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CANON U.S.A. INTEGRATES THE OPERATIONS OF ITS CANON BUSINESS SOLUTIONS REGIONAL SUBSIDIARIES UNDER ONE ENTITY

Friday 11. January 2008 - New Canon Business Solutions, Inc., Combines the Strength and Local Expertise of Canon Business Solutions-East, Canon Business Solutions-Central and Canon Business Solutions-West to Form a Powerful National Organization

To better leverage the strength and expertise of its family of Canon Business Solutions subsidiaries, Canon U.S.A., Inc, today announced the establishment of Canon Business Solutions, Inc. The new Canon Business Solutions, Inc., results from the merger of Canon Business Solutions-East, Inc., Canon Business Solutions-Central, Inc., and Canon Business Solutions-West, to form one corporate entity.

The formation of Canon Business Solutions, Inc., is the culmination of a year-long initiative to streamline internal processes and integrate best practices across all functional areas of the company to better serve and meet the growing needs of customers locally, regionally and nationally. Canon Business Solutions, Inc., will continue to operate in the regions of the former Canon Business Solutions East, Central and West subsidiaries.

“The goal of this consolidation was to operationally integrate the Canon Business Solutions family of companies in a coordinated and consistent manner,” said Joe Adachi, president and chief executive officer, Canon U.S.A., Inc. “This new entity will allow us to achieve synergies across our infrastructure to create a national sales and service operation with a singular focus on the Canon brand of document imaging technology.”