6-K 1 r6k090129b.txt NOTICE CONCERNING REVISION OF FINANCIAL RESULTS FORECAST AND DIVIDENDS FORECAST 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 January 2009 Commission File Number 2 - 68279 RICOH COMPANY, LTD. ----------------------------------------------- (Translation of Registrant's name into English) 13-1, Ginza 8-Chome, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-8222, Japan --------------------------------------------------- (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.) 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Ricoh Company, Ltd. ------------------------------ (Registrant) By: /S/ Zenji Miura ------------------------------ Zenji Miura Director, Chief Financial Officer Corporate Executive Vice President January 29, 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- January 29, 2009 Company: RICOH COMPANY, LTD. Representative: Shiro Kondo President and CEO Contact: Masakuni Kutsuwada, General Manager of PR Department +81-3-6278-5228 NOTICE CONCERNING REVISION OF FINANCIAL RESULTS FORECAST AND DIVIDENDS FORECAST Ricoh Company, Ltd. ("Ricoh") revised its consolidated financial results forecast and its dividends forecast for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2009 that were announced on October 28, 2008, based on its recent bussiness performance. 1. Revision of the financial results forecast (1) Revision of the consolidated financial results forecast for FY2009 (Millions of Yen) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Operating Income before Net sales income income taxes Net income -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Previous forecast (A) (Announced on October 28, 2008) 2,150,000 150,000 142,000 87,000 New forecast (B) 2,150,000 100,000 70,000 35,000 Change (B - A) -- -50,000 -72,000 -52,000 Percentage change -- -33.3% -50.7% -59.8% (Reference) Actual results for FY2008 2,219,989 181,506 174,669 106,463 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Consolidated sales would have decreased by JPY 143 billion (or 6.2%) compared to the previous forecast, if including the expected impact (JPY 143 billion) on consolidated sales resulted from the acquisition of IKON Office Solutions, Inc., which was announced on "RICOH COMPLETES ACQUISITION OF IKON OFFICE SOLUTIONS, INC." dated November 1, 2008. (2) Basis for revision Ricoh revised the forecast of consolidated financial results for FY2009 downward due to factors such as slowdown in demand in domestic and overseas caused by worldwide recession, and ongoing appreciation of the yen more than our assumption. 2. Revision of dividends forecast (1) Details of the revised dividends forecast Dividends per share (Yen) ------------------------------------------------------------------- The end of Record date second quarter Year-end Total ------------------------------------------------------------------- Previous forecast (Announced on October 28, 2008) -- 19.00 37.00 New forecast -- 18.00 36.00 Performance in FY2009 18.00 -- -- Performance in FY2008 16.00 17.00 33.00 (2) Basis for revision Ricoh considers continuous reinforcement in returning profits to shareholders to be one of its basic policies concerning distribution of profits, and dividends payout ratio is being taken into account upon distribution. As the forecast of consolidated financial results for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2009 has been revised as mentioned above, Ricoh has also revised the forecast of dividends amount per share to 18.00 yen for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2009, which is the same amount as the second quarter ended September 30, 2008. * Ricoh bases the forecast estimates for FY2009 above upon information currently available to management, which involves risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected.