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FORM 6-K

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

Report of Foreign Private Issuer

Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 under

the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For the month of July, 2007

Commission File Number: 000-12713

NEC CORPORATION

(Translation of registrant’s name into English)

7-1, Shiba 5-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan

(Address of principal executive offices)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

Form 20-F x        Form 40-F ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

Yes ¨        No x

 



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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

  NEC Corporation
  (Registrant)
By  

/S/ FUJIO OKADA

  Fujio Okada
  Associate Senior Vice President

Date: July 18, 2007


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The following is an English translation of the Annual Securities Report (“Yukashoken Hokokusho”) of NEC Corporation (“the Company”) which was filed to the Chief of the Kanto Local Finance Bureau of the Ministry of Finance of Japan on June 21, 2007, EXCEPT for the translation of the information relating to non-consolidated financial statements.

 

The Company provides this translation for your reference and convenience only and without any warranty as to its accuracy or otherwise.

 

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Annual Securities Report (“Yukashoken Hokokusho”)

[Cover]

 

Part 1.

   Information on the Company   
   Item 1.   

Overview of the Company

  
     

1. Changes of Selected Financial Data

  
     

2. History

  
     

3. Review of the Company’s Business

  
     

4. Affiliated Companies

  
     

5. Employees

  
   Item 2.   

Business Overview

  
     

1. Overview of Business Results

  
     

2. Production, Orders Received and Sales

  
     

3. Challenges to be Addressed by the NEC Group

  
     

4. Risk Factors

  
     

5. Material Contracts for Technology License

  
     

6. Research and Development

  
     

7. Analysis of Financial Condition and Business Results

  
   Item 3.   

Facilities

  
     

1. Overview of Capital Expenditures

  
     

2. Major Facilities

  
     

3. Plans for Additional or Disposal of Facilities

  
   Item 4.   

Company Information

  
     

1. Information on the Company’s Shares

  
     

2. Acquisition of Treasury Stock

  
     

3. Dividend Policy

  
     

4. Changes in the Market Price of the Company’s Shares

  
     

5. Directors and Corporate Auditors

  
     

6. Corporate Governance

  
   Item 5.   

Financial Information

  
     

1. Consolidated Financial Statements and Other

  
   Item 6.   

Information on Transfer of the Company’s Stock

  
   Item 7.   

Reference Information on the Company

  
     

1. Information on the Parent Company

  
     

2. Other Reference Information

  

Part 2.

   Information of the Guarantors for the Company   

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

  
   Fiscal year ended March 31, 2006 (Consolidated)   
   Fiscal year ended March 31, 2007 (Consolidated)   


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[Document Submitted]   Annual Securities Report (“Yukashoken Houkokusyo”)
[Article of the Applicable Law Requiring Submittal of this Document]   Paragraph 1, Article 24 of the Securities and Exchange Law of Japan
[Filed to]   The Chief of the Kanto Local Finance Bureau of the Ministry of Finance of Japan
[Date of Submission]   June 21, 2007
[Business Period]  

The 169th Business Period

(From April 1, 2006 to March 31, 2007)

[Company Name]   Nippon Denki Kabushiki-Kaisha
[Company Name (in English)]   NEC Corporation
[Title and Name of Representative]   Kaoru Yano, President
[Head Office]   7-1, Shiba 5-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan
[Telephone Number]   +81-3-3454-1111
[Contact Person]   Haruhiko Ueda, Senior Manager, Legal Division
[Place where available for Public Inspection]  

Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc.

2-1, Nihonbashi Kabuto-cho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

 

 

Osaka Securities Exchange, Inc.

8-16, Kitahama 1-chome, Chuo-ku, Osaka-shi

 

 

Nagoya Stock Exchange, Inc.

3-17, Sakae 3-chome, Naka-ku, Nagoya-shi

 

 

Fukuoka Stock Exchange

14-2, Tenjin 2-chome, Chuo-ku, Hukuoka-shi

 

 

Sapporo Securities Exchange

14-1, MinamiIchijo-Nishi 5-chome, Chuo-ku, Sapporo-shi


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Part 1. Information on the Company

Item 1. Overview of the Company

1. Changes of Selected Financial Data

(1) Summary of Consolidated Financial Results

<U.S. GAAP Financial Information>

 

     Fiscal Year
ended
March 31,
2003
    Fiscal Year
ended
March 31,
2004
    Fiscal Year
ended
March 31,
2005
 

Sales (In millions of yen)

   4,663,194     4,860,546     4,801,715  

Net income from continuing operations before income tax (In millions of yen)

   62,742     141,202     145,103  

Net income (loss) (In millions of yen)

   (12,332 )   10,024     77,215  

Net assets (In millions of yen)

   319,633     646,349     736,956  

Total assets (In millions of yen)

   4,178,947     4,086,772     3,982,545  

Net assets per share (yen)

   193.41     335.49     382.60  

Basic net income (loss) per share (yen)

   (7.46 )   5.78     39.62  

Diluted net income per share (yen)

   —       5.49     36.37  

Shareholder’s equity ratio (%)

   7.6     15.8     18.5  

Return on earning ratio (%)

   —       2.1     11.2  

Price earnings ratio

   —       148.1     16.36  

Cash flows from operating activities (In millions of yen)

   276,083     341,713     164,290  

Cash flows from investing activities (In millions of yen)

   (17,306 )   (78,032 )   (134,319 )

Cash flows from financing activities (In millions of yen)

   (284,973 )   (104,936 )   (42,262 )

Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the fiscal year (In millions of yen)

   354,750     509,140     502,629  

Number of employees

   150,976     148,804     154,001  

Notes: 1. NEC Corporation (“the Company”) has prepared the information contained in this Annual Securities Report (“Yukashoken Hokokusho”) in accordance with the Securities and Exchange Law of Japan and ordinances and regulations promulgated thereunder. However, some of the information contained in this Annual Securities Report is based on consolidated information under accounting principles generally accepted in the U.S. (“U.S. GAAP”), including consolidated financial information for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2003, 2004 and 2005 (the “U.S. GAAP Financial Information”) set forth above, which is derived from previously announced U.S. GAAP consolidated financial information for such periods. The Company changed, starting with the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007, its accounting principles to prepare consolidated financial statements to be disclosed under Japanese law from U.S. GAAP to accounting principles generally accepted in Japan (“Japan GAAP”), but has not prepared consolidated financial information under Japan GAAP for such periods. The Company included the U.S. GAAP Financial Information in this Annual Securities Report because the presentation of consolidated financial information for such periods is required under Japanese laws and regulations. There are significant differences between Japan GAAP and U.S. GAAP. Your assessment of the financial information set forth above might be significantly affected if a reconciliation to Japan GAAP is presented.


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  2. The Company is reviewing its historical U.S. GAAP consolidated financial statements, including a further analysis to support its recognition of revenue mainly included in multiple element arrangements, because the audits relating to the Company’s annual report to be filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006 have not been completed under U.S. Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (“PCAOB”) standards. Most notably, the Company is gathering the data necessary with respect to the vendor specific objective evidence of the relative fair value of maintenance and support services. This compilation and analysis must be completed in order for the Company’s outside auditor to complete the audit under PCAOB standards. The Company may be required to restate the financial information set forth above and take additional actions, depending on the results of the analyses currently underway.
  3. “Net income from continuing operations before income tax” is presented excluding net income from operations that were discontinued during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006.
  4. “Net income per share” is calculated in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 128, “Earnings Per Share.” “Net income per share” means “Basic earnings per share” in SFAS No. 128, and it is calculated based on the weighted-average number of shares outstanding during each period. “Diluted net income per share” means “Diluted earnings per share” in SFAS No. 128, and it is calculated considering effect of dilutive securities.


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<Japan GAAP Financial Information>

 

     Fiscal year
ended
March 31,
2006
    Fiscal year
ended
March 31,
2007
 

Sales (In millions of yen)

   4,929,970     4,652,649  

Ordinary income (In millions of yen)

   14,955     16,347  

Net income (loss) (In millions of yen)

   (10,062 )   9,128  

Net assets (In millions of yen)

   1,029,807     1,240,123  

Total assets (In millions of yen)

   3,802,775     3,731,669  

Net assets per share (yen)

   516.62     512.99  

Basic net income (loss) per share (yen)

   (5.26 )   4.43  

Diluted net income per share (yen)

   —       4.23  

Shareholders’ equity (%)

   27.1     27.8  

Return on equity (%)

   —       0.9  

Price earnings ratio (%)

   —       142.66  

Cash flows from operating activities (In millions of yen)

   225,804     238,318  

Cash flows form investing activities (In millions of yen)

   (84,687 )   (169,676 )

Cash flows from financing activities (In millions of yen)

   (200,199 )   (103,739 )

Cash and cash equivalents, at end of year (In millions of yen)

   452,370     423,369  

Number of employees

   154,180     154,786  

Notes: 1. The Company’s consolidated financial statements were prepared in the past in accordance with U.S. GAAP pursuant to the provisions of Article 93 of the “Regulations Concerning Terminology, Forms, and Method for Preparing Consolidated Financial Statements” (1976 Ministry of Finance Ordinance No. 28; hereinafter the “Regulations Concerning Consolidated Financial Statements”). However, the Company has elected, starting with the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007, to prepare and disclose its consolidated financial statements required by the Securities and Exchange Law of Japan in accordance with Japan GAAP. The Company changed its accounting principles because the Company has not been able to prepare its consolidated financial statements under U.S. GAAP for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006, as the audits relating to the Company’s annual report to be filed with the SEC have not been completed under PCAOB audit standards. In relation to the change above, the Company has prepared the consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006 included in this Annual Securities Report based on Japan GAAP pursuant to “Regulations Concerning Consolidated Financial Statements” (however, in the same way as other companies which adopt Japan GAAP, this refers to the Regulations Concerning Consolidated Financial Statements prior to revision enforced on May 1, 2006 hereinafter referred to as the “Regulations Concerning Consolidated Financial Statements Prior to Revision”) in order to be comparative with the consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007. Therefore, the financial statements for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006 included in the Company’s Annual Securities Report for its 168th Business Period filed with the Director of the Kanto Local Finance Bureau on June 22, 2006 (based on U.S. GAAP) are differently presented from the financial statements for the same fiscal year included in this Annual Securities Report (based on Japan GAAP).


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  2. Accounting for Consumption and local consumption tax are recorded at amounts exclusive of consumption taxes.
  3. “Basic net income (loss) per share” is calculated based on the weighted-average number of shares outstanding during each period. In addition, the Company has adopted “Accounting standard regarding the net income per share” (Statement No.2 of Accounting Standards Board of Japan) and “Implementation Guideline for the application of the accounting standard regarding the net income per share” (Implementation Guideline No.4 of Accounting Standards Board of Japan).
  4. “Diluted net loss per share” for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006 is not shown above due to basic net loss per share, while there are residual securities.
  5. Effective from the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006, the Company has applied “Amendments to Accounting Standards for Retirement Benefits” (Statement No.3 of Accounting Standards Board of Japan) and “Implementation Guideline on Amendments to Accounting Standard for Retirement Benefits” (Implementation Guideline No.7 of Accounting Standards Board of Japan).
  6. In the past, the Company recorded repair expenses for products, other than customized products, during warranty periods as the repair services are rendered. However, effective from the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006, the Company has adopted a method for accruing repair expenses for product warranty liabilities using the historical repair expense ratio against Sales when the related sales are recognized.
  7. In calculating net assets, the Company has adopted “Accounting Standards for Presentation of Net Assets in the Balance Sheet” (Statement No.5 of Accounting Standards Board of Japan) and “Implementation Guideline on Accounting Standards for Presentation of Net Assets in the Balance Sheet” (Implementation Guideline No.8 of Accounting Standards Board of Japan), effective from the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007.
  8. The Company has adopted “Practical Solution on Revenue Recognition of Software” (PITF Report No.17) effective from the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007 and accrued estimated amounts of warranty expenses for customized products based on the historical warranty cost ratio against sales or other.


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2. History

 

Month/ Year

  

Events

July 1899

   The Company, Nippon Electric Company, Limited (Nippon Denki Kabushiki Kaisha) was established as a joint venture between Western Electric Company (“Western Electric”) of the United States and two Japanese individuals.

April 1918

   Western Electric established International Western Electric Company, Incorporated (“IWE”) to consolidate its international operations; Western Electric’s holdings in the Company was succeeded by IWE.

September 1925

   IWE was sold to International Telephone & Telegraph Corporation, and changed its name to International Standard Electric Corporation (“ISE”)

June 1932

   ISE entrusted management of the Company to the Sumitomo family holding company.

June 1936

   Tamagawa plant began operations.

December 1941

   ISE’s holdings in the Company were seized as enemy property.

February 1943

   The Company changed its name to Sumitomo Communication Industries Company, Limited (Sumitomo Tsushin Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha).

November 1945

   The Company restored its name to Nippon Electric Company, Limited (Nippon Denki Kabushiki Kaisha).

May 1949

   The Company listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange and the Osaka Securities Exchange.

November 1951

   ISE’s holdings in the Company were restored.

February 1955

   The Company listed on the Nagoya Stock Exchange.

April 1961

   The Company introduced a business division system (Communication, Radio, Electronic Equipment, Electronic Components, Consumer Products and Overseas Operation divisions).

November 1962

   Sagamihara plant began operations.

January 1963

   The Company established Nippon Electric New York, Inc. (currently, NEC Corporation of America), which sold communication equipments and others.

September 1964

   Fuchu plant began operations.

May 1965

   The Company introduced a new business division system (Central Research Laboratories, fifteen (15) business divisions, three development divisions, and two sales dividends).

September 1975

   Construction of new Central Research Laboratories was completed.

March 1981

   The Company established NEC Electronics U.S.A. Inc. (currently, NEC Electronics America Inc.), which manufactures and sells electric components.

October 1982

   Abiko plant began operations.

April 1983

   The Company changed its English name to NEC Corporation.

July 1993

   The Company introduced an operations unit system (twenty-two (22) operations units).

April 2000

   The Company introduced an in-house company system (NEC Solutions, NEC Networks and NEC Electron Devices) and a corporate officer system.

November 2002

   The Company established NEC Electronics Corporation by way of corporate separation (kaisha bukatsu) of Electron Devices business, except for general-purpose DRAM.

April 2003

   The Company reorganized its management structure from an in-house company system to a business line system (nine business lines).

April 2004

   The Comopany reorganized its management structure from a business line system to a business unit system.

June 2005

   The Company conducted stock-for-stock exchanges in which the Company made NEC Soft, Ltd. and NEC System Technologies, Ltd. wholly-owned subsidiaries, respectively.

May 2006

   The Company conducted a stock-for-stock exchange in which the Company made NEC Infrontia Corporation a wholly-owned subsidiary.


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3. Review of the Company’s Business

The Company’s consolidated financial statements were prepared in the past in accordance with U.S. GAAP pursuant to the provisions of Article 93 of Regulations Concerning Consolidated Financial Statements. However, the Company has elected, starting with the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007, to prepare and disclose its consolidated financial statements required by the Securities and Exchange Law of Japan in accordance with Japan GAAP. The Company changed its accounting principles because the Company has not been able to prepare its consolidated financial statements under U.S. GAAP for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006, as the audits relating to the Company’s annual report to be filed with the SEC have not been completed under PCAOB audit standards.

In relation to the change above, the Company has prepared the consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006 included in this Annual Securities Report based on Japan GAAP pursuant to “Regulations Concerning Consolidated Financial Statements” (however, in the same way as other companies which adopt Japan GAAP, this refers to the Regulations Concerning Consolidated Financial Statements prior to revision enforced on May 1, 2006) in order to be comparative with the consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007. It is the same in “Item 2. Business Overview” and “Item 3. Facilities”.

The NEC Group, which consists of the Company and its affiliated companies such as consolidated subsidiaries, is divided into three main business segments; IT/Network Solutions business, Mobile/Personal Solutions business and Electron Devices business. The major products and services, and business segment and position of each affiliated company are as follows:

<IT/Network Solutions business>

In the area of IT/Network Solutions business, the NEC Group is engaged in provision, development, design, manufacture and/or sale of systems integration (“SI”), maintenance and support services, outsourcing and support services, hardware, such as servers, computer software, network systems for telecommunications carriers, enterprise network systems, broadcasting systems and other systems, mainly for corporate customers including national and local governments and telecommunication carriers.

In Japan, the Company’s subsidiaries are involved in manufacturing some of the above listed equipment (including components thereof) and computer software, and provide them to the Company. The Company’s subsidiaries in Japan are also involved in sales, maintenance and support, and information and telecommunication service in the area of IT/Network Solutions business.

The Company’s overseas subsidiaries are involved in manufacturing and sales (including supply to the Company) of some of the above listed equipment, and also sell the products purchased from the Company.

<Mobile/Personal Solutions business>

In the area of Mobile/Personal Solutions business, the NEC Group is engaged in development, design, manufacturing and/or sale of mobile handsets, personal computers and “BIGLOBE” Internet services.

In Japan, the Company’s subsidiaries are involved in manufacturing some of the listed above equipment (including components thereof) and provide it to the Company. The Company’s subsidiaries in Japan are also involved in sales, maintenance and support, and information and telecommunication service in the area of Mobile/Personal Solutions business.

The Company’s overseas subsidiaries are involved in manufacturing and sales (including supply to the Company) of some of the above listed equipment and computer software, and also sell the products purchased from the Company.


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<Electron Devices business>

In the area of Electron Devices business, the NEC Group is engaged in device solutions business, which creates an Internet infrastructure and interface information device mainly for equipment manufacturers, and develops, designs, manufactures and/or sells semiconductors, such as system LSIs, general purpose devices and system memories, colors LCDs, and electronic components and others, such as condensers, relays and lithium-ion rechargeable batteries.

In Japan, the Company’s subsidiaries are involved in manufacturing some of these electronic devices, and provide them to the Company. The Company’s subsidiaries in Japan are also involved in sales in the area of Electron Devices business.

The Company’s overseas subsidiaries are involved in manufacturing and sales (including supply to the Company) of some of these electronic devices.

<Others>

In the area of Other business, the NEC Group is engaged in development, design, manufacturing and sale of monitors, LCD projects and other products.


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The table below generally shows consolidated subsidiaries (342 companies) of NEC Group, by business segment.

 

Position/

Segment

  

Production Companies

  

Software Companies

  

Sales and Service Companies

IT/Network Solutions business    NEC Computertechno, Ltd.    NEC Soft, Ltd.    NEC Fielding, Ltd.
   NEC Infrontia Corporation    NEC Software Hokkaido, Ltd.   

NEC Nexsolutions, Ltd.

   NEC Infrontia Tohoku Corporation    NEC Software Tohoku, Ltd.    NEC Total Integration Service Inc.
  

NEC Infrontia Thai Limited [Thailand]

  

NEC Software Hokuriku, Ltd.

  

N&J Financial Solutions Inc.

   NEC Technologies Hong Kong Limited [China]    NEC Software Chubu, Ltd.    SGI Japan, Ltd.
   NEC Tohoku, Ltd.   

NEC System Technologies, Ltd.

   Chugoku Sunnet Corporation
  

NEC Wireless Networks Ltd.

   NEC Software Kyushu, Ltd.    KIS Co., Ltd.
   NEC Network and Sensor Systems, Ltd.    NEC Soft Okinawa, LTD.    Yokohama Electronic Communications & Solutions CO., LTD.
   NETCOMSEC Co. Ltd    NEC Informatec Systems, Ltd.    NEC Electric Power Engineering, Ltd.
   NEC Yamanashi Ltd.    NEC Communication Systems, Ltd.    ABeam Consulting Ltd. and its 24 subsidiaries NDEC Co., Ltd.
   NEC TOSHIBA Space Systems, Ltd.    Vibren Technologies, Inc. [USA]    NEC Infrontia System Service Corporation Fielding Supportcrew, Ltd.
   TAKASAGO, Ltd.    NEC Advanced Software Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd. [China]    NEC CG Net, LTD.
   ANTEN CORPORATION    NEC Solutions (China) Co., Ltd. [China]    NEC Infrontia, Inc. [USA]
   Showa Optronics Co., Ltd.    NEC Engineering, Ltd.    NEC Solutions Asia Pacific Sdn. Bhd. [Singapore]
   NEC Microwave Tube, Ltd.    NEC Aerospace Systems, Ltd.   

NEC Taiwan Ltd. [Taiwan]

   Toyo Radio Systems Co., Ltd.    NEC Robotics Engineering, Ltd.    NEC Information Systems (Shanghai), Ltd. [China]
   NEC Tohoku Manufacturing Systems, Ltd.    SAY Technologies, Inc.    NEC (Guangzhou) Information Equipment Trading Ltd [China]
   Guilin NEC Radio Communications Limited [China]       NEC IT Management (Shanghai) Ltd. [China]
   XI’an NEC Radio Communications Equipments Co., Ltd. [China]       NEC Fielding Information Technology Services(Beijing)Co., Ltd. [China]
   Toyo Network Systems Co., Ltd.      

NEC High Performance Computing Europe GmbH [Germany]

         NEC Solutions Vietnam Co., Ltd. [Vietnam]
        

NEC India Pvt. Ltd. [India]

         NEC Philips Unified Solutions B.V. [Netherland] and its 13 subsidiaries
         NEC Networks & System Integration Corporation
         NEC Telenetworx, Ltd.
         NEC Postal Technorex, Ltd.
         TOYO ALPHA NET CO., LTD.
         NEC Magnus Communications, Ltd.
         NEC Net Innovation, Ltd.
         Totsu Denshi Co., ltd.
         NEC Europe Ltd. [UK]
         NEC (UK) Ltd. [UK]
         NEC Deutschland GmbH [Germany]
         NEC Italia s.r.l. [Italia]
         NEC Scandinavia AB [Sweden]
         NEC France S.A.S. [France]
         NEC Iberica S.A.U. [Spain]
         NEC Portugal-Telecomunicacoes e Sistemas, S.A. [Portugal]
         NEC Hong Kong Limited [China]
         NEC Telecommunications (Hong Kong) Limited [China]
         NEC Corporation (Thailand) Ltd. [Thailand]
         P.T. NEC Indonesia [Indonesia]
         NEC Australia Pty. Ltd. [Australia]
         NEC Business Solutions Pty. Ltd. [Australia]
         NEC Canada, Inc. [Canada]
         NEC do Brasil S.A. [Brazil]
         NEC Solutions Brasil S.A. [Brazil]
         NEC de Mexico, S.A. de C.V. [Mexico]
         NEC Corporation of America [USA] and its 7 subsidiaries
         Active Voice, LLC [USA] and its 1 subsidiary
         NEC Unified Solutions, Inc. [USA] and its 1 subsidiary
               NEC Argentina S.A. [Argentina]

 


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Position/

Segment

       

Production Companies

       

Software Companies

       

Sales and Service Companies

Mobile/

Personal Solutions business

     NEC Personal Products, Ltd.             NEC Mobiling, Ltd.
     NEC AccessTechnica, Ltd.             NEC BIGLOBE, Ltd.
     NEC Saitama, Ltd.             5 subsidiaries of NEC Computers Asia Pacific Sdn. Bhd [Malaysia]
     NEC Computers Asia Pacific Sdn. Bhd. [Malaysia]             PB Electronics, Inc. [USA]
     Wuhan NEC Mobile Communication Co., Ltd. [China]             NEC Computers, Inc. [USA]
     Telecommunications (China) Co., Ltd. [China]             NEC Computers S.A.S. [France]
                 NEC Technologies (UK) Ltd. [UK]
                          NEC Shizuoka business, Ltd.
Electron Devices business      NEC Electronics Corporation       NEC Micro Systems, Ltd.       Kinki Bunseki Center, Ltd.
     NEC Yamagata Ltd.             15 subsidiaries of NEC TOKIN Corporation
     NEC Akita, Ltd.             NEC Semiconductors Singapore Ltd. [Singapore]
     NEC Fukui Ltd.             NEC Electronics Hong Kong Limited [China]
     NEC Kansai Ltd.             NEC Electronics Shanghai Ltd. [China]
     NEC Yamaguchi Ltd.             NEC Compound Semiconductor Devices Hong Kong Limited [China]
     NEC Kyushu Ltd.             NEC Electronics Taiwan Ltd. [Taiwan]
     NEC Kagoshima, Ltd.             NEC Electronics UK Limited [UK]
     NEC Semicon Package Solutions Ltd.             NEC Electronics (Europe) GmbH [Germany]
     NEC Fabserve Ltd.             NEC Electronics Korea Ltd. [Korea]
     NEC LCD Technologies, Ltd.            
     Nippon Denshi Light Co., Ltd.            
     NEC Electronics America, Inc. [America]            
     NEC Semiconductors Singapore Ltd. [Singapore]            
     NEC Semiconductors (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. [Malaysia]            
     P.T. NEC Semiconductors Indonesia [Indonesia]            
     Shougang NEC Electronics Co., Ltd. [China]            
     NEC Semiconductors (UK) Limited [UK]            
     NEC Semiconductors Ireland Limited [Ireland]            
        NEC TOKIN Corporation and its 9 subsidiaries                  
Others      Nippon Avionics Co., Ltd.             NEC Logistics, Ltd.
     NEC Nagano, Ltd.             NEC Facilities, Ltd.
     NEC Lighting, Ltd.             NEC Media Products, Ltd.
     NEC Viewtechnology, Ltd.             NEC Factory Engineering, Ltd.
     NEC Glass Components, Ltd.             NEC Livex, Ltd.
     NEC Display Solutions, Ltd.             NEC Tourist, Ltd.
     Tohoku Chemical Industries, Ltd.             NEC Professional Support, Ltd.
     NEC Nagano Karrie Electronics Ltd. [China]             NEC Vital Staff, Ltd.
     NEC Viewtechnology Trading (Shenzhen), Ltd. [China]             NEC Friendly Staff, Ltd.
     NPG Display Limited [China] and its 1 subsidiary             NEC Design, Ltd.
                 NEC Learning, Ltd.
                 NEC (China) Co., Ltd. [China]
                 NEC Financial Services, Inc.
                 NEC Laboratories America, Inc. [USA]
                 NEC Capital, Inc. [USA]
                 NEC Capital (UK) plc [UK]
                 NEC Business Coordination Centre (Singapore) Pte Ltd [Singapore]
                 5 subsidiaries of NEC Display Solutions, Ltd.


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The below chart generally shows the relations between the Company and its affiliates in the business operation of the NEC Group.

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4. Affiliated Companies

(1) Consolidated Subsidiaries

 

Name

  

Address

   Capital
(In
millions of
yen)
  

Main Business

  

Percentage
of Voting
Shares
Held

(%)

   

Relationship

   Notes
LIVANCE-NET Ltd.    Minato-ku, Tokyo    420    Provision of outsourcing services of joint network for life insurance and ASP services    76.2    

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: Yes

  
Forward Integration System Service Co., Ltd.    Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo    295    Development, design and sale of information processing technologies and systems    100    

Loans from the Company: Yes

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: Yes

  
Bestcom Solutions Inc.   

Saiwai-ku,

Kawasaki-shi,

Kanagawa

   200    Development and maintenance and support of software products for local governments, etc.    51.0    

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: Yes

  
NEC Infrontia Corporation    Takatsu-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa    10,331    Communication system business, and development, manufacture, sale and maintenance and support of electronics equipment such as POS terminals, and various information terminals    100    

Supply of certain products to be sold by the Company

 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: Yes

   4
NEC Infrontia Tohoku Corporation    Shiraishi-shi, Miyagi    400   

Manufacture and sale of communications equipment, information equipment and electronic

components

   (100
100
)
 
 

Supply of certain products to be sold by the affiliates of the Company

 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: No

  
ABeam Consulting Ltd.    Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo    6,200    Provision of business consulting services and packaged solution services.    66.7    

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: Yes

   5
ABeam System Engineering    Chuo-ku, Tokyo    300    Planning, design, development, sale and maintenance and support of business management systems    (100
100
)
 
 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: No

   5
SGI Japan, Ltd.    Shibuya-ku, Tokyo    4,110    Development and sale of software and sale of servers, and graphic workstations, etc.    (16.5
49.4
)
 
 

Sale of the Company’s products

 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: Yes

  
NEC Total Integration Service Inc.    Minato-ku, Tokyo    400    Sale of computers and related equipment    (40.0
100
)
 
 

Sale of the Company’s products

 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: Yes

  
NEC TOSHIBA Space Systems, Ltd.    Fuchu-shi, Tokyo    3,530    Development, manufacture and sale of satellite systems, its components and satellite-related ground systems    60.0    

Rental of a part of factories from the Company.

 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: Yes

  


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Name

  

Address

   Capital
(In
millions of
yen)
  

Main Business

  

Percentage
of Voting
Shares
Held

(%)

   

Relationship

   Notes
NEC Network and Sensor Systems, Ltd.    Fuchu-shi, Tokyo    200    Manufacture, sale, and maintenance and support of communications equipment and electronic equipment    100    

Supply and maintenance and support of certain products to be sold by the Company and certain components to be used by the Company

 

Rental of a part of factories from the Company

Loans from the Company: Yes

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: Yes

  
NEC Yamanashi Ltd.    Otsuki-shi, Tokyo    3,000    Manufacture and sale of communications equipment and components    100    

Supply of certain products to be sold by the Company and certain components to be used by the Company

 

Loans from the Company: Yes

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: Yes

  
NEC Wireless Networks Ltd.    Fukushima-shi, Fukushima    400    Manufacture and sale of communications equipment and components    100    

Supply of certain products to be sold by the Company and certain components to be used by the Company

Rental of a part of buildings from the Company

 

Loans from the Company: Yes

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: Yes

  
NEC Tohoku, Ltd.    Ichinoseki-shi, Iwate    300    Manufacture and sale of communications equipment    100    

Supply of certain products to be sold by the Company and certain components to be used by the Company

 

Loans from the Company: Yes

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: Yes

  
NEC Computertechno, Ltd.    Koufu-shi, Yamanashi    1,200    Manufacture and sale of computers, etc    100    

Development, design and supply of certain products to be sold by the Company and certain components to be used by the Company

 

Loans from the Company: Yes

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: Yes

  
SAY Technologies, Inc.    Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo    368    Provision of operation control solutions of open server systems    (62.1
72.0
)
 
 

Development of certain software products to be sold by the Company and its affiliates

 

Loans from the Company: Yes

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: No

  
NEC Soft, Ltd.    Koto-ku, Tokyo    8,668    Development and sale of software relating to computers    100    

Development of software relating to certain products to be sold by the Company

 

Loans from the Company: Yes

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: Yes

   2
NEC Software Tohoku, Ltd.   

Aoba-ku,

Sendai-shi,

Miyagi

   200    Development and sale of software relating to computers    100    

Development of software relating to certain products to be sold by the Company

 

Loans from the Company: Yes

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: Yes

  
NEC System Technologies, Ltd.   

Chuo-ku,

Osaka-shi,

Osaka

   6,796    Development and sale of software relating to computers    100    

Development of software relating to certain products to be sold by the Company

 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: Yes

   2
NEC Communication Systems, Ltd.    Minato-ku, Tokyo    1,000    Development and sale of software relating to communications equipment and design of communications equipment    100    

Design of certain products and development of software relating to certain products be sold by the Company

 

Loans from the Company: Yes

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: Yes

  
NEC Mobiling, Ltd.    Kouhoku-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa    2,370    Sale, system design and maintenance and support of communications equipment    51.0    

System design and maintenance and support of certain products to be sold by the Company

 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: Yes

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Name

  

Address

   Capital
(In
millions
of yen)
  

Main Business

  

Percentage
of Voting
Shares
Held

(%)

   

Relationship

   Notes
NEC Saitama, Ltd.    Kodama-gun Kamikawa-machi, Saitam    200    Manufacture and sale of communications equipment and components    100    

Supply, development and design of certain products to be sold by the Company and certain components to be used by the Company

 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: Yes

   1
NEC Personal Products, Ltd.    Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo    18,830    Development, manufacture, sale and maintenance and support of personal computers, etc.    100    

Supply of certain products to be sold by the Company and certain components to be used by the Company

 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: Yes

  
NEC BIGLOBE, Ltd.    Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo    10,346    Provision of information and communications services and information supply services through networks such as the Internet    78.0    

Supply of certain services to be sold or used by the Company

 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: Yes

   6
Auraline Corporation    Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo    298    Planning, proposal, operation, and management of operation regarding direct marketing through the Internet    (100
100
)
 
 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: Yes

  
NEC AccessTechnica, Ltd.    Kakegawa-shi, Shizuoka    4,000    Manufacture and sale of computer peripherals, and communications equipment, etc    100    

Supply of certain products to be sold by the Company and certain components to be used by the Company

 

Loans from the Company: Yes

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: Yes

  
CyberWing Corporation    Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo    440    Provision of the Internet-related services    (50.3
50.3
)
 
 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: Yes

  
NEC Electronics Corporation    Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa    85,955    Research, development, manufacture, sale and provision of services of semiconductors except for general-purpose DRAM    (5.0
70.0
)
 
 

Supply of certain components to be used by the Company and its affiliates, and supply of certain products to be sold by the affiliates of the Company

 

Rental of buildings from the Company

 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: Yes

   1
2
8
20
NEC Yamagata Ltd.    Tsuruoka-shi, Yamagata    1,000    Development, manufacture (front-end) and sale of ICs and discrete semiconductors    (100
100
)
 
 

Supply of certain products to be sold by the affiliates of the Company

 

Rental of certain lands from the Company

 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: No

  
NEC Kansai Ltd.    Otsu-shi, Shiga    1,000    Development, manufacture (front-end) and sale of ICs and discrete semiconductors    (100
100
)
 
 

Supply of certain products to be sold by the affiliates of the Company

 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: No

  
NEC Kyushu Ltd.    Kumamoto-shi, Kumamoto    1,000    Manufacture (front-end) and sale of ICs    (100
100
)
 
 

Supply of certain products to be sold by the affiliates of the Company

 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: No

  
NEC Fukui Ltd.   

Sakai-gun,

Harue-cho,

Fukui

   400    Development, manufacture (back-end) and sale of ICs and discrete semiconductors    (100
100
)
 
 

Supply of certain products to be sold by the affiliates of the Company

 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: No

  


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Name

  

Address

   Capital
(In
millions of
yen)
  

Main Business

  

Percentage
of Voting
Shares
Held

(%)

   

Relationship

   Notes
NEC Semicon Package Solutions Ltd.    Yanagawa-shi, Fukuoka    400    Manufacture (back-end) and sale of ICs    (100
100
)
 
 

Supply of certain products for the affiliates of the Company

 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: No

  
NEC Micro Systems., Ltd.    Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa    400    Design of ICs and development of software    (100
100
)
 
 

Design of certain products and development of software relating to certain products to be sold by the affiliates of the Company

 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: No

  
NEC Yamaguchi Ltd.    Ube-shi, Yamaguchi    320    Manufacture (front-end) and sale of ICs    (100
100
)
 
 

Supply of certain products to be sold by the affiliates of the Company

 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: No

  
NEC Fabserve Ltd.    Sagamihara-shi, Kanagawa    310    Trial manufacture and manufacture, and provision of equipment -related services relating to ICs    (100
100
)
 
 

Supply of certain products to be sold by the affiliates of the Company

 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: No

  
NEC Networks & System Integration Corporation    Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo    13,122    Design, construction, and maintenance and support of information communications systems and sale of related equipment    (12.9
51.5
)
 
 

Construction relating to certain products to be sold by the Company and sale of certain products manufactured by the Company

 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: Yes

   2
9
20
Toyo Network Systems Co., Ltd.   

Saiwai-ku,

Kawasaki-shi,

Kanagawa

   400    Manufacture and sale of communications equipment and electronic application equipment    (100
100
)
 
 

Supply and related-construction of certain products to be sold and certain components to be used by the Company and its affiliates

 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: No

  
NEC TOKIN Corporation   

Taihaku-ku,

Sendai-shi,

Miyagi

   12,990    Manufacture and sale of components for electronic communications equipment and general electronic equipment    (12.3
52.3
)
 
 

Supply of certain components to be used by the Company

 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: Yes

   2
10
20
NT Sales Co., LTD.    Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo    710    Sale of electronic components    (100
100
)
 
 

Sale of certain products manufactured by the affiliates of the Company

 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: No

   11
NEC Fielding, Ltd.    Minato-ku, Tokyo    9,670    Maintenance and support, construction and installation of computers, etc. and sale of peripherals    (29.9
67.1
)
 
 

Maintenance and support of certain products to be sold by the Company and sale of certain products

 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: Yes

   2
20
Nippon Avionics Co., Ltd.    Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo    5,145    Manufacture and sale of information systems, graphic processing equipment and electronic components    50.2    

Supply of certain products to be sold by the Company and certain components to be used by the Company

 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: Yes

   2
Avionics Fukushima Co., Ltd.    Koriyama-shi, Fukushima    450    Manufacture and sale of hybrid ICs and electronic components    (100
100
)
 
 

Supply of certain products to be sold by the affiliates of the Company

 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: No

  
Yamanashi Avionics Co., Ltd.    Minami-ALPS-shi, Yamanashi    450    Manufacture and sale of printed wiring board    (100
100
)
 
 

Supply of certain products to be sold by the affiliates of the Company

 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: No

  


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Name

  

Address

   Capital
(In
millions of
yen)
  

Main Business

  

Percentage
of Voting
Shares
Held

(%)

   

Relationship

   Notes
NEC San-ei Instruments Ltd.    Tachikawa-shi, Tokyo    342    Manufacture and sale of industrial measuring instrument and infrared equipment    (100
100
)
 
 

Supply of certain products to be sold by the affiliates of the Company

 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: No

  
NEC Display Solutions, Ltd.    Minato-ku, Tokyo    4,500    Design, development, manufacture and sale of LCD, CRT displays and related application equipment    (0.1
100
)
 
 

Supply of certain products to be sold by the Company and its affiliates

 

Rental of buildings for factory from the Company

 

Loans from the Company: Yes

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: Yes

   12
NEC LCD Technologies, Ltd.    Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa    3,000    Development, design, manufacture, sale and maintenance and support of color LCDs    100    

Supply of certain components to be used by the Company and its affiliates

 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: Yes

   13
NEC Akita, Ltd.    Akita-shi, Akita    365    Manufacture and sale of electronic components    (100
100
)
 
 

Supply of certain products to be sold by the affiliates of the Company

 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: No

   13
NEC Kagoshima, Ltd.    Izumi-shi, Kagoshima    365    Manufacture and sale of electronic components    (100
100
)
 
 

Supply of certain products to be sold by the affiliates of the Company

 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: No

   13
NEC Lamilion Energy, Ltd.    Sagamihara-shi, Kanagawa    2,563    Research, development, manufacture and sale of laminated mangan lithium-ion batteries    (15.0
100
)
 
 

Research and development services

 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: Yes

  
NEC Lighting, Ltd.    Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo    1,000    Design, development, manufacture and sale of various luminous sources, tubu and globe, and illuminations luminaries    100    

Supply of certain components to be used by the affiliates of the Company

 

Rental of buildings and lands for factory from the Company

 

Loans from the Company: Yes

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: Yes

  
NEC Viewtechnology, Ltd.    Minato-ku, Tokyo    1,000    Design, development, manufacture and sale of displays, communications terminals, computer peripherals, etc    100    

Supply of certain products to be sold by the Company and its affiliates

 

Rental of buildings for factory from the Company

 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: Yes

   12
NEC Nexsolutions, Ltd.    Minato-ku, Tokyo    815    Provision of systems integration and outsourcing and support, development of software and sale of computers, etc    100    

Sale of the Company’s products

 

Loans from the Company: Yes

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: Yes

  
NITTO REINETSU INCORPORATED    Hanno-shi, Saitama    400    Manufacture and sale of refrigerating equipment and air cleaning equipment    100    

Loans from the Company: Yes

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: Yes

  
NEC Logistics, Ltd.    Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa    380    Services of administration, storage, acceptance and transportation of various goods, import and export management services, customs brokerage services and air transportation agency services    100    

Storage and transportation of certain products to be sold by the Company and certain components to be used by the Company, etc.

 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: Yes

  


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Name

  

Address

   Capital
(In
millions of
yen)
  

Main Business

  

Percentage
of Voting
Shares
Held

(%)

  

Relationship

   Notes
NEC Engineering, Ltd.    Minato-ku, Tokyo    370    Development and design of communications equipment, computers, etc    100   

Development and design of certain products to be sold by the Company

 

Loans from the Company: Yes

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: Yes

  
NEC Facilities, Ltd.    Minato-ku, Tokyo    240    Design of buildings, execution control, facilities management, sale of real estate and insurance agency    100   

Design, execution control, facilities management of the Company’s facilities and insurance agency for the Company and its employees

 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: Yes

  
NEC Media Products, Ltd.    Ota-ku, Tokyo    235    Planning, production, printing and copying of various contents, documents and advertisement    98.9   

Supply of prints and duplications to be used by the Company

 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: Yes

  
NEC Nagano, Ltd.    Ina-shi, Nagano    200    Manufacture, sale and maintenance and support of displays, car-electronics equipment and industrial electronic components, etc.    100   

Supply of certain products to be sold by the Company and its affiliates

 

Rental of buildings and lands from the Company

 

Loans from the Company: Yes

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: Yes

  
NEC Informatec Systems, Ltd.    Minato-ku, Tokyo    200    Development and sale of computer software and operation of computers    100   

Development of software relating to certain products to be sold by the Company and development of software and operation of computers to be used by the Company

 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: Yes

  


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Name

  

Address

  

Capital

  

Main Business

   Percentage
of Voting
Shares Held
(%)
   

Relationship

   Notes
NEC Unified Solutions, Inc.    Irving, Texas, U.S.A.   

(In thousands of US dollar)

121,901

   Sale of communications equipment    (100
100
)
 
 

Sale of the Company’s products

 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: Yes

  
Active Voice, LLC    Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.    14,000    Development and sale of communications equipment    (100
100
)
 
 

Development of certain products to be sold by the Company

 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: Yes

  
Active Voice B.V.    Almere, Netherland   

(In thousands of euro)

3,759

   Development and sale of communications equipment    (100
100
)
 
 

Development of certain products to be sold by the Company

 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: No

  
ABeam Consulting (USA)Ltd.    New York, U.S.A.   

(In thousands of US dollar)

14,000

   Provision of consulting services    (100
100
)
 
 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: No

   14
ABeam Consulting (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.    Singapore   

(In thousands of Singapore dollar)

11,713

   Provision of consulting services    (100
100
)
 
 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: No

  
ABeam Consulting (Shanghai) Ltd.    Shanghai, China   

(In thousands of US dollar)

2,500

   Provision of consulting services    (100
100
)
 
 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: No

  
ABeam Consulting Korea Ltd.    Seoul, Korea   

(In millions of won)

2,017

   Provision of consulting services    (100
100
)
 
 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: No

  
ABeam Consulting (Europe) B.V.    Amsterdam, Netherland   

(In thousands of euro)

6,118

   Provision of consulting services    (100
100
)
 
 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: No

  
NEC Infrontia, Inc.    Irving, Texas, U.S.A.   

(In thousands of US dollar)

9,541

   Sale and maintenance support of electronic key telephone, etc.    (100
100
)
 
 

Sale of products of the Company’s affiliates

 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: No

  
NEC Infrontia Thai Limited    Pathumthani, Thailand   

(In thousands of baht)

593,350

   Manufacture and sale of electronic key telephones and peripherals    (100
100
)
 
 

Supply of certain products to be sold by the affiliates of the Company

 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: No

  
NEC Infrontia Asia Pacific Sdn. Bhd.    Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia   

(In thousands of ringgit)

7,600

   Sale and maintenance and support of information communications systems    (90
90
)
 
 

Sale of products of the Company’s affiliates

 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: No

  


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Name

  

Address

  

Capital

  

Main Business

   Percentage
of Voting
Shares Held
   

Relationship

   Notes
NEC Infrontia Limited    Leicestershire, United Kingdom   

(In thousands of sterling pound)

2,335

   Sale and maintenance and support of information communications systems    (100
100
)
 
 

Sale of products of the Company’s affiliates

 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: No

  
ObTech Asia Pacific Pte., Ltd.    Singapore   

(In thousands of US dollar)

6,293

   Provision of systems integration and systems integration business for manufacturing companies    (4.6
99.1
)
 
 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: Yes

  
NEC Canada, Inc.    Mississauga, Ontario, Canada   

(In thousands of Canadian dollar)

7,351

   Sale of communications equipment    (100
100
)
 
 

Sale of the Company’s products

 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: Yes

  
NEC Business Solutions Pty. Ltd.    Mulgrave, Victoria, Australia   

(In thousands of Australian dollar)

21,452

   Sale of communications equipment and information processing equipment    (100
100
)
 
 

Sale of the Company’s products

 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: Yes

   15
NEC Philips Unified Solutions Italia S.p.a    Milano, Italia   

(In thousands of euro)

3,500

   Sale of communications equipment    (100
100
)
 
 

Sale of the Company’s products

 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: No

  
NEC do Brazil S.A.    Sao Paulo, Brazil   

(In thousands of real)

104,354

   Sale of communications equipment    100    

Sale of the Company’s products

 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: Yes

  
NEC Solutions Brazil S.A.    Sao Paulo, Brazil    35,030    Sale of communications equipment and information processing equipment    100    

Sale of the Company’s products

 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: Yes

  
NEC New Zealand Limited   

Wellington,

New Zealand

  

(In thousands of New Zealand dollar)

2,500

   Sale of communications equipment    100    

Sale of the Company’s products

 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: Yes

  
Guilin NEC Radio Communications Limited    Guilin, China   

(In thousands of US dollar)

4,500

   Manufacture and sale of communications equipment    (19
100
)
 
 

Sale of the Company’s products and purchase from the Company of certain components to be used by this company

 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: Yes

  
XI`an NEC Radio Communications Equipments Co., Ltd.    XI`an, China    4,500    Manufacture and sale of communications equipment    (19
100
)
 
 

Sale of some of the Company’s products and purchase from the Company of certain components to be used by this company

 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: Yes

  


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Address

  

Capital

  

Main Business

   Percentage
of Voting
Shares Held
   

Relationship

   Notes
VNPT-NEC Telecommunication Systems Company Limited    Hanoi, Vietnam   

(In thousands of US dollar)

7,000

   Sale, construction and maintenance and support of communications equipment    51.0    

Sale of the Company’s products

 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: Yes

  
Closed Joint-Stock Company NEC Neva Communications Systems    Petersburg, Russia    4,880    Sale of communications equipment    56.2    

Sale of the Company’s products

 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: Yes

  
Telecom MODUS Limited   

England,

United Kingdom

  

(In thousands of pound)

1,000

   Development of mobile communications systems    60.0    

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: Yes

  
NEC Technologies Hong Kong Limited    Hong Kong, China   

(In thousands of US dollar)

19,830

   Manufacture and sale of computer peripherals, communications equipment and computers    100    

Supply of certain products to be sold by the affiliates of the Company

 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: Yes

  
NEC Advanced Software Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd.    Beijing, China   

(In thousands of yuan)

13,197

   Development of computer software    (10
100
)
 
 

Development of software relating to certain products to be sold by the Company

 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: Yes

  
NEC High Performance Computing Europe GmbH    Dusseldorf, Germany   

(In thousands of euro)

3,500

   Sale, rental and maintenance and support of high performance computers    (100
100
)
 
 

Sale of the Company’s products

 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: Yes

  
Vibren Technologies, Inc.    Boxborough, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   

(In thousands of US dollar)

5,000

   Development and sale of computer software and sale of information processing equipment    (100
100
)
 
 

Development of software relating to products to be sold by the Company

 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: No

  
Wuhan NEC Mobile Communication Co., Ltd.    Wuhan, China    388,000    Manufacture and sale of mobile handsets    (10.2
100
)
 
 

Sale of the Company’s products and purchase of certain components from the Company to be used by this company

 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: Yes

  
NEC Telecommunications (China) Co., Ltd.    Tianjin, China    32,000    Manufacture, sale and maintenance and support of communications equipment    (10.0
95.0
)
 
 

Sale of the Company’s products and purchase of certain components from the Company to be used by this company

 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: Yes

  
NEC Technologies (UK) Ltd.   

Reading,

United Kingdom

  

(In thousands of sterling pound)

10,000

   Development of communications equipment    100    

Development of certain products to be sold by the Company

 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: Yes

  
NEC Computers New Zealand Ltd.   

Auckland,

New Zealand

  

(In thousands of New Zealand dollar)

4,061

   Sale of personal computers    (100
100
)
 
 

Sale of products of the Company’s affiliates

 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: No

  


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Address

  

Capital

  

Main Business

   Percentage
of Voting
Shares Held
   

Relationship

   Notes
NEC Computers Asia Pacific Sdn. Bhd.    Penang, Malaysia   

(In thousands of ringgit)

148,497

   Manufacture and sale of personal computers    (100
100
)
 
 

Sale of products of the Company’s affiliates

 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: Yes

  
NEC Corporation of America    Irving, Texas, U.S.A.   

(In thousands of US dollar)

929,928

   Sale of communications equipments, computer peripherals and systems integration    (100
100
)
 
 

Sale of the Company’s products and purchase of certain components from the Company to be used by this company

 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: Yes

   16
Niteo Partners, Inc.   

Iselin,

New Jersey, U.S.A

   25,420    systems integration business    (100
100
)
 
 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officer concurrent with the Company: Yes

  
NEC Laboratories America, Inc.   

Princeton,

New Jersey, U.S.A.

   8,420    Research and development    (100
100
)
 
 

Research and development services to the Company

 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: Yes

  
NEC Financial Services, Inc.   

Teaneck,

New Jersey, U.S.A.

   12,000    Financial services    (100
100
)
 
 

Financing services relating to sales by the Company’s subsidiaries in the U.S.

 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: Yes

  
NEC Capital, Inc.   

Teaneck,

New Jersey, U.S.A.

   5,000    Financial services    (100
100
)
 
 

Procurement and management of funds for the Company’s subsidiaries in the U.S.

 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: Yes

  
NEC Electronics America, Inc.    Santa Clara, California, U.S.A.    380,800    Development, manufacture (front-end) and sale of ICs    (100
100
)
 
 

Supply and sale of certain products to be sold by the affiliates of the Company

 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: No

   1
NEC Semiconductors Ireland Limited    Ballivor, Ireland   

(In thousands of euro)

65,898

   Manufacture (back-end) and sale of ICs    (100
100
)
 
 

Supply and sale of certain products to be sold by the affiliates of the Company

 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: No

  
NEC Electronics (Europe) GmbH    Dusseldorf, Germany    14,000    Sale of electronic components    (100
100
)
 
 

Sale of certain products of the Company’s affiliates

 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: No

  
NEC Semiconductors (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd.    Kuala Langat, Malaysia    (In thousands of ringgit) 118,237    Manufacture (back-end) and sale of ICs and discrete semiconductors    (100
100
)
 
 

Supply and sale of certain products to be sold by the affiliates of the Company

 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: No

  
NEC Semiconductors Singapore Ltd.    Singapore    (In thousands of Singapore dollar) 111,000    Manufacture (back-end) and sale of ICs    (100
100
)
 
 

Supply and sale of certain products to be sold by the affiliates of the Company

 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: No

  
NEC Electronics Singapore Pte. Ltd.    Singapore    3,000    Sale of electronic components    (100
100
)
 
 

Sale of certain products of the Company’s affiliates

 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: No

  


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Address

  

Capital

  

Main Business

   Percentage
of Voting
Shares Held
   

Relationship

   Notes
P.T. NEC Semiconductors Indonesia   

East Jakarta,

Indonesia

  

(In thousands of US dollar)

15,400

   Manufacture (back-end) and sale of ICs and discrete semiconductors    (100
100
)
 
 

Supply and sale of certain products to be sold by the affiliates of the Company

 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: No

  
Shougang NEC Electronics Co., Ltd.    Beijing, China   

(In millions of yen)

20,750

   Design, manufacture (front- and back-ends) and sale of ICs    (50.3
50.3
)
 
 

Supply and sale of certain products to be sold by the Company’s affiliates

 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: No

  
NEC Electronics China Limited    Beijing, China   

(In thousands of US dollar)

38,540

   Design, development and sale of ICs and software    (100
100
)
 
 

Development, design and sale of products of the Company’s affiliates

 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: No

  
NEC Electronics Taiwan Ltd.    Taipei, Taiwan   

(In thousands of new Taiwan dollar)

100,000

   Sale of electronic components    (100
100
)
 
 

Sale of certain products of the Company’s affiliates

 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: No

  
NEC Electronics Korea Ltd.    Seoul, Korea   

(In millions of won)

2,000

   Sale of electronic components    (100
100
)
 
 

Sale of certain products of the Company’s affiliates

 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: No

   17
NEC TOKIN International Inc.   

Union City,

California, U.S.A.

  

(In thousands of US dollar)

8,700

   Holding company    (100
100
)
 
 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: No

  
NEC TOKIN America Inc.   

Union City,

California, U.S.A.

   3,930    Sale of materials and components for electronic equipment    (100
100
)
 
 

Sale of certain components manufactured by the Company’s affiliates

 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: No

  
Tokin Magnetics Inc.   

Union City,

California, U.S.A.

   1,800    Manufacture and sale of electronic components, etc    (100
100
)
 
 

Manufacture of certain components to be sold by the Company’s affiliates

 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: No

  
NEC TOKIN Singapore Pte. Ltd.    Singapore    (In thousands of Singapore dollar) 17,320    Sale of electronic components    (100
100
)
 
 

Sale of certain components manufactured by the Company’s affiliates

 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: No

  
NEC TOKIN Hong Kong Ltd.    Hong Kong, China   

(In

thousands of US dollar) 5,500

   Sale of electronic components    (100
100
)
 
 

Sale of certain components manufactured by the Company’s affiliates

 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: No

  
NEC TOKIN Electronics (Thailand) Co., Ltd.   

