Transformation into a corporate group growing through a six-business portfolio

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「The new medium-term management plan (Fiscal 2026-Fiscal 2030) is positioned as the second half phase for accelerating initiatives toward realizing the desired state for 2030 set out in the previous medium-term management plan, "a central company in a society where people and machines co-create." We have set the following numerical targets for Fiscal 2030: sales revenue of ¥1 trillion, operating profit of ¥80 billion, consolidated ROIC of 7% and ROE of 10%.」

「Under the Medium-Term Management Plan (Fiscal 2022-Fiscal 2025), the Group is advancing its businesses while strengthening its management platform. In the fiscal year ending March 2026, the imaging business announced the ZR digital cinema camera, which combines the technologies of the Company and its subsidiary RED Digital Cinema, Inc., while the precision equipment business began accepting orders for the DSP-100 digital lithography system for the back-end semiconductor manufacturing process, Nikon's first such system. Although deployment of the growth drivers is making steady progress, performance is below expectations and improving profitability remains a challenge.」

「We had targeted consolidated operating profit of ¥70 billion for Fiscal 2025, the final year of the medium-term management plan, but the latest forecast is ¥36 billion. Regarding the impact of U.S. tariffs, we will implement measures as appropriate and work to minimize the impact.」

「Under the Medium-Term Management Plan (Fiscal 2022-Fiscal 2025), the Group is advancing strategies and initiatives to realize its desired state for 2030, "a central company in a society where people and machines co-create."」

「As of Fiscal 2023, we achieved the plan's final-year sales revenue target of ¥700 billion, 2 years ahead of schedule.」

「Under the Medium-Term Management Plan (Fiscal 2022-Fiscal 2025), the Group advanced initiatives to secure stable earnings in its principal imaging and precision equipment businesses, expand customer touchpoints and provide high-value-added services. In strategic businesses, we also focused on creating new value in fields expected to experience market growth, as well as M&A and alliances, while working to secure human resources and strengthen corporate governance to reinforce our management platform.」

「This medium-term management plan covers the 4-year period from the current fiscal year through Fiscal 2025. Looking toward 2030, we defined our desired state for 2025 as becoming an entity that "realizes what customers want, whether products or services, in the optimal way for them."」

「In the medium-term management plan announced in April 2022, we aim to become, by 2030, "a central company in a society where people and machines co-create." The digital manufacturing business, positioned as one of our strategic businesses, has adopted the mission of "bringing innovation to the world of manufacturing through optical applied technologies." With materials processing and robot vision as growth drivers, we plan to provide customers with finished products, components and contract manufacturing services.」

「Under the medium-term management plan announced in April 2022, the Group pursued initiatives toward its desired state for 2025, "realizing what customers want, whether products or services, in the optimal way for them." In its principal imaging and precision equipment businesses, we worked to expand touchpoints with customers and provide products and high-value-added services that meet customer needs in order to secure stable earnings.」

「In May 2019, the Group announced its Medium-Term Management Plan (Fiscal 2019-Fiscal 2021), identified completion of the plan as its highest-priority challenge, and advanced initiatives to create new earnings pillars and strengthen the profitability of existing businesses. On 7 April 2022, we announced a new medium-term management plan for Fiscal 2022-Fiscal 2025 and will advance the evolution of our business from one centered on sales of finished products and the development of the next earnings pillars.」

「Under the medium-term management plan announced in May 2019, the Group pursued various initiatives to achieve sustainable enhancement of corporate value over the medium to long term.」

「We have set ROE of at least 8% as a numerical target to be achieved during the Plan period. Although achieving this target during the Plan period is expected to be difficult, we are accelerating business expansion in growth areas toward achieving ROE of at least 8%, while managing our businesses with an emphasis on capital efficiency and profitability in order to steadily generate cash returns, mainly from existing businesses.」

「Under the medium-term management plan announced in May 2019, the Group continued pursuing various initiatives to achieve sustainable enhancement of corporate value over the medium to long term.」

「Following completion of the structural reforms implemented from November 2016, the Group announced in May 2019 its Medium-Term Management Plan (Fiscal 2019-Fiscal 2021) (the "Plan"). We aim to become a leading precision and optics company that achieves sustainable enhancement of corporate value over the medium to long term.」

「Under the new medium-term management plan announced in May 2019, the Group pursued various initiatives with the goal of building a growth platform to achieve sustainable enhancement of corporate value.」

「In the medium-term management plan formulated and announced in May 2019, we identified digital manufacturing, vision systems/robotics and healthcare as long-term growth areas, based on macro trends in industry and the economy, the Group's technological base and development and production capabilities, and its business areas. Over the medium to long term, we will aim to become a leading precision and optics company.」

「In the fiscal year under review, the final year of the structural reforms announced in November 2016, the Group continued working to improve its management structure in order to achieve sustainable corporate value creation.」

「The new medium-term management plan incorporating our growth strategy is scheduled to be announced again, with a target start date of April 2019 following completion of the structural reforms.」

「We designated the fiscal year under review as Phase 2 of the structural reforms announced in November 2016. Our management policies were to achieve profitability in the semiconductor equipment business, strengthen the imaging business's earnings model, and make a full-scale start on improving our management structure. We worked on measures including a fundamental review of our cost structure and the implementation of new management processes for business performance.」

「We decided to abandon continuation of the Medium-Term Management Plan: Fiscal 2015 Edition and implement structural reforms. We shifted from our previous strategy focused on sales growth to one focused on strengthening profitability, while improving our corporate structure to enhance corporate value. The new medium-term management plan incorporating our growth strategy is scheduled to be announced again, with a target start date of April 2019 following completion of the structural reforms.」

「We decided to abandon continuation of the current Medium-Term Management Plan: Fiscal 2015 Edition, implement fundamental structural reforms across the Group, and improve our corporate structure to enhance corporate value by shifting from our previous strategy focused on sales growth to one focused on strengthening profitability.」

「To achieve sustainable growth over the medium to long term, we reaffirmed in the medium-term management plan announced in May last year our goal of transforming the Group into a corporate group growing through six business portfolios: semiconductor equipment, FPD equipment, imaging, microscope solutions, industrial equipment and medical.」