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 April 2011
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)
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| 1. | 2nd Notice on the Effects of the Pacific Coast of Tohoku Earthquake (Friday, April 1, 2011) |
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
2nd Notice on the Effects of the Pacific Coast of Tohoku Earthquake
Kubota Corporation (hereinafter “the Company”) extends heartfelt condolences to the people affected by the Pacific Coast of Tohoku Earthquake.
The effects of the earthquake on the Company’s operations at this moment are as follows.
| 1. | The situation of damage |
| (1) | As announced on March 22, 2011, there was no human damage for the Company’s employees. |
| (2) | As announced on March 22, 2011, there were the partial damages for equipment and buildings in five plants: Tsukuba, Utsunomiya, Ryugasaki, Funabashi and Ichikawa. |
| 2. | The effect on production |
The production was resumed at the above five plants. However, it is being partially affected by parts supply constraint and intermissive outage. The Company is making concerted efforts together to restore full production at those plants.
| 3. | The effect on business performances |
The amount of damage caused by the earthquake is not examined at this moment. An announcement will be made promptly if a significant impact on Kubota’s consolidated financial result is anticipated.
< 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, 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: April 1, 2011 | By: | /s/ Yoshiyuki Fujita | ||
| Name: | Yoshiyuki Fujita | |||
| Title: | Executive Officer | |||
| General Manager of Global Management Promotion Department | ||||