Pathumthani,

Thailand

   (In thousands of baht) 1,408,000    Manufacture and sale of electronic components    (100
100
)
 
 

Manufacture of certain components to be sold by the Company’s affiliates

 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: No

  
NEC TOKIN Electronics (Vietnam) Co., Ltd.   

Bien Hoa City,

Vietnam

   (In thousands of US dollar) 8,600    Manufacture and sale of electronic components    (100
100
)
 
 

Manufacture of certain components to be sold by the Company’s affiliates

 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: No

  
NEC TOKIN Electronics (Xiamen) Corporation    Xiamen, China    31,952    Manufacture and sale of electronic components    (100
100
)
 
 

Manufacture of certain components to be sold by the Company’s affiliates

 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: No

  
NEC TOKIN Electronics (Wujiang) Corporation    Wojiang, China    31,000    Manufacture and sale of electronic components    (100
100
)
 
 

Manufacture of certain components to be sold by the Company’s affiliates

 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: No

  

 


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Address

  

Capital

  

Main Business

   Percentage
of Voting
Shares Held
   

Relationship

   Notes
NEC Argentina S.A.   

Buenos Aires,

Argentina

   (In thousands of Argentina peso) 22,242    Sale of communications equipment and systems integration    (100
100
)
 
 

Sale of certain products sold by the Company

 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: Yes

  
NESIC BRASIL S.A.    Sao Paulo, Brazil   

(In thousands of real)

10,186

  

Communications construction

business

   (100
100
)
 
 

Maintenance and support and construction of certain products to be sold by the Company’s affiliates

 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: No

  
Gaia Forest Plantation Company Pty. Ltd.   

Mulgrave, Victoria,

Australia

   (In thousands of Australia dollar) 5,560    Tree-planting business    100    

Activity for reduction of quantity of CO2 discharged by the NEC Group by planted trees

 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: Yes

  
NEC Australia Pty. Ltd.   

Mulgrave, Victoria,

Australia

   109,700    Sale of communications equipment and information processing equipment    100    

Sale of the Company’s products and purchase of certain components from the Company to be used by this company

 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: Yes

   13
NEC (China) Co., Ltd.    Beijing, China   

( In thousands of US dollar)

84,274

   Regional headquarter in China, and support of corporate staff functions in the NEC Group companies (Holding company)    100    

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: Yes

  
NEC Lighting (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.    Shanghai, China    (In millions of yen) 2,900    Development, manufacture and sale of cold cathode fluorescent tubes    (100
100
)
 
 

Supply of certain products to be sold by the Company’s affiliates

 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: No

  
NEC Information Systems (Shanghai), Ltd.    Shanghai, China   

(In thousands of US dollar)

8,605

   Sale of personal computers and servers    (40.7
100
)
 
 

Sale of products of the Company and its affiliates

 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: Yes

  
NEC Solutions (China) Co., Ltd.    Beijing, China    8,591    Development of information processing equipment and sale of systems integration    (22.9
100
)
 
 

Sale of the Company’s products and development of certain products to be sold by the Company

 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: Yes

  
NPG Display Limited    Hong Kong, China    7,400    Manufacture of displays    70.0    

Supply of certain products to be sold by the Company’s affiliates

 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: Yes

  
NPG Display (Don guan) Co. Ltd.    Dongguan, China    13,100    Manufacture of displays    (100
100
)
 
 

Supply of certain products to be sold by the Company’s affiliates

 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: No

  
NEC Nagano Karrie Electronics Ltd.    Hong Kong, China   

(In thousands of Hong Kong dollar)

20,000

   Manufacture and sale of personal computer peripherals    (51.7
51.7
)
 
 

Supply of certain products to be sold by the Company’s affiliates

 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: No

  
NEC Hong Kong Limited    Hong Kong, China    19,094    Sale of communications equipment, information processing equipment, and systems integration    100    

Sale of the Company’s products and purchase of certain components from the Company to be used by this company

 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: Yes

  
NEC Taiwan Ltd.    Taipei, Taiwan   

(In thousands of new Taiwan dollar)

222,973

   Sale of communications equipment, computers and computer peripherals    100    

Sale of the Company’s products

 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: Yes

  


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Name

  

Address

  

Capital

  

Main Business

   Percentage
of Voting
Shares Held
   

Relationship

   Notes
NEC Solutions Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd.    Singapore    (In thousands of Singapore dollar) 12,644    Sale of computer peripherals and systems integration    100    

Sale of the Company’s products

 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: Yes

  
NEC Corporation (Thailand) Ltd.   

Wattana, Bangkok,

Thailand

  

(In thousands of baht)

343,000

   Sale and maintenance and support of communications equipment, and sale of systems integration    (48.8
89.9
)
 
 

Sale of the Company’s products

 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: Yes

  
P.T. NEC Indonesia    Jakarta, Indonesia    (In millions of Indonesia rupiah) 52,618    Sale of communications equipment and IT solutions, etc.    80.0    

Sale of the Company’s products

 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: Yes

  
NEC Europe Ltd.   

London,

United Kingdom

   (In thousands of sterling pound) 64,720    Control of sale, marketing, distribution and inventory management in Europe    100    

Sale and maintenance and support of the Company’s products to the Company’s affiliates in Europe

 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: Yes

  
NEC (UK) Ltd.   

London,

United Kingdom

   4,481    Sale of communications equipment and computer peripherals    (100
100
)
 
 

Sale of the Company’s products

 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: No

  
NEC Capital (UK) plc   

London,

United Kingdom

   1,000    Financial service    100    

Procurement and management of funds for the Company’s affiliates in Europe

 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: Yes

  
NEC Deutschland GmbH    Ismaning, Germany   

(In thousands of euro)

39,779

   Sale of communications equipment and computer peripherals    (100
100
)
 
 

Sale of the Company’s products

 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: No

  
NEC Computers S.A.S.    Puteau, France    38,000    Development, manufacture and sale of personal computers, servers and related services    100    

Sale of certain products of the Company and its affiliates and purchase of certain components from the Company to be used by this company

 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: Yes

  
NEC France S.A.S.    Nanteree, Cedex, France    1,808    Sale of communications equipment and computer peripherals    (100
100
)
 
 

Sale of the Company’s products

 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: No

  
NEC Portugal-Telecomunicacoes e Sistemas, S.A.    Caparica, Portugal    3,316    Manufacture and sale of communications equipment    67.5    

Sale of the Company’s products

 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: No

 

    
In addition to the above, there are 200 consolidated subsidiaries.           


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(2) Affiliated companies accounted for by the equity method

 

Name

  

Address

  

Capital

  

Main Business

  

Percentage
of Voting
Shares Held

(%)

   

Relationship

   Notes
PLEOMART, Inc.    Minato-ku, Tokyo   

(In millions of yen)

1,100

  

Provision of support

services for procurement of maintenance, repair and operations

   36.3    

Sale of the Company’s products and supply of certain components to be used by the Company

 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: Yes

  
HBA Corporation   

Chuo-ku,

Sapporo-shi,

Hokkaido

   324    Construction and operation of computer systems    35.0    

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: Yes

  
BCC Co., Ltd.   

Chuo-ku,

Fukuoka-shi,

Fukuoka

   247    Construction and operation of computer systems    30.0    

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: Yes

  
Keyware Solutions Inc.    Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo    1,737    Development and sale of software relating to computer    35.0    

Development of software relating to certain products to be sold by the Company

 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: Yes

   2
18
NIPPON COMPUTER SYSTEM CO., LTD.   

Chuo-ku,

Oosaka-shi,

Oosaka

   3,775    Design, development, support of operation of computer systems and sale of information processing equipment    22.6    

Development of software relating to certain products to be sold by the Company

 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: Yes

   2
Media EXchange, Inc.    Toshima-ku, Tokyo    4,097    Telecommunications business pursuant to Telecommunications Business Law    (31.6
31.6
)
 
 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: No

  
OAS Corporation    Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo    225    Development and research of software    (27.8
27.8
)
 
 

Development of software of certain products to be sold by the NEC Group

 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: No

  
Kakoi Electro Corp.   

Kagoshima-shi,

Kagoshima

   219    Sale and repair of electric appliances and office automation equipment, etc.    (33.1
33.1
)
 
 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: No

  
JNT SYSTEM Co., Ltd    Chuo-ku, Tokyo    200    Construction and operation of computer systems    (18.0
28.0
)
 
 

Development of software to be sold by the Company’s affiliates

 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: Yes

  
IMC Corporation    Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo    400    Process and sale of satellite image, etc. and maintenance and support of receiving or analyzing equipment thereof    24.0    

Purchase of equipment and software from the Company to be used by this company

 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: Yes

  
ALAXALA Networks Corporation   

Saiwai-ku,

Kawasaki-shi,

Kanagawa

   5,505    Developments, design, manufacture, sale and maintenance and support of routers and switches    40.0    

Supply of certain products to be sold by the Company

 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: Yes

  
SOUTH TOKYO CABLETELEVISION    Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo    2,500    CATV broadcast business and telecommunications business    (5.0
38.2
)
 
 

Purchase of certain components from the Company to be used by this company

 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: No

  
Sony NEC Optiarc Inc.    Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo    1,490    Development, marketing and sale of optical disc drive products    45.0    

Supply of certain components to be sold by the Company’s affiliates

 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: Yes

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Name

  

Address

  

Capital

  

Main Business

  

Percentage
of Voting
Shares Held

(%)

   

Relationship

   Notes
Adcore-Tech Co., Ltd.   

Yokosuka-shi,

Kanagawa

  

(In millions of yen)

6,000

   Development, and maintenance and support of communications equipment and licensing thereof    (11.7
44.2
)
 
 

Development and maintenance and support of certain products to be sold by the Company

 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: Yes

  
PC Technology Co., Ltd.    Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo    270    Repair of personal computers and sale of office automation equipment and devices, etc.    49.0    

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: Yes

  
Nippon Electric Glass Co., Ltd.    Otsu-shi, Shiga    18,385    Manufacture and sale of various glasses such as glass for cathode-ray tubes, glass fiber for electronic components and glass tubes    (11.8
25.4
)
 
 

Supply of certain components to be used by the Company

 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: Yes

   2
20
ANRITSU CORPORATION   

Atsugi-shi,

Kanagawa

   14,049    Manufacture and sale of communications equipment, measuring instruments, electronic equipment    (15.5
22.0
)
 
 

Supply of certain components and facilities to be used by the Company

 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: Yes

   2
20
Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited    Shibuya-ku, Tokyo    10,690    Manufacture and sale of connectors and electronic equipment for aviation and space    (15.2
39.9
)
 
 

Supply of certain components to be used by the Company

 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: Yes

   2
20
NEC Leasing, Ltd.    Minato-ku, Tokyo    3,776    Lease of various machines, facilities and equipment, etc.    37.7    

Lease of the Company’s products and manufacture facilities of the Company’s affiliates

 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: Yes

   2
Honda elesys Co., Ltd.   

Hodogaya-ku,

Yokohama-shi,

Kanagawa

   1,950    Development, manufacture and sale of control units for cars    33.4    

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: No

  
NEC SCHOTT Components Corporation    Koka-shi, Shiga    1,700    Development, manufacture and sale of electronic components and sale of glassware    49.0    

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: Yes

  
SINCERE Corporation    Sinagawa-ku, Tokyo    1,030    Recycle business and maintenance of buildings    40.5    

Waste disposal and floor cleaning for the Company and its affiliates

 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: Yes

  
NEC TOPPAN CIRCUIT SOLUTIONS, INC.    Chuo-ku, Tokyo    1,000    Development, manufacture and sale of electronic components    45.0    

Supply of certain components to be used by the Company and its affiliates

 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: Yes

  
Imation Corp.    Setagaya-ku, Tokyo    480    Manufacture and sale of computer peripherals    20.0    

Supply of certain components to be used by the Company and its affiliates

 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: Yes

  


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Address

  

Capital

  

Main Business

   Percentage
of Voting
Shares Held
   

Relationship

   Notes
AUTHENTIC LIMITED   

Takatsu-ku,

Kawasaki-shi,

Kanagawa

   401    Development, design manufacture and sale of various audio equipment such as speakers    49.9    

Supply of certain products to be sold by the Company’s affiliates

 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: No

  
NIPPON YTTRIUM CO., LTD.    Mitaka-shi, Tokyo    400    Manufacture and sale of rare-earth metal and rare-earth compound    (30.0
30.0
)
 
 

Sale of certain products of the Company’s affiliates and supply of certain components to be used by the Company’s afiliates

 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: No

  
NIPPON DENGYO KOSAKU CO., LTD.    Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo    330    Manufacture and sale of telecommunications equipment    (8.0
23.9
)
 
 

Supply of certain components to be sold by the Company

 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: No

  
Wuhan FiberHome Mobile Communication Inc.    Wuhan, China   

(In thousands of yuan)

121,500

   Development, sale and maintenance and support of mobile communications systems    (7.5
30.0
)
 
 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: Yes

  
Wuhan NEC Fiber Optic Communications Industry Co., Ltd.    Wuhan, China    84,742    Manufacture and sale of communications equipment    (10.0
35.0
)
 
 

Sale of the Company’s products and purchase of certain components from the Company to be used by this company

 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: Yes

  
PERNEC Corporation Berhad    Kuala Lumper, Malaysia   

(In thousands of ringgit)

39,678

   Manufacture and sale of communications equipment    29.9    

Sale of the Company’s products.

 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: Yes

  
Mobisphere Limited   

Berkshire,

United Kingdom

  

(In thousands of sterling pound)

15,000

   Development and sale of mobile communications systems    (24.0
49.0
)
 
 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: Yes

  
COSMOBIC Technology Co., Ltd.    Shanghai, China   

(In thousands of US dollar)

8,000

   Development services of mobile handsets, inter operability test services, sublicensing and technical consulting services    47.0     Development of certain products to be sold by the Company, and collection of license fees of the Company’s technologies.   
Shanghai SVA NEC Liquid Crystal Display., Ltd    Shanghai, China   

(In millions of yen)

61,000

   Development, manufacture and sale of color LCDs    (12.0
25.0
)
 
 

Purchase of certain components from the Company’s affiliates to be used by this company, and supply of certain components to be used by the Company’s affiliates

 

Loans from the Company: No

 

Officers concurrent with the Company: Yes

    
In addition to the above, there are 35 companies accounted for by the equity method.

Notes:     1.   These companies are the Company’s Specified Subsidiaries (“Tokutei Kogaisha”).
    2.   These companies filed Security Registration Statement (“Yukashoken Todokedesho”) or Annual Securities Report.
    3.   Parenthetical figures of the Percentage of Voting Shares Held indicate the percentage of voting shares held indirectly by the Company, which are included in the non-parenthetical figures in the same cell.
    4.   NEC Infrontia Corporation became a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company as of May 1, 2006 through stock-for-stock exchange.
    5.   E.Piphany Solutions Ltd. merged with ABeam System Engineering Ltd. as of December 1, 2006, and changed its corporate name of into Abeam System Engineering Ltd. on the same day. In addition, Abeam Consulting Ltd. merged with ABeam System Engineering Ltd. as of April 1, 2007.
    6.   While the percentage of voting shares held by the Company was not more than 50%, this company is the Company’s subsidiary due to substantial control by the Company.


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    7.   NEC BIGLOBE, Ltd. was established as of July 3, 2006 by demerger from the Company, succeeding its BIGLOBE business.
    8.   NEC Electronics Corporation merged with NEC Compound Semiconductor Devices, Ltd. on April 1, 2006, and merged with NEC Deviceport, Ltd. as of November 1, 2006.
    9.   The percentage of voting shares held by the Company to NEC Networks & System Integration Corporation became 51.5% (including 12.9%, the percentage of voting shares held indirectly by the Company) due to its stock-for-stock exchange as of April 1, 2006.
  10.   NEC TOKIN Corporation merged with NEC TOKIN Toyama, Ltd., NEC TOKIN Tochigi, Ltd., NEC TOKIN Iwate, Ltd., NEC TOKIN Hyogo, Ltd. and TOKIN Shoko Corporation as of April 1, 2006
  11.   NT Sales Co., LTD became a company accounted for by the equity method since NEC TOKIN Corporation transferred its shares in NT Sales Co., LTD to another company as of April 1, 2007.
  12.   NEC Viewtechnology, Ltd. merged with NEC Display Solutions, Ltd. as of April 1, 2007 and changed its corporate name into NEC Display Solutions, Ltd. on the same day.
  13.   NEC Akita, Ltd. and NEC Kagoshima, Ltd. transferred all of its operations to NEC LCD Technologies, Ltd. as of April 1, 2007 and dissolved as of April 30, 2007.
  14.   ABeam Consulting (USA) Ltd. merged with Qorval Integrated Solutions, Inc. as of October 1, 2006.
  15.   NEC Business Solutions Pty. Ltd. transferred all of its operations to NEC Australia Pty. Ltd. as of April 1, 2007.
  16.   As of July 1, 2006, NEC Solutions (America), Inc. succeeded all of business of NEC USA, Inc., and merged with NEC America, Inc., and changed its corporate name into NEC Corporation of America.
  17.   NEC Electronics Korea Ltd. was established as of September 1, 2006.
  18.   Keyware Solutions Inc. listed on JASDAQ Securities Exchange, Inc. as of June 7, 2006.
  19.   Sony NEC Optiarc Inc. was established by demerger as of April 3, 2006.
  20.   The figures for the percentage of voting shares held include those of the shares contributed as part of severance indemnities trust with reservation of rights for voting instruction, which figures are included in the figures of the percentage of voting shares held indirectly by the Company.
   

The percentage of voting shares held in the companies concerned and those contributed as part of severance indemnities trust are as follows:

 

NEC Electronics Corporation

   5.0% out of 70.0%

NEC Networks & System Integration Corporation

   12.9% out of 51.5%

NEC TOKIN Corporation

   11.9% out of 52.3%

NEC Fielding, Ltd.

   29.9% out of 67.1%

Nippon Electric Glass Co., Ltd.

   11.8% out of 25.4%

ANRITSU CORPORATION

   15.5% out of 22.0%

Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited

   15.2% out of 39.9%


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5. Employees

 

  (1) Employees of consolidated companies

 

     (As of March 31, 2007)

Segment

   Number of Employees

IT/Network Solutions Business

   78,668

Mobile/Personal Solutions Business

   8,708

Electron Devices Business

   47,891

Others

   19,519
    

Total

   154,786

 

  (2) Employees of the Company

 

(As of March 31, 2007)

Number of employees

   Average age    Average years of
employment
  

Average amount of

annual salary

22,602

   39.6    15.9    7,484,752 yen

Note: Average annual salary (tax inclusive) includes overtime pay and bonuses.

 

  (3) Trade union

The Company has had a comprehensive labor contract with NEC Worker’s Union, which, together with trade unions of various subsidiaries of the Company, is part of the NEC Federation of Worker’s Union (number of union members was approximately 40,000 as of March 31, 2007). NEC Federation of Worker’s Union is part of the Japanese Electrical Electronics & Information Union. The Company believes that its labor-management relations are stable.


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Item 2. Business Overview

1. Overview of Business Results

(1) Operating results

The Company previously disclosed its consolidated financial results based on the financial statements prepared in accordance with the U.S. GAAP. As has been previously announced, however, the Company has elected, starting with the first half of the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007, to prepare and disclose its consolidated financial statements required under Japanese law in accordance with Japan GAAP. Accordingly, the financial results for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007, including figures presented for purposes of comparison with the previous fiscal year, are presented under Japan GAAP. This change in accounting principles came about because the Company has been unable to prepare its consolidated financial statements under U.S. GAAP for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006, based on U.S. GAAP, as the audits relating to the Company’s annual report to be filed with the SEC, have not been completed under the audit standards by PCAOB. In addition, the Company filed an Improvement Report required by Tokyo and other stock exchanges in Japan in relation to the correction of its financial results (under Japan GAAP) for the first half of the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007, which contained measures to improve its information disclosure controls and procedures. The Company sincerely apologizes to all concerned parties for any inconvenience or confusion that may have been caused by weaknesses related to the disclosure of its financial information.

During the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007, the U.S. economy in general experienced continuous stable growth mainly as a result of higher capital expenditure and consumer spending. In addition, high levels of growth in the general economy were sustained in developing countries such as China and Russia.

The Japanese economy in general also enjoyed steady growth as exports and capital expenditures increased, although the growth of consumer spending slowed. Amid this business environment, the NEC Group set the management policy for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007 as a year of “proactive management,” which was to be achieved through the participation of all employees, various growth initiatives, and efforts to improve the financial results of focus business areas.

As the initial step, the Company focused on increasing orders of, and developing products for, the next-generation network (“NGN”) business area as one measure for growth. To be more specific, the Company took part in a field trial being carried out by telecommunications carriers for the construction of NGNs and commercialized software products and network equipment that form the core of NGNs.

As the next step, in order to improve profits of our focused business areas, such as the area of Mobile Terminals, the Company established joint venture companies with Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. and other companies to curb elevating development costs, streamlined unprofitable businesses overseas, and promoted the strengthening of product competitiveness to increase shipments and recover market share.

At the same time, in the area of Semiconductors, although sales increased due to the implementation of measures for obtaining orders, such as collaboration with semiconductor trading companies and strengthening of the sales structure in China, a difficult business environment prevailed for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007, mainly owing to product price decline, increased development costs resulting from the dispersion of product lineup, and lower than expected cost reduction.

The Company recorded consolidated sales of 4,652.6 billion yen for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007, a decrease of 5.6% from the previous fiscal year. Operating income decreased by 2.6 billion yen from the previous fiscal year to 70.0 billion yen. Ordinary income increased by 1.4 billion yen from the previous fiscal year to 16.3 billion yen. Net income increased by 19.2 billion yen from the previous fiscal year to 9.1 billion yen.

Regarding cash flows, free cash flows (the sum of cash flows from operating activities and cash flows from investing activities) for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007 were cash inflows of 68.6 billion yen. The balance of interest-bearing debt (total of short-term borrowings, commercial paper, current portion of long-term borrowings, current portion of bonds, bonds, long-term borrowings and other (lease obligations)) at the end of fiscal year ended March 31, 2007, decreased by 75.8 billion yen as compared with the end of the previous fiscal year, to 859.3 billion yen owing to the redemption of bonds. Debt-equity ratio (interest-bearing debt to owner’s equity (total net assets less stock subscription rights and minority interests) ratio) at the end of fiscal year ended March 31, 2007 was 0.83 (an improvement of 0.08 points as compared with the end of the previous fiscal year).


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The following are the results of operations for each business segment for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007. Sales and segment profit figures for each segment include intersegment transactions.

(a) IT/Network Solutions Business

Sales of the IT/Network Solutions business were 2,758.8 billion yen, an amount almost equivalent to that of the previous fiscal year. With regards to sales by products and services, the area of IT Services/System Integration recorded sales of 775.6 billion yen, an increase of 0.6% from the previous fiscal year, due to recovery in IT investment in Japan. In addition, in the area of Network Systems, as a result of steady sales to telecommunications carriers, sales increased by 3.4% from the previous fiscal year to 1,026.3 billion yen. On the other hand, in the area of IT Platforms, sales decreased by 4.7% from the previous fiscal year to 651.4 billion yen, mainly owing to a decrease in sales of optical disk drives. In the area of Social Infrastructure, sales decreased by 2.9% from the previous fiscal year to 305.5 billion yen, owing to a decrease in investment in digital terrestrial broadcasting systems in the Japanese market.

Operating income was 154.1 billion yen, a decrease of 26.8 billion yen (14.8%) from the previous fiscal year. This was mainly due to the accrual of estimated warranty costs for products already sold and a fall in sales in the area of IT Platforms.

(b) Mobile/Personal Solutions Business

Sales in Mobile/Personal Solutions business were 965.0 billion yen, a decrease of 285.3 billion yen (22.8%) from the previous fiscal year. With regards to sales by products and services, in the area of Mobile Terminals, sales were 349.9 billion yen, a decrease of 27.2% from the previous fiscal year. In addition to streamlining of overseas business, sales in the Mobile Terminals area also decreased due to lower domestic shipments in Japan. In the area of Personal Solutions, sales fell by 20.1% from the previous fiscal year to 615.1 billion yen. This was due to the sale of the Personal Computer (“PC”) business in Europe and stagnant growth in the Japanese PC market.

Despite an improvement in profit of 21.8 billion yen (39.5%) from the previous fiscal year mainly due to reduced loss relating to streamlining of overseas business in the area of Mobile Terminals, the Mobile/Personal Solutions business recorded an operating loss of 33.5 billion yen.

(c) Electron Devices Business

Sales of the Electron Devices business were 861.0 billion yen, an increase of 45.1 billion yen (5.5%) from the previous fiscal year. With regards to sales by products and services, in the area of Semiconductors, sales amounted to 692.3 billion yen, an increase of 7.2% from the previous fiscal year. This was mainly due to an increase in sales of semiconductors for game consoles and general purpose microcontrollers. In the area of Electronic Components and Others, although there was steady overall demand in the market for electronic components, sales decreased by 0.7% from the previous fiscal year to 168.7 billion yen, owing to a decrease in sales of small-sized LCDs, for which there were large-scale orders in the previous fiscal year.

Although profit improved from the previous fiscal year by 7.8 billion yen (25.2 %), an operating loss was 23.0 billion yen in the Electron Devices business. This was mainly due to the effect of product price decline, an increase in research and development costs, investment to enhance manufacturing capabilities, and the recording of expenses to improve profitability in the area of Semiconductors, despite an increase in sales in this area.


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(d) Others

Sales of the Others segment were 548.7 billion yen, a decrease of 50.2 billion yen (8.4%) from the previous fiscal year. This was mainly because the Company sold the shares of NEC Machinery Corporation and Anelva Corporation, which were formerly consolidated subsidiaries of the Company, to Canon Inc.

Operating income amounted to 17.7 billion yen, an amount almost equivalent to that of the previous fiscal year.

Operating results by geographical location of customers are as follows:

(a) Japan

Sales amounted to 4,101.8 billion yen for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007, a decrease of 3.9% from the previous fiscal year, primarily due to a decrease of sales of mobile handsets and PCs. Operating income was 77.1 billion yen, an increase of 14.7 billion yen from the previous fiscal year, due to an increase of sales of semiconductors in Electron Device business.

(b) Europe

Sales for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007 were 405.2 billion yen, a decrease of 21.2% from the previous fiscal year, due to the sale of the PC business in Europe. Operating losses were 3.9 billion yen, a worsening of 6.1 billion yen from the previous fiscal year.

(c) Others

In other overseas regions, including Asia and the United States, sales for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007 were 786.5 billion yen, a decrease of 9.3% from the previous fiscal year. Operating income was 1.2 billion yen, a decrease of 3.2 billion yen from the previous fiscal year.


