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01 FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
02 TO OUR SHAREHOLDERS AND INVESTORS
06 REVIEW OF OPERATIONS
06 PRECISION EQUIPMENT
10 IMAGING PRODUCTS
14 INSTRUMENTS
18 OTHER
20 ENHANCING CSR-ORIENTED
MANAGEMENT
23 FIVE-YEAR SUMMARY
23 MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND
ANALYSIS OF OPERATIONS
26 CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
28 CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
29 CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF
CHANGES IN EQUITY
30 CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF
CASH FLOWS
31 NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS
47 INDEPENDENT AUDITORS’ REPORT
48 ORGANIZATION OF NIKON GROUP
49 NIKON GROUP COMPANIES
50 DIRECTORS, AUDITORS AND OFFICERS
51 INVESTOR INFORMATION Statements contained in this report regarding the plans, projections and strategies of
the Nikon Corporation and its subsidiaries and affiliates that comprise the Nikon Group
(hereinafter “Nikon”) that are not historical fact constitute forward-looking statements
about future financial results. As such, they are based on data that are obtainable at the
time of announcement in compliance with Nikon’s management policies and certain
premises that are deemed reasonable by Nikon. Hence, actual results may differ, in
some cases significantly, from these forward-looking statements due to changes in
various factors, including—but not limited to—economic conditions in principal
markets, product and service demand trends, customer capital investment trends, and
currency exchange rate fluctuations.
PROFILE
CONTENTS
NIKON HAS CARVED OUT A PLACE AS A PIONEER OF OPTICAL TECHNOLOGY
SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN 1917, BOTH IN JAPAN AND MARKETS AROUND THE
WORLD. TODAY, NIKON MANUFACTURES AND SELLS A BROAD RANGE OF
CONSUMER GOODS BASED ON SUCH TECHNOLOGY, INCLUDING DIGITAL
CAMERAS AND RELATED PRODUCTS, BINOCULARS AND OPHTHALMIC
FRAMES. WE ALSO MANUFACTURE AND SELL A DIVERSE RANGE OF
INDUSTRIAL PRECISION EQUIPMENT, INCLUDING SEMICONDUCTOR
PRODUCTION EQUIPMENT SUCH AS IC AND LCD STEPPERS AND SCANNERS,
MICROSCOPES AND MEASURING INSTRUMENTS.
NIKON CELEBRATES ITS 90TH ANNIVERSARY IN 2007. ALONGSIDE
PROMOTING STRUCTURAL REFORMS TO MAXIMIZE MANAGEMENT
EFFICIENCY, WE REMAIN TRUE TO OUR BUSINESS PHILOSOPHY OF
“TRUSTWORTHINESS AND CREATIVITY.” WE ASPIRE TO BE A LEADING
COMPANY BY VIRTUE OF PROVIDING OUR CUSTOMERS WITH ORIGINAL AND
HIGHLY INNOVATIVE PRODUCTS.
MOVING FORWARD, WE REMAIN FOCUSED ON LEVERAGING THE CORE
COMPETENCES OF THE NIKON GROUP TO MEET THE NEEDS OF CONSUMERS
AND CUSTOMERS IN VARIOUS INDUSTRIAL SECTORS THE WORLD OVER.