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Ex-Olympus CEO Woodford eyes legal action

TOKYO, Japan - Michael Woodford, former president and chief executive officer of Olympus Corp., speaks at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on April 20, 2012. Woodford said he may seek to nullify in a Japanese court the approval given for the company's new management at its extraordinary shareholders' meeting.

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Ex-Olympus CEO to vote against new management

TOKYO, Japan - Michael Woodford, former president and chief executive officer of Olympus Corp., gives a speech at Tokyo's Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan on April 19, 2012. Woodford said he will vote against part of the company's newly designated management at an extraordinary shareholders meeting the following day.

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Ex-Olympus CEO eyes 'surprise' action

WASHINGTON, United States - Michael Woodford, former president and chief executive officer of Olympus Corp., is interviewed by Kyodo News in Washington on April 2, 2012. He said he is planning to launch a ''surprise'' action at an extraordinary shareholders meeting of the Japanese camera and medical equipment manufacturer slated for April 20, opposing a proposed new management lineup.

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Ex-Olympus CEO Woodford at press conference

LONDON, Britain - Michael Woodford, former president and chief executive officer of Olympus Corp., gives a press conference in London on Feb. 16, 2012, following the arrest of former Olympus Chairman and President Tsuyoshi Kikukawa, two other former executives and a former securities company employee on suspicion of falsifying the company's financial reports in its massive investment loss coverup.

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Ex-Olympus chief Kikukawa

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows former Olympus Corp. Chairman and President Tsuyoshi Kikukawa. Olympus has filed a damages suit against Kikukawa and current and former executives over the concealment of massive investment losses, sources familiar with the matter said Jan. 9, 2012.

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Ex-Olympus CEO Woodford

LONDON, Britain - Michael Woodford, former president and chief executive officer of Olympus Corp., speaks at a press conference in London on Dec. 6, 2011.

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Ex-Olympus head Woodford interviewed by U.S. investigators

NEW YORK, United States - Former Olympus Corp. President Michael Woodford (L) is pictured on his way to the U.S. Attorney's Office in New York on Nov. 29, 2011. The Federal Bureau of Investigation and other U.S. investigators later interviewed him there as part of their probe related to the Japanese firm's coverup of investment losses.

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Ex-Olympus head Woodford interviewed by U.S. investigators

NEW YORK, United States - Former Olympus Corp. President Michael Woodford is pictured in New York on Nov. 29, 2011, after being interviewed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and other U.S. investigators as part of their probe related to the Japanese firm's coverup of investment losses.

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EX-Olympus CEO Woodford leaves Japan

NARITA, Japan - Former Olympus Corp. President and Chief Executive Officer Michael Woodford speaks to reporters at Narita airport in Chiba Prefecture on Nov. 26, 2011, prior to his departure to the United States to meet U.S. authorities to cooperate in a probe related to the company's coverup of investment losses. During his stay in Japan, Woodford met with Japanese investigative authorities and attended an Olympus board meeting.

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Ex-Olympus chief Woodford attends board meeting

TOKYO, Japan - Michael Woodford (C), former chief executive officer and president of Olympus Corp., answers reporters' questions in front of the company's headquarters in Tokyo on Nov. 25, 2011, after attending a company board meeting for the first time since his dismissal in mid-October after calling into question dubious acquisitions by the firm.

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Ex-Olympus chief Woodford attends board meeting

TOKYO, Japan - Michael Woodford, former chief executive officer and president of Olympus Corp., speaks during an interview at a hotel in Tokyo on Nov. 25, 2011. He later attended a company board meeting for the first time since his dismissal in mid-October after calling into question dubious acquisitions by the firm.

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Ex-Olympus chief Woodford attends board meeting

TOKYO, Japan - Michael Woodford (C), former chief executive officer and president of Olympus Corp., is surrounded by reporters while heading for the company's headquarters in Tokyo on Nov. 25, 2011. He later attended a company board meeting for the first time since his dismissal in mid-October after calling into question dubious acquisitions by the firm.