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(2) Cash flows

 

     (In billions of yen)  
     Fiscal year ended
March 31, 2006
    Fiscal year ended
March 31, 2007
 

Net Cash Provided by (Used in):

    

Operating activities

   225.8     238.3  

Investing activities

   (84.7 )   (169.7 )

Financing activities

   (200.2 )   (103.7 )

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents

   10.0     6.1  
            

Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents

   (49.1 )   (29.0 )
            

Net cash provided by operating activities for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007 was 238.3 billion yen, an increase of 12.5 billion yen as compared with the previous fiscal year. Although there was a decrease in cash received owing to a fall in sales, the increase in cash flow provided by operating activities was mainly due to a decrease in cash used in payment of material costs as a result of cost reductions.

Net cash used in investing activities for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007 was 169.7 billion yen, a worsening of 85.0 billion as compared with the previous fiscal year. This was mainly due to an increase in cash used for capital expenditure relating to semiconductors, and a decrease in cash provided by the sale of stock of affiliated companies as compared with the previous fiscal year. As a result, free cash flows (the sum of cash flows from operating activities and cash flows from investing activities) for the fiscal year ended march 31, 2007 were cash inflows of 68.6 billion yen, a worsening of 72.5 billion yen as compared with the previous fiscal year.

Net cash used in financing activities for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007 was 103.7 billion yen, mainly owing to the redemption of bonds and the payment of dividends. As a result, cash and cash equivalents at the end of the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007 amounted to 423.4 billion yen, a decrease of 29.0 billion yen as compared with the previous fiscal year.


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2. Production, Orders Received and Sales

The amount and number of production and orders received are not provided in this Annual Securities Report since there are broad range and wide variety of production and sales items in the NEC Group, and they are not equal in capacity, structure and format even in the same kind of products, and there are many products which are not produced under make-to-order production arrangement.

The conditions of production, orders received and sales are discussed in “1. Overview of Business Results” in relation to the business results of each segment.

For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006 and 2007, there was one major customer, sales to which accounted for 12.2% and 11.1% of consolidated sales, respectively. These sales are mainly included in sales of IT/Network Solutions business and Mobile/Personal Solutions business.

3. Challenges to be Addressed by the NEC Group

Through the advancement of IT and network technologies, a ubiquitous networked society, which enables interchange of necessary information via a variety of information communication devices at anytime, and anywhere, is now being developed. In addition, it is anticipated that Next Generation Networks (“NGN”s) will become the platform to create a convenient, comfortable, and safe and secure society, and a variety of new services will be created on this platform.

Recognizing that the changes in this business environment presents new business opportunities, the NEC Group will promote further growth through the provision of total solutions, leveraging its world-class technological competence in the three business domains of IT/Network Solutions, Mobile/Personal Solutions, and Electron Devices.

In particular, leveraging NGNs, the NEC Group aims to create a wide variety of solutions that are designed for the ubiquitous networked society in areas such as national and local governments, communications and media, distribution, finance, transport, and medical care as well as telecommunications carriers. Along with expanding its business in markets revitalized by NGNs, the NEC Group will expand the product and device businesses that support NGNs, aiming for increasing profitability in its NGN-related businesses which mainly provide service platforms.

In addition, it is necessary to further expand the global businesses of the NEC Group in order to promote further growth. The NEC Group is currently strengthening its operating bases by realigning overseas subsidiaries in the United States, Europe and Asia, aiming to create synergy in each country or region, and strengthening its sales and technical support structure. The NEC Group will carry out aggressive sales activities in overseas markets, focusing primarily on mobile communication systems in the area of Network Systems, and on competitive solutions and products, such as Thin Client (a computer not equipped a storage unit such as hard disk drives) in the areas of IT Services/System Integration and IT Platforms.

Furthermore, to increase profitability, in addition to further strengthening ongoing production innovation in the software development divisions and product manufacturing divisions, the NEC Group is aiming to secure profitability in the Mobile Terminal area through acceleration of mobile handset development and strengthening of supply chain management. In addition, in the area of Semiconductors, the NEC Group is strengthening collaboration between NEC Electronics Corporation and all of the other NEC Group companies toward steady execution of the restructuring measures disclosed by NEC Electronics Corporation in February 2007, such as concentration of its resources in the digital consumer and automotive areas, and reduction of manufacturing costs by reorganizing its manufacturing lines in Japan and overseas.


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By executing these measures, the NEC Group aims to develop into a global and innovative corporate group, achieving business growth and enhanced profitability and the Company will respond to the expectations of its shareholders.

The Company changed the accounting principles for preparing its consolidated financial statements under Japanese law from U.S. GAAP to Japan GAAP, as of the first half of the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007. The Company disclosed its half year financial results under Japan GAAP at the Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc., etc. in November 2006, and subsequently corrected the disclosed financial results in December 2006. Taking this matter seriously, the Company has already implemented corrective measures, such as the use of a consolidated accounting system designed to comply with Japan GAAP, and the creation and familiarization of an accounting manual that lays out a unified accounting method for the NEC Group. Furthermore, the NEC Group is promoting improvement of its disclosure structure by implementing a series of measures described in the Improvement Report submitted to the Tokyo and other stock exchanges in Japan concerning the correction of its financial results, such as the enhancement of information systems and an increase of the number and enhanced training of personnel in accounting divisions.

The Company will continue to gather necessary transaction data and is conducting the analysis required for the audit of its consolidated financial statements to be included in its annual report for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006, to be filed with the SEC, and is working diligently to regain its status of compliance by filing the report as early as possible. The Company’s American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) are currently subject to review by the NASDAQ Stock Market, Inc. (“NASDAQ”) for delisting from NASDAQ as a result of the delay in filing of the Company’s annual report with the SEC. The Company will endeavor to complete and submit the annual report and to maintain the listing of its ADRs on NASDAQ.


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4. Risk Factors

The NEC Group’s business, operating results, and financial condition could be materially adversely affected by any of the factors discussed below. The trading price of the Company’s securities could decline due to any of these factors. This Annual Securities Report also contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. The NEC Group’s actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of various factors, including the risks faced by it described below and elsewhere in this Annual Securities Report.

(1) Risks related to the NEC Group’s industry

 

  a. Intense competition

The NEC Group is subject to intense competition in many of the markets in which it operates from various competitors ranging from large multinational corporations to relatively small, rapidly growing, and highly specialized companies. The entrance of additional competitors into the markets in which the NEC Group operates increase the risk that the NEC Group’s products and services will become subject to more intense price competition.

 

  b. Risk related to production process

The computer, communications, semiconductor, and other markets in which the NEC Group operates are characterized by the introduction of products with short life cycles in a rapidly changing technological environment. Production processes are highly complex, require advanced and costly equipment, and must continuously be modified to improve yields and performance. If production is interrupted by defects, malfunction or other failure of manufacturing facilities, the NEC Group may not be able to shift production to other facilities quickly, and customers may purchase products from other suppliers. The shortage of manufacturing capacity for same products could adversely affect the NEC Group’s ability to compete. The resulting reductions in revenues and damage to customer relationships could be significant. In addition, during downturns, customers generally do not order products as far in advance of the scheduled shipment date as they do when the industry is operating closer to capacity, making it difficult to forecast production levels and revenues.

 

  c. Risk related to semiconductor business

The market for semiconductors has a highly cyclical nature called a “silicon cycle” and has suffered downturns from time to time. Downturns have been characterized by diminished demands, excess inventories, and accelerated erosion of prices. Although the NEC Group operates its business while carefully monitoring the cycle of the market, downswing of the silicon cycle may have adverse effects on its operating results.

The cyclical nature of the semiconductor market is due partly to periods of production overcapacity. In recent years, semiconductor companies, including specialist semiconductor foundries, have added significant capacity primarily in Asia. As a consequence, semiconductor production capacity may periodically exceed the demand for semiconductor products, exerting downward pressure on selling prices and reducing its revenues.


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  d. Risk related to retention of personnel

Like all technology companies, the NEC Group must compete for talented employees to develop its products, services, and solutions in a market where the demand for such individuals exceeds the number of qualified candidates. As a result, the NEC Group’s human resources organization focuses significant efforts on attracting and retaining individuals in key technology positions. If it experiences a substantial loss of, or an inability to attract, talented personnel, the NEC Group may experience difficulty in meeting its business objectives.

 

  e. Influence of economic conditions

The NEC Group’s business is highly dependent on the Japanese market. Sales to customers in Japan accounted for 72.7% of its total sales in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006 and 73.9% of its total sales in the fiscal year ended march 31, 2007. If the Japanese economy were to become sluggish, there could be a significant impact on the NEC Group’s financial results. The NEC Group also depends on markets outside Japan, and its financial results are therefore subject to negative economic developments in foreign countries.

 

  f. Laws and government policies

In many of the countries and regions in which the NEC Group operates, its business is subject to various risks associated with unexpected regulatory changes and application of laws, and uncertainty in their applications by government authorities, in addition to uncertainty relating to governmental legal liabilities. Substantial changes in the regulatory or legal environments in which the NEC Group operates could adversely affect its business, operating results, and financial condition.

Changes in Japanese and international telecommunications regulations and tariffs, including those related to Internet-related businesses and technologies, could affect the sales of the NEC Group’s products or services, and this could adversely affect its business, operating results, and financial condition.

Operations of the NEC Group are subject to many environmental laws and regulations governing, among other things, air emissions, wastewater discharges, the use and handling of hazardous substances, waste disposal, chemical substances in products, product recycling, and soil and ground water contamination. The NEC Group faces risks of environmental liability in its current, historical, and future manufacturing activities. Costs associated with future additional and stricter environmental compliance or remediation obligations could adversely affect its business, operating results, and financial condition.

 

  g. Defects in products and services

There is a risk that defects may occur in the NEC Group’s products and services. Many of its products and services are used in “mission critical” situations where the adverse consequences of failure would be severe, exposing it in some cases to even greater risk. The occurrence of these defects could make the NEC Group liable for damages caused by these defects, including consequential damages. Negative publicity concerning such defects could also discourage customers from purchasing the NEC Group’s products and services. Both could hurt its business, operating results, and financial condition.

 

  h. Risk related to foreign currency exchange and interest rate

Foreign exchange rate fluctuations may negatively impact the NEC Group’s business, operating results, and financial condition. Changes in exchange rates can affect the yen value of its equity investments and monetary assets and liabilities arising from business transactions in foreign currencies. They can also affect the costs and sales proceeds of products or services that are denominated in foreign currencies.

The NEC Group is also exposed to risks of interest rate fluctuations. Such fluctuations may increase its operational costs, reduce the value of its financial assets, or increase the value of its liabilities.


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(2) Risk related to the NEC Group’s business

 

  a. Technological advances and response to customer needs

The markets for the products and services that the NEC Group offers are characterized by rapidly changing technology, evolving technical standards, changes in customer preferences, and the frequent introduction of new products and services. The development and commercialization of new technologies and the introduction of new products and services will often make existing products and services obsolete or unmarketable.

If the NEC Group fails to keep up with rapid technological changes and changes in customers’ needs, and to offer and support products and services (including new products and new services) in response to such changes, the NEC Group’s business, operating results and financial condition may be adversely affected. In addition, the development process could be lengthier than originally planned, and require the NEC Group to commit many more resources. Furthermore, technology and standards may change while the NEC Group is in a development stage, rendering the NEC Group’s products obsolete or uncompetitive before their introduction to the market.

The products of the NEC Group, some of which contains both hardware and software, may contain undetected errors that may be discovered after their introduction and shipment. In addition, the NEC Group may encounter difficulties incorporating its technologies into its products in accordance with its customers’ expectations, which in turn may negatively affect its customer relationships, reputation, and revenues.

 

  b. Financial and profit fluctuations

Any quarterly or yearly operating results of the NEC Group are not necessarily indicative of results expected in future periods. Operating results of the NEC Group have historically been, and are expected to continue to be, subject to quarterly and yearly fluctuations as a result of a wide variety of factors, including the introduction and market acceptance of new technologies, products, and services; variations in product costs, the mix of products sold; the scale and timing of customer orders which in turn will often depend on the success of customers’ businesses or specific products and services; the impact of acquired business and technologies; manufacturing capacity and lead times; and fixed costs. There are other trend and factors beyond the control of the NEC Group which may affect the NEC Group’s operations and make it difficult to predict operating results for a particular period, included the following:

 

   

Adverse changes in the conditions in the markets of the products and services that the NEC Group offers;

 

   

Governmental decisions regarding the development and deployment of communications and technology infrastructure, including the timing and scale of governmental expenditures in these areas;

 

   

Timing and scale of capital expenditures by customers of the NEC Group;

 

   

Inventory practices of the NEC Group’s customers;

 

   

Conditions in the broader IT and communications markets or in the Japanese or global economies;

 

   

Changes in governmental regulation or intervention affecting communications, data networking, or the Internet;

 

   

Conditions in the public and private equity and debt markets; and

 

   

Adverse changes in the credit quality or customers and suppliers of the NEC Group.

These trends and factors could have a material adverse effect on the business, operating results, and financial condition of the NEC Group.


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  c. Risk related to expansion of overseas businesses

The NEC Group’s mid-term growth strategies include expanding its business in markets outside of Japan. In these markets, the NEC Group faces barriers in the form of long-standing relationships between its potential overseas customers and their local suppliers, and regulations to protect local suppliers. In addition, pursuing international growth opportunities may require the NEC Group to make significant investments long before the NEC Group realizes returns on the investments, if any. Increased investments may result in expenses growing at a faster rate than revenues. The NEC Group’s overseas projects and investments, particularly in China, could be adversely affected by:

 

   

exchange controls;

 

   

changes in restrictions on foreign investment;

 

   

changes in export and import restrictions or changes in the tax system or rate of taxation; and

 

   

economic, social, and political risks.

Due to the above factors, the NEC Group may not succeed in expanding its business in international markets, thereby adversely affecting its business growth prospects and results of operations.

 

  d. Risk related to intellectual property rights

The NEC Group depends on its proprietary technology and its ability to obtain patents, licenses, and other intellectual property rights (“Intellectual Property Rights”) covering its products, services, business models, and design and manufacturing processes. However, the protection afforded by the NEC Group’s Intellectual Property Rights may be undercut by rapid changes in technologies in the industries in which the NEC Group operates. Similarly, there can be no assurance that claims allowed on any future patents will be sufficiently broad to protect the NEC Group’s technology. Effective protection of the Intellectual Property Rights including trade secrets may be unavailable or limited in some countries, and the NEC Group’s trade secrets may be vulnerable to disclosure or misappropriation by employees, contractors, and other persons. In addition, there may be cases of blatant disregard of the NEC Group’s Intellectual Property Rights, in which inferior, pirated products damage NEC’s brand image.

 

  e. Intellectual property licenses owned by third parties

Many of the NEC Group’s products are designed to include software or other intellectual property licenses from third parties. Competitors’ protected technology may be unavailable to the NEC Group, or be made available to the NEC Group only on unfavorable terms and conditions.


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  f. Legal proceedings

From time to time, due to the nature of their business, NEC Group companies are involved in various lawsuits and legal proceedings, including intellectual property infringement claims. Due to the existence of a large number of intellectual property rights in the fields of the NEC Group and the rapid rate of issuance of new intellectual property rights, it is difficult to determine in advance whether a product or any of its components may infringe upon the intellectual property rights of others. Whether or not intellectual property infringement claims against the NEC Group companies have merits, significant financial and management resources may be required to defend the NEC Group from such claims. If an intellectual property infringement claim by a third party is successful, and the license for the infringed technology or substitutable non-infringing technology cannot be obtained, the business of the NEC Group could be adversely affected.

The NEC Group may also from time to time become involved in various lawsuits and legal proceedings other than intellectual property infringement claims.

NEC Electronics America, Inc., a consolidated subsidiary of the Company, has been named as one of the defendants in a number of class action civil antitrust lawsuits filed by direct and indirect purchasers of dynamic random access memory (“DRAM”) and the Attorneys General of a number of the states in the U.S., seeking damages from alleged antitrust violations in the U.S. DRAM industry. The NEC Group has entered into settlement agreements with a number of the customers to which it sold DRAM in the past (including plaintiffs’ representatives in direct purchaser class actions), but settlement negotiations with some customers are still underway.

In addition, the NEC Group is fully cooperating with the European Commission in an investigation of potential violations of European competition laws in the DRAM industry. Although the final outcome has not been reached at this time in connection with the civil lawsuits or settlement negotiations in the U.S. or the investigations by the European Commission, the NEC Group has provided an accrual in a reasonably estimated amount in connection with the civil lawsuits and settlements with customers in the U.S.

In addition to the above, since October 2006, the NEC Group has been among the parties subject to investigations by the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) and the European Commission regarding potential violations of antimonopoly laws (antitrust and competition laws) in the static random access memory (“SRAM”) industry; investigations by the Korea Fair Trade Commission regarding potential violations of Korean competition laws in the semiconductor industry; and investigations by the Japan Fair Trade Commission (“JFTC”), the DOJ, the European Commission, the Korea Fair Trade Commission, and the Competition Bureau Canada regarding potential violations of antimonopoly laws (antitrust and competition laws) in the TFT liquid crystal display industry. Following the commencement of investigation by the DOJ regarding potential antitrust violations in the SRAM industry, NEC Electronics America, Inc. has been named as one of the defendants in a number of class action civil antitrust lawsuits seeking damages for alleged antitrust violations. Furthermore, following the commencement of investigation by the DOJ regarding potential antitrust violations in TFT liquid crystal display industry, the Company, NEC LCD Technologies, Ltd., NEC Electronics America, Inc., and NEC Display Solutions of America, Inc. have been named as defendants in a number of class action civil antitrust lawsuits seeking damages for alleged antitrust violations. At present, no conclusions have yet to be reached in these investigations by authorities and civil lawsuits.

In Japan, NEC received from the Tokyo High Court a judgment to annul a decision by the JFTC to issue a cease and desist order with respect to the Company’s bids for automatic letter processing systems ordered by the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications (currently, Japan Post). The JFTC filed an appeal with the Supreme Court of Japan with respect to such judgment, but on April 19, 2007, and as a result, the Supreme Court rendered a judgment on April 19, 2007 that the original judgment be reversed, and remanded to the Tokyo High Court. The Company has also attended hearings on the JFTC’s surcharge payment orders against the Company.

It is difficult to foresee the results of legal actions and proceedings currently involving the NEC Group or of those which may arise in the future, and an adverse result in these matters could have a significant negative effect on the NEC Group’s business, performance, or financial condition.


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In addition, any legal or administrative proceedings which the Company subject to could require the significant involvement of senior management of the NEC Group, and may divert management attention from the NEC Group’s business and operations.

 

  g. Risk related to natural disasters

If any of the NEC Group’s facilities and buildings were to suffer catastrophic damage from earthquakes or other natural disasters, it could disrupt the NEC Group’s operations and delay production and shipments, which would in turn bring about reduce revenue, and result in large losses and expenses to repair or replace the facilities. In addition, under the circumstances where network and information systems become more important to operating activities of the NEC Group, network and information system shutdowns caused by unforeseen events such as power outages, natural disasters, terrorist attack, hardware or software defects, computer viruses, and computer hacking pose increasing risks. Accordingly, in the event that the NEC Group’s network and information systems were to suffer a shutdown, such events could also disrupt its operations, productions, shipments and revenue, and result in large expenditures necessary to repair or replace such network and information systems.

 

  h. Risk related to material procurement

The NEC Group’s manufacturing operations depend on obtaining deliveries of raw materials, components, equipment, and other supplies in a timely manner. Because the products that the NEC Group purchases are often complex or specialized, it may be difficult for the NEC Group to substitute one supplier for another or one product for another as some products are only available from a limited number of suppliers or a single supplier. Delays on interruptions in the supply of products to the NEC Group or unexpected increase in industry demands could result in shortage of essential materials. The NEC Group’s results of operations would suffer if the NEC Group could not obtain adequate delivery of these supplies in a timely manner, or if the NEC Group had to pay significantly more for them. In addition, the possibility of defective raw materials, components, equipment, or other supplies could adversely affect the reliability and reputation of the NEC Group’s products.

 

  i. Alliance with strategic partners

The NEC Group has entered into long-term strategic alliances with leading industry participants, both to develop new technologies and products, and to manufacture existing and new products. If strategic partners of the NEC Group encounter financial or other business difficulties, or if their strategic objectives change, they may no longer be willing or able to participate in these strategic alliances. The NEC Group’s business and operating results could be diversely affected if the NEC Group was unable to continue one or more of its strategic alliances.

 

  j. Risk related to potential acquisitions and investments

From time to time, the NEC Group considers opportunities to expand its business through acquisitions and investments. Any acquisition that the NEC Group pursues exposes it to the risk that it might be unable to integrate new businesses with the NEC Group’s culture and strategies. The NEC Group also cannot be certain that it will be able to retain the customers of a business that it acquires or to retain its key employees. Further, the NEC Group may not be able to achieve the benefits that it expects from a particular acquisition. The NEC Group’s business, operating results, and financial condition may suffer if it fails to coordinate its resources effectively to manage both its existing businesses and any businesses the NEC Group may acquire.


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  k. Dependence on the NTT Group

The NEC Group derived approximately 11.1% of its sales in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007 from NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION, NTT DoCoMo, Inc., and their affiliates (the “NTT Group”). If the NTT Group were to reduce its level of capital expenditures or current procurement from the NEC Group, its business, operating results and financial condition may be adversely affected. In addition, the NEC Group’s business may be adversely affected if the NTT Group began to manufacture products that the NEC Group supplies or acquired one of a competitor of the NEC Group.

 

  l. Risk related to customers’ financial difficulties

The NEC Group sometimes provides vendor financing to its customers, or provide guarantees to banks or trading companies that have provided vendor financing. In addition, many of the NEC Group’s customers purchase products and services from the NEC Group on payment terms that provide for deferred payment. If the NEC Group’s customers, to whom the NEC Group has extended or guaranteed vendor financing, or from whom it has substantial accounts receivable, encounter financial difficulties, its business, operating results, and financial condition could be adversely affected.

 

  m. Shortage in reserve for pension and retirement benefits

The NEC Group has amortized unrecognized prior service costs and actuarial losses over the average remaining service period of employees expected to receive benefits under these plans. The amount of actuarial loss may change depending on future changes in the discount rate or other factors such as the return on plan assets.

 

  n. Risk related to deferred tax assets

The NEC Group currently has deferred tax assets resulting from net operating loss carry forwards and deductible temporary differences, both of which will reduce taxable income in the future.

In the event of a deterioration in market conditions or results of operations, in which the NEC Group determines that all or part of such deferred tax assets are unlikely to be realized, an adjustment to deferred tax assets may be made and the NEC Group’s income could be decreased for the period of adjustment.

 

  o. Risk related to information management

The NEC Group possesses a large amount of personal information and confidential information in connection with the operation of its business. There is a possibility that such information may be leaked or improperly accessed and subsequently misused, and if such an event occurs, it could negatively affect the NEC Group’s reputation, consume significant financial resources to resolve the situation, and lower the NEC Group’s brand value, thereby hurting the NEC Group’s operating results.

 

  p. Risk related to fraudulent acts and mistakes

It is essential for the NEC Group to maintain effective internal controls and corporate compliance functions, as well as accounting systems to enable the management of the NEC Group’s assets and operations. Furthermore, under the U.S. Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, which applies to the Company, the Company is required to establish internal control over the NEC Group’s financial reporting and management of the Company is required to assess the effectiveness of the NEC Group’s internal control over financial reporting and disclose whether such internal control is effective.


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The NEC Group’s auditors must conduct audits to evaluate management’s assessment of the effectiveness of the internal controls over financial reporting, and then must render an opinion on the NEC Group’s assessment and existence or nonexistence of the effectiveness of its internal controls over financial reporting.

Designing and implementing an effective system of internal controls capable of monitoring and managing the NEC Group’s business and operations represents a significant challenge for the NEC Group. The NEC Group is taking action to improve and strengthen its internal controls systems by expanding documentation of the financial reporting system, and by implementing stronger internal financial audit and internal operational audit functions. However, the NEC Group may discover possible fraudulent acts such as false financial reporting or embezzlement, or mistakes resulting, for example, from insufficient implementation of internal controls related to financial reporting. Such events would require adjustments to financial statements and could decrease the NEC Group’s income.

For example, in March 2006, the Company announced that it had discovered certain fictitious purchases and sales that were made by an employee of a subsidiary of the Company. In consideration of the impact of such fictitious transactions on the consolidated financial statements of the Company, as well as changes in accounting processes and the assumptions behind financial results, the Company has disclosed the preliminary adjustment amounts to its consolidated financial statements under U.S. GAAP for past fiscal years.

In addition, as disclosed in May 2007, during the process of the tax assessment by the Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau, fraudulent transactions were discovered in which certain employees of the Company instructed contractors to pad or create fictitious orders, which resulted in the fraudulent outflow of the Company’s money through these contractors. Such employees of the Company received kickbacks and used it for their own personal purposes such as on entertainment expenses.

The internal control framework to be implemented by the NEC Group will need to be able to identify and prevent similar occurrences on a group-wide basis. The design and implementation of internal controls may require significant management and human resources, and result in considerable costs.

 

  q. Risk related to restatement of past financial statements

Pursuant to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, the Company is required to file its annual reports with the SEC as a company with American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) listed on the NASDAQ. However, the Company failed to file its annual report with the SEC for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006 (the “2006 Annual Report”) by the deadline for filing, which was October 2, 2006. This is because the Company was not able to complete its analysis to support its revenue recognition, which was requested during the audit procedure of its consolidated financial statements. There is no guarantee that the Company may be able to file its annual report with the SEC, in which case NASDAQ may determine to delist Company’s ADRs.

Depending on the results of the analyses that are currently underway, the Company may be required to restate the financial statements included in its annual reports filed with the SEC for, or prior to, the fiscal year ended March 31, 2005 to reflect the results of the analyses. Such need for restatement would be in addition to the restatement already required (but not yet complete nor audited) to adjust for the false transactions at Company’s subsidiary, as described in “o. Risk related to fraudulent acts and mistakes” above as well as restatements for other necessary adjustments and for certain discontinued operations.

If a restatement is required as a result of the current analyses, a restatement of consolidated financial statements included in the Annual Securities Report (“Yukashoken Hokokusho”) filed under the Securities and Exchange Law of Japan for, or prior to, the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006 may also be required. Necessary corrections may also be required for other documents that include such consolidated financial results as are required be restated.

Furthermore, the Company is subject to an informal inquiry by the SEC, and the SEC may impose sanctions applicable under U.S. securities laws against the Company depending on the results of any such inquiry. In the event that the Company is not able to prepare the audited financial statements necessary to file the 2006 Annual Report with the SEC, it could face certain penalties and other consequences as a result of such failure.


