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corporate฀profi฀le
Since฀its฀founding฀in฀1917,฀Nikon฀has฀been฀in฀the฀forefront฀of฀optical฀glass฀manufacturing฀
in฀Japan.฀Profi฀ciency฀in฀optical฀technologies฀amassed฀over฀the฀years฀has฀gained฀us฀global฀
acclaim฀for฀an฀extensive฀range฀of฀superior฀optical฀equipment.฀With฀a฀focus฀on฀growth,฀
we฀manufacture฀and฀market฀a฀wide-ranging฀lineup฀that฀includes฀industrial฀instruments,฀
such฀as฀steppers,฀microscopes฀and฀measuring฀instruments,฀which฀complement฀our฀array฀of฀
conventional฀fi฀lm฀and฀digital฀cameras.฀
Amid฀an฀ever-changing฀business฀environment฀and฀the฀diversifying฀needs฀of฀customers,฀
our฀efforts฀center฀on฀“transformation฀and฀progression.”฀We฀constantly฀promote฀
technological฀innovation฀and฀work฀to฀strengthen฀cohesiveness฀within฀the฀Nikon฀Group฀to฀
achieve฀business฀expansion,฀high฀profi฀tability฀and฀a฀strong฀fi฀nancial฀base.
Nikon’s฀fl฀exibility฀is฀visible฀in฀numerous฀new฀product฀developments฀with฀leading-edge฀
technologies,฀the฀implementation฀of฀structural฀reform฀and฀a฀proactive฀future-oriented฀focus.฀
We฀will฀continue฀to฀strive฀towards฀greater฀growth฀and฀enhanced฀corporate฀value฀as฀we฀
maximize฀the฀opportunities฀that฀lie฀before฀us.
contents
fi฀nancial฀highlights
to฀our฀shareholders฀and฀investors
message฀from฀the฀chief฀executive฀offi฀cer
review฀of฀operations
research฀and฀development
enhancing฀corporate฀social฀responsibility
fi฀ve-year฀summary
management’s฀discussion฀and฀analysis฀of฀
operations
consolidated฀balance฀sheets
consolidated฀statements฀of฀operations
consolidated฀statements฀of฀shareholders’฀equity
consolidated฀statements฀of฀cash฀fl฀ows
notes฀to฀consolidated฀fi฀nancial฀statements฀
independent฀auditors’฀report
organization฀of฀nikon฀group
nikon฀group฀companies
directors,฀auditors฀and฀offi฀cers
forward-looking฀statements
Statements฀contained฀in฀this฀report฀regarding฀the฀plans,฀projections฀and฀strategies฀of฀the฀Nikon฀Corporation฀and฀its฀
subsidiaries฀and฀affi฀liates฀that฀comprise฀the฀Nikon฀Group฀(hereinafter฀“Nikon”)฀that฀are฀not฀historical฀fact฀constitute฀for-
ward-looking฀statements฀about฀future฀fi฀nancial฀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฀signifi฀cantly,฀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฀fl฀uctuations.฀
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