1、Fiscal Year Ended December 31,2005CANON ANNUAL REPORT 2005CONTENTSFINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS _1TO OUR STOCKHOLDERS _2EXCELLENT GLOBAL CORPORATIONPLAN PHASE III _6CORPORATE GOVERNANCE _ 10BOARD OF DIRECTORS _ 14CORPORATE FUNCTIONS _ 15RESEARCH&DEVELOPMENTPRODUCTIONSALES&MARKETINGCORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBI
2、LITYPRODUCT GROUPS _ 25OFFICE IMAGING PRODUCTSCOMPUTER PERIPHERALSCAMERASOPTICAL AND OTHER PRODUCTSMAJOR CONSOLIDATED SUBSIDIARIES _ 34FINANCIAL SECTION _ 35TRANSFER AND REGISTRARS OFFICE _ 87STOCKHOLDERS INFORMATION _ 87CORPORATE PROFILECORPORATE PHILOSOPHY:KyoseiCORPORATE GOALCanon Inc.and the Can
3、on Group develop,produce and market a broadarray of products including copying machines,printers,cameras,opticalproducts and industrial equipment.Canon has grown to be a trusted brandin over 180 countries.In fiscal 2005,under Phase II of our Excellent Global Corporation Plan,wereported for the sixth
4、 consecutive year the highest level of sales and netincome in our history.The Canon Group aims to create and commercialize new technologies andoriginal genres of products that foster positive and effective communicationsaround the world.Furthermore,the Group pursues a variety of environmentaland phi
5、lanthropic activities and focuses on fulfilling its duties to investors andsociety by stressing good corporate governance.Canons corporate philosophy iskyosei,which can be concisely defined as“Living and working together for the common good.”Canon has expandedthis definition even further to mean“All
6、 people,regardless of race,religion,orculture,harmoniously living and working together into the future.”Unfortunately,the world today is imbalanced in areas such as internationaleconomic development,wealth distribution,and the natural environment.Canon maintains an awareness of these imbalances in i