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5. Material Contracts for Technology License

The material contracts for technology license as of March 31, 2007 are as follows:

 

Parties

       

Agreements

       

Period

The Company and International Business Machines Corporation (in the United States)

      Patent cross license agreement for information handling system       From September 9, 2002 until the last to expire of the licensed patents
      Patent cross license agreement for information handling system       From September 28, 2006 until the last to expire of the licensed patents

The Company and Intel Corporation
(in the United States)

      Patent cross license agreement for semiconductive apparatus       From July 29, 1992 until the last to expire of the licensed patents
      Patent cross license agreement for information handling system       From November 16, 2001 until the last to expire of the licensed patents
      Patent cross license agreement for semiconductive apparatus and information equipments       From February 5, 2005 until the last to expire of the licensed patents

 

The Company and Microsoft Corporation (in the United States)

           
      Patent cross license agreement for information handling system      

From January 1, 2006 until the last to expire of the licensed patents


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6. Research and Development

The Company has positioned its Central Research Laboratories as the NEC Group’s primary research and development center, and uses these laboratories to develop advanced technologies for Integrated IT/Networks area and system devices area as well as common platform technologies that support the NEC Group’s businesses. NEC Group’s research and development during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007 include the following:

IT/Network Solutions Business

Development of a next-generation grid-based storage architecture achieving high reliability and cost effectiveness

Recently companies handle a large amount of electronic data in their business, and data management becomes more important for them. Since the management of huge amount of electronic data requires expensive equipment and various complex operations, there have been growing needs for development of cost-effective and low-maintenance storage products.

The Company, by leveraging its grid-based storage technology, a storage technology using software to centrally operate multiple independent external storage devices, developed a grid-based storage architecture called “HYDRAstore”, which is featuring (i) high scalability which enables customers to enhance capacity and performance by adding and linking devices without adjustment, (ii) high performance in data resiliency against failures occurred at all levels in each hard disk drive itself, among multiple hard disk drives and among distributed servers, which is higher than RAID systems considered as a highly reliable storage system, and (iii) high cost-effectiveness as using tape media in spite of using hard disk drives.

Mobile/Personal Solutions Business

Development of an 11.4 mm thick mobile phone handset being the thinnest folding handset in the world (*1)

Realizing both of high functionality and carrying convenience is required in the mobile handset market.

The Company achieved a huge reduction of component mounting space by adopting small components such as high integration LSI developed by NEC Electronics Corporation, a subsidiary of the Company, and super-thin speaker developed by Central Research Laboratories, and using a super-thin mounting technology, a technology for reducing a dead space in mounting electronic components on boards, which is possessed by Central Research Laboratories. In addition, the required body strength of such a thin mobile handset is kept enough owing to a hybrid chassis made of stainless-steel and magnesium alloy which are strong resistance to twist and distortion.

As a result of those achievements, the Company released a mobile handset in February 2007 which was the thinnest folding handset in the world, at folded 11.4 mm thick. This mobile handset realized approximately 690 hours of continuous standby time (*2) while thinness as easily in a pocket and 90 gram lightness, and featured brand-new high functionalities such as 1.3 million megapixel digital camera and music players.

*1: Researched by the Company in 3G W-CDMA based mobile handsets as of June 1, 2007.

*2: Times will vary based on user settings, feature use and network configuration.

Electron Devices Business

Development of embedded DRAM technology for combining 55 nanomater system LSI with large-scale DRAM

DRAM embedded system LSIs are expected to raise the performance of end products due to their features such as power saving, high processing speed and small implementation space, comparing with the case that DRAM and system LSI are implemented on separate chips, and to contribute to the development of high-performance equipment in areas such as digital consumer and communications.


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NEC Group has successfully developed embedded DRAM technology compatible with core CMOS technology, and is mass producing leading-edge 90 nanometer (*3) LSIs.

In the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007, NEC Group developed embedded DRAM technology for combining 55 nanometer system LSI with large-scale DRAM for the first time in the industry. LSIs using the new technology will undergo mass production in the second half of the fiscal year ending March 2008.

*3: Nanometer is unit of length equal to one billionth of a meter.

Others

Development of fundamental Si nano-photonics technology for optical wiring in LSI chips

The Company developed a fundamental technology of silicon (Si) nano-photonics to be used for optical data transmission in LSI chips. The size of opto-electronic signal conversion function was reduced, and this function enabled to be implemented on an LSI chip.

This development increased the feasibility of optical wiring in LSI chips and optical clock distribution, a clock distribution by optical signal to each circuit in LSI chips, which was very difficult to realize to date.

The research and development expenses of NEC Group for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007, was 334.6 billion yen and set forth by segment as follows:

     (In billions of yen)

IT/Network Solutions business

   110.4

Mobile/Personal Solutions business

   55.7

Electron Devices business

   138.0

Others

   30.5


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7. Analysis of Financial Condition and Business Results

This section contains forward-looking statements pertaining to the financial condition and business results of the NEC Group, which reflect the Company’s analysis and expectations. Any forward-looking statements speak only as of the date on which they are made. The preparation of financial statements requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimated.

(1) Business Overview and Key Business Drivers

The NEC Group is a leading provider of solutions leveraging its world-class technological competence mainly in the three business domains of IT/Network Solutions, Mobile/Personal Solutions and Electron Devices. The NEC Group is focused mainly on providing a diverse array of reliable solutions to meet complex customer requirements.

In order to enable individuals to spend safe, happy and rich lives, and enterprises to enhance their competitiveness and management efficiency by utilizing IT and networks, the NEC Group, under the corporate slogan “Empowered by Innovation”, intends to contribute to realizing the new potential of people and society through continuing innovation for “improved customer satisfaction”.

The NEC Group generates revenue from three principal segments, which are called the IT/Network Solutions business, Mobile/Personal Solutions business and Electron Devices business. For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007, 59% of sales of the NEC Group came from IT/Network Solutions business, 21% from Mobile/ Personal Solutions business and 19% from Electron Devices business. (Each ratio above is that of sales in each business segment including inter-segment transactions, to sales of the NEC Group.)

The brief overview of products and services of each segment is as follows:

Sales of IT/Network Solutions business are derived mainly from the sale of computer systems and communication/broadcasting systems and the provision of SI, maintenance and support services and outsourcing and support services to national and local governments, telecommunication carriers and other business enterprises. The business results of IT/Network Solutions business are affected by trends in economic conditions and IT and network investments.

Sales of Mobile/ Personal Solutions business are derived mainly from the sale of mobile handsets to telecommunication carriers, the sale of PCs to corporate and individual customers in Japan, and the provision of the “BIGLOBE” Internet service. Sales of mobile handsets are affected by business strategies of telecommunication carriers. Sales of PCs and Internet services are affected by demand of corporate and individual customers mainly in Japan.

Sales of Electron Devices business are derived from the sale of semiconductors such as system LSIs, electronics components and others. Sales of semiconductors are affected by demand of end products, such as digital consumer electronics products.

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(2) Significant Accounting Policies and Assumptions

Management believes that the estimates and assumptions applied in the following significant accounting policies have material effect on the consolidated financial statements.

 

  a. Preparation methods of the consolidated financial statements

The Company’s consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with the Securities and Exchange Law of Japan and generally accepted accounting principles in Japan.

 

  b. Revenue recognition

In principle, revenue is recognized upon customer acceptance. Revenue related to custom-made software is also recognized upon customer acceptance as delivery of an element of the software is done when the customer confirms that the element has certain functionality according to the contract, provided that the transaction exists.

For software contracts in which acceptance is divided into multiple units, revenue of each contractual unit will be recognized even if other units remain undelivered, on condition that each contractual unit requires delivery of an element with certain functionality and conditions such as the date of delivery and terms of payment are determined with the customer in advance and delivery of the element is confirmed by the customer and consideration is realized as a consequence. When several transactions are arranged in a single contract, such as multiple element arrangements including software and related service or combined sales of hardware and software, and the functionality of each element is not necessarily dependent on the other, the contract amount is appropriately divided according to the proper classification of control, and revenue of each goods, such as hardware or software, is recognized when each element is delivered and revenue of service is recognized over the contract term in accordance as the contract is performed, provided that the contents and amounts of each element are obviously determined with the customer. When a transaction is incidental to another principal transaction, both will be accounted for as a unit and revenue of the incidental transaction will be recognized when revenue of the principal transaction is recognized. Revenue from sales of software transited among multiple entities is recorded net of costs when the Company acts like an agent whose purpose is to receive commission in a consignment sale and does not bear risks of product defect, inventory, or credit, which it would bear in the ordinary course of business.

We assess the potential revenue recoverable on projects for which estimated costs have exceeded estimated revenue, and recognize as losses the amounts assessed as non-recoverable. The Company has adopted “Practical Solution on Revenue Recognition of Software” (PITF Report No.17, March 30, 2006) effective from the current fiscal year and accrued estimated amounts of warranty expenses for customized products based on the historical warranty cost ratio against sales or other. If the estimated costs relating to such contracts increase further in the future, additional losses may be recognized. (See “j. Product warranty liabilities” below.)


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  c. Allowance for doubtful accounts

Allowance for doubtful accounts is provided for expected uncollectible amounts. Expected uncollectible amounts for normal receivables are measured based on historical bad debt ratio and those for receivable that are expected to be uncollectible due to bad financial condition or insolvency are individually measured. Although the amount provided is deemed sufficient to cover expected future bad debt expense, additional amounts may be provided if the financial position of the customer deteriorates.

 

  d. Inventories

Inventories are stated at the lower of cost or market. As for costs of finished products, those of custom-made products are mainly determined by the specific identification method while those of mass produced standard finished products are mainly determined by the first-in, first-out method. As for costs of work in process, those of custom-made products are mainly determined by the specific identification method while those of mass produced standard finished products are mainly determined by the average cost method. Components and raw materials are mainly determined by the first-in, first-out method. Although stagnated or obsolete inventories are written-down to their estimated market price based on future demands and market trends, additional write-downs may be provided if the market price falls significantly.

 

  e. Property, plant and equipment

Property, plant and equipment is mainly depreciated by the declining-balance method. Finance leases as lessee are capitalized and depreciated by the declining-balance method over the respective lease periods. Although the useful lives are estimated according to the general classification, type of construction and function of each asset, some assets may become obsolete due to technical innovation or other factors, and others may become unnecessary as a result of withdrawal from certain businesses, and losses may occur if the estimated useful life becomes shorter. Furthermore, impairment losses may be recognized if the estimated future cash flows decline due to deterioration of the related business in which the asset was grouped.

 

  f. Software

Software for sale to the market is amortized based on projected sales volumes over the estimated valid period (mainly 3 years or less). Although projected sales volumes are estimated based on feasible sales plans, a temporary loss may occur if the expected sales volume falls short of the original sales plan due to changes in market conditions. Software for internal use is amortized on the straight-line basis over the estimated useful lives (5 years at maximum). Impairment losses may be recognized in the future if the estimated useful life falls short of the original estimate.

 

  g. Consolidated adjustment accounts

Consolidated adjustment accounts are amortized on a straight-line basis over the effective period within 20 years. Impairment losses may be recognized if the profitability of the acquired business decreases or the acquired business is withdrawn during the originally estimated effective period.


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  h. Investment securities

Investment securities with market values are valued at the quoted market prices or other similar amounts prevailing at fiscal year-end. Both unrealized holding gains and losses, net of the applicable income taxes, are directly included in shareholders’ equity, and cost of securities sold is determined based on the moving-average cost method. Investment securities without market values are valued at cost based on the moving-average cost method. Impairment losses are recognized when a significant decline in market value or net worth occurs, unless the decline is proved to be recoverable. Additional impairment losses may be recognized in the future if a significant decline in market value or net worth occurs, and the decline cannot be proved to be recoverable.

 

  i. Deferred tax assets

The NEC Group currently has deferred tax assets resulting from net operating loss carry forwards and deductible temporary differences, both of which will reduce taxable income in the future.

In the event of a deterioration in market conditions or results of operations, in which the NEC Group determines that all or part of such deferred tax assets are unlikely to be realized, an adjustment to deferred tax assets may be made and the NEC Group’s income could be decreased for the period of adjustment.

 

  j. Product warranty liabilities

Some of NEC Group’s products are covered by contracts with articles of free repair or exchange for a certain period after the product is sold or custom-made program product is delivered, and the estimated expense based on historical cost ratio to sales or individually reviewed probable additional cost is recognized as product warranty liabilities. Although NEC Group is making every effort to strengthen quality management and improve product quality, additional expenses may be incurred if defects or other faults in NEC Group’s products occur more than estimated.

 

  k. Liabilities for retirement benefits

Unrecognized prior service costs and actuarial gains and losses are amortized on a straight-line basis over certain years within the average remaining service periods of employees who are expected to receive payments according to pension and severance plans.

 

  l. Provision for loss on repurchase of computers

Provision for losses arising from repurchase of computers is provided for estimated amounts based on historical loss incurred. Additional expenses may be incurred if future usage trends of customers change.

 

  m. Provision for recycling expenses of personal computers

In accordance with the personal computer recycling system, domestic consolidated subsidiaries provide provisions for recycling expenses of personal computers for estimated recycling costs to be incurred upon collections of household personal computers that were sold, based on volume of shipments and collection ratio. Additional expenses may be recognized as the various rates used in the calculation of the provision based on reports issued by JEITA (Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association) and the actual collection and recycling records of consolidated subsidiaries are annually reviewed.


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(3) Analysis of business results for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007

The Company recorded consolidated sales of 4,652.6 billion yen for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007, a decrease of 277.3 billion yen (5.6%) from the previous fiscal year. Despite an increase in sales, mainly of semiconductors in the Electron Devices business, the decrease in sales was mainly due to sales being in line with those of the previous fiscal year in the IT/Network Solutions business, other than the decrease relating to the sale of the PC business in Europe, and the streamlining of overseas business and a decrease in the number of units shipped in Japan in the area of Mobile Terminals in the Mobile/Personal Solutions business.

Regarding profitability, operating income decreased by 2.6 billion yen (3.5%) from the previous fiscal year to 70.0 billion yen. Although there was an improvement in profit in the Mobile/Personal Solutions business as a result of streamlining of overseas business in the area of Mobile Terminals and in the Electron Devices business due to an increase in sales, the fall in operating income is mainly due to the accrual of estimated warranty costs for products already sold in the IT/Network business.

Ordinary income increased by 1.4 billion yen (9.3%) from the previous fiscal year to 16.3 billion yen. The Company recorded income before income taxes of 96.3 billion yen, an increase of 44.6 billion yen (86.1%) from the previous fiscal year. This was due to an increase in ordinary income, in addition to the recording of an increase in special gains and losses of 43.2 billion yen accompanying cancellation of the marketable securities of a part of the Company’s pension trust. In addition, consolidated net income improved by 19.2 billion yen from the previous year to 9.1 billion yen.

Sales and operating income in each segment (including inter-segment transactions) were as follows (figures in brackets denote increases or decreases as compared with the previous fiscal year):

 

  a. IT/Network Solutions business

 

Sales:

   2,758.8 billion yen    (-0.1%)

Ordinary income:

       154.1billion yen    (-26.8 billion yen)

Sales of the IT/Network Solutions business were 2,758.8 billion yen, an amount almost equivalent to that of the previous fiscal year. With regards to sales by products and services, in the area of IT Services/System Integration, sales were almost equivalent to that of the previous fiscal year, and in the area of Network Systems, as a result of steady sales to telecommunications carriers, sales increased from the previous fiscal year. On the other hand, in the area of IT Platforms, sales decreased from the previous fiscal year, mainly owing to a decrease in sales of optical disk drives. In April, 2006, the Company transferred its operation of optical disk drives to the joint venture company between the Company and Sony Corporation. In the area of Social Infrastructure, sales decreased from the previous fiscal year, owing to a decrease in investment in digital terrestrial broadcasting systems in the Japanese market.

Operating income was 154.1 billion yen, a decrease of 26.8 billion yen (14.8%) from the previous fiscal year. This was mainly due to the accrual of estimated warranty costs for products already sold and a fall in sales in the area of IT Platforms.


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Recently, a concern for information security increased. The Company developed a new system that is designed to prevent information leakage associated with loss or theft of computer by configuring Thin Client that has no storage unit such as hard disk drives. In addition, the Company upgraded the security software products “InfoCage” to realize the coordinated security function featuring the unified management of terminal, data, server, and network for purpose of preventing information leakage through, among other things, security breach by insiders, file-sharing software, and computer viruses. Further, the Company achieved during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007 delivery of over 500 thousand units on an accumulated basis of the simplified wireless communications system “Pasolink” that enjoyed an expanding demand mainly as telecommunications system covering base stations for mobile communications systems. The Company has delivered Pasolink to customers in 123 countries, and has the second largest market share in the global market.

 

  b. Mobile/Personal Solutions business

 

Sales:

   965.0 billion yen    (- 22.8%)

Operating loss:

     33.5 billion yen    (Improvement of 21.8 billion yen)

Sales of the Mobile/Personal Solutions business were 965.0 billion yen, a decrease of 285.3 billion yen (22.8%) from the previous fiscal year. This was mainly due to, in the area of Mobile Terminals, streamlining of overseas business and a decrease of shipments in Japan, and, in the area of Personal Solutions, the sale of its PC business in Europe and stagnant growth in the Japanese PC market.

Despite an improvement in profit of 21.8 billion yen (39.5%) from the previous fiscal year mainly due to reduced loss as a result of streamlining of overseas business in the area of Mobile Terminals, the Mobile/Personal Solutions business recorded an operating loss of 33.5 billion yen.

The Company developed, by using advanced technology of the Company and NEC Electronics Corporation, a subsidiary of the Company, the mobile phone handset “N703iµ” and supplied them to NTT DoCoMo, Inc. The handset that realized 11.4 mm in depth was the thinnest W-CDMA based folding phone in the world (as of June 1, 2007). This “N703iµ” has excellent battery life with approximately 690 hours of continuous standby time and features a variety of functions such as 1.3 million megapixel camera and music players. It gains a high reputation for its thinness and high functionality.

 

  c. Electron Devices business

 

Sales:

   861.0 billion yen    (+5.5%)

Operating loss:

     23.0 billion yen    (Improvement of 7.8 billion yen)

Sales of the Electron Devices business were 861.0 billion yen, an increase of 45.1 billion yen (5.5%) from the previous fiscal year. This was mainly due to an increase in sales of semiconductors. With regards to sales by products and services, in the area of Semiconductors, sales increased from the previous fiscal year mainly due to an increase in sales of semiconductors for games consoles and general purpose microcontrollers. In the area of Electronic Components and Others, although there was steady overall demand in the market for electronic components, sales decreased from the previous fiscal year, owing to a decrease in sales of small-sized LCDs, for which there were large-scale orders in the previous fiscal year.

Although profit improved from the previous fiscal year by 7.8 billion yen (25.2 %), an operating loss was 23.0 billion yen in the Electron Devices business. This was mainly due to the effect of product price decline, an increase in research and development costs, investment to enhance manufacturing capabilities, and the recording of expenses to improve profitability in the area of Semiconductors.

The Company and NEC Electronics Corporation, a subsidiary of the Company, developed, in cooperation with TOYOTA Motor Corporation and DENSO Corporation, “IMAPCAR”, the image-recognition LSI for the use in automobiles. IMAPCAR can recognize preceding vehicles and pedestrians in real time. This new technology will allow automobile manufacturers to develop collision-avoidance and other vehicle-safety systems. TOYOTA Motor Corporation has adopted this image-recognition LSI in part for its LEXUS-brand automobiles.


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  d. Others

Sales of the Others segment, which consists of the manufacture and sale of monitors and LCD projectors, were 548.7 billion yen, a decrease of 50.2 billion yen (8.4%) from the previous fiscal year. This was mainly because the Company sold the shares of NEC Machinery Corporation and Anelva Corporation, which were formerly consolidated subsidiaries of the Company, to Canon Inc.

Operating income amounted to 17.7 billion yen, an amount almost equivalent to that of the previous fiscal year.


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(4) Liquidity and capital resources

 

  a. Basic Liquidity Management Policy

Basic liquidity management policy of the NEC Group is to maintain the sum of cash and cash equivalents and committed credit facilities with financial institutions at a level equivalent to approximately two months of sales. Committed credit facilities are agreements under which financial institutions commit to extending loans upon request up to an agreed limit under certain terms and conditions.

Cash and cash equivalents, together with committed credit facilities established with financial institutions, were 783.3 billion yen at the end of the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007. This included cash and cash equivalents of 423.4 billion yen and the unused portion of 359.9 billion yen of total long-term and short-term committed credit facilities of 417.0 billion yen. This is equivalent to roughly 2 times average monthly sales in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007.

Cash and cash equivalents are mainly denominated in yen as well as other denominations that include U.S. dollars and euros.

 

  b. Capital resources

The NEC Group maintains credit facilities that it believes are sufficient to meet its short-term and long-term funding needs.

With regard to short-term financing, the NEC Group relies primarily on commercial paper (“CP”) in Japan to provide short-term financing for operating purposes. It has a 515.0 billion yen CP program. To prepare for unexpected short-term funding needs or instability in fund procurement through the issue of CP, it maintains committed short-term credit facilities of 307.0 billion yen to ensure that funds may be borrowed from financial institutions at all times. Of this amount, 80.0 billion yen represents a committed credit facility with a contract period effective from March 2007 through March 2010 that enables it to obtain short-term loans.

With regard to long-term financing, the NEC Group has a 300.0 billion yen straight bond issuance program in Japan.

In the fiscal year ended March 31, 2005, the Company established a committed credit facility of 100.0 billion yen to ensure that the NEC Group can meet long-term funding requirements. During the period from January 2005 to January 2008, this credit facility gives us a framework for flexibly taking out long-term loans with terms up to January 31, 2013. This long-term committed credit facility contains a clause that will revoke the facility in the event that the Company’s rating (given by Rating and Investment Information, Inc.) is downgraded by five notches, from A at present to BB+ or lower.

In the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007, a consolidated subsidiary, NEC TOKIN Corporation, also established a credit facility of 10.0 billion yen to ensure that the NEC Group can meet long-term funding requirements. During the period from March 2007 to March 2008, this credit facility gives the NEC Group a framework for flexibly taking out long-term loans with terms up to March 30, 2011. This long-term credit facility contains a clause that will revoke the facility in the event that NEC TOKIN’s rating (given by at least either Rating and Investment Information, Inc. or Japan Credit Rating Agency, Ltd.) is downgraded to BB or lower (including the case where both ratings are dropped).


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In the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007, the Company did not procure funds through the issuance of new shares or bonds.

Our basic policy regarding the structure of liabilities on balance sheets of the NEC Group is to maintain a balanced mix of fund procurement from debt and capital market instruments, while securing adequate long-term funds, from the standpoint of satisfying funding requirements in a stable manner.

The condition of it is as follows:

 

As of March 31

   2006     2007  

Long-term fund procurement*1

   66.0 %   58.9 %

Use of capital market instruments*2

   73.2 %   72.5 %

 

  *1. Long-term fund procurement is calculated by dividing the sum of bonds and long-term borrowings and others (lease obligations) by interest-bearing debt.
  *2. Use of capital market instruments is calculated by dividing bonds (including current position of bonds) and CPs by interest-bearing debt.

Short-term borrowings include loans from banks and insurance companies, and the average interest rate for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007 was 1.81%.

(5) Management strategy and policy

The management strategy and policy were discussed under “3. Challenges to be Addressed by the NEC Group”.


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Item 3. Facilities

1. Overview of Capital Expenditures

The capital expenditures by each segment (excluding consumption taxes) of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007 are as follows:

 

    

Fiscal year ended

March 31, 2007

(in millions of yen)

   Ratio of which compared with
fiscal year ended March 31, 2006
(%)
 

IT/Network Solutions business

   24,056    36.9  

Mobile/Personal Solutions business

   10,527    (29.2 )

Electron Devices business

   120,832    8.6  

Others

   22,065    27.8  
           

Total

   177,480    10.3  

The NEC Group invested in research and development facilities and production facilities for the third generation (3G) mobile communications systems, optical network systems, servers and storage products, and others in IT/Network Solutions business; BIGLOBE related equipment, research and development facilities and production facilities for mobile handsets in Mobile/Personal Solutions business; and research and development facilities and production facilities for advanced LSIs and others in Electron Devices business.

The NEC Group used its own funds and borrowings for these investments.


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2. Major Facilities

Major facilities of the NEC Group are as follows:

(1) The Company

 

Name of Plant

(Place)

   Segment(s)    Facilities   

Classification

   Land     Building    Machinery
and
equipment
   Others    Total capital
expenditures
   Employees

Tamagawa Plant

 

(Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa)

   IT/
Network
Solutions
business,
   Facilities for
production of
communication
equipment and
research and
development
  

Book value

(in millions of yen)

   36     9,884    4,770    6,505    21,195    3,655
                                       
   Mobile/
Personal
Solutions
business
and
Others
     

Area

(square meters)

   141,200
(30,210
 
)
             
                         
                         
                                                

Fuchu Plant

 

(Fuchu-shi, Tokyo)

   IT/
Network
Solutions
business
   Production
facilities for
computers and
communication
equipment
   Book value (in millions of yen)    608     10,228    5,945    11,575    28,356   
                                       
        

Area

(square meters)

   219,729
(—
 
)
              3,294
                                                

Sagamihara Plant

 

(Sagamihara-shi, Kanagawa)

   Others    Research and
development
facilities
   Book value (in millions of yen)    2,840     11,867    3,764    1,260    19,731   
                                       
         Area
(square meters)
   195,291
(1,917
 
)
              277
                                                

Abiko Plant

 

(Abiko-shi, Chiba)

   IT/
Network
Solutions
business
   Production
facilities for
communication
equipment
   Book value (in millions of yen)    7,495     7,128    4,684    4,266    23,573   
                                       
        

Area

(square meters)

   309,323
(5,213
 
)
              890
                                                

Head Office, Branch Division, Branch Office, Sales Division

 

(Minato-ku, Tokyo, and others)

Mobile/Personal Solutions business

   IT/
Network
Solutions
business,
   Other facilities    Book value (in millions of yen)    38,359     37,890    1,468    15,905    93,622   
                                       
   Mobile/
Personal
Solutions
business
and
Others
     

Area

(square meters)

   907,330
(26,435
 
)
              14,486
                         
                         
                                             

Notes:   1.   The number in the bracket in “Land” shows area of leased land and is not included in non-bracketed number.
  2.   Building, cars and other land delivery equipment, tools, furniture and fixture are included in “Others”.
  3.   The table above includes land for rent (74,802 square meters) and building for rent (465,944 square meters), which are mainly leased to subsidiaries of NEC Electronics Corporation.


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(2) Japanese Subsidiaries

 

Name

 

Place

 

Related Segment(s)

 

Facilities

  Book value (in millions of yen)   Employees   Note
        Buildings
and
structures
 

Machinery
and equipments,
and tools,
furniture

and fixture

  Land
(square
meters)
    Others   Total    
NEC Computertechno, Ltd.   Koufu-shi,
Yamanashi
  IT/Network Solutions business   Production facilities for computers and others   7,211   1,271   3,598
(229,263
 
)
  121   12,201   751  
NEC Yamanashi Ltd.  

