As of Dec. 31,       As of Dec. 31,  
      2009       2008  
                 
               
 
               
Current assets
    1,112,783       1,138,932  
 
               
Cash and deposits
    6,855       10,674  
 
               
Notes receivable
    190,667       176,449  
 
               
Accounts receivable
    458,927       431,598  
 
               
Marketable securities
    92,740       93,899  
 
               
Finished goods
    60,868       107,375  
 
               
Work in process
    83,073       109,933  
 
               
Raw materials and supplies
    3,997       4,360  
 
               
Deferred tax assets
    57,312       68,123  
 
               
Short-term loans receivable
    59,241       51,512  
 
               
Other current assets
    99,104       85,010  
 
               
Allowance for doubtful receivables
    (1 )     (1 )
 
               
               
 
               
Fixed assets
    1,438,317       1,480,066  
 
               
Property, plant and equipment, net
    862,901       929,217  
 
               
Buildings
    469,571       510,730  
 
               
Machinery
    135,263       185,710  
 
               
Vehicles
    204       696  
 
               
Tools and equipment
    32,095       47,548  
 
               
Land
    148,217       137,987  
 
               
Construction in progress
    77,551       46,546  
 
               
Intangible fixed assets
    32,444       40,431  
 
               
Software
    29,922       37,469  
 
               
Other intangibles
    2,522       2,962  
 
               
Investments and other assets
    542,972       510,418  
 
               
Marketable securities-noncurrent
    40,970       15,427  
 
               
Investments in affiliated companies
    422,421       411,247  
 
               
Long-term loans receivable
    2,328       3,911  
 
               
Long-term pre-paid expenses
    12,518       12,529  
 
               
Deferred tax assets-noncurrent
    60,440       62,402  
 
               
Guarantees
    1,498       1,535  
 
               
Other noncurrent assets
    2,852       3,425  
 
               
Allowance for doubtful receivables-noncurrent
    (55 )     (58 )
 
               
               
                 
Total assets
    2,551,100       2,618,998  
                 
               
         
<Notes to Non-Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2009>
1.
  Accumulated depreciation of property, plant and equipment   1,122,921 million yen
 
  Accumulated impairment losses of property, plant and equipment   21,606 million yen
2.
  Guarantees    
 
  Mortgage bank loans for employees   16,256 million yen
3.
  Receivables and Payables for affiliated companies    
 
  Receivables   763,132 million yen
 
  Payables   530,826 million yen
 
       
<Note to Per Share Information as of December 31, 2009>
Net assets per share   1,467.76 yen

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LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS           Millions of yen
 
             
                 
      As of Dec. 31,       As of Dec. 31,  
      2009       2008  
                 
               
 
               
Current liabilities
    699,680       715,501  
 
               
Notes payable
    1,456       1,871  
 
               
Accounts payable
    330,763       322,109  
 
               
Short-term loans payable
    226,749       156,148  
 
               
Other payables
    37,717       99,325  
 
               
Accrued expenses
    51,667       64,610  
 
               
Accrued income taxes
    27,639       47,825  
 
               
Deposits
    8,644       9,690  
 
               
Accrued warranty expenses
    3,043       6,077  
 
               
Accrued bonuses for employees
    4,129       4,972  
 
               
Accrued directors’ bonuses
    127       244  
 
               
Other current liabilities
    7,746       2,630  
 
               
Noncurrent liabilities
    38,702       38,492  
 
               
Accrued pension and severance cost
    34,524       34,456  
 
               
Accrued directors’ retirement benefits
    1,786       1,576  
 
               
Reserve for environmental provision
    1,170       1,300  
 
               
Accrued long service rewards for employees
    1,176       1,160  
 
               
Other noncurrent liabilities
    46       -  
 
               
               
                 
Total liabilities
    738,382       753,993  
                 
               
 
               
Stockholders’ equity
    1,810,900       1,865,955  
 
               
Common stock
    174,762       174,762  
 
               
Capital surplus
    306,288       306,288  
 
               
Additional paid-in capital
    306,288       306,288  
 
               
Other capital surplus
    -       -  
 
               
Retained earnings
    1,886,102       1,941,127  
 
               
Legal reserve
    22,114       22,114  
 
               
Other retained earnings
    1,863,988       1,919,013  
 
               
Reserve for special depreciation
    1,566       4,664  
 
               
Reserve for deferral of capital gain on property
    2,701       2,578  
 
               
Special reserves
    1,249,928       1,249,928  
 
               
Retained earnings brought forward
    609,793       661,843  
 
               
Treasury stock
    (556,252 )     (556,222 )
 
               
Valuation and translation adjustments
    1,008       (1,196 )
 
               
Net unrealized gains (losses) on securities
    1,384       (1,048 )
 
               
Net deferred gains (losses) on hedges
    (376 )     (148 )
 
