SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 6 - K
Report of Foreign Private Issuer
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the month of March 2013
Commission File Number: 1-07294
KUBOTA CORPORATION
(Translation of registrant’s name into English)
2-47, Shikitsuhigashi 1-chome, Naniwa-ku, Osaka, Japan
(Address of principal executive offices)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F :
Form 20-F X Form 40-F
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1) :
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Information furnished on this form:
EXHIBITS
Exhibit Number
| 1. | Notice of changes of management (Friday, March 22, 2013) | |
| 2. | Notice of retirement of own shares (Friday, March 22, 2013) |
To whom it may concern
Kubota Corporation
2-47, Shikitsu-higashi 1-chome,
Naniwa-ku, Osaka 556-8601, Japan
Contact: IR Group
Global Management Promotion Dept.
Planning & Control Headquarters
Phone: +81-6-6648-2645
Notice of changes of management
Please be advised that the Board of Directors of Kubota Corporation (“the Company”) resolved at the Board of Directors’ Meeting held on March 22, 2013 to propose the following persons as candidates for the Board of Directors at the 123rd ordinary general meeting of shareholders to be held in late June 2013.
Candidates for the Board of Directors <Date of assuming office: late June 2013>
| Name |
Current responsibility | |
| Yasuo Masumoto |
Representative Director, Chairman, President & CEO | |
| Tetsuji Tomita |
Representative Director and Executive Vice President | |
| Satoru Sakamoto |
Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer | |
| Masatoshi Kimata |
Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer | |
| Toshihiro Kubo |
Director and Managing Executive Officer | |
| Shigeru Kimura |
Director and Managing Executive Officer | |
| Yuzuru Mizuno |
Outside Director | |
| Junichi Sato |
Outside Director |
< Cautionary Statements with Respect to Forward-Looking Statements >
This document may contain forward-looking statements that are based on management’s expectations, estimates, projections and assumptions. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve certain risks and uncertainties, which are difficult to predict. Therefore, actual future results may differ materially from what is forecast in forward-looking statements due to a variety of factors, including, without limitation: general economic conditions in the Company’s markets, particularly government agricultural policies, levels of capital expenditures both in public and private sectors, foreign currency exchange rates, the occurrence of natural disasters, continued competitive pricing pressures in the marketplace, as well as the Company’s ability to continue to gain acceptance of its products.
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To whom it may concern
Kubota Corporation
2-47, Shikitsu-higashi 1-chome,
Naniwa-ku, Osaka 556-8601, Japan
Contact: IR Group
Global Management Promotion Dept.
Planning & Control Headquarters
Phone: +81-6-6648-2645
Notice of retirement of own shares
Please be advised that Kubota Corporation (hereinafter “the Company”) resolved at the Board of Directors’ Meeting held on March 22, 2013 to retire shares of common stock of the Company pursuant to Article 178 of the Corporate Law as follows:
1. Type of shares to be retired
Shares of common stock of the Company
2. Number of shares to be retired
29,500,000 shares
(2.3% of total number of shares issued)
3. Date of retirement
March 29, 2013
(planned)
(Reference)
After the above retirement of shares, total number of shares issued will be 1,256,419,180.
< Cautionary Statements with Respect to Forward-Looking Statements >
This document may contain forward-looking statements that are based on management’s expectations, estimates, projections and assumptions. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve certain risks and uncertainties, which are difficult to predict. Therefore, actual future results may differ materially from what is forecast in forward-looking statements due to a variety of factors, including, without limitation: general economic conditions in the Company’s markets, particularly government agricultural policies, levels of capital expenditures both in public and private sectors, foreign currency exchange rates, the occurrence of natural disasters, continued competitive pricing pressures in the marketplace, as well as the Company’s ability to continue to gain acceptance of its products.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
| KUBOTA CORPORATION | ||||||
| Date: March 22, 2013 | By: | /s/ Yoshiyuki Fujita | ||||
| Name: | Yoshiyuki Fujita | |||||
| Title: | Executive Officer | |||||
| General Manager of Global Management Promotion Department | ||||||