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Medium-Term
Management
Plan
Having a strong sense of crisis and of mission, I am increasing
the pace of Nikon’s transformation
As I mentioned earlier, while operating income of ¥36.7 billion exceeded the target set for the scal year ended
March 31, 2016, the policy of the Medium-Term Management Plan Update is Transform to Grow, and this trans-
formation remains a challenge because this has yet to take on a visible form. Moves such as the aforementioned
acquisition of Optos and the establishment announced in May 2015, of Nikon CeLL innovation Co., Ltd. following the
signing of the strategic collaboration agreement with Lonza—the world’s largest manufacturer of cells for regenerative
medicine therapeutics—gave rise to an unconventional transformation, but one that cannot be considered sufcient.
I have a strong sense of crisis and of mission that we have to tackle this situation with much more of a sense of urgency.
Transform to Grow does not mean the Company will merely continue to enlarge the scale of its sales through
M&As and other initiatives. While addressing new capabilities, the plan is designed to continue moving toward a
stronger revenue base by causing our business categories to evolve. It will therefore take some time for the Company
to reach constant levels of prot and business scale. I consider it to be my primary responsibility to convey the
important aspects—in keeping with the Medium-Term Management Plan’s roadmap of measures, what the
Nikon Group’s aims are, and what action we will be taking—in a specic and easy-to-understand manner for
all stakeholders, in conjunction with a look back at the progress made so far.
Basic Policy of Medium-Term Management Plan Update Announced in May 2015
Next 100 – Transform to Grow
Transforming into a corporate entity that grows
by means of its six-business portfolio
By maintaining the stable earnings of the FPD Lithography Business and the Imaging Products Business as well as
promoting the streamlining of existing businesses by returning the Semiconductor Lithography Business to prot and
positioning the Microscope Solutions, Industrial Metrology, and Medical businesses as growth businesses, we are
rebuilding a six-business portfolio and transforming into a corporate entity that will grow sustainably.
10 NIKON REPORT 2016