               
Subscription rights to shares
    810       246  
 
               
               
                 
Total net assets
    1,812,718       1,865,005  
                 
               
                 
Total liabilities and net assets
    2,551,100       2,618,998  
                 
               

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Non-Consolidated Statements of Income
                 
            Millions of yen
             
                 
      Year ended       Year ended  
      Dec. 31, 2009       Dec. 31, 2008  
                 
               
 
               
Net sales
    2,025,546       2,721,094  
 
               
Cost of sales
    1,471,056       1,801,801  
 
               
               
 
               
 
               
Gross profit
    554,490       919,293  
 
               
               
 
               
 
               
Selling, general and administrative expenses
    456,713       560,587  
 
               
               
 
               
Operating profit
    97,777       358,706  
 
               
               
 
               
Other income
    118,847       117,797  
 
               
Interest income
    792       1,419  
 
               
Dividend income
    15,522       13,512  
 
               
Rental income
    63,564       66,150  
 
               
Royalty income
    30,344       25,180  
 
               
Miscellaneous income
    8,625       11,536  
 
               
Other expense
    73,940       117,417  
 
               
Interest expense
    3,916       3,844  
 
               
Depreciation of rental assets
    57,040       59,121  
 
               
Loss on disposal and write-off of inventories
    -       38,873  
 
               
Foreign exchange loss
    681       5,678  
 
               
Miscellaneous loss
    12,303       9,901  
 
               
               
 
               
Ordinary profit
    142,684       359,086  
 
               
               
 
               
Non-ordinary income
    292       71  
 
               
Gain on sales of fixed assets
    204       39  
 
               
Gain on sales of marketable securities-noncurrent
    66       32  
 
               
Gain on sales of investments in affiliated companies
    22       -  
 
               
Non-ordinary loss
    20,688       26,155  
 
               
Loss on sales and disposal of fixed assets
    4,060       4,969  
 
               
Loss on impairment of fixed assets
    15,745       12,508  
 
               
Loss on sales of marketable securities-noncurrent
    72       -  
 
               
Write-off of marketable securities-noncurrent
    811       8,678  
 
               
               
 
               
Income before income taxes
    122,288       333,002  
 
               
Income taxes —— Current
    30,206       125,704  
 
               
         —— Deferred
    11,304       (16,837 )
 
               
               
 
               
Net income
    80,778       224,135  
 
               
 
         
<Notes to Non-Consolidated Statements of Income for the year ended December 31, 2009>
Transactions with affiliated companies
       
Sales
  1,976,307 million yen
Purchase
  1,331,599 million yen
Other transactions
  116,625 million yen
 
       
<Note to Per Share Information for the year ended December 31, 2009>
Net income per share
  65.44 yen

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Non-Consolidated Statement of Changes in Net Assets
                                                     
     
Stockholders’ equity

   
                             
                Capital surplus       Retained earnings    
                             
                                           
      Common       Additional       Other       Legal       Reserve for    
      stock       paid-in       capital       reserve       special    
              capital       surplus               depreciation    
                                           
                                 
 
                                                   
Balance as of December 31, 2008
      174,762         306,288         -         22,114         4,664    
 
                                                   
                                 
 
                                                   
Changes in the term
                                                   
 
                                                   
                                 
 
                                                   
Transfer to reserve for special depreciation
                                              146    
 
                                                   
                                 
 
                                                   
Reversal of reserve for special depreciation
                                              (3,244 )  
 
                                                   
                                 
 
                                                   
Transfer to reserve for deferral of capital gain on property
                                                   
 
                                                   
                                 
 
                                                   
Reversal of reserve for deferral of capital gain on property
                                                   
 
                                                   
                                 
 
                                                   
Dividends paid
                                                   
 
                                                   
                                 
 
                                                   
Net income
                                                   
 
                                                   
                                 
 
                                                   
Purchase of treasury stock
                                                   
 
                                                   
                                 
 
                                                   
Disposal of treasury stock
                                                   
 
                                                   
                                 
 
                                                   
Net change of items other than stockholders’ equity
                                                   
 
                                                   
                                 
 
                                                   
Total changes in the term
      -         -         -         -         (3,098 )  
 
                                                   
                                 
 
                                                   
Balance as of December 31, 2009
      174,762         306,288         -         22,114         1,566    
 
                                                   
                                 
     
1. Number of issued shares as of December 31, 2009
  1,333,763,464 shares
2. Classes and number of treasury stock
   
 
  (Shares)
                 
 
Classes of stock   Balance as of   Increase   Decrease   Balance as of
  December 31, 2008       December 31, 2009
 
                 
Common stock   99,275,245   16,518   3,762   99,288,001
                 
 
(Reason for change)
The increase reflects the purchase of 16,518 shares based on the shareholders’ request for purchase of shares less-than-one-unit.
The decrease reflests the sale of 3,762 shares based on the shareholders’ request for the sale of shares less-than-one-unit.