Otsuki-shi,

Tokyo

  IT/Network Solutions business   Production facilities for communication equipment and components   4,531   1,679   1,498
(47,866
 
)
  100   7,808   210  
NEC Wireless Networks Ltd.  

Fukushima-shi,

Fukushima

  IT/Network Solutions business   Production facilities for communication equipment and components   2,884   1,139   1,148
(92,206
 
)
  48   5,219   516  
NEC BIGLOBE, Ltd.  

Shinagawa-ku,

Tokyo

  Mobile/Personal Solutions business   Facilities for provision of Internet services   1,633   4,524   0
(0
 
)
  984   7,141   485  
NEC Personal Products, Ltd.  

Yonezawa-shi,

Yamagata, and
others

  Mobile/Personal Solutions business   Production facilities for PCs, etc.   4,120   3,094   2,648
(147,732
 
)
  240   10,102   2,465  
NEC AccessTechnica, Ltd.  

Kakegawa-shi,

Shizuoka

  Mobile/Personal Solutions business   Production facilities for communication equipment   2,099   1,129   219
(52,043
 
)
  210   3,657   1,446  
NEC Saitama, Ltd.  

Kodama-gun
Kamikawa-machi,

Saitama

  Mobile/Personal Solutions business   Production facilities for communication equipment and components   2,324   3,412   1,562
(59,908
 
)
  59   7,357   856  
NEC Electronics Corporation  

Kawasaki-shi,

Kanagawa,
and others

  Electron Devices business   Development and preproduction facilities for integrated circuits (“ICs”) and discrete semiconductors   6,628   25,288   —  
(—
 
)
  754   32,670   5,989   *1
NEC Yamagata Ltd.  

Tsuruoka-shi,

Yamagata,
and others

  Electron Devices business   Production facilities for ICs and discrete semiconductors   18,875   28,417   1,601
(126,423
 
)
  1,179   50,072   1,499   *1
NEC Kyusyu Ltd.  

Kumamoto-shi,

Kumamoto

  Electron Devices business   Production facilities for ICs   20,980   24,315   3,583
(160,390
 
)
  144   49,022   2,291   *1
NEC Kansai Ltd.   Otsu-shi,
Shiga, and
others
  Electron Devices business   Production facilities for ICs and discrete semiconductors   13,040   15,567   4,847
(222,177
 
)
  456   33,910   2,301   *1
Nippon Avionics Co., Ltd.  

Yokohama-shi,

Kanagawa,
and others

  Others   Office, Land, Building, Production facilities   743   1,191   3,342
(27,452
 
)
  34   5,310   804  

Note:   *1.   In addition to the above, the subsidiaries leased semiconductor production facilities from NEC Leasing, Ltd. and others.


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(3) Overseas Subsidiaries

 

Name

   Place    Related
Segment(s)
  

Facilities

  Book value (in millions of yen)   Employees   Note
           Buildings
and
structures
 

Machinery
and equipments,
and tools,
furniture

and fixture

  Land
(square
meters)
    Others   Total    
NEC Corporation of America (including its consolidated 13 subsidiaries)    Irving,
Texas,
U.S.A.
   IT/Network
Solutions
business
   Sales and marketing facilities for fingerprint identification system and communication equipment   2,040   2,570   721
(87,674
 
)
  270   5,601   2,447  
NEC Europe Ltd. (including its consolidated 8 subsidiaries)    London,
United
Kingdom
   IT/Network
Solutions
business
   Sales and marketing facilities for communication equipment   0   2,194   —  
(—
 
)
  0   2,194   890  
NEC Electronics America, Inc.    Roseville,
California,
U.S.A.
   Electron
Devices
business
   Production facilities for ICs   218   2,190   968
(622,852
 
)
  9,653   13,029   1,166  
NEC Semiconductors (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd.    Kuala
Langat,
Malaysia
   Electron
Devices
business
   Production facilities for ICs and discrete semiconductors   1,741   6,680   —  
(—
 
)
  —     8,421   1,994  


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3. Plans for Addition or Disposal of Facilities

The total amount of the planned capital expenditures for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2008 is 150,000 million yen. The breakdown by the business segments is as follows:

 

Segment

  

Planned amount
as of March 31,
2007

(in millions of
yen)

  

Major facilities and purpose

  

Method of financing

IT/Network Solutions business

   25,000    Expansion of research and development facilities and production facilities    Own funds and borrowings

Mobile/Personal Solutions business

   14,000    Expansion of research and development facilities and production facilities    Own funds and borrowings

Electron Devices business

   83,000    Expansion of research and development facilities and production facilities for semiconductors    Own funds and borrowings

Others

   28,000    Expansion of research facilities    Own funds and borrowings

Total

   150,000    —      —  

 
Notes:   1.   The amounts above does not include consumption tax.
  2.   There is no material plan for disposals or sales of facilities, except for renewals in ordinary course of business.
  3.   The detail of the plans in each segment is as follows:
    (1)   IT/Network Solutions business: Expansion of research and development facilities and production facilities for the third generation mobile communications systems and computers
    (2)   Mobile/Personal Solutions business: Expansion of research and development facilities and production facilities for mobile handsets, and BIGLOBE related facilities.
    (3)   Electron Devices business: Expansion of research and development facilities and production facilities for advanced system LSIs.


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Item 4. Company Information

1. Information on the Company’s Shares

(1) Total number of shares

a. Total number of shares

 

Class

   Total number of authorized shares

Common stock

   7,500,000,000

Total

   7,500,000,000

b. Issued shares

 

Class

  

Number of shares
issued as of

March 31, 2007

  

Number of shares
issued as of

June 21, 2007

  

Names of listing stock exchange or

registered securities dealers association

   Contents

Common Stock

   2,029,555,412    2,029,555,412   

- Tokyo Stock Exchange

- Osaka Securities Exchange

- Nagoya Stock Exchange

- Fukuoka Stock Exchange

- Sapporo Securities Exchange

- NASDAQ Stock Market (in the U.S.)

   —  

Total

   2,029,555,412    2,029,555,412    —      —  

Note: The number of shares which was converted from convertible bonds from June 1, 2007 to June 21, 2007, is not included in “Number of shares issued as of June 21, 2007” above.

(2) Stock subscription rights

 

  a. The Company issued stock subscription rights pursuant to Articles 280-20 and 280-21 of the Commercial Code of Japan (revised in 2001).

 

  (i) Resolution of Shareholder’s Meeting held on June 20, 2002

 

    

As of March 31, 2007

  

As of May 31, 2007

Number of stock subscription rights    163    156
Number of stock subscription rights acquirable by the Company    —      Same as on the left
Class of stock subscription rights to be issued or acquired upon exercise    Common stock    Same as on the left
Number of the Company’s shares to be issued or acquired upon exercise of the stock subscription rights    163,000 (Note 1)    156,000 (Note 1)
Amount to be paid upon exercise of the stock subscription rights (yen)    888 (Note 2)    Same as on the left
Exercise Period    From July 1, 2004 to June 30, 2008    Same as on the left
Issue price and amount to be increased in common stock on which the Company’s shares are issued for exercise of the stock subscription rights (yen)   

Issue price

Amount to be increased in common stock

   888
444
   Same as on the left
Conditions for exercising the stock subscription rights   

Any person to whom the stock subscription rights were allotted (“Holder”) may exercise the stock subscription rights so long as the Holder is a director, corporate officer or employee of the Company or its subsidiaries (excluding companies whose stocks are listed).

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Holder ceases to hold such position during the exercise period of the stock subscription rights, such Holder may exercise its stock subscription rights for a period of one year after leaving such position, but not later than the end of the exercise period. Furthermore, if a Holder loses such position on or before June 30, 2004, such Holder may exercise its stock subscription rights for a period of one year from July 1, 2004.

 

Successors or heirs of a Holder shall not be permitted to exercise the stock subscription rights.

 

Partial exercise of the stock subscription rights shall not be permitted.

 

 

 

   Same as on the left
Matters relating to transfer of stock subscription rights    Any transfer of the stock subscription rights shall be approved at the meeting of Board of Directors of the Company.    Same as on the left
Matters relating to payment by property other than money    —      Same as on the left
Matters relating to delivery of stock subscription rights in case of corporate restructuring    —      Same as on the left


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Notes:

 

1. In the event that the Company’s splits or consolidates its shares of common stock (“stock split or consolidation”), the number of shares to be issued or transferred upon exercise of the stock subscription rights, which have not been exercised at the time of such stock split or consolidation, shall be adjusted according to the following formula, with fractions less than one share resulting from the adjustment to be discarded.

 

Number of shares after adjustment =

 

        Number of shares before adjustment x Ratio of stock split or consolidation

 

2. In the event that the Company issues new shares or transfers treasury shares at less than the market price (excluding issue or transfer upon conversion of convertible bonds pursuant to Article 341-2 of the Commercial Code of Japan before its amendment effective from April 1, 2002, exercise of rights pursuant to Item 3 of Paragraph 2, Article 210-2 of the Commercial Code of Japan before its amendment effective from October 1, 2001 and exercise of stock subscription rights), the exercise price shall be adjusted in accordance with the following formula, with fractional amounts of less than one yen resulting from the adjustment to be rounded up to one yen.

 

Exercise price after adjustment =

 

    Exercise price before adjustment x

 

{Number of shares outstanding + (Number of new shares to be issued x Amount to be paid per share)/ Market price per share before issue of new shares} / (Number of shares outstanding + Number of new shares to be issued)

 

In the event of stock split or consolidation after the issuances of the stock subscription rights, the exercise price shall be adjusted in accordance with the following formula, with fractional amounts of less than one yen resulting from adjustment to be rounded up to one yen.

 

Exercise price after adjustment =

 

    Exercise price before adjustment x (1/Ratio of stock split or consolidation)


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  (ii) Resolution of Shareholder’s Meeting held on June 19, 2003

 

    

As of March 31, 2007

  

As of May 31, 2007

Number of stock subscription rights    187    175
Number of stock subscription rights acquirable by the Company    —      Same as on the left
Class of stock subscription rights to be issued or acquired upon exercise    Common Stock    Same as on the left
Number of the Company’s shares to be issued or acquired upon exercise of the stock subscription rights    187,000 (Note 1)    175,000 (Note 1)
Amount to be paid upon exercise of the stock subscription rights (yen)    769 (Note 2)    Same as on the left
Exercise Period    From July 1, 2005 to June 30, 2009    Same as on the left

Issue price and amount to be increased in common stock on which the Company’s shares are issued for exercise of the stock subscription rights

(yen)

  

Issue price

Amount to be increased in common stock

   769
385
   Same as on the left
Conditions for exercising the stock subscription rights   

Holder may exercise the stock subscription rights so long as the Holder is a director, corporate officer or employee of the Company or its subsidiaries (excluding companies whose stocks are listed and their subsidiaries).

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Holder ceases to hold such position during the exercise period of the stock subscription rights, such Holder may exercise its stock subscription rights for a period of one year after leaving such position, but not later than the end of the exercise period. Furthermore, if a Holder loses such position on or before June 30, 2005, such Holder may exercise its stock subscription rights for a period of one year from July 1, 2005.

 

Successors or heirs of a Holder shall not be permitted to exercise the stock subscription rights.

 

Partial exercise of the stock subscription rights shall not be permitted.

 

 

 

   Same as on the left
Matters relating to transfer of stock subscription rights    Any transfer of the stock subscription rights shall be approved at the meeting of Board of Directors of the Company.    Same as on the left
Matters relating to payment by property other than money    —      Same as on the left
Matters relating to delivery of stock subscription rights in case of corporate restructuring    —      Same as on the left


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Notes:

 

1. In the event that the Company’s splits or consolidates its shares of common stock (“stock split or consolidation”), the number of shares to be issued or transferred upon exercise of the stock subscription rights, which have not been exercised at the time of such stock split or consolidation, shall be adjusted according to the following formula, with fractions less than one share resulting from the adjustment to be discarded.

 

Number of shares after adjustment =

 

        Number of shares before adjustment x Ratio of stock split or consolidation

 

2. In the event that the Company issues new shares or transfers treasury shares at less than the market price (excluding issue or transfer upon conversion of convertible bonds pursuant to Article 341-2 of the Commercial Code of Japan before its amendment effective from April 1, 2002, exercise of rights pursuant to Item 3 of Paragraph 2, Article 210-2 of the Commercial Code of Japan before its amendment effective from October 1, 2001 and exercise of stock subscription rights), the exercise price shall be adjusted in accordance with the following formula, with fractional amounts of less than one yen resulting from the adjustment to be rounded up to one yen.

 

Exercise price after adjustment =

 

    Exercise price before adjustment x

 

{Number of shares outstanding + (Number of new shares to be issued x Amount to be paid per share)/ Market price per share before issue of new shares} / (Number of shares outstanding + Number of new shares to be issued)

 

In the event of stock split or consolidation after the issuances of the stock subscription rights, the exercise price shall be adjusted in accordance with the following formula, with fractional amounts of less than one yen resulting from adjustment to be rounded up to one yen.

 

Exercise price after adjustment =

 

    Exercise price before adjustment x (1/Ratio of stock split or consolidation)


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  (iii) Resolution of Shareholder’s Meeting held on June 22, 2004

 

    

As of March 31, 2007

  

As of May 31, 2007

Number of stock subscription rights    279    Same as on the left
Number of stock subscription rights acquirable by the Company    —      Same as on the left
Class of stock subscription rights to be issued or acquired upon exercise    Common stock    Same as on the left
Number of the Company’s shares to be issued or acquired upon exercise of the stock subscription rights    279,000 (Note 1)    Same as on the left
Amount to be paid upon exercise of the stock subscription rights (yen)    801 (Note 2)    Same as on the left
Exercise Period    From July 1, 2006 to June 30, 2010    Same as on the left

Issue price and amount to be increased in common stock on which the Company’s shares are issued for exercise of the stock subscription rights

(yen)

  

Issue price

Amount to be increased in common stock

   801
401
   Same as on the left
Conditions for exercising the stock subscription rights   

Holder may exercise the stock subscription rights so long as the Holder is a director, corporate officer or employee of the Company or its subsidiaries (excluding companies whose stocks are listed and their subsidiaries).

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Holder ceases to hold such position during the exercise period of the stock subscription rights, such Holder may exercise its stock subscription rights for a period of one year after leaving such position, but not later than the end of the exercise period. Furthermore, if a Holder loses such position on or before June 30, 2006, such Holder may exercise its stock subscription rights for a period of one year from July 1, 2006.

 

Successors or heirs of a Holder shall not be permitted to exercise the stock subscription rights.

 

Partial exercise of the stock subscription rights shall not be permitted.

 

 

 

   Same as on the left
Matters relating to transfer of stock subscription rights    Any transfer of the stock subscription rights shall be approved at the meeting of Board of Directors of the Company.    Same as on the left
Matters relating to payment by property other than money    —      Same as on the left
Matters relating to delivery of stock subscription rights in case of corporate restructuring    —      Same as on the left


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Notes:

 

1. In the event that the Company’s splits or consolidates its shares of common stock (“stock split or consolidation”), the number of shares to be issued or transferred upon exercise of the stock subscription rights, which have not been exercised at the time of such stock split or consolidation, shall be adjusted according to the following formula, with fractions less than one share resulting from the adjustment to be discarded.

 

Number of shares after adjustment =

          Number of shares before adjustment x Ratio of stock split or consolidation
 

2. In the event that the Company issues new shares or transfers treasury shares at less than the market price (excluding issue or transfer upon conversion of convertible bonds pursuant to Article 341-2 of the Commercial Code of Japan before its amendment effective from April 1, 2002, exercise of rights pursuant to Item 3 of Paragraph 2, Article 210-2 of the Commercial Code of Japan before its amendment effective from October 1, 2001 and exercise of stock subscription rights), the exercise price shall be adjusted in accordance with the following formula, with fractional amounts of less than one yen resulting from the adjustment to be rounded up to one yen.

 

Exercise price after adjustment =

 

    Exercise price before adjustment x

 

{Number of shares outstanding + (Number of new shares to be issued x Amount to be paid per share)/ Market price per share before issue of new shares} / (Number of shares outstanding + Number of new shares to be issued)

 

In the event of stock split or consolidation after the issuances of the stock subscription rights, the exercise price shall be adjusted in accordance with the following formula, with fractional amounts of less than one yen resulting from adjustment to be rounded up to one yen.

 

Exercise price after adjustment =

 

    Exercise price before adjustment x (1/Ratio of stock split or consolidation)


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(iv) Resolution of Shareholder’s Meeting held on June 22, 2005

 

    

As of March 31, 2007

       

As of May 31, 2007

Number of stock subscription rights    290       Same as on the left
Number of stock subscription rights acquirable by the Company    —         Same as on the left
Class of stock subscription rights to be issued or acquired upon exercise    Common stock       Same as on the left
Number of the Company’s shares to be issued or acquired upon exercise of the stock subscription rights    290,000 (Note 1)       Same as on the left
Amount to be paid upon exercise of the stock subscription rights (yen)    637 (Note 2)       Same as on the left
Exercise Period    From July 1, 2007 to June 30, 2011       Same as on the left

Issue price and amount to be increased in common stock on which the Company’s shares are issued for exercise of the stock subscription rights

(yen)

 

  

Issue price

Amount to be increased in common stock

   637
319
   Same as on the left
Conditions for exercising the stock subscription rights   

Holder may exercise the stock subscription rights so long as the Holder is a director, corporate officer or employee of the Company or its subsidiaries (excluding companies whose stocks are listed and their subsidiaries).

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Holder ceases to hold such position during the exercise period of the stock subscription rights, such Holder may exercise its stock subscription rights for a period of one year after leaving such position, but not later than the end of the exercise period. Furthermore, if a Holder loses such position on or before June 30, 2007, such Holder may exercise its stock subscription rights for a period of one year from July 1, 2007.

 

Successors or heirs of a Holder shall not be permitted to exercise the stock subscription rights.

 

Partial exercise of the stock subscription rights shall not be permitted.

      Same as on the left
Matters relating to transfer of stock subscription rights    Any transfer of the stock subscription rights shall be approved at the meeting of Board of Directors of the Company.       Same as on the left
Matters relating to payment by property other than money    —         Same as on the left
Matters relating to delivery of stock subscription rights in case of corporate restructuring    —         Same as on the left


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Notes:

 

1. In the event that the Company’s splits or consolidates its shares of common stock (“stock split or consolidation”), the number of shares to be issued or transferred upon exercise of the stock subscription rights, which have not been exercised at the time of such stock split or consolidation, shall be adjusted according to the following formula, with fractions less than one share resulting from the adjustment to be discarded.

 

Number of shares after adjustment =

 

        Number of shares before adjustment x Ratio of stock split or consolidation

 

2. In the event that the Company issues new shares or transfers treasury shares at less than the market price (excluding issue or transfer upon conversion of convertible bonds pursuant to Article 341-2 of the Commercial Code of Japan before its amendment effective from April 1, 2002, exercise of rights pursuant to Item 3 of Paragraph 2, Article 210-2 of the Commercial Code of Japan before its amendment effective from October 1, 2001 and exercise of stock subscription rights), the exercise price shall be adjusted in accordance with the following formula, with fractional amounts of less than one yen resulting from the adjustment to be rounded up to one yen.

 

Exercise price after adjustment =

 

    Exercise price before adjustment x

 

{Number of shares outstanding + (Number of new shares to be issued x Amount to be paid per share)/ Market price per share before issue of new shares} / (Number of shares outstanding + Number of new shares to be issued)

 

In the event of stock split or consolidation after the issuance of the stock subscription rights, the exercise price shall be adjusted in accordance with the following formula, with fractional amounts of less than one yen resulting from adjustment to be rounded up to one yen.

 

Exercise price after adjustment =

 

    Exercise price before adjustment x (1/Ratio of stock split or consolidation)


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  b. The Company issued stock subscription rights pursuant to Articles 236, 238 and 239 of the Company Law of Japan

Resolutions of Shareholder’s Meeting held on June 22, 2006

 

    

As of March 31, 2007

  

As of May 31, 2007

Number of stock subscription rights    294    Same as on the left
Number of stock subscription rights acquirable by the Company    —      Same as on the left
Class of stock subscription rights to be issued or acquired upon exercise    Common stock    Same as on the left
Number of the Company’s shares to be issued or acquired upon exercise of the stock subscription rights    294,000 (Note 1)    Same as on the left
Amount to be paid upon exercise of the stock subscription rights (yen)    636/ per share (Note 2)    Same as on the left
Exercise Period    From August 1, 2008 to July 31, 2012    Same as on the left

Issue price and amount to be increased in common stock on which the Company’s shares are issued for exercise of the stock subscription rights

(yen)

  

Issue price                     

Amount to be increased in common stock

   636
318
   Same as on the left
Conditions for exercising the stock subscription rights   

Holder may exercise the stock subscription rights so long as the Holder is a director, corporate officer or employee of the Company or its subsidiaries (excluding companies whose stocks are listed and their subsidiaries).

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Holder ceases to hold such position during the exercise period of the stock subscription rights, such Holders may exercise its stock subscription rights for a period of one year after leaving such position, but not later than the end of the exercise period. Furthermore, if a Holder loses such position on or before June 30, 2008, such Holder may exercise its stock subscription rights for a period of one year from July 1, 2008.

 

Successors or heirs of a Holder shall not be permitted to exercise the stock subscription rights.

 

Partial exercise of the stock subscription rights shall not be permitted.

 

 

 

   Same as on the left
Matters relating to transfer of stock subscription rights    Any transfer of the stock subscription rights shall be approved at the meeting of Board of Directors of the Company.    Same as on the left
Matters relating to payment by property other than money    —      Same as on the left
Matters relating to delivery of stock subscription rights in case of corporate restructuring    —      Same as on the left


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Notes:

 

1. In the event that the Company’s splits or consolidates its shares of common stock (“stock split or consolidation”), the number of shares to be issued or transferred upon exercise of the stock subscription rights, which have not been exercised at the time of such stock split or consolidation, shall be adjusted according to the following formula, with fractions less than one share resulting from the adjustment to be discarded.

 

Number of shares after adjustment =

 

        Number of shares before adjustment x Ratio of stock split or consolidation

 

2. In the event that the Company issues new shares or transfers treasury shares at less than the market price (excluding issue or transfer upon conversion of convertible bonds pursuant to Article 341-2 of the Commercial Code of Japan before its amendment effective from April 1, 2002, exercise of rights pursuant to Item 3 of Paragraph 2, Article 210-2 of the Commercial Code of Japan before its amendment effective from October 1, 2001 and exercise of stock subscription rights), the exercise price shall be adjusted in accordance with the following formula, with fractional amounts of less than one yen resulting from the adjustment to be rounded up to one yen.

 

Exercise price after adjustment =

 

    Exercise price before adjustment x

 

{Number of shares outstanding + (Number of new shares to be issued x Amount to be paid per share)/ Market price per share} / (Number of shares outstanding + Number of new shares to be issued)

 

In the event of stock split or consolidation after the issuances of the stock subscription rights, the exercise price shall be adjusted in accordance with the following formula, with fractional amounts of less than one yen resulting from adjustment to be rounded up to one yen.

 

Exercise price after adjustment =

 

    Exercise price before adjustment x (1/Ratio of stock split or consolidation)


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  c. The Company issued convertible bonds pursuant to Article 341-2 of the Commercial Cord of Japan (before amendment on April 1, 2002). The balance, convertible price and amount to be increased in common stock are as follows:

Unsecured 10th Convertible Bonds (Issued on April 15, 1996)

 

     As of March 31, 2007    As of May 31, 2007
Balance of Convertible Bonds (In millions of yen)    97,904    Same as on the left
Convertible Price (yen)    1,326    Same as on the left

Amount to be increased in common stock (yen)

   663/ per share    Same as on the left

Euro Yen Convertible Bonds due 2010 (Issued on December 10, 2001)

 

     As of March 31, 2007    As of May 31, 2007

Balance of Convertible Bonds (In millions of yen)

   100,000    Same as on the left

Convertible Price (yen)

   1,664.10    Same as on the left

Amount to be increased in common stock (yen)

   833/ per share    Same as on the left

 

  (3) Rights Plan

Not applicable

 

  (4) Changes in total number of shares issued, common stock and others

 

     Increase and
decrease of
shares issued
(In thousands
of shares)
   Balance of
shares issued
(In thousands
of shares)
  

Increase and
decrease of
common
stock

(In millions
of yen)

  

Balance of
common
stock

(In millions
of yen)

  

Increase and
decrease of
Legal capital
surplus

(In millions
of yen)

  

Balance of
Legal capital
surplus

(In millions
of yen)

December 17, 2003

(Note 1)

   250,000    1,906,268    85,250    329,976    85,240    388,286

January 20, 2004

(Note 2)

   23,000    1,929,268    7,843    337,820    7,842    396,128

From April 1, 2003 to March 31, 2004

(Note 3)

   0.5    1,929,268    0.5    337,820    0.4    396,129

June 1, 2004

(Note 4)

   —      1,929,268    —      337,820    1    396,131

June 1, 2005

(Note 5)

   66,654    1,995,922    —      337,820    16,225    412,356

From April 1, 2005 to March 31, 2006

(Note 3)

   0.6    1,995,923    0.9    337,821    0.9    412,357

May 1, 2006

(Note 6)

   33,630    2,029,553    —      337,821    10,019    422,377

From April 1, 2006 to March 31, 2007

(Note 3)

   1    2,029,555    0.9    337,822    0.9    422,378

Notes:

 

1. Offering of newly issued shares

 
    Issue Price: 711yen
    Issue value: 681.96 yen
    Amount to be increased in common stock: 341 yen
 

2. Allocation of new shares to third parties

 
    Issue price: 681.96 yen
    Amount to be increased in common stock: 341 yen
    Allocated to: Daiwa Securities SMBC CO. Ltd.
 

3. Shares of the Company increased as a result of conversion of the convertible bonds.

 

4. Shares of the Company increased in connection with the merger of NEF Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company.

 

5. Shares of the Company increased in connection with the stock-for-stock exchanges with NEC Soft, Ltd. and NEC System Technologies, Ltd.

 

6. Shares of the Company increased in connection with the stock-for-stock exchange with NEC Infrontia Corporation.

 

7. There was no conversion of the convertible bonds from April 1, 2007 to May 31, 2007.


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  (5) Classification of Shareholders
     (As of March 31, 2007 )
     Shares (Number of one unit of shares: 1,000)   

Shares

less than
One Unit

(shares)

   Japanese
government
and local
government
   Financial
institutions
   Securities
Companies
   Other
Corporation
   Foreign investors    Japanese
Individuals
and Others
   Total   
               Other than
Individuals
   Individuals         
Number of Shareholders    1    217    115    2,153    588    70    227,415    230,559    —  
Number of Shares Held (unit)    1    591,721    45,825    90,306    557,239    251    729,751    2,015,094    14,461,412
Percentage of Shares Held (%)    0.00    29.37    2.27    4.48    27.65    0.01    36.22    100    —  

Notes:

 

1. 255 units of shares under the name of Japan Securities Depository Center, Inc. are included in “Other Corporation.”

