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Annual Report 2012
For the year ended March 31, 2012
Panasonic Corporation

Table of contents

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    Annual Report 2012 Panasonic Corporation For the year ended March 31, 2012

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    Panasonic Annual Report 2012 Financial Highlights Highlights To Our Stakeholders Performance Summary Top Message Segment Information R&D Design Development Search Contents Return page 1 Next Intellectual Property Environmental Activities Corporate Governance Financial and Corporate Data ...

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    ... Interior Fixtures and Housing Equipment Plans to Deliver the Company's HEMS to Dalian Best City In the home Visualizing electric consumption Use from outdoor locations Smartphone Air conditioner control Multi air conditioning system Smart energy gateway Global multi-circuit monitor HEMS unit...

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    ... Performance Summary Top Message Segment Information R&D Design Development Search Contents Return page 11 Next Intellectual Property Environmental Activities Corporate Governance Financial and Corporate Data Report on Fiscal 2012 Results Returning Profits to Shareholders Promoting...

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    ... Performance Summary Top Message Segment Information R&D Design Development Search Contents Return page 12 Next Intellectual Property Environmental Activities Corporate Governance Financial and Corporate Data Report on Fiscal 2012 Results Returning Profits to Shareholders Promoting...

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    ... Performance Summary Top Message Segment Information R&D Design Development Search Contents Return page 13 Next Intellectual Property Environmental Activities Corporate Governance Financial and Corporate Data Report on Fiscal 2012 Results Returning Profits to Shareholders Promoting...

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    ... Performance Summary Top Message Segment Information R&D Design Development Search Contents Return page 14 Next Intellectual Property Environmental Activities Corporate Governance Financial and Corporate Data Report on Fiscal 2012 Results Returning Profits to Shareholders Promoting...

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    ... Meeting President • Promote autonomous responsible management Toward Making Proposals for Customer Value Green Innovation Company BtoB Find solutions to problems of customers Capital markets (Shareholders/creditors) Business Domains/ Business Units Customers Corporate Strategy Head Office...

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    ..., AVC Networks Company President, Appliances Company Director, Global Consumer Marketing Sector page Mamoru Yoshida page 18 Kazunori Takami 18 Yoshiiku Miyata page 19 Solutions Business Field President, Systems & Communications Company President, Eco Solutions Company President, Healthcare...

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    ... household fuel cell cogeneration systems and electric vehicle-related components and devices. Mamoru Yoshida, President PR OFILE Apr. 2009 Apr. 2011 Executive Officer of the Company Director, Display Network Products Business Group, AVC Networks Company (current position) Managing Executive...

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    ...products Overview of the Business Domain Name: Systems & Communications Company Headquarters Location in Japan: Tokyo Business Activities: Development, manufacture, sales and service engineering of electric, communication and electronic machinery & equipment related to systems, networks, and mobile...

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    ..., housing equipment and materials, ventilation fan systems, as well as the provision of related maintenance services, installation engineering and comprehensive solutions. URL: http://panasonic.net/es/ Overview of the Business Domain Name: Healthcare Company Headquarters Location in Japan...

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    ... Jan. 2012 Apr. 2012 Jun. 2008 Apr. 2011 Overview of the Business Domain Name: Manufacturing Solutions Company Headquarters Location in Japan: Toyonaka Business Activities: Development, manufacture, sales and service of mounting-related machines for electronic-components, device-related systems...

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    ... position) / Director, Electronic Components and Materials Business Group, Industrial Devices Company (current position) Masato Ito, President P R OF I L E Jun. 2010 Apr. 2011 Senior Vice President, SANYO Electric Co., Ltd. Executive Officer of the Company (current position) / President, Energy...

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    ...) (Billions of yen) Profit/sales ratio (%) Business at a Glance Percentage of Fiscal 2012 Sales Other Energy AVC Networks Appliances Segment Main Products and Services (As of March 31, 2012) LCD and Plasma TVs, digital cameras, Blu-ray Disc and DVD recorders, PCs, optical disc drives, home audio...

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    ...Message Segment Information R&D Design Development Search Contents Return page 24 Next Intellectual Property Environmental Activities Corporate Governance Financial and Corporate Data Business at a Glance Business Review and Strategies Overseas Review by Region AVC Networks Fiscal 2012...

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    ... Performance Summary Top Message Segment Information R&D Design Development Search Contents Return page 25 Next Intellectual Property Environmental Activities Corporate Governance Financial and Corporate Data Business at a Glance Business Review and Strategies Overseas Review by Region...