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                                                                                      Millions of yen

 
 
Stockholders’ equity
     
Valuation and translation
                 
        adjustments

                 
 
Retained earnings

                                                 
 
Other retained earnings

      Treasury
stock
      Total
stockholders’
equity
      Net
unrealized
gains (losses)
on securities
      Net deferred
gains (losses)
on hedges
      Subscription
rights to
shares
      Total
net assets
 
 
Reserve for
                                                   
  deferral of     Special       Retained                                      
  capital gain     reserves       earnings                                                  
  on property
 
                                                               
                                                   
         
 
                                                                               
    2,578
 
      1,249,928         661,843         (556,222 )       1,865,955         (1,048 )       (148 )       246         1,865,005  
         
 
                                                                               
                                                   
         
 
                                                                               
         
 
                                                                               
         
 
                                                                               
                                                   
         
 
                                                                               
         
 
                (146 )                                                        
         
 
                                                                               
                                                   
         
 
                                                                               
         
 
                3,244                                                          
         
 
                                                                               
                                                   
         
 
                                                                               
    199
 
                (199 )                                                        
         
 
                                                                               
                                                   
         
 
                                                                               
    (76 )                 76                                                          
         
 
                                                                               
                                                   
         
 
                                                                               
         
 
                (135,793 )                 (135,793 )                                     (135,793 )
         
 
                                                                               
                                                   
         
 
                                                                               
         
 
                80,778                 80,778                                     80,778  
                                                   
         
 
                                                                               
         
 
                          (51 )       (51 )                                     (51 )
         
 
                                                                               
                                                   
         
 
                                                                               
         
 
                (10 )       21         11                                       11  
         
 
                                                                               
                                                   
         
 
                                                                               
         
 
                                            2,432         (228 )       564         2,768  
         
 
                                                                               
                                                   
         
 
                                                                               
    123
 
              (52,050 )       (30 )       (55,055 )       2,432         (228 )       564         (52,287 )
         
 
                                                                               
                                                   
         
 
                                                                               
    2,701
 
      1,249,928         609,793         (556,252 )       1,810,900         1,384         (376 )       810         1,812,718  
         
 
                                                                               
                                                   
3.   Payment for dividends
 
  (1) Amount of dividends paid
                     
 
Decision   Classes of
stock
  Cash dividend
(Millions of yen)
  Dividend per share
(yen)
  Base date   Effective date
 
March 27, 2009
Ordinary general meeting of shareholders
  common
stock
  67,897   55.00   December 31,
2008
  March 30,
2009
 
July 28, 2009
Board of directors’meeting
  common
stock
  67,896   55.00   June 30,
2009
  August 28,
2009
 
  (2)   Dividends whose record date is included in the current fiscal year-end and effective date is after the current fiscal year-end.
                         
 
Scheduled   Classes of
stock
  Cash dividend
(Millions of yen)
  A source of
dividend
  Dividend per
share (yen)
  Base date   Effective date
 
March 30, 2010
Ordinary general meeting of shareholders
  common
stock
  67,896   Retained
earnings
  55.00   December 31,
2009
  March 31,
2010
 

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Notes to Non-Consolidated Financial Statements
<Notes to Significant Accounting Policies>
1.   Valuation of Securities
  (1)   Securities of subsidiaries and affiliates ---- stated at cost based on the moving average method.
 
  (2)   Other securities:
Securities with quotation ---- stated at fair value (unrealized holdings gains and losses are reported in net assets, when sold, the cost is based on the moving average method.)
 
      Securities without quotation ---- stated at cost based on the moving average method.
2.   Valuation of Inventories
  (1)   Finished goods; work in process ---- valued at cost based on the periodic average method (amount shown in the balance sheet is devaluated due to decline in profitability).
 
  (2)   Raw materials and supplies ---- valued at cost based on the moving average method (amount shown in the balance sheet is devaluated due to decline in profitability).
3.   Depreciation Method of Fixed Assets
  (1)   Property, plant and equipment (excluding lease assets) ---- calculated by declining-balance method. For buildings (excluding fixtures) acquired after April 1, 1998, depreciation is calculated by straight-line method.
 
      <Additional information>
      Useful lives of machinery and equipment have been revised from fiscal 2009, based on a fundamental review, triggered by an amendment to the Corporate Tax Law in Japan.
 
      The effect of this change, depreciation costs increased by 5,531 million yen and operating profit, ordinary profit and income before taxes decreased by 3,229 million yen for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009.
  (2)   Intangible fixed assets ---- calculated by straight-line method. With regard to software for sale, calculated based on the estimated marketable period in consideration of marketing plan etc. of the relevant products (3 years), and with regard to internal-use software, calculated based on the estimated useful period in the Company (5 years).