 

2. Of 3,455,229 shares of treasury stock, 3,455 units of shares are included in “Japanese Individuals and Others”, and 229 shares are included in “Shares under One Unit”.


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  (6) Major Shareholders

(As of March 31, 2007)

Name of Shareholders

        

Address

        

Number of

Shares Held

(In thousands of shares )

        

Percentage of

Shares Held (%)

Japan Trustee Services Bank, Ltd. (Trust Account)      

8-11, Harumi 1-chome,

Chuo-ku, Tokyo

      84,770       4.18
The Master Trust Bank of Japan, Ltd. (Trust Account)       11-3, Hamamatsu-cho 2-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo       83,869       4.13
Japan Trustee Services Bank, Ltd. (Trust Account No.4)      

8-11, Harumi 1-chome,

Chuo-ku, Tokyo

      57,736       2.84

The Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A. London

(Custodian: Kabutocho Corporate Banking and Securities Business Division, Mizuho Corporate Bank)

     

Woolgate House,

Coleman Street.

London EC2P 2HD, the U.K.

(6-7, Kabuto-cho, Nihonbashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo)

      47,519       2.34
Sumitomo Life Insurance Company       18-24, Tsukiji 7-chome, Chuoku, Tokyo       41,000       2.02
Nippon Life Insurance Company       6-6, Marunouchi 1-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo       39,977       1.97
NEC Employee Shareholding Association      

7-1, Shiba 5-chome,

Minato-ku, Tokyo

      29,336       1.45
Hero and Company (Custodian: Custody Service Department, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation)       90 Washington Street, New York, NY 10015, the U.S.
(3-2, Marunouchi 1-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo)
      28,050       1.38
The Dai-ichi Mutual Life Insurance Company       13-1, Yurakucho 1-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo       24,569       1.21
Japan Trustee Services Bank, Ltd. (The Sumitomo Trust & Banking Co., Ltd. Retrust Account/Sumitomo Corporation Employee Pension Trust Account)      

8-11, Harumi 1-chome,

Chuo-ku, Tokyo

      23,299       1.15
Total       —         460,127       22.67

Notes:

 

1. Japan Trustee Service Bank, Ltd. and the Master Trust Bank of Japan, Ltd. hold the Company’s share in each account of “Japan Trustee Services Bank, Ltd. (Trust Account)”, “The Master Trust Bank of Japan, Ltd. (Trust Account)” and “Japan Trustee Services Bank, Ltd. (Trust Account No.4)” for their trust business.

 

2. The shares held by “ Japan Trustee Services Bank, Ltd. (The Sumitomo Trust & Banking Co., Ltd. Retrust Account/Sumitomo Corporation Employee Pension Trust Account)” are consisted of trusted shares of Sumitomo Corporation which are trusted to the Sumitomo Trust & Banking Co., Ltd. by Sumitomo Corporation and further trusted to Japan Trustee Services Bank, Ltd. by the Sumitomo Trust & Banking Co., Ltd., for employees’ pension trust. Sumitomo Corporation holds the instruction rights of voting rights of the shares.

 

3. The Company received from Morgan Stanley Japan Securities Co., and its affiliated companies copies of reports concerning the bulk holding of shares of common stock indicating that, as of June 30, 2006, these companies jointly held 98,665,000 shares, or 4.86% of the total issued shares. The Company is unable to confirm their shareholdings because they did not appear on its register of shareholders.


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Name of shareholders

   Number of
Shares Held
(In thousands
of shares )
   Percentage of
Shares Held
(%)

Morgan Stanley Japan Securities Co., Ltd.

   17,080    0.84

Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated

   5,847    0.29

Morgan Stanley & Co. International Limited

   20,053    0.99

MSDW Equity Finance Services I (Cayman) Ltd.

   —      —  

Morgan Stanley Capital (Luxembourg) SA

   1,826    0.09

MSDW Equity Financing Services (Luxembourg) S.a.r.l

   1,025    0.05

Morgan Stanley Investment Management Limited

   18,712    0.92

Morgan Stanley Asset & Investment Trust Management Co., Limited

   7,817    0.39

Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc.

   25,532    1.26

Van Kampen Asset Management

   42    0.00

Morgan Stanley Investment Advisors Inc.

   728    0.04
           

Total

   98,665    4.86

 

  4. The Company received from JP Morgan Investment Management, Inc., and its affiliated companies copies of reports concerning the bulk holding of shares of common stock indicating that, as of April 30, 2006, these companies jointly held 59,629,000 shares (67,558,000 shares if the convertible bonds held by them are converted into shares of common stock), or 2.99% (3.37% if the convertible bonds held by them are converted into shares of common stock) of the total issued shares. The Company is unable to confirm their shareholdings because they did not appear on its register of shareholders.

 

Names of shareholders

   Number of
Shares Held
(In thousands
of shares )
    Percentage of
Shares Held
(%)
 

JP Morgan Investment Management, Inc.

   227
(227
 
)
  0.01
(0.01
 
)

JP Morgan Asset Management (UK) Limited

   1,295
(8,847
 
)
  0.06
(0.44
 
)

JP Morgan Asset Management (Japan) Limited

   19,632
(19,632
 
)
  0.98
(0.98
 
)

JPMorgan Trust Bank Limited

   34,257
(34,257
 
)
  1.72
(1.72
 
)

J.P. Morgan Whitefriars Inc.

   3,270
(3,647
 
)
  0.16
(0.18
 
)

JF Asset Management (Taiwan) Ltd.

   946
(946
 
)
  0.05
(0.05
 
)
              

Total

   59,628
(67,558
 
)
  2.99
(3.37
 
)

The figures above in each cell of the table above have been presented by JP Morgan Investment Management, Inc. to show the number and percentage of common stock held by JP Morgan Investment Management, Inc., and its affiliated companies.

The figures below in each cell of the table above have been presented by JP Morgan Investment Management, Inc. to show the numbers and percentage of common stock to be held by JP Morgan Investment Management, Inc., and its affiliated companies if all of the convertible bonds of the Company held by them are converted.


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  (7) Status of Voting Rights

a. Shares issued

     (As of March 31, 2007 )
     Number of Shares    Number of
Voting
Rights
   Contents

Nonvoting shares

   —      —      —  

Shares with limited voting rights (Treasury stock, and etc.)

   —      —      —  

Shares with limited voting rights shares (Others)

   —      —      —  
   (Treasury stock)      
   Common Stock:    3,455,000      
   (Cross holding stock)      

Shares with full voting rights (Treasury stock, and etc.)

   Common Stock:    2,673,000      

Shares with full voting rights (Others)

   Common Stock:    2,008,966,000    2,008,966    —  

Shares less than one unit

   Common Stock:    14,461,412    —      —  

Total number of shares issued

         2,029,555,412

 

   —      —  

Total number of voting rights held by all shareholders

   —      2,008,966    —  

Notes:

 

1. 255,000 shares (255 units of voting rights) are included in “Shares with full voting rights (Others)” under the name of Japan Securities Depository Center, Inc.

 

2. The description of treasury stock and cross holding stock in shares less than one unit is as follows:

 

Name of shareholders

  

Number of shares held

(shares)

NEC Corporation

   229

Nippon Electric Glass Co., Ltd.

   320

NEC Infrontia Corporation

   966

SINCERE Corporation

   382


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b. Treasury stock, and etc.

 

                 

(As of March 31, 2007)

Name of shareholders

      

Address

        

Number of shares held

under own name

(shares)

        

Number of shares held

under the names of others

(shares)

        

Total

(shares)

        

Percentage of

Shares Held

(%)

NEC Corporation    

7-1, Shiba 5-chome,

Minato-ku, Tokyo

      3,455,000       —         3,455,000       0.17
Nippon Electric Glass Co., Ltd.    

7-1, Seiran 2-chome,

Otsu-shi, Shiga Prefecture

      1,762,000       —         1,762,000       0.09
NEC Infrontia Corporation    

6-1, Kitamikata 2-chome,

Takatsu-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa Prefecture

      743,000       —         743,000       0.04
Nitsuko Electronics Corporation    

2031-1, Ogawara, Susaka-shi,

Nagano Prefecture

      62,000       —         62,000       0.00
SINCERE Corporation     26-3, Minami-Ohi 6-chome, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo       71,000       —         71,000       0.00
Techno Mind Corporation    

6-11, Tsutsujigaoka 1-chome, Miyagino-ku, Sendai-shi,

Miyagi Prefecture

      20,000       —         20,000       0.00
SANWA ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.    

977, Shinmaruko Higashi 2-chome,

Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki-shi,

Kanagawa Prefecture

      12,000       —         12,000       0.00
Computer System Technology Co., Ltd.    

1-12, Yanaghibashi 1-chome,

Taito-ku, Tokyo

      3,000       —         3,000       0.00
Total     —         6,128,000       —         6,128,000       0.30


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  (8) Stock Option Plan

The Company has adopted stock option plans.

At the ordinary general meeting of shareholders held on June 21, 2001, the Company approved a stock option plan under which it purchased its shares pursuant to Article 210-2 of the Commercial Code of Japan (before amendment effective from October 1, 2001), and the option rights were granted to the persons specified below.

At the ordinary general meeting of shareholders held on June 20, 2002, June 19, 2003, June 22, 2004 and June 22, 2005, the Company approved stock option plans under which it may issue stock subscription rights with specifically favorable conditions to the persons specified below pursuant to Articles 280-20 and 280-21 of the former Commercial Code of Japan (revised in 2001).

At the ordinary general meeting of shareholders held on June 22, 2006, the Company approved a stock option plan under which it may issue stock subscription rights with specifically favorable conditions to the persons specified below pursuant to Article 236 and 238 of the Company Law in Japan (the “Company Law”).

The details of the stock option plans are as follows:

 

Date of resolution   June 21, 2001
Position and Number of Persons to whom the option rights were granted  

Directors 16

Corporate Officers and certain upper-level employees (Riji) 154

Class of Shares   Common Stock
Number of Shares (shares)   62,000
Transfer Price (yen)   1,818 (Note)
Exercise Period   From July 1, 2003 to June 30, 2007
Conditions for exercising the Option Rights  

Any person to whom the option rights were allotted may exercise the option rights if such person is a Director, corporate officers or certain upper-level employees (Riji) of the Company as of the exercise date of the option rights.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the eligible persons allotted the option rights ceases to hold such position, such persons may exercise its option rights for a period of one year after leaving such position, but not later than the end of the exercise period. Furthermore, if such person loses such position on or before June 30, 2003, such person may exercise its option rights for a period of one year from July 1, 2003.

 

The option rights shall become null and void in the event of death of the person being granted the option rights.

 

The person being granted the option rights shall not transfer to a third party, pledge, or otherwise disposed of the option rights granted.

Matters relating to payment by property other than money   —  
Matters relating to delivery of stock subscription rights in case of corporate restructuring   —  

Note:

 

In the event that the Company issues new shares at the price less than the market price (excluding issues of shares by conversion of convertible bonds or exercise of warrants), the transfer price shall be adjusted in accordance with the following formula, with fractional amounts of less than one yen resulting from the adjustment to be rounded up to one yen.

 

Exercise price after adjustment =

 

Exercise price before adjustment x {Number of shares outstanding + (Number of new shares to be issued x Amount to be paid per share)/ Market price per share before issue of new shares}/ (Number of shares outstanding + Number of new shares to be issued)

 

In the event of split or consolidation of shares, the transfer price will be adjusted in proportion to the ratio of split or consolidation, with fractional amounts of less than one yen resulting from adjustment to be rounded up to one yen.


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Date of resolution   June 20, 2002
Position and Number of persons to whom the Stock Acquisition Rights were allotted  

-   Directors

 

-   Corporate Officers

 

-   Executive General Managers and employees having important responsibilities equivalent to those of Executive General Managers

 

-   Full-time President and Chairman of the Board of the Company’s subsidiaries in Japan (excluding subsidiaries whose stocks are listed) that are important to NEC Group’s business strategy (Note)

Class of Shares   Described in “(2) Stock acquisition rights” above.
Number of Shares (shares)   Same as above
Exercise Price (yen)   Same as above
Exercise Period   Same as above
Conditions for exercising stock subscription rights   Same as above
Matters relating to transfer of stock subscription rights   Same as above
Matters relating to payment by property other than money   —  
Matters relating to delivery of stock subscription rights in case of corporate restructuring   —  

Note:   At the meeting of Board of Directors held on June 28, 2002, the Company resolved the number of persons to whom the stock
subscription rights was allotted as follows:
  - Directors:                     15
  - Corporate Officers:                      51
  - Executive General Managers and employees having important responsibilities equivalent to those of Executive General Managers:                     124
  -Full-time President and Chairman of the Board of the Company’s subsidiaries in Japan (excluding subsidiaries whose stocks are listed) that are important to NEC Group’s business strategy:                     43


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Date of resolution   June 19, 2003
Position and Number of person to whom the Stock Acquisition Rights were allotted  

-   Directors

 

-   Corporate Officers

 

-   Employees having important responsibilities equivalent to those of Corporate Officers

 

-   Executive General Managers and employees having important responsibilities equivalent to those of Executive General Managers

 

-   Full-time President and Chairman of the Board of the Company’s subsidiaries in Japan (excluding subsidiaries whose stocks are listed and their subsidiaries) that are important to NEC Group’s business strategy (Note)

Class of Shares   Described in “(2) Stock acquisition rights” above.
Number of Shares (shares)   Same as above
Exercise Price (yen)   Same as above
Exercise Period   Same as above
Conditions for exercising stock subscription rights   Same as above
Matters relating to transfer of stock subscription rights   Same as above
Matters relating to payment by property other than money   —  
Matters relating to delivery of stock subscription rights in case of corporate restructuring   —  

Note:   At the meeting of Board of Directors held on June 27, 2003, the Company resolved the number of persons to whom the stock
subscription rights was allotted as follows:
  - Directors:                     15
  - Corporate Officers:                      41
  - Employees having important responsibilities equivalent to those of Corporate Officers:                      1
  - Executive General Managers and employees having important responsibilities equivalent to those of Executive General Managers:                      97
  - Full-time President of the Company’s subsidiaries in Japan (excluding subsidiaries whose stocks are listed and their subsidiaries) that are important to NEC Group’s business strategy:                      32


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Date of resolution    June 22, 2004
Position and Number of person to whom the Stock Acquisition Rights were allotted   

-   Directors

 

-   Corporate Officers

 

-   Executive General Managers

 

-   Employees having important responsibilities equivalent to those of Corporate Officers or Executive General Managers

 

-   Full-time President of the Company’s subsidiaries in Japan (excluding subsidiaries whose stocks are listed and their subsidiaries) that are important to NEC Group’s business strategy (Note)

Class of Shares    Described in “(2) Stock acquisition rights” above.
Number of Shares (Shares)    Same as above
Exercise Price (yen)    Same as above
Exercise Period    Same as above
Conditions for exercising stock subscription rights    Same as above
Matters relating to transfer of stock subscription rights    Same as above
Matters relating to payment by property other than money    —  
Matters relating to delivery of stock subscription rights in case of corporate restructuring    —  

Note:   At the meeting of Board of Directors held on June 28, 2004, the Company resolved the number of persons to whom the stock
subscription rights was allotted as follows:
  - Directors:                     15
  - Corporate Officers:                     36
  - Employees having important responsibilities equivalent to those of Corporate Officers:                     1
  - Executive General Managers and employees having important responsibilities equivalent to those of Executive General Managers:                     91
  - Full-time President of the Company’s subsidiaries in Japan (excluding subsidiaries whose stocks are listed and their subsidiaries) that are important to NEC Group’s business strategy:                     31


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Date of resolution    June 22, 2005
Position and Number of person to whom the Stock Acquisition Rights were allotted   

-   Directors

 

-   Corporate Officers

 

-   Executive General Managers

 

-   Employees having important responsibilities equivalent to those of Corporate Officers or Executive General Managers

 

-   Full-time President of the Company’s subsidiaries in Japan (excluding subsidiaries whose stocks are listed and their subsidiaries) that are important to NEC Group’s business strategy (Note)

Class of Shares    Described in “(2) Stock acquisition rights” above.
Number of Shares (shares)    Same as above
Exercise Price (yen)    Same as above
Exercise Period    Same as above
Conditions for exercising stock subscription rights    Same as above
Matters relating to transfer of stock subscription rights    Same as above
Matters relating to payment by property other than money    —  
Matters relating to delivery of stock subscription rights in case of corporate restructuring    —  

Note:  

At the meeting of the Board of Directors held on June 28, 2005, the Company resolved the number of persons to whom the stock subscription rights were allotted as follows:

 

-      Directors:                    15

 

-      Corporate Officers:                    39

 

-      Employees having important responsibilities equivalent to those of Corporate Officers:                    1

 

-      Executive General Managers and employees having important responsibilities equivalent to those of Executive General Managers:                    89

 

-      Full-time President of the Company’s subsidiaries in Japan (excluding subsidiaries whose stocks are listed and their subsidiaries) that are important to NEC Group’s business strategy:                    32


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Date of resolution    June 22, 2006
Position and Number of person to whom the Stock Acquisition Rights were allotted   

-   Directors holding office as of the date of allotment of the stock subscription rights

 

-   Corporate Officers holding office as of the date of allotment of the stock subscription rights

 

-   Executive General Managers holding office as of the date of allotment of the stock subscription rights

 

-   Employees, having important responsibilities equivalent to those of Corporate Officers or Executive General Managers, and holding office as of the date of allotment of the stock subscription rights

 

-   Full-time President of the Company’s subsidiaries in Japan (excluding subsidiaries whose stocks are listed and their subsidiaries) that are important to NEC Group’s business strategy, and that holds office as of the date of allotment of the stock subscription rights (Note)

Class of Shares    Described in “(2) Stock acquisition rights” above.
Number of Shares (shares)    Same as above
Exercise Price (yen)    Same as above
Exercise Period    Same as above
Conditions for exercising stock subscription rights    Same as above
Matters relating to transfer of stock subscription rights    Same as above
Matters relating to payment by property other than money    —  
Matters relating to delivery of stock subscription rights in case of corporate restructuring    —  

Note:  

At the meetings of the Board of Directors held on June 28 and July 5, 2006, the Company resolved the number of persons to whom the stock subscription rights were allotted as follows:

 

-      Directors:                    15

 

-      Corporate Officers:                    24

 

-      Executive General Managers and employees having important responsibilities equivalent to those of Executive General Managers:                    82

 

-      Full-time President of the Company’s subsidiaries in Japan (excluding subsidiaries whose stocks are listed and their subsidiaries) that are important to NEC Group’s business strategy:                    34


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2. Acquisition of Treasury Stock

Class of treasury stock, and others

The Company acquired its common stock as a treasury stock based on requirements to buy shares less than one unit pursuant to Paragraph 6, Article 221 of the former Commercial Code of Japan and Paragraphs 7 and 13, Article 115 of the Company Law.

 

  (1) Acquisition of treasury stock resolved at Shareholder’s meetings

Not applicable

 

  (2) Acquisition of treasury stock resolved at the meetings of the Board of Directors

Not applicable

 

  (3) Acquisition of treasury stock not based on the resolutions of Shareholder’s meetings or the meetings of the Board of Directors

The Company acquired the common stock as treasury stock based on requirements to buy shares less than one unit pursuant to Paragraph 6, Article 221 of the former Commercial Code of Japan and Paragraphs 7 and 13, Article 115 of the Company Law.

 

     Fiscal year ended March 31, 2007    From April 1, 2007 to June 21, 2007

The number of treasury stock acquired (shares)

   560,057    78,818

Total amount (yen)

   356,079,581    50,204,655

Note:

  The number of shares acquired for purchase of shares less than one unit from June 1, 2007 to June 21, 2007, are not included in the column of “From April 1, 2007 to June 21, 2007” above.

 

  (4) Status of disposal and holding of the Company’s treasury stock

 

     Fiscal year ended March 31, 2007    From April 1, 2007 to June 21, 2007
   Number of shares
(shares)
  

Total amount of
disposal price

(yen)

   Number of shares
(shares)
   Total amount of
disposal price
(yen)

Treasury Stock offered to be subscribed

   —      —      —      —  

Treasury Stock cancelled

   —      —      —      —  

Treasury Stock transferred due to merger, stock-for-stock exchange or demerger

   —      —      —      —  

Others (required sales from shareholders of shares less than one unit, and others)

   79,159    49,276,758    5,795    3,685,271

Number of Treasury Stock Held

   3,455,229    —      3,442,252    —  

Note:   1.   The number of shares disposed for exercise of stock option (2,000 shares) are included in the column of “Fiscal year ended March 31, 2007” above.
  2.   The number of shares acquired for purchase of shares less than one unit and stock option plans from June 1, 2007 to June 21, 2007, are not included in the column of “From April 1, 2007 to June 21, 2007” above.


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3. Dividend Policy

As the Company needs to adopt a flexible policy in order to better respond to the rapidly changing business environment, the Company considers, among other factors, the following factors in determining its cash dividends: the profits earned in the relevant fiscal period; the financial outlook for the following fiscal periods, the dividend payout ratio, and the internal demand for funds such as capital expenditures.

The Company paid an annual dividend of 8 yen per share of common stock for the full year ended March 31, 2007 (including an interim dividend of 4 yen per share of common stock). The Company aims to pay an annual dividend of 8 yen per share of common stock for the year ending March 31, 2008 (including an interim dividend of 4 yen per share of common stock). In addition, the Company’s Articles of Incorporation provides that the Company may determine distribution of surplus by a resolution of the Board of Directors so that the Company may make distributions flexibly. The Company will pay dividends twice annually, with the record dates of March 31 and September 30, consistent with past practices.

The dividend of the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007 is as follows:

 

Resolution

  

Total dividends

(In millions of yen)

   Dividends per share
(yen)

November 21, 2006 meeting of Board of Directors

   8,105    4.00

May 21, 2007 meeting of Board of Directors

   8,104    4.00

4. Changes in the Market Price of the Company’s Shares

 

  (1) Report of intra-day high and low sale prices for the Company’s common stock for the recent five fiscal years

 

     165th business
period
   166th business
period
   167th business
period
   168th business
period
   169th business
period

Fiscal year ended

   Fiscal year ended
March 31, 2003
   Fiscal year ended
March 31, 2004
   Fiscal year ended
March 31, 2005
   Fiscal year ended
March 31, 2006
   Fiscal year ended
March 31, 2007

High (yen)

   1,158    1,030    937    828    920

Law (yen)

   390    333    555    559    537

Note: The high and low sale prices are based on the price of the first section of Tokyo Stock Exchange.

 

  (2) Report of intra-day high and low sale prices for the Company’s common stock for the six month ended March 2007

 

     October 2006    November 2006    December 2006    January 2007    February 2007    March 2007

High (yen)

   697    617    581    626    657    637

Low (yen)

   601    537    546    566    582    583

Note: The high and low sale prices are based on the price of the first section of Tokyo Stock Exchange.


