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Ricoh Corp acquired</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="1">Automated Business</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="2">Products(AP), a wholesaler of</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="3">analog and digital equipment.</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="4">Following the acquisition AP</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="5">will be renamed Automated</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="6">Business Products-A Ricoh</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="7">Company.</sdc:value></sdc:n_SYNOPSIS><sdc:n_synopsis2><sdc:value>US - Ricoh Corp acquired Automated Business Products(AP), a wholesaler of analog and digital equipment. 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Other includes digital cameras, optical discs,</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="10">financing and logistics services. The company was founded in</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="11">1936.</sdc:value></sdc:g_business><sdc:g_business1><sdc:value>Ricoh Co Ltd, located in Tokyo, Japan, manufactures and provides wholesale service for office automation equipment, which includes copiers, facsimile machines, data processing equipment, printers and related supplies. The operations are carried through the following divisions: Office solutions, Industrial products and other. The office solutions includes imaging solutions, network system solutions. Industrial products includes thermal media, optical equipment, semiconductor devices, electronic components, and measuring equipment. Other includes digital cameras, optical discs, financing and logistics services. 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The company's</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="2">principal activity is the</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="3">manufacture of photocopiers,</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="4">peripheral equipment, scanners</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="5">and air purifiers. The</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="6">operations are carried out</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="7">through the following</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="8">divisions: Information and</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="9">environment equipment,</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="10">Precision equipment and other.</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="11">The Information and</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="12">environment equipment segment</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="13">includes manufacture of</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="14">photocopiers, peripheral</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="15">equipment, scanners and air</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="16">purifiers. The Precision</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="17">equipment segment includes</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="18">manufactures water meters, LPG</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="19">meters, alarms,</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="20">defense-related fuses and</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="21">timepieces. The other segment</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="22">covers insurance brokerage.</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="23">The company is also engaged in</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="24">the wholesale distribution of</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="25">bought-in products. The</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="26">company was founded in 1938.</sdc:value></sdc:h_TEST><sdc:h_business><sdc:value sdc:p="0">Ricoh Elemex Corp is located in Tokyo, Japan. The company's</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="1">principal activity is the manufacture of photocopiers,</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="2">peripheral equipment, scanners and air purifiers. 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The company's principal activity is the manufacture of photocopiers, peripheral equipment, scanners and air purifiers. The operations are carried out through the following divisions: Information and environment equipment, Precision equipment and other. The Information and environment equipment segment includes manufacture of photocopiers, peripheral equipment, scanners and air purifiers. The Precision equipment segment includes manufactures water meters, LPG meters, alarms, defense-related fuses and timepieces. The other segment covers insurance brokerage. The company is also engaged in the wholesale distribution of bought-in products. 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Ricoh Co Ltd (RC)</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="1">agreed to acquire the</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="2">remaining 44.2% stake, or 9.93</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="3">mil ordinary shares</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="4">outstanding, which it did not</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="5">already own, in Ricoh Elemex</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="6">Corp (RE), a manufacturer of</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="7">photocopiers and clocks, in</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="8">exchange for RC 4.96 mil</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="9">ordinary shares, valued at</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="10">9,042.652 mil Japanese yen</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="11">($86.385 mil US). RC offered</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="12">0.5 ordinary shares per RE</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="13">ordinary share. Based on RC's</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="14">closing stock price of 1,811</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="15">yen ($17.301) on May 14, the</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="16">last full trading day prior to</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="17">announcement, each RE share</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="18">was valued at 911 yen</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="19">($8.703).</sdc:value></sdc:n_SYNOPSIS><sdc:n_synopsis2><sdc:value>JAPAN - Ricoh Co Ltd (RC) agreed to acquire the remaining 44.2% stake, or 9.93 mil ordinary shares outstanding, which it did not already own, in Ricoh Elemex Corp (RE), a manufacturer of photocopiers and clocks, in exchange for RC 4.96 mil ordinary shares, valued at 9,042.652 mil Japanese yen ($86.385 mil US). RC offered 0.5 ordinary shares per RE ordinary share. Based on RC's closing stock price of 1,811 yen ($17.301) on May 14, the last full trading day prior to announcement, each RE share was valued at 911 yen ($8.703).</sdc:value></sdc:n_synopsis2><sdc:n_synopsis3><sdc:value sdc:p="0">JAPAN - Ricoh Co Ltd (RC) agreed to acquire the remaining 44.2% stake, or 9.93 mil</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="1">ordinary shares outstanding, which it did not already own, in Ricoh Elemex Corp (RE), a</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="2">manufacturer of photocopiers and clocks, in exchange for RC 4.96 mil ordinary shares,</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="3">valued at 9,042.652 mil Japanese yen ($86.385 mil US). RC offered 0.5 ordinary shares per</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="4">RE ordinary share. Based on RC's closing stock price of 1,811 yen ($17.301) on May 14, the</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="5">last full trading day prior to announcement, each RE share was valued at 911 yen ($8.703).</sdc:value></sdc:n_synopsis3><sdc:n_synopsis4><sdc:value sdc:p="0">JAPAN - Ricoh Co Ltd (RC) agreed to acquire the remaining 44.2% stake, or 9.93 mil ordinary shares outstanding, which it did not already own, in Ricoh Elemex Corp (RE), a manufacturer of photocopiers</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="1">and clocks, in exchange for RC 4.96 mil ordinary shares, valued at 9,042.652 mil Japanese yen ($86.385 mil US). RC offered 0.5 ordinary shares per RE ordinary share. Based on RC's closing stock price</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="2">of 1,811 yen ($17.301) on May 14, the last full trading day prior to announcement, each RE share was valued at 911 yen ($8.703).</sdc:value></sdc:n_synopsis4><sdc:n_synopsis5><sdc:value sdc:p="0">JAPAN - Ricoh Co Ltd (RC) agreed to acquire the remaining 44.2% stake, or 9.93 mil ordinary shares outstanding, which it did not already</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="1">own, in Ricoh Elemex Corp (RE), a manufacturer of photocopiers and clocks, in exchange for RC 4.96 mil ordinary shares, valued at</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="2">9,042.652 mil Japanese yen ($86.385 mil US). RC offered 0.5 ordinary shares per RE ordinary share. 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