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    ... and Corporate Data Business at a Glance Business Review and Strategies Overseas Review by Region to expanding facilities at the Company's refrigerator plant in Vietnam, plans are in place to initiate operations at a new washing machine plant in April 2013. Building on the current manufacture of...

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    ..., Panasonic commenced production of refrigerators, washing machines and clothes dryers, rice cookers, and vacuum cleaners with a high-grade external finish from spring 2012. Business Review and Strategies Overseas Review by Region Excellent Results in Ene Farm Home Fuel Cell Cogeneration Systems...

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    ... Search Contents Return page 28 Next Intellectual Property Environmental Activities Corporate Governance Financial and Corporate Data Business at a Glance Business Review and Strategies Overseas Review by Region Establishing Two New Sales Companies to Bolster Global Solutions...

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    ...storage Linked System for the Home Smart meter Power station Distribution Measurement panelboard unit Smart home appliances *1 SEG: *2 V2H: Smart Energy Gateway Vehicle to Home • Good Design Gold Award 2011(Japan) (Top left) • Universal Design Award 2012 (Germany) (Bottom left) • iF Product...

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    ... structures in Japan, with eco solutions for the entire home. Moreover, in its condominium interior business in China, Panasonic undertook to promote comprehensive proposals from consulting through construction to after-sales service. As a result, the Company secured housing systems business sales...

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    ...-based business model in order to secure sustained growth. Business Review and Strategies Overseas Review by Region Focusing on an Overseas-Based Business Model Panasonic is upgrading and expanding its overseas manufacturing operations which include material and other front-end processes. This...

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    ... Performance Summary Top Message Segment Information R&D Design Development Search Contents Return page 33 Next Intellectual Property Environmental Activities Corporate Governance Financial and Corporate Data Business at a Glance Business Review and Strategies Overseas Review by Region...

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    ..., and public sector-use from August, November, and December 2011, respectively, in Japan. Moreover, the Company began accepting orders for its Energy Creation-storage Linked System for the Home in March 2012. The system integrates Panasonic's solar cells and lithium-ion storage battery unit. sales...

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    ...To Our Stakeholders Performance Summary Top Message Segment Information R&D Design Development Search Contents Return page 35 Next Intellectual Property Environmental Activities Corporate Governance Financial and Corporate Data Business at a Glance Overall Healthcare Company sales, on the...

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    ...) 300 0 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 (Fiscal year ) Share of Sales by Region Fiscal 2011 Americas Fiscal 2012 Americas Asia and China (Billions of yen) 12% Europe Japan 12% Europe Japan Sound White Goods and Beauty-and-Health Appliance Sales; Weak Results in AV Products In fiscal 2012, sales of...

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    ... Search Contents Return page 37 Next Intellectual Property Environmental Activities Corporate Governance Financial and Corporate Data Business at a Glance Business Review and Strategies Overseas Review by Region Highlights North America Pushing Comprehensive Eco IT Solutions Forward...

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    ... from digital network & software to device and environmental technologies. Panasonic has established R&D sites at optimal locations globally so that it can make the most of engineers and technologies in Japan, North America, Europe, China and the ASEAN region. In recent years, the Company has placed...

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    .... Panasonic's design development spans a wide range of products: consumer products such as audio-visual equipment, communication devices and home appliances; component products such as car electronics, batteries and solar cells; and solution-based products that relate to networked systems and homes...

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    ... Management of the Group's Intellectual Property Rights Amid increasingly intense global competition, Panasonic recognizes the need to efficiently secure and leverage global IP rights to new technologies, services, brands and designs, to maximize the value of its businesses and products with...

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    ... Search Contents Return page 43 Next Intellectual Property Environmental Activities Corporate Governance Financial and Corporate Data Corporate Governance Structure Policy on Control of Panasonic Corporation Directors, Corporate Auditors and Executive Officers the business report...

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    ..., Corporate Procurement Division and Corporate Global Logistics Division Yasutomo Fukui In charge of Information Systems Toshiaki Kobayashi President, Industrial Devices Company Katsuhiko Fujiwara Senior Vice President, Appliances Company / Director, Air Conditioning and Cold Chain Business Group...

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    ... in some regions and businesses with sales increases in products, such as air conditioners and refrigerators that meet local needs in India and Brazil, and "HIT" brand solar cells by maximizing Panasonic Group sales channels in Japan. On the other hand, operating results in the flat-panel TV and...

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