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Ex-Olympus chief Woodford in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Michael Woodford, former chief executive officer and president of Olympus Corp., makes a speech in Tokyo on Nov. 24, 2011. Woodford was visiting Japan to meet with Japanese investigative authorities probing the camera and medical equipment maker's coverup of investment losses.

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Ex-Olympus chief Woodford in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Reporters swarm around Michael Woodford (far R), former chief executive officer and president of Olympus Corp., after he visited the Metropolitan Police Department in Tokyo on Nov. 24, 2011. Woodford met with Japanese investigators over the camera and medical equipment maker's coverup of investment losses.

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Ex-Olympus chief Woodford in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Michael Woodford, former chief executive officer and president of Olympus Corp., meets reporters after visiting the Metropolitan Police Department in Tokyo on Nov. 24, 2011. Woodford met with Japanese investigators over the camera and medical equipment maker's coverup of investment losses.

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Ex-Olympus chief Woodford in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Michael Woodford, former chief executive officer and president of Olympus Corp., meets reporters after visiting the Metropolitan Police Department in Tokyo on Nov. 24, 2011. Woodford met with Japanese investigators over the camera and medical equipment maker's coverup of investment losses.

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Ex-Olympus chief Woodford meets Japanese prosecutors

TOKYO, Japan - Michael Woodford, former chief executive officer and president of Olympus Corp., heads for the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office in Tokyo on Nov. 24, 2011. Woodford met with Tokyo prosecutors later over the camera and medical equipment maker's cover-up of investment losses.

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Ex-Olympus chief Woodford meets Japanese prosecutors

TOKYO, Japan - Michael Woodford, former chief executive officer and president of Olympus Corp., is surrounded by reporters before entering the building (R) of the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office in Tokyo on Nov. 24, 2011. Woodford met Tokyo prosecutors later over the camera and medical equipment maker's cover-up of investment losses.

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Ex-Olympus chief Woodford arrives in Japan

NARITA, Japan - Michael Woodford, former chief executive officer and president of Olympus Corp., meets reporters upon arrival at Narita airport near Tokyo on Nov. 23, 2011. Woodford arrived in Japan to meet with Japanese investigative authorities probing the camera and medical equipment maker's coverup of investment losses.

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Ex-Olympus chief Woodford arrives in Japan

NARITA, Japan - Michael Woodford, former chief executive officer and president of Olympus Corp., meets reporters upon arrival at Narita airport near Tokyo on Nov. 23, 2011. Woodford arrived in Japan to meet with Japanese investigative authorities probing the camera and medical equipment maker's coverup of investment losses.

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Ex-Olympus chief Woodford arrives in Japan

NARITA, Japan - Michael Woodford, former chief executive officer and president of Olympus Corp., is surrounded by reporters upon arrival at Narita airport near Tokyo on Nov. 23, 2011. Woodford arrived in Japan to meet with Japanese investigative authorities probing the camera and medical equipment maker's coverup of investment losses.

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Ex-Olympus President Woodford

LONDON, Britain - Former Olympus Corp. President Michael Woodford speaks during a press conference in London on Nov. 21, 2011. Woodford criticized a third-party panel set up by the company to probe its coverup of past securities investment losses, after the panel denied reports of organized crime's involvement in the scandal.

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Ex-Olympus chief Woodford

LONDON, Britain - Former Olympus Corp. Chief Executive Officer and President Michael Woodford speaks in an interview in London on Oct. 31, 2011. He said he is willing to return as president and rebuild the company mired in a scandal over alleged shady acquisitions in the past.

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Ex-Olympus CEO Woodford

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows Michael Woodford, former chief executive officer and president of Olympus Corp. The Briton, who was ousted from the post, said Oct. 28, 2011, that he had spoken to the Federal Bureau of Investigation regarding the Japanese firm's questionable acquisition of a British medical equipment maker.