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  (3)   Lease assets ---- calculated by straight-line method. The engaged lease period is determined as the useful life of each lease asset.
4.   Deferred Charges ---- The items which can be deferred under the Corporation Law charged to operations as incurred.
5.   Basis of Recording Allowances
  (1)   Allowance for doubtful accounts ---- provided as a general provision for uncollectible receivables
---- General accounts
Allowances are provided using a rate determined by past debt experience.
 
    ---- Allowance for accounts considered to be uncollectible and accounts in bankruptcy filing are provided for individual estimated uncollectible amount, primarily determined based on the respective customer’s financial conditions.
 
  (2)   Accrued warranty expenses ---- provides as general provision for product after-sales service expenses and no charge repair cost on an estimated amount based on the historical performance.
 
  (3)   Accrued bonuses for employees ---- provided as a general provision for bonus to employees for this term based on an amount expected to pay.
  (4)   Accrued directors’ bonuses ---- provided as general provision for bonus to directors for this term based on an amount expected to pay.
 
  (5)   Accrued pension and severance cost ---- provided as general provision for employee retirement and severance benefits based on projected benefits obligation and expected plan asset. Prior service cost and actuarial variance are amortized by straight-line method with average remaining service periods.
 
  (6)   Accrued directors’ retirement benefits ---- provision for directors’ retirement benefits based on the necessary amount at the fiscal year-end in accordance with management policy.
 
  (7)   Reserve for environmental provision ---- provided as general provision for the future environmental-related cost, such as construction costs to prevent the proliferation of soil pollution, and also clean up costs of hazardous substances based on the related regulations.
 
  (8)   Accrued long service rewards for employees ---- provided as general provision for reward for employees in accordance with management policy for long service employees for this term based on an amount expected to pay.

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6.   Hedge accounting
  (1)   Hedge accounting ---- deferral hedge accounting has been applied.
  (2)   Hedging instrument and hedged assets / liabilities
 
      Hedging instrument ---- derivative transaction (foreign exchange contract)
 
      Hedged assets / liabilities ---- accounts receivables denominated in foreign currency for forecasted transaction.
 
  (3)   Hedge policy ---- derivative financial instruments are comprised principally of foreign exchange contracts to manage currency risk. The Company does not hold derivative financial instrument for trading purpose.
 
  (4)   Assessment of hedge effectiveness ---- foreign exchange forward contracts due to the same currency of the same underlying at the same period are concluded to cover foreign currency fluctuation risk in the market based on the hedging policy, and thus is effective.
7.   Consumption Taxes ---- excluded from the statements of income and are accumulated in other receivables or other payables.
<Notes to Change in Accounting Policies>
(Measurement standard and valuation method of inventories)
    Previously, the inventories held by the Company were primarily valued at cost, determined by periodic average method. Effective from the current fiscal year, the Company has applied “Accounting Standard for Measurement of Inventories” (Accounting standards Board of Japan (ASBJ) Statement No.9, issued July 5, 2006). Accordingly, from the current fiscal year, such inventories are mainly valued at cost, determined by periodic average method (amount shown in the balance sheet is devaluated due to decline in profitability).
    The effect of this change, operating profit, ordinary profit and income before taxes decreased by 2,034 million yen for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009.
    Further, devaluation loss and disposal loss of inventories were previously recorded as “Other, net,” whereas currently recorded as “Cost of sales”.
The effect of this change, operating profit decreased by 19,382 million yen for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009.

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(Lease transactions)
    Previously, finance lease transactions that do not transfer ownership were accounted for in a manner of operating lease. Effective from the current fiscal year, the Company has applied “Accounting Standard for Lease Transactions” (ASBJ Statement No.13, issued March 30, 2007, revised from original standard issued by Corporate Accounting Council on June 17, 1993) and “Guidance on Accounting Standards for Lease Transactions” (ASBJ Guidance No.16, issued March 30, 2007, revised from original guidance issued by The Japanese Institute of Certified Public Accountants on January 18, 1994). Accordingly, from the current fiscal year, such lease transactions are accounted for in a similar manner with ordinary sale and purchase transactions.
    The change of this accounting standard has no impact on the statements of income for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009.
<Note to Deferred Income Tax>
1. Significant components of deferred tax assets
               
Accrued pension and severance cost
    24,229     million yen
Devaluation loss on inventories
    31,067     million yen
Loss on disposal and write-off of inventories
    13,018     million yen
Outstanding enterprise tax
    2,827     million yen
Depreciation of fixed assets in excess of limit
    6,635     million yen
Loss on impairment of fixed assets
    9,474     million yen
Excess in amortization of software
    13,143     million yen
Amortization of deferred charges in excess of limit
    9,127     million yen
Other
    18,936     million yen
 
