FORM 6-K
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
Report of Foreign Private Issuer
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of
The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the Month of October 2012
Commission File Number: 1-6784
Panasonic Corporation
Kadoma, Osaka, Japan
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Form 20-F x Form 40-F ¨
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| 1. | News release issued on October 4, 2012, by Panasonic Corporation (the registrant), announcing about the damage to the Chinese manufacturing sites of the Panasonic Group (2nd Report). |
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
| Panasonic Corporation | ||
| By: | /S/ HARUHIKO SEZAKI | |
| Haruhiko Sezaki, Attorney-in-Fact | ||
| General Manager of IR Disclosure, | ||
| Panasonic Corporation | ||
Dated: October 4, 2012
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
| Media Contacts: | Investor Relations Contacts: | |
| Atsushi Hinoki (Japan) | Shozo Mizuno (Japan) | |
| Global Public Relations Office | Corporate Finance & IR Group | |
| (Tel: +81-3-3574-5664) | (Tel: +81-6-6908-1121) | |
| Panasonic News Bureau (Japan) | Yuko Iwatsu (U.S.) | |
| (Tel: +81-3-3542-6205) | Panasonic Finance (America), Inc. | |
| (Tel: +1-212-698-1360) | ||
| Hiroko Carvell (Europe) | ||
| Panasonic Finance (Europe) plc | ||
| (Tel: +44-20-3008-6887) | ||
About the Damage to the Chinese Manufacturing Sites of the Panasonic Group (2nd Report)
Osaka, Japan, October 4, 2012 – The damage to the Panasonic Corporation ([NYSE:PC/TSE:6752] “Panasonic”) group manufacturing sites caused by the anti-Japan demonstrators in China in September is as detailed below.
1. Injury to personnel
There were no injuries to personnel.
2. Damage to buildings and equipment, and negative impact on production
| (1) | Industrial Devices Company, Qingdao factory (manufacturing electronic components such as switches) |
There was damage to the building, equipment, etc. The operations excluding certain products at the factory have restarted. We expect to restart the full production in the middle of October.
| (2) | Industrial Devices Company, Suzhou factory (manufacturing printed-circuit board materials and printed-circuit boards) |
Despite some damage to the building, equipment, etc., there was no major damage to production equipment. The operations at the factory restarted from September 21.
| (3) | Systems & Communications Company, Zhuhai factory (manufacturing fixed-line phone) |
The factory had stopped operation and employees had stayed at home, since approximately 10 Chinese employees made a protest. The most of operations at the factory restarted from September 25.
3. Forecast of effect by the damage to our business performances
There shall be no effect associated to property damage on the consolidated financial outlook of Panasonic for fiscal year ending March 31, 2013.
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