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Ex-Olympus CEO eyes 'surprise' action

WASHINGTON, United States - Michael Woodford, former president and chief executive officer of Olympus Corp., is interviewed by Kyodo News in Washington on April 2, 2012. He said he is planning to launch a ''surprise'' action at an extraordinary shareholders meeting of the Japanese camera and medical equipment manufacturer slated for April 20, opposing a proposed new management lineup. (Kyodo)

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Ex-Olympus CEO Woodford eyes legal action

TOKYO, Japan - Michael Woodford, former president and chief executive officer of Olympus Corp., speaks at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on April 20, 2012. Woodford said he may seek to nullify in a Japanese court the approval given for the company's new management at its extraordinary shareholders' meeting. (Kyodo)

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Ex-Olympus CEO to vote against new management

TOKYO, Japan - Michael Woodford, former president and chief executive officer of Olympus Corp., gives a speech at Tokyo's Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan on April 19, 2012. Woodford said he will vote against part of the company's newly designated management at an extraordinary shareholders meeting the following day. (Kyodo)

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Ex-Olympus CEO Woodford at press conference

LONDON, Britain - Michael Woodford, former president and chief executive officer of Olympus Corp., gives a press conference in London on Feb. 16, 2012, following the arrest of former Olympus Chairman and President Tsuyoshi Kikukawa, two other former executives and a former securities company employee on suspicion of falsifying the company's financial reports in its massive investment loss coverup. (Kyodo)

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Ex-Olympus chief Kikukawa

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows former Olympus Corp. Chairman and President Tsuyoshi Kikukawa. Olympus has filed a damages suit against Kikukawa and current and former executives over the concealment of massive investment losses, sources familiar with the matter said Jan. 9, 2012. (Kyodo)

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Ex-Olympus CEO Woodford

LONDON, Britain - Michael Woodford, former president and chief executive officer of Olympus Corp., speaks at a press conference in London on Dec. 6, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Ex-Olympus head Woodford interviewed by U.S. investigators

NEW YORK, United States - Former Olympus Corp. President Michael Woodford is pictured in New York on Nov. 29, 2011, after being interviewed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and other U.S. investigators as part of their probe related to the Japanese firm's coverup of investment losses. (Kyodo)

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Ex-Olympus head Woodford interviewed by U.S. investigators

NEW YORK, United States - Former Olympus Corp. President Michael Woodford (L) is pictured on his way to the U.S. Attorney's Office in New York on Nov. 29, 2011. The Federal Bureau of Investigation and other U.S. investigators later interviewed him there as part of their probe related to the Japanese firm's coverup of investment losses. (Kyodo)

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EX-Olympus CEO Woodford leaves Japan

NARITA, Japan - Former Olympus Corp. President and Chief Executive Officer Michael Woodford speaks to reporters at Narita airport in Chiba Prefecture on Nov. 26, 2011, prior to his departure to the United States to meet U.S. authorities to cooperate in a probe related to the company's coverup of investment losses. During his stay in Japan, Woodford met with Japanese investigative authorities and attended an Olympus board meeting. (Kyodo)

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Ex-Olympus chief Woodford attends board meeting

TOKYO, Japan - Michael Woodford (C), former chief executive officer and president of Olympus Corp., is surrounded by reporters while heading for the company's headquarters in Tokyo on Nov. 25, 2011. He later attended a company board meeting for the first time since his dismissal in mid-October after calling into question dubious acquisitions by the firm. (Kyodo)

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Ex-Olympus chief Woodford attends board meeting

TOKYO, Japan - Michael Woodford (C), former chief executive officer and president of Olympus Corp., answers reporters' questions in front of the company's headquarters in Tokyo on Nov. 25, 2011, after attending a company board meeting for the first time since his dismissal in mid-October after calling into question dubious acquisitions by the firm. (Kyodo)

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Ex-Olympus chief Woodford attends board meeting

TOKYO, Japan - Michael Woodford, former chief executive officer and president of Olympus Corp., speaks during an interview at a hotel in Tokyo on Nov. 25, 2011. He later attended a company board meeting for the first time since his dismissal in mid-October after calling into question dubious acquisitions by the firm. (Kyodo)