 
 
Subtotal deferred tax assets
    128,456     million yen
Valuation reserve
    (6,937 )   million yen
 
 
 
Total deferred tax assets
    121,519     million yen
2. Significant components of deferred tax liabilities
               
Reserve for special depreciation
    (1,044 )   million yen
Reserve for deferral of capital gain on property
    (1,801 )   million yen
Other
    (922 )   million yen
 
 
 
Total deferred tax liabilities
    (3,767 )   million yen
 
 
 
Net deferred tax assets
    117,752     million yen

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<Notes to Transaction with Related Parties>
                                     
 
Status   Company
name
  Ratio of
voting rights
held by the
company
  Relationship
with the
Company
  Transaction
details
  Transaction
amount
(millions of yen)
  Item   Balance at
December
31, 2009
 
Subsidiary
 
Canon Marketing Japan Inc.
 
(Possession) Direct: 55.2%
 
Sales of the Company’s products
  Sales of the Company’s products    
268,464
    Accounts receivable    
79,566
 
   
    Indirect: 0.0%   Interlocking directorate   Borrowings of funds     20,000     Short-term
loans
payable
    40,000  
 
Subsidiary
  Oita Canon
Inc.
  (Possession)
Direct:
100%
  Sales of the Company’s products Interlocking directorate   Purchase of products, components and others     341,395     Accounts payable     97,401  
 
    (Possession)   Sales of the   Sales of the Company’s     563,311     Notes receivable     190,607  
     
Subsidiary
  Canon
U.S.A., Inc.
  Direct: 100%   Company’s products   products         Accounts receivable     9,336  
   
      Interlocking directorate   Borrowings of funds     19,383     Short-term
loans
payable
    101,310  
 
Subsidiary
  Canon Europa N.V.   (Possession)
Direct:
100%
  Sales of the Company’s products Interlocking directorate   Sales of the Company’s products     673,929     Accounts
receivable
    207,339  
 
Subsidiary
  Canon Singapore Pte. Ltd.   (Possession)
Direct:
100%
  Sales of the Company’s products Interlocking directorate   Sales of the Company’s products     163,244     Accounts
receivable
    58,873  
 
Subsidiary
  Canon (China) Co.,Ltd.   (Possession)
Direct:
100%
  Sales of the Company’s products Interlocking directorate   Sales of the Company’s products     110,892     Account
receivable
    31,372  
 
Conditions of transactions and policy regarding determination of conditions of transaction.
(Note 1)   The transactions above are determined on a fair price basis.
(Note 2)   Consumption taxes are excluded from the transaction amount, however, included in the balance at December 31, 2009.
(Note 3)   The loans payable from Canon Marketing Japan Inc. and Canon U.S.A., Inc. are intended to make best use of the funding in the Canon Group. Transaction amount shows net loan and repayment. The interests are determined reasonably based on market interest rate.
(Note 4)   Ratio of voting rights held by the Company for “Indirect” of Canon Marketing Japan Inc. shows 0.0% because the value is a fraction amount.

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<Note for Additional Information>
(Recommended Cash Offer by Canon for All the Issued and Outstanding Ordinary Shares of Océ N.V.)
     Canon and Océ N.V. (“Océ”) have reached conditional agreement on November 16, 2009 that Canon intends to make a fully self-funded, public cash offer for all the issued and outstanding shares of Océ, which is listed on NYSE Euronext Amsterdam. In accordance with this agreement, Canon has been proceeding to acquire all the issued and outstanding ordinary shares of Océ.
1.   Strategic Rationale
     Amid the increasingly competitive printing industry, Canon aims to further strengthen its business foundation in order to solidify the position as the global leader. The combination of Canon and Océ will render strong synergies in areas such as creating benefits from complementary technologies and products, reinforcing research and development on a global basis and acquiring strong sales and distribution networks, along with serving excellent clients.
2.   Trade Name and Business Operation of Océ
  (1)   Trade Name: Océ N.V.
 
  (2)   Business Operation: Research and development, manufacture and sale of document management systems, printing systems for professionals and high-speed, wide format digital printing systems
3.   Offer Period
    From January 29, 2010 to March 1, 2010
    (In the event that tender offer conditions are not fulfilled, Canon can extend the Offer Period)
<Note to Significant Subsequent Events>
(Share Exchange Agreement to Make Canon Finetech Inc. a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Canon Inc.)
     On February 8, 2010, the Board of Directors of Canon Inc. approved a share exchange under which Canon Inc. would make Canon Finetech Inc. (“Canon Finetech”) its wholly owned subsidiary, and on the same date, has entered into the share exchange agreement with Canon Finetech. As of February 8, 2010, Canon Inc. owned 57.59% of the outstanding shares issued by Canon Finetech.

