Company Profile For NIKON CORPORATION

NIKON CORPORATION is a Japan-based company mainly engaged in the manufacture and sale of optical products. The Company is active in four business segments. The Precision Apparatus segment offers semiconductor exposure apparatus and liquid crystal (LC) exposure apparatus. The image segment provides digital cameras, film cameras and interchangeable lens. The Instruments segment offers microscopes, measuring machines and semiconductor inspection equipment. The Others segment provides glass materials, telescopes, glasses and survey airplanes. The Company has 65 subsidiaries and 10 associated companies in the country and overseas markets. As of August 19, 2009, the Company held a 92.17% stake in Metis NV.

BRIEF: For the six months ended 30 September 2009, NIKON CORPORATION's revenues decreased 24% to Y368.09B. The Company's net loss totaled Y17.67B, vs. an income of Y33.62B. Revenues reflect lower sales from precision equipment business and imaging product business. Net loss also suffers from higher percentage of cost of sales and SGA expense, significantly increased exchange loss, as well as the presence of Y1.35B loss on business reorganization.