Interim Results

    RNS Number : 8792H
  Nipro Corporation
  11 November 2008
   


 Summary Report of Consolidated Financial Results                             
 For the Six Months Period ended September 30, 2008 (Year ending March 31,    
 2009)                                                                        
    **********************************  November 11, 2008
    Company name: NIPRO CORPORATION**   *    TSE/OSE-1st section
    **Code No.8086        URL:    http://www.nipro.co.jp/*                     *
    Representative:     Minoru Sano, President and Representative Director
    Contact:    Akihiko Yamabe, Director, General Manager of Accounting & Corporate Planning Division
    Scheduled date of quarterly annual report filing: November 14, 2008     TEL: [phone]
       
    ******************************(Note: Amounts are truncated to one million yen)
    

    1. Financial results for the six months ended September 30, 2008.(From April 1, 2008 to September 30, 2008)
        (1) Consolidated Results of Operations   (Note: The % displays show increase/decrease ratio against the same period of the previous
year.)
                                    Net Sales          Operating Income      Recurring Income        Net(Quarter)       
                                                                                                        Income
                                 Millions of yen %    Millions of yen %      Millions of yen %     Millions of yen %
                                   86,575   -             6,952     -         6,937     -           3,402     -
 6 months ended Sep. 30,2008       84,288 (15.9)          7,432   (25.1)      6,537   34.2          3,328   (17.1)
 6 months ended Sep. 30,2007

                                Earnings      Diluted Earnings   
                                per Share         per Share
 6 months ended Sep. 30,2008       53.61 Yen           - Yen
 6 months ended Sep. 30,2007       52.44             -

       (2) Consolidated Financial Position
                                 Total Assets         Net Assets      Equity Ratio   Net Assets     
                                                                                      per Share
                                 Millions of yen     Millions of yen     %             *   Yen   
 6 months ended Sep. 30,2008     330,939             111,961            33.4             1,740.99
 Year ended March 31,2008        349,302             119,544            33.8             1,861.79
        (Notes) Shareholders' equity  6 months ended Sep. 30, 2008 110,453 million yen, Year ended March 31, 2008  118,155 million yen
    2. Dividends
                                                               Dividends per share
                   (Basis date)  End of 1st Quarter  End of 2nd Quarter  End of 3rd Quarter  Year end  Year Total
                                                yen                 yen                 yen       yen         yen
 Year ended March 31,2008                         -               28.00                   -      9.50       37.50
 Year ending March 31,2009                        -               32.00               -----     -----       -----
 Year ending March                            -----               -----               -----     17.00       49.00
 31,2009(Projection)
      (Notes) Revision of projected total annual dividens: Yes
    3. Projected Consolidated Financial Results for the Year ending March 31, 2009 (From April 1, 2008 to March 31, 2009)
    ********************      (Note: % shows increase/decrease ratio against March 31, 2008)
                                Net Sales            Operating             Recurring           Net Income      Earnings 
                                                       Income               Income                             Per Share
                                 Millions    %      Millions       %      Millions      %     Millions      %        Yen
 Year ending March 31,2009         of yen             of yen                of yen              of yen
                                  184,000  6.9        12,800   (6.4)        11,200               6,100                  
                                                                                                         37.0      96.10
                                                                                     15.8
           (Notes) Revision of projected conolidated financial results for the year ending March 31, 2009: None

    4. Others
        (1) Change in significant subsidiaries during the period ended Sep. 30, 2008(Resulting in a change in scope of consolidation): None
    (2) Adoption of accounting treatments simplified and unique for preparation of quarterly consolidated financial statements: Yes
    (3) Change in policies and procedures for accounting treatment of preparation of quarterly consolidated financial reports (to be
stipulated in significant matters for preparation of quarterly consolidated financial reports): Yes
          [1] Change for revision of accounting standards: Yes      [2] Change for other than [1]: Yes
    (4) Issued shares (Common stock)
 [1] Number of issued shares at  6 months ended Sep. 30,2008   Year ended March 31, 2008
 end of the period
                                           63,878,505 shares            63,878,505 shares
 [2] Number of treasury stock    6 months ended Sep. 30,2008    Year ended March 31, 2008
 at end of the period                         435,516 shares               415,037 shares
 [3] Number of average shares    6 months ended Sep. 30,2008  6 months ended Sep. 30,2007
 during the period                         63,458,025 shares            63,479,014 shares

    *Disclaimer for appropriate use of forecasted financial results, and other special notes
    1. The projection figures shown above are based on information that was available at the time of preparation and, therefore, actual
performance and other factors may differ from these projections due to changes in circumstances and other developments.
    2. We have adopted "Accounting standards for quarterly financial reporting"(Accounting Standards Board of Japan(ASBJ), statement No.12,
issued on March 14, 2007) and "Implementation guidance of accounting standards for quarterly financial reporting"(ASBJ guidance No.14,
issued on March 14, 2007) " from this consolidated accounting period as well as prepared the quarterly consolidated financial reports in
conformity with "Quarterly consolidated financial reporting regulation(Cabinet decree No.64 of year 2007). 


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