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1.   Strategic Rationale of the Share Exchange
     Canon Inc. aims to facilitate the organic integration of management resources between Canon Inc. and Canon Finetech, further enhance the synergies throughout the Canon Group, and promote the flexibility and speed of its management, through the share exchange with Canon Finetech.
2.   Overview of the Share Exchange Agreement
  (1)   Method and Procedures
 
      In accordance with the share exchange agreement reached on February 8, 2010, Canon Inc. will allot 0.38 shares of Canon Inc. for one share of Canon Finetech to the shareholders of Canon Finetech (excluding itself), who will hold the shares of Canon Finetech just before the planned acquisition date of all the outstanding shares (excluding shares already held by Canon Inc.)
Canon Inc. will execute the share exchange without obtaining the approval at the Meeting of Shareholders of Canon Inc., pursuant to the provision of Paragraph 3, Article 796 stated in the Corporation Law, which specifies the simplified share exchange procedure. Canon Inc. will not issue new shares for this transaction, and will allot its treasury stocks instead.
 
  (2)   Share Exchange Ratio
 
      The share exchange ratio is 0.38 shares of Canon Inc. for one share of Canon Finetech. As for the 24,496,816 shares of Canon Finetech held by Canon Inc., no shares will be allotted.
 
  (3)   Measurement Rationale of the Share Exchange Ratio
 
      In order to ensure fairness of calculating the share exchange ratio, both companies have separately requested an independent third party appraisal agency to calculate the share exchange ratio. Taking into account the results of the professional analyses and advice of the proposed share exchange ratio, the Board of Directors of the two companies have decided the announced share exchange ratio.
 
  (4)   Common Stock Account and Reserves
 
      Common stock account and reserves will not increase as a result of this share exchange.

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  (5)   Schedule
 
 
  March 24, 2010   Annual general meeting of shareholders to be held at Canon Finetech
(share exchange agreement to be approved)
 
  May 1, 2010   Execution of the planned share exchange (effective date)
3.   Trade Name, Business Operation, Scale and Others of the Counterparty
  (1)   Trade Name: Canon Finetech Inc.
 
  (2)   Business Operation: Manufacture and sale of printers, peripherals of office equipment, industrial equipment, consumables and other products
 
  (3)   Common Stock: 3,451 million yen (As of December 31, 2009)
 
  (4)   Net Assets: 73,184 million yen (consolidated) (As of December 31, 2009)
 
  (5)   Total Assets: 95,955 million yen (consolidated) (As of December 31, 2009)
 
  (6)   Sales: 108,148 million yen (consolidated) (For the year ended December 31, 2009)
 
  (7)   Net Income: 2,226 million yen (consolidated) (For the year ended December 31, 2009)
 
  (8)   Number of Employees: 7,429 persons (consolidated) (As of December 31, 2009)

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Accounting Audit Report of Accounting Auditor
Report of Independent Auditors
February 9, 2010
The Board of Directors
Canon Inc.
Ernst & Young ShinNihon LLC
Noriharu Fujita
Certified Public Accountant
Designated and Engagement
Partner
Norimitsu Yanai
Certified Public Accountant
Designated and Engagement
Partner
Yuichiro Munakata
Certified Public Accountant
Designated and Engagement
Partner
Hiroki Suzuki
Certified Public Accountant
Designated and Engagement
Partner
     Pursuant to Item 1, Paragraph 2 of Article 436 of the Corporation Law, we have audited the non-consolidated balance sheet, the non-consolidated statement of income, the non-consolidated statement of changes in net assets, the notes to non-consolidated financial statements and the related supplementary schedules of Canon Inc. (the “Company”) applicable to the 109th fiscal year from January 1, 2009 through December 31, 2009. These non-consolidated financial statements and the related supplementary schedules are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these non-consolidated financial statements and the related supplementary schedules based on our audit.
     We conducted our audit in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in Japan. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the non-consolidated financial statements and the related supplementary schedules are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the non-consolidated financial statements and the related supplementary schedules. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the non-consolidated financial statements and the related supplementary schedules. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

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     In our opinion, the non-consolidated financial statements and the related supplementary schedules referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position and results of operations of Canon Inc. applicable to the 109th fiscal year ended December 31, 2009 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in Japan.
     We have no interest in the Company which should be disclosed in compliance with the Certified Public Accountants Act.