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Ex-Olympus chief Woodford in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Michael Woodford, former chief executive officer and president of Olympus Corp., makes a speech in Tokyo on Nov. 24, 2011. Woodford was visiting Japan to meet with Japanese investigative authorities probing the camera and medical equipment maker's coverup of investment losses. (Kyodo)

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Ex-Olympus chief Woodford in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Reporters swarm around Michael Woodford (far R), former chief executive officer and president of Olympus Corp., after he visited the Metropolitan Police Department in Tokyo on Nov. 24, 2011. Woodford met with Japanese investigators over the camera and medical equipment maker's coverup of investment losses. (Kyodo)

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Ex-Olympus chief Woodford in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Michael Woodford, former chief executive officer and president of Olympus Corp., meets reporters after visiting the Metropolitan Police Department in Tokyo on Nov. 24, 2011. Woodford met with Japanese investigators over the camera and medical equipment maker's coverup of investment losses. (Kyodo)

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Ex-Olympus chief Woodford in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Michael Woodford, former chief executive officer and president of Olympus Corp., meets reporters after visiting the Metropolitan Police Department in Tokyo on Nov. 24, 2011. Woodford met with Japanese investigators over the camera and medical equipment maker's coverup of investment losses. (Kyodo)

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Ex-Olympus chief Woodford meets Japanese prosecutors

TOKYO, Japan - Michael Woodford, former chief executive officer and president of Olympus Corp., heads for the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office in Tokyo on Nov. 24, 2011. Woodford met with Tokyo prosecutors later over the camera and medical equipment maker's cover-up of investment losses. (Kyodo)

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Ex-Olympus chief Woodford meets Japanese prosecutors

TOKYO, Japan - Michael Woodford, former chief executive officer and president of Olympus Corp., is surrounded by reporters before entering the building (R) of the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office in Tokyo on Nov. 24, 2011. Woodford met Tokyo prosecutors later over the camera and medical equipment maker's cover-up of investment losses. (Kyodo)

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Ex-Olympus chief Woodford arrives in Japan

NARITA, Japan - Michael Woodford, former chief executive officer and president of Olympus Corp., is surrounded by reporters upon arrival at Narita airport near Tokyo on Nov. 23, 2011. Woodford arrived in Japan to meet with Japanese investigative authorities probing the camera and medical equipment maker's coverup of investment losses. (Kyodo)

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Ex-Olympus chief Woodford arrives in Japan

NARITA, Japan - Michael Woodford, former chief executive officer and president of Olympus Corp., meets reporters upon arrival at Narita airport near Tokyo on Nov. 23, 2011. Woodford arrived in Japan to meet with Japanese investigative authorities probing the camera and medical equipment maker's coverup of investment losses. (Kyodo)

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Ex-Olympus chief Woodford arrives in Japan

NARITA, Japan - Michael Woodford, former chief executive officer and president of Olympus Corp., meets reporters upon arrival at Narita airport near Tokyo on Nov. 23, 2011. Woodford arrived in Japan to meet with Japanese investigative authorities probing the camera and medical equipment maker's coverup of investment losses. (Kyodo)

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Ex-Olympus President Woodford

LONDON, Britain - Former Olympus Corp. President Michael Woodford speaks during a press conference in London on Nov. 21, 2011. Woodford criticized a third-party panel set up by the company to probe its coverup of past securities investment losses, after the panel denied reports of organized crime's involvement in the scandal. (Kyodo)

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Ex-Olympus chief Woodford

LONDON, Britain - Former Olympus Corp. Chief Executive Officer and President Michael Woodford speaks in an interview in London on Oct. 31, 2011. He said he is willing to return as president and rebuild the company mired in a scandal over alleged shady acquisitions in the past. (Kyodo)

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Ex-Olympus CEO Woodford

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows Michael Woodford, former chief executive officer and president of Olympus Corp. The Briton, who was ousted from the post, said Oct. 28, 2011, that he had spoken to the Federal Bureau of Investigation regarding the Japanese firm's questionable acquisition of a British medical equipment maker. (Kyodo)