FORM 6-K
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Report of Foreign Private Issuer
Mitsui to Integrate its Steel Products Business in the USA
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the month of March 25, 2008
Commission File Number 09929
Mitsui & Co., Ltd.
(Translation of registrant’s name into English)
2-1, Ohtemachi 1-chome Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0004 Japan
(Address of principal executive offices)
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Date: March 25, 2008
| MITSUI & CO., LTD. | ||
| By: | /s/ Kazuya Imai | |
| Name: | Kazuya Imai | |
| Title: | Executive Vice President Chief Financial Officer | |
March 25, 2008
For Immediate Release:
To Whom It May Concern
Mitsui & Co., Ltd.
Mitsui to Integrate its Steel Products Business in the USA
Mitsui & Co., Ltd. (“Mitsui”) announced today, upon completing merger of Mitsui Steel, Inc. (“Mitsui Steel”), a core subsidiary for North American steel products distribution business, with Mitsui & Co. (U.S.A.), Inc. (“Mitsui USA”) in April 2008, it has decided to transfer principal business of Mitsui Steel to Steel Technologies, Inc. (“Steel Tech”), aiming to enhance services and to improve managerial efficiency. The business to be transferred is steel sheet distribution business for end-users in the field of automobile, home electronics and construction materials.
In order to provide more added value to steel marketing and logistic, Mitsui USA acquired Steel Tech, a company operating steel processing facilities throughout North America, in June 2007.
For further information, please contact:
| Mitsui & Co., Ltd. | ||
| Investor Relations Division |
Corporate Communications Division | |
| Telephone: +81-3-3285-7910 |
Telephone: +81-3-3285-7562 |
Note: This press release includes forward-looking statements about Mitsui. These forward-looking statements are based on the current assumptions and beliefs of Mitsui in light of the information currently available to it, and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors. Such risks, uncertainties and other factors may cause Mitsui’s actual results, performance, achievements or financial position to be materially different from any future results, performance, achievements or financial position expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. The risks, uncertainties and other factors referred to above include, but are not limited to, those contained in Mitsui’s latest annual report on Form 20-F, which has been filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
This press release is published in order to publicly announce specific facts stated above, and does not constitute a solicitation of investments or any similar act inside or outside of Japan, regarding the shares, bonds or other securities issued by us.