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Audit Report of Board of Corporate Auditors
Audit Report
     Regarding the performance of duties by the Directors for the 109th business term from January 1, 2009, to December 31, 2009, we have prepared this Audit Report upon deliberation based on the audit reports prepared by each Corporate Auditor and hereby report as follows:
1.   Auditing Methods Employed by the Corporate Auditors and Board of Corporate Auditors and Details of Such Methods
     We established auditing policies, allocation of duties and other relevant matters, and received reports from each Corporate Auditor regarding their execution of audits and results thereof, as well as reports from the Directors, other relevant personnel, and the Accounting Auditor regarding performance of their duties, and sought explanations as necessary.
     Each Corporate Auditor complied with the auditing standards of Corporate Auditors established by the Board of Corporate Auditors, followed the auditing policies, allocation of duties, and other relevant matters, communicated with such as the Directors, the internal auditing and other employees, and made efforts to establish the environment for collecting information and auditing, and participated in the meetings of the Board of Directors and other important meetings, received reports from such as the Directors and employees regarding performance of their duties, sought explanations as necessary, examined important authorized documents and associated information, and studied the operations and status of assets at the head office and principal offices. In addition, we monitored and verified the system for ensuring that the performance of duties by the Directors conforms to the related laws and regulations and Articles of Incorporation, as well as the resolution of the Board of Directors regarding the organization of the system stipulated in Item 1 and Item 3, Article 100, of the Enforcement Regulations of the Corporation Law and the status of the system based on such resolution (Internal Control System), which are necessary for ensuring propriety of company’s operations. With respect to subsidiaries, we communicated and exchanged information with Directors and Corporate Auditors of subsidiaries, and received business reports from subsidiaries as necessary. Based on the above methods, we examined the business report and the accompanying detailed statements for this business term.
     Furthermore, we monitored and verified whether the Accounting Auditor maintained their independence and implemented appropriate audits, and we received reports from the Accounting Auditor regarding the performance of their duties and sought explanations as necessary. In addition, we received notice from the Accounting Auditor that “System for ensuring that duties are performed properly” (matters set forth in each item of Article 131 of the Company Accounting Regulations) is organized in accordance with the “Quality Management Standards Regarding Audits” (Business Accounting Council, October 28, 2005) and other relevant standards, and sought explanations as necessary. Based on the above methods, we examined the non-consolidated financial statements (non-consolidated balance sheet, non-consolidated statement of income, non-consolidated statements of changes in net assets, and notes to non-consolidated financial statements) and the accompanying detailed statements for this business term.

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2.   Audit Results
(1)   Results of Audit of Business Report and Other Relevant Documents
  1.  
We confirm that the business report and the accompanying detailed statements fairly represent the Company’s conditions in accordance with the related laws and regulations and Articles of Incorporation.
 
  2.  
We have found no significant evidence of wrongful act or violation of related laws and regulations, nor the Articles of Incorporation with regard to the performance of duties by the Directors.
 
  3.  
We confirm that the content of the resolution of the Board of Directors regarding the Internal Control System is proper. In addition, we have found no matters on which to remark in regard to the performance of duties by the Directors regarding the Internal Control System.
(2)   Results of Audit of non-consolidated financial statements and the accompanying detailed statements
     We confirm that the methods and results of the audit employed by the Accounting Auditor, Ernst & Young ShinNihon LLC, are proper.
February 10, 2010
Board of Corporate Auditors, Canon Inc.
     
Corporate Auditor
  Keijiro Yamazaki
 
Corporate Auditor
  Kunihiro Nagata
 
Corporate Auditor
  Tadashi Ohe
 
Corporate Auditor
  Yoshinobu Shimizu
 
Corporate Auditor
  Minoru Shishikura
Note:   Corporate Auditors, Tadashi Ohe, Yoshinobu Shimizu and Minoru Shishikura are Outside Corporate Auditors, as provided in Item 16, Article 2, and Paragraph 3, Article 335, of the Corporation Law.

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  (4)   Disposition of material assets and assumption of material liabilities that have occurred at Canon and Tokki after the end of the most recent fiscal year, and other event that would significantly affect the company assets
  (i)   Tokki
 
      Transfer of the Shares of the Consolidated Subsidiary
 
      The Board of Directors of Tokki adopted a resolution for the transfer of the shares of its consolidated subsidiary Tokki Industries Co., Ltd. at its extraordinary meeting held on February 16, 2010. Tokki entered into the share transfer agreement as of the same date and transferred those shares on February 19, 2010.
 
      Reasons for the Transfer
 
      Tokki had planned to wind up and discontinue the “NC machine tools and others distribution business” conducted by Tokki Industries Co., Ltd. (“Tokki Industries”) by the end of December 2009. However, the certain supplier of Tokki Industries offered to acquire the shares held by Tokki in Tokki Industries, with the intention of gaining the customer base and commercial channels possessed by Tokki Industries. Tokki started to consider transferring all of the current business operations, including the NC machine tools and others distribution business, to that customer and decided to give final direction by the end of March 2010. As a result, Tokki decided to transfer all of 8,000 shares held by it in Tokki Industries to Marubeni Corporation, one of the suppliers of Tokki Industries and Mr. Tsutomu Tsunoda, representative director of Tokki Industries.
         
1.
    Name of the transferees:   Marubeni Corporation
 
    Tsutomu Tsunoda
 
       
2.
    Transfer date:   February 19, 2010
  3.   Name and nature of principal business of the subject consolidated subsidiary, and its details of transactions with Tokki:
         
i.
  Name:   Tokki Industries Co., Ltd.
ii.
  Nature Principal business:   NC machine tools and others distribution business, and FA system integrator business
iii.
  Details of transactions with Tokki:   Outsourcing of marketing activity, and purchase of vacuum components
  4.   Number of shares to be transferred, amount of transfer price, profit/loss from transfer, and shareholding ratio after transfer:
         
i.
  Number of shares to be transferred:   8,000 shares

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ii.
  Amount of transfer price:   JPY20,000 thousand (JPY19,800 thousand paid by Marubeni Corporation and JPY200 thousand paid by Mr. Tsutomu Tsunoda)
iii.
  Loss from transfer:   JPY125,108 thousand
iv.
  Shareholding ratio after transfer:   -%
  (ii)   Canon
  (a)   Making Canon Finetech Inc. Canon’s Wholly Owned Subsidiary
 
      The Board of Directors of Canon adopted the resolution for the share exchange under which Canon would become a wholly owning parent company of Canon Finetech Inc. (“Canon Finetech”) and make Canon Finetech its wholly owned subsidiary at the meeting held on February 8, 2010, and Canon Finetech and Canon entered into the share exchange agreement. Prior to the share exchange, Canon owned 57.59% of the outstanding shares issued by Canon Finetech. The share exchange became effective on May 1, 2010, and Canon allotted and delivered 0.38 shares of Canon’s common stock for one share of common stock of Canon Finetech. For Canon shares to be delivered upon the share exchange, Canon delivered 6,850,683 shares held by it in treasury in lieu of issuing new shares.
 
      In order to secure the fairness of the share exchange ratio, each of Canon and Canon Finetech requested an independent third-party appraisal agency to calculate the share exchange ratio, and deliberately examined the results of professional analyses and advice on the calculation of the proposed share exchange ratios submitted by the third party appraisal agencies. As a result, the Boards of Directors of Canon and Canon Finetech determined that Canon would allot and deliver 0.38 shares of Canon common stock for one share of common stock of Canon Finetech.
 
      As a result of the share exchange, the carrying amount of Canon’s noncontrolling interest in Canon Finetech was decreased from ¥32,633 million to zero, as the difference between the fair value of the shares of Canon issued to the noncontrolling interest holders and the book value of the carrying amount of the noncontrolling interests was recognized as an adjustment to additional paid-in capital. Additionally, after the date of the exchange, all of the net income of Canon Finetech is attributable to Canon.
 
      Canon made Canon Finetech its wholly owned subsidiary with the aim of facilitating the organic integration of both companies’ management resources, further enhancing the synergy effect throughout the Canon Group, and further elevating the flexibility and speed of management.
 
  (b)   Acquisition of Océ N.V.
 
      On March 9, 2010, Canon acquired 34.8% of the total outstanding shares of Océ N.V. (“Océ”), which is listed on NYSE Euronext Amsterdam market, through a fully self-funded public cash tender offer for consideration of ¥38,785 million. Subsequent to the March 9, 2010 acquisition date, Canon acquired an additional 9.8% of the total outstanding shares of Océ for consideration of ¥10,918 million during the post-acceptance period of the tender offer and also acquired 0.6% for consideration of ¥671 million through market purchases. In addition, Canon subsequently acquired Océ’s convertible cumulative financing preference shares representing 19.1% of the total outstanding shares of Océ for consideration of ¥8,027 million. As a result, in addition to the 22.9% interest Canon held before the public cash tender offer, Canon’s aggregate interest currently represents 87.2% of the total outstanding shares of Océ other than the shares held by Océ in treasury.

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      Océ develops, produces and markets document and industrial-use printing systems and high-speed, wide-format digital printing systems. Canon and Océ have a strong complementary relationship on technologies and products. Canon is further strengthening its business foundation in order to achieve the No.1 position worldwide in the rapidly increasing competitive printing industry. Canon aims to reinforce its solution capability across the printing industry by making Océ its consolidated subsidiary.

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Guide Map to the General Meeting Place
     
Place:
  Yaesu First Financial Building
 
  2nd Floor, Rooms B and C, Bellesalle Yaesu
 
  3-7, Yaesu 1-chome, Chuo-ku, Tokyo
 
  03-3548-3770 (Rep.)
(MAP)
          Transportation Guide:
               Nihonbashi Station (Tozai, Ginza and Asakura Lines)
                    You can directly enter the building from A7 Exit.
                Tokyo Station (JR and Marunouchi Lines)
                     3 minutes walk from Yaesu North Exit

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