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5. Directors and Corporate Auditors

 

Title

  

Name

  

Date of birth

  

Brief Employment History

  

Term

  

Number of
the
Company’s
shares
held

(In
thousands of
shares)

Chairman of the Board

 

(Representative Director)

   Hajime Sasaki    April 6, 1936    April 1961    Joined the Company    *1    56
         June 1988    Member of the Board      
         June 1991    Senior Vice President and Member of the Board      
         June 1994    Executive Vice President and Member of the Board      
         June 1996    Senior Executive Vice President and Member of the Board (Representative Director)      
         March 1999    Chairman of the Board (Representative Director) (to present)      
        

 

Representative Status in Other Companies or Entities:

 

Chairman, Japanese Standards Association

     

President and Member of the Board

 

(Representative Director)

   Kaoru Yano    February 23, 1944    April 1966    Joined the Company    *1    24
         June 1995    Member of the Board      
         June 1999    Senior Vice President and Member of the Board      
         December 2000   

Senior Vice President and Member of the Board,

Company Deputy President of NEC Networks

     
         April 2002   

Senior Vice President and Member of the Board,

Company President of NEC Networks

     
         October 2002   

Executive Vice President and Member of the Board,

Company President of NEC Networks

     
         April 2003    Executive Vice President and Member of the Board      
         June 2004    Senior Executive Vice President and Member of the Board (Representative Director)      
         April 2006    President (Representative Director) (to present)      


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Title

  

Name

  

Date of birth

  

Brief Employment History

  

Term

  

Number of
the
Company’s
shares
held

(In
thousands of
shares)

Senior Executive Vice President and Member of the Board

 

(Representative Director)

   Kazumasa Fujie   

July 18,

1944

   April 1967    Joined the Company    *1    16
         June 1998    Member of the Board      
         April 2000   

Resigned as Director,

Senior Vice President

     
         April 2002   

Senior Vice President,

Company Deputy President of NEC Networks

     
         April 2003    Senior Vice President      
         June 2003    Senior Vice President and Member of the Board      
         April 2005    Executive Vice President and Member of the Board      
         April 2006    Senior Executive Vice President and Member of the Board (Representative Director) (to present)      
Executive Vice President and Member of the Board    Botaro Hirosaki    November 1, 1946    April 1970    Joined the Company    *1    10
         December 2000    Executive General Manager, Optical Network Operations Unit, NEC Networks      
         June 2001   

Associate Senior Vice President,

Executive General Manager, Optical Network Operations Unit, NEC Networks

     
         April 2003   

Associate Senior Vice President,

Executive General Manager, Intellectual Asset Operations Unit

     
         April 2004   

Senior Vice President,

Executive General Manager, Intellectual Asset Operations Unit

     
         April 2006    Executive Vice President      
         June 2007    Executive Vice President and Member of the Board (to present)      
Executive Vice President and Member of the Board    Masatoshi Aizawa    September 20, 1946    June 1972    Joined the Company    *1    8
         May 2001    Executive General Manager, Mission Critical Systems Operations Unit, NEC Solutions      
         April 2002   

Associate Senior Vice President,

Executive General Manager, Mission Critical Systems Operations Unit, NEC Solutions

     
         April 2003    Associate Senior Vice President      
         April 2004    Senior Vice President      
         April 2006    Executive Vice President      
         June 2006    Executive Vice President and Member of the Board (to present)      


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Title

  

Name

  

Date of birth

  

Brief Employment History

  

Term

  

Number of
the
Company’s
shares
held

(In
thousands of
shares)

Executive Vice President and Member of the Board    Saburo Takizawa    February 27, 1948    April 1970    Joined the Company    *1    14
         June 2001    Executive General Manager, BIGLOBE Services Operations Unit, NEC Solutions      
         April 2002   

Associate Senior Vice President,

Executive General Manager, BIGLOBE Services Operations Unit, NEC Solutions

     
         April 2003   

Associate Senior Vice President,

Executive General Manager, Broadband Solutions Operations Unit

     
         April 2004    Senior Vice President      
         June 2004    Senior Vice President and Member of the Board      
         April 2006    Executive Vice President and Member of the Board (to present)      
Executive Vice President and Member of the Board    Konosuke Kashima    January 30, 1946    April 1969    Joined the Company    *1    13
         October 1998    General Manager, C&C Systems Group Planning Division      
         April 2000   

Associate Senior Vice President,

General Manager, Company Planning Office, NEC Solutions

     
         October 2002   

Senior Vice President,

General Manager, Company Planning Office, NEC Solutions

     
         April 2003   

Senior Vice President,

General Manager, Corporate Planning Division

     
         April 2004    Senior Vice President      
         June 2004    Senior Vice President and Member of the Board      
         April 2007    Executive Vice President and Member of the Board (to present)      
Executive Vice President and Member of the Board    Akihito Otake    March 21, 1947    April 1971    Joined the Company    *1    5
         April 2003    Executive General Manager, 2nd Computers Operations Unit      
         July 2003   

Associate Senior Vice President,

Executive General Manager, 2nd Computers Operations Unit

     
         April 2005    Senior Vice President      
         April 2007    Executive Vice President      
         June 2007    Executive Vice President and Member of the Board (to present)      


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Title

  

Name

  

Date of birth

  

Brief Employment History

  

Term

  

Number of
the
Company’s
shares
held

(In
thousands of
shares)

Senior Vice President and Member of the Board

  

Tsutomu Nakamura

  

June 12,1948

  

April 1971

April 2000

  

Joined the Company

Senior General Manager, Mobile Terminals Operations Unit, NEC Networks

   *1    11
        

June 2000

  

Associate Senior Vice President, Executive General Manager, Mobile Terminals Operations Unit, NEC Networks

     
        

April 2002

  

Senior Vice President, Company Deputy President of NEC Networks

     
        

June 2002

   Senior Vice President and Member of the Board, Company Deputy President of NEC Networks      
        

April 2003

  

Senior Vice President and Member of the Board

     
        

April 2006

  

Senior Vice President and Member of the Board, Executive General Manager, Intellectual Asset Operations Unit

     
        

April 2007

  

Senior Vice President and Member of the Board (to present)

     
Senior Vice President and Member of the Board    Toshimitsu Iwanami    September 23, 1949    April 1972    Joined the Company    *1    6
         April 2002    Executive General Manager, 1st Solutions Sales Operations Unit, NEC Solutions      
         June 2003    President & CEO, NEC Solutions (America), Inc. (currently, NEC Corporation of America)      
         April 2005   

Associate Senior Vice President,

Executive General Manager, 2nd Solutions Operations Unit

     
         April 2006    Senior Vice President      
         June 2007    Senior Vice President and Member of the Board (to present)      


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Title

  

Name

  

Date of birth

  

Brief Employment History

  

Term

  

Number of
the
Company’s
shares
held

(In
thousands of
shares)

Senior Vice President and Member of the Board    Takao Ono    July 4, 1948    April 1972    Joined the Company    *1    0
         October 2002    General Manager, Corporate Controller Division      
         April 2004   

Vice President,

General Manager, Corporate Finance and IR Division

     
         April 2006   

Associate Senior Vice President,

General Manager, Corporate Finance and IR Division

     
         October 2006   

Associate Senior Vice President,

General Manager, Internal Control Division,

General Manager, Corporate Finance and IR Division

     
         April 2007   

Senior Vice President,

General Manager, Corporate Finance and IR Division

     
         June 2007    Senior Vice President and Member of the Board,      
Member of the Board    Toshio Morikawa    March 3, 1933    April 1955    Joined Sumitomo Bank, Limited (currently, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, the “Bank”)    *1    2
         June 1980    Director of the Bank      
         February 1984    Managing Director of the Bank      
         October 1985    Senior Managing Director of the Bank      
         October 1990    Deputy President of the Bank      
         June 1993    President of the Bank      
         June 1997    Chairman of the Board of the Bank      
         June 2000    Member of the Board of the Company (to present)      
         March 2001    Counselor of the Bank      
         June 2002    Advisor (Tokubetsu Komon) of the Bank      
         March 2005    Advisor (Meiyo Komon) of the Bank (to present)      


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Title

  

Name

  

Date of birth

  

Brief Employment History

  

Term

  

Number of
the
Company’s
shares
held

(In
thousands of
shares)

Member of the Board    Yoshinari Hara    April 3, 1943    April 1967    Joined Daiwa Securities Co., Ltd. (“Daiwa Securities”)    *1    —  
         June 1991    Director of Daiwa Securities      
         September 1995    Managing Director of Daiwa Securities      
         October 1997    President of Daiwa Securities      
         April 1999   

President & CEO, Daiwa Securities Group Inc.,

President of Daiwa Securities

     
         June 2004    Chairman of the Board, Daiwa Securities Group Inc. (to present)      
         June 2006    Member of the Board of the Company (to present)      
Member of the Board    Sawako Nohara    January 16, 1958    December 1988    Joined Living Science Institute    *1    —  
         May 1995    Left Living Science Institute      
         July 1995    Joined InfoCom Research, Inc.      
         April 1996    Senior Researcher of InfoCom Research, Inc.      
         July 1998    Head of the E-Commerce Business Development Group of InfoCom Research, Inc.      
         December 2000    Left InfoCom Research, Inc., Director of IPSe Marketing, Inc.      
         December 2001    President of IPSe Marketing, Inc. (to present)      
         June 2006    Member of the Board of the Company (to present)      
        

 

Representative Status in Other Companies or Entities:

 

President of IPSe Marketing, Inc.

     


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Title

  

Name

  

Date of birth

  

Brief Employment History

  

Term

  

Number of
the
Company’s
shares
held

(In
thousands of
shares)

Member of the Board    Kenji Miyahara    November 5, 1935    April 1958    Joined Sumitomo Shoji Kaisha, Ltd. (currently, Sumitomo Corporation)    *1    —  
         June 1986    Director, Sumitomo Corporation      
         June 1990    Managing Director, Sumitomo Corporation      
         June 1993    Senior Managing Director, Sumitomo Corporation      
         June 1995    Executive Vice President, Sumitomo Corporation      
         June 1996    President and Chief Executive Officer, Sumitomo Corporation      
         June 2001    Chairman of the Board, Sumitomo Corporation (to present)      
         June 2007    Member of the Board of the Company (to present)      
        

 

Representative Status in Other Companies or Entities:

 

Chairman of the Board, Sumitomo Corporation

     
Member of the Board    Hideaki Takahashi    March 22, 1948    August 1974    Joined NCR Corporation    *1    —  
         March 1992    Executive Vice President and Representative Director, NCR Japan, Ltd.      
         December 1997   

Senior Vice President, NCR Corporation,

Chairman and Representative Director, NCR Japan, Ltd.

     
         March 1999   

Resigned from Senior Vice President, NCR Corporation,

Resigned from Chairman and Representative Director, NCR Japan, Ltd.

     
         July 1999    Deputy President, Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.      
         March 2000    Deputy President and Representative Director, Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.      
         June 2005    Resigned from Deputy President and Representative Director, Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.      
         January 2006    Professor, Keio University Graduate School of Media and Governance (to present)      
         June 2007    Member of the Board of the Company (to present)      


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Title

  

Name

  

Date of birth

  

Brief Employment History

  

Term

  

Number of
the
Company’s
shares
held

(In
thousands of
shares)

Corporate

Auditor

(full-time)

   Hiroshi Takakuta    July 30, 1942    April 1966    Joined the Company    *2    6
         July 1996    General Manager, 1st C&C Government Systems Division      
         April 2000   

Executive General Manager, 1st Solutions Sales Operation Unit, NEC Solutions Company

Associate Senior Vice President

     
         April 2002    Senior Vice President      
         July 2003    Executive Vice President      
         April 2005    Advisor      
         June 2005    Company Auditor of the Company (to present)      

Corporate Auditor

(full-time)

   Kenji Seo    April 24, 1948    April 1972    Joined the Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan, Limited (currently, Shinsei Bank, Limited)    *3    —  
         January 2001    Left the Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan, Limited      
         February 2001    Joined the Company      
         October 2002    General Manager, Affiliated Company Division      
         April 2005   

Vice President,

General Manager, Affiliated Company Division

     
         June 2007    Vice President      
         June 2007    Company Auditor of the Company (to present)      
Corporate Auditor    Shinichi Yokoyama    September 10, 1942    April 1966    Joined Sumitomo Life Insurance Company    *3    —  
         July 1992    Director, Sumitomo Life Insurance Company      
         April 1995    Managing Director, Sumitomo Life Insurance Company      
         July 1998    Senior Managing Director, Sumitomo Life Insurance Company      
         April 2000    Deputy President, Sumitomo Life Insurance Company      
         July 2001    President, Sumitomo Life Insurance Company      
         April 2002    President and Chief Executive Officer, Sumitomo Life Insurance Company (to present)      
         June 2003    Corporate Auditor of the Company (to present)      
        

 

Representative Status in Other Companies or Entities:

 

President and Chief Executive Officer, Sumitomo Life Insurance Company

     


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Title

       

Name

       

Date of birth

       

Brief Employment History

       

Term

       

Number of
the
Company’s
shares
held

(In
thousands of
shares)

Corporate Auditor      Muneo Shigematsu       February 9, 1941       April 1964    Joined Sumitomo Corporation       *4       —  
                 June 1993    Director, General Manager, Accounting Controlling Division, Sumitomo Corporation            
                 April 1997    Managing Director, Sumitomo Corporation            
                 April 2001    Senior Managing Director, Financial and Logistics Business Unit, Sumitomo Corporation            
                 June 2002    Resigned from the Board of Directors            
                 October 2002    Board of Directors, Executive Vice President, The Seiyu, Ltd.            
                 March 2004    Board of Directors and Nominating Committee member, The Seiyu, Ltd.            
                 June 2004    Corporate Auditor of the Company (to present)            
                 March 2007    Resigned from Nominating Committee member, The Seiyu, Ltd.            
Corporate Auditor      Tatsuzo Homma       March 21, 1936       April 1965    Public Prosecutor, Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office       *5       —  
                 April 1983    Director of Legal Department, Japan National Railways            
                 April 1990    Deputy Director of Immigration Bureau, Ministry of Justice            
                 September 1992    Public Prosecutor, Supreme Public Prosecutors Office            
                 December 1994    Director General of Probation Bureau, Ministry of Justice            
                 September 1995    Attorney General of Yokohama District Public Prosecutors Office            
                 December 1996    Resigned from Public Prosecutors Office            
                 March 1997    Appointed as a Notary, attached to Tokyo Legal Affairs Bureau            
                 March 2006    Retired from Notary Office            
                 April 2006    Registered as an Attorney (to present)            
                 June 2006    Corporate Auditor of the Company (to present)            
           Total       171

Notes:

 

1. Ms. Sawako Nohara is the President of IPSe Marketing, Inc., and the Company has continuing business relationship with IPSe Marketing, Inc., to which the Company subcontracts consulting services on its IT business.

 

2. Mr. Kenji Miyahara is Chairman of the Board of Sumitomo Corporation, and the Company has continuing business relationship with Sumitomo Corporation such as sales of the Company’s products, provision of related services and purchase of software.

 

3. Mr. Shinichi Yokoyama is President and Chief Executive Officer of Sumitomo Life Insurance Company, and the Company has continuing business relationship with Sumitomo Life Insurance Company such as sales of the Company’s products, establishment of information systems, provision of consulting services and other Company’s services. In addition, the Company has long-term borrowings from Sumitomo Life Insurance Company.


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  4.    Messrs. Toshio Morikawa, Yoshinari Hara, Kenji Miyahara and Hideki Takahashi and Ms. Sawako Nohara are outside
Directors, as stipulated in Item 15, Article 2 of the Company Law.

Messrs. Shinichi Yokoyama, Muneo Shigematsu and Tatsuzo Homma are outside Corporate Auditors, as stipulated in
Item 16, Article 2 of the Company Law.
  5.    *1.   The term of office of a Director is for one year from the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders held on June 21, 2007.
    *2.   The term of office of a Corporate Auditor, Mr. Hiroshi Takakuta, is for four years from the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders held on June 22, 2005.
    *3.   The term of office of a Corporate Auditor, Messrs. Kenji Seo and Shinichi Yokoyama, is for four years from the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders held on June 21, 2007.
    *4.   The term of office of a Corporate Auditor, Mr. Muneo Shigematsu, is for four years from the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders held on June 22, 2004.
    *5.   The term of office of a Corporate Auditor, Mr. Tatsuzo Homma, is for four years from the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders held on June 22, 2006.


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6. Corporate Governance

In recognition of the fact that reliable corporate governance is essential to the maximization of corporate value, which embodies the company’s value, the Company is committed to strengthening its corporate governance practices through:

 

  1. Assurance of transparent and sound management;

 

  2. Realization of prompt decision-making and business execution;

 

  3. Clarification of accountability; and

 

  4. Timely, appropriate and fair disclosure of information.

(1) Corporate Governance Structure

The Company has adopted a corporate officer system, which transferred substantial authority from representative directors to corporate officers, and the Company has clarified management responsibilities and facilitated prompt decision-making and business execution.

The Company has also striven to improve the transparency and soundness of its management by increasing the number of outside directors, establishing the Compensation Committee, and engendering closer cooperation among the Company’s internal audit division, the Board of Corporate Auditors and independent auditors.

LOGO

 

a. The Board of Directors

As of June 21, 2007, the Board of Directors consists of 16 members, and has five outside directors as provided under Item 15, Article 2 of the Company Law (including 2 outside directors added at the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders held on June 21, 2007). Aiming to further reinforce the Board of Director’s supervisory functions, the Company intends to increase the number of outside members to one-third of its total membership. Additionally, in order to enrich the review and discussion of matters of the meetings, the Company has held pre-explanatory meetings regarding to essential topics to be adopted at the Board of Directors.

The terms of directors are one year in order to clarify their responsibility for management each fiscal year from June 2004.


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b. Executive Committee and Business Progress Committee

The Executive Committee consists of approximately 20 members of corporate officers, and was established to deliberate the NEC Group’s management policies, management strategies and other important matters. The Executive Committees discusses issues of particular importance prior to a meeting of the Board of Directors in order to enhance the deliberation and appropriate resolution by the Board of Directors.

On the other hand, the Business Progress Committee was established to deliberate on matters relating to the status of business execution, such as monitoring progress toward meeting budgets, adopted at the Board of Directors, and to enhance management information sharing and promote execution efficiency. The Committee consists of directors, corporate officers, executive general managers, and other members.

 

c. Compensation Committee

The Company has established a Compensation Committee. As of June 21, 2007, the Compensation Committee consists of 5 members that include two outside members (of which one is the chairperson). The Compensation Committee deliberates on the remuneration system and the level of compensation of directors and corporate officers. The Compensation Committee reports the results of its deliberations to the Board of Directors.

 

d. Corporate Auditors

The Company has adopted the corporate auditor system pursuant to the Company Law. The Company has 5 corporate auditors (including 3 outside corporate auditors pursuant to Item 16, Article 2 of the Company Law), who audit the actions of the Company’s directors. The Board of Corporate Auditors establishes audit policies and receives reports from each corporate auditor on audit status.

Each Corporate Auditor receives reports from independent auditors, as necessary, on their audit services, and cooperates with independent auditors through exchange of opinions and others. The Board of Corporate Auditors also approves the Company’s and its subsidiaries’ engagement of independent auditors for their audit and non-audit services to comply with requirements of the U.S. Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

In addition, the Company has established a division, whose sole function is assisting corporate auditors’ audit activities.


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e. Corporate Auditing Bureau

The Company has established the Corporate Auditing Bureau as an internal audit division. This bureau consists of staff members (approximately 50 members) with specialized expertise in internal audits and other matters. The Corporate Auditing Bureau performs audits, with the cooperation of the audits bureau of the Company’s subsidiaries, to ensure legal, appropriate, and effective execution of business activities in NEC Group and makes proposals for improvements to divisions concerned.

The Corporate Auditing Bureau periodically (in case of necessity, promptly) reports the results of internal audits to corporate auditors and also exchanges the opinions with independent auditors. In addition, in order to promote mutual cooperation with corporate auditors and independent auditors, the Corporate Auditing Bureau reports to the corporate auditors issues that have been identified through the “NEC Helpline”, a compliance hotline.

 

f. Independent Auditor

Messrs. Yasunobu Furukawa, Kazuya Oki and Kiyomi Nakayama audited the Company as Independent Auditors of Ernest & Young ShinNihon. There are assistants for that audit which consist of 34 Certified Public Accountants, 41 assistants of Certified Public Accountant, and 18 persons.

 

g. Relations to Outside Directors and Outside Corporate Auditors

Ms. Sawako Nohara is an outside Director of the Company and President of IPSe marketing, Inc., and the Company has continuing business relationship with IPSe Marketing, Inc., to which the Company subcontracts consulting services on its IT business. In relation to Mr. Kenji Miyahara, an outside Director of the Company and Chairman of the Board of Sumitomo Corporation, the Company has continuing business relationship with Sumitomo Corporation such as sales of the Company’s products, provision of related services and purchase of software. In addition, Mr. Shinichi Yokoyama is an outside Director and President and Chief Executive Officer of Sumitomo Life Insurance Company, and the Company has continuing business relationship with Sumitomo Life Insurance Company such as sales of the Company’s products, establishment of information systems, provision of consulting services and other Company’s services. The Company also has long-term borrowings from Sumitomo Life Insurance Company.

The Company entered into agreements with outside Directors and outside Corporate Auditors, to limit their liabilities as stipulated in Paragraph 1, Article 427 of the Company Law . The outline of such agreements is to limit the liabilities as stipulated in Paragraph 1, Article 423 of the Company Law to the higher of 20 million yen or the amount provided in the Company Law and the Ordinance for Enforcement of the Company Law on condition that they perform their duties as Directors or Corporate Auditors in good faith and without gross negligence.

 

h. Provisions of the Articles of Incorporation

The Articles of Incorporation of the Company provides that the Company shall have Directors not exceeding twenty in number, and that the quorum for electing Directors shall be not less than one-third of the total number of voting rights of shareholders entitled to exercise their voting rights. The Company’s Articles of Incorporation also provides that unless otherwise provided by the relevant laws and regulations, the Company may determine matters concerning distribution of surplus, acquisition of its own shares and other matters provided for in each item of Paragraph 1, Article 459 of the Company Law by a resolution of the Board of Directors, in order to conduct those matters flexibly.

In addition, the Company’s Articles of Incorporation provides that the quorum of general meetings of shareholders provided for in Paragraph 2, Article 309 of the Company Law shall be not less than one-third of the total number of voting rights of shareholders entitled to exercise their voting rights.


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(2) Internal Control System and Policy of the Company

The Company set its internal control system and policy (the “Internal Control System”) pursuant to Item 6 of Paragraph 4, Article 362 of the Company Law at the meeting of Board of Directors, and disclosed it on the Company’s website. A summary of the Internal Control System is as follows:

 

  1. Systems for ensuring compliance with the laws and the Company’s Articles of Incorporation in the performance of duties by directors and employees

 

  (a) The Company shall ensure, at the Company and its subsidiaries (NEC Group), a clear understanding of and compliance with, NEC Group Charter of Corporate Behavior and NEC Group Code of Conduct that were adopted to establish business ethics standards for NEC Group and to ensure compliance by directors and employees with laws, articles of incorporation and internal rules.

 

  (b) Risk Control and Compliance Division shall promote an understanding and implementation of NEC Group Charter of Corporate Behavior and NEC Group Code of Conduct throughout the NEC Group, and the Corporate Auditing Bureau shall conduct internal audits on the compliance with laws and regulations, articles of incorporation and internal rules at each division and make reports on any deficiencies or non-compliance and proposals for improvements.

 

  (c) A director shall report to corporate auditors on any material violation of laws and regulations or any material facts relevant to the violation of laws and internal rules immediately upon his or her finding, and shall also report to the Board of Directors without delay.

 

  (d) The Company shall endeavor to uncover any violation of laws and regulations at NEC Group or any violation or suspected violation of NEC Group Charter of Corporate Behavior or NEC Group Code of Conduct at an early stage by promoting the use of “NEC Helpline”, a compliance hotline, reporting to the Corporate Auditing Bureau and an independent third party organization.

 

  (e) Risk and Compliance Committee shall deliberate on investigating causes of, formulating preventative measures on, and disclosing the information of, irregularities within NEC Group. Risk Control and Compliance Division shall promote preventative measures formulated by the Risk Control and Compliance Committee.

 

  2. Matters regarding the retention and management of information relating to the performance of duties by directors

 

  (a) As for information security, the Company shall clearly provide the responsibilities of relevant organizations regarding information security, and shall establish information security management systems designed to continuously implement measures to maintain and improve information security pursuant to the Rules of Basic Information Security.


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  (b) The Company shall properly create, store and control various types of documents and records relating to the duties of directors and employees in accordance with the Rules of Basic Document Management.

 

  (c) The Company shall properly create, store and manage the minutes of general meetings of shareholders, the minutes of meetings of the Board of Directors and other documents and records, the creation and retention of which are regulated by laws and regulations, in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.

 

  (d) The Company shall properly manage trade secrets pursuant to the Rules of Trade Secret Management.

 

  (e) The Company shall strictly control personal information in accordance with laws, regulations and the Rules of Protection of Personal Information.

 

  3. Rules and other systems for risk management

 

  (a) The Company shall implement risk management systems effectively and comprehensively under the consistent policy throughout the Company in accordance with the Rules of Basic Risk Management.

 

  (b) Business divisions shall properly implement risk management systems related to their operations.

 

  (c) Corporate staff divisions shall properly implement risk management systems related to their duties and give corporate-wide support to business divisions related to such duties.

 

  (d) The Risk Control and Compliance Division shall provide necessary support, coordination and instructions so that risk management systems at business divisions and corporate staff divisions shall be systematically and effectively implemented.

 

  (e) The Risk and Compliance Committee shall deliberate on important matters related to risk management, and oversee the implementation of the enterprise risk management system.

 

  (f) The Executive Committee shall deliberate fully on the matters of particular importance from a perspective of risk management, such as the strategy to control important management risk.

 

  (g) The Corporate Auditing Bureau shall conduct audits of the enterprise risk management system and the status of implementation of risk management.

 

  4. Systems for ensuring the efficient performance of duties by directors

 

  (a) The Board of Directors shall delegate large part of its authority to corporate officers and promote timely decision-making and effective performance of duties.

 

  (b) The ordinary meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held once a month and extraordinary meetings as needs arise to make decisions in a timely manner.


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  (c) The Board of Directors shall resolve on midterm corporate management goals of NEC Group and annual budget, and shall monitor implementation of those goals and budget.

 

  (d) Corporate officers shall efficiently conduct business in accordance with midterm corporate management goals and budgets decided by the Board of Directors. The Business Progress Committee, which is comprised of corporate officers and executive general managers, shall review the performance as compared with the budgets, which shall be reported to the Board of Directors.

 

  (e) The performance of the duties by directors and corporate officers shall be properly reported to the Board of Directors.

 

  (f) Corporate officers and other employees shall competently and efficiently perform their duties in accordance with the rules of authorization for daily operation maintained by the Legal Division.

 

  (g) Directors and corporate officers shall establish, operate and improve internal information systems for operations in order to achieve efficient performance of their duties.

 

  5. Systems for ensuring the proper operation of NEC Group

 

  (a) The Company shall dispatch directors and corporate auditors to subsidiaries, conduct routine sharing of information to promote operations in accordance with NEC Group Charter of Corporate Behavior and NEC Group Code of Conduct, and shall give instructions and assistance to subsidiaries for the establishment of the systems ensuring compliance with laws and regulations and fairness of the operation of business.

 

  (b) When required for improving the corporate value as well as ensuring proper operations of NEC Group, matters of importance on business operations of subsidiaries shall be discussed at the Company’s Executive Committee and submitted to the Board of Directors of the Company.

 

  (c) Internal control over financial reporting of the NEC Group shall be evaluated, maintained and improved in accordance with applicable laws and regulations, both domestic and overseas.

 

  (d) The Corporate Auditing Bureau shall conduct audits of subsidiaries through cooperation with their internal auditing sections to ensure the fairness of their operations.

 

  (e) Corporate auditors of the Company shall perform audit of subsidiaries, which includes visits to subsidiaries. Corporate Auditors of the Company shall also cooperate with corporate auditors of subsidiaries in order to ensure the proper operation of NEC Group, by exchanging their opinions on the audit and other means.

 

  6. Matters regarding employees assisting corporate auditors and the independence of such employees from directors

The Company shall establish the Corporate Auditors Office with full-time employees to assist corporate auditors in performing their duties. Matters regarding such employees, including performance review, personnel change and disciplinary action, shall be approved by corporate auditors.


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  7. Systems of reporting to corporate auditors by directors and employees and other systems regarding reporting to corporate auditors

 

  (a) Directors and employees shall report to corporate auditors on the status of the performance of their duties, as required by corporate auditors.

 

  (b) Designated employees, including general managers of the Corporate Auditing Bureau and the Corporate Controller Division, shall make monthly, quarterly or other periodical report to corporate auditors.

 

  (c) General Manager of the Corporate Auditing Bureau shall periodically report to corporate auditors on the status of operation of “NEC Helpline”, a hotline for internal reporting. In the event he/she believes that there is any violation of NEC Group Charter of Corporate Behavior and NEC Group Code of Conduct by a director or there arises an urgent matter, General Manager of the Corporate Auditing Bureau shall immediately report the relevant facts to corporate auditors.

 

  (d) Documents evidencing approval of important matters shall be submitted to corporate auditors for their review.

 

  8. Systems for ensuring the effective audit by corporate auditors

 

  (a) Corporate auditors shall attend the meetings of the Board of Directors and such other important meetings as they deem necessary.

 

  (b) Full-time corporate auditors shall be provided with an office for his/her use.

 

  (c) Corporate auditors shall have access to the information stored in internal information systems such as accounting information system at all times.

 

  (d) A meeting of the Board of Corporate Auditors shall be held once a month and extraordinary meetings shall be held as the need arises, and corporate auditors shall exchange information and consult with each other on the state of audits. Furthermore, corporate auditors shall periodically receive reports on financial audit from independent auditors and exchange opinions with them.

(3) Information Disclosure Structure

The Company recognizes that it is essential to receive appropriate assessments of its corporate value from the capital markets through timely, appropriate and fair disclosure of information. Accordingly, in order to ensure proper information disclosure, the Company has been establishing a framework to keep its internal divisions and subsidiaries informed of the current standards of timely disclosure to stock exchanges, ensure required communication and cooperation through a prescribed reporting network among related internal divisions and subsidiaries.

The Company has also held quarterly investors’ meetings for financial announcements by the President and other senior management, announced management policies, enhanced the disclosure-related contents on its websites (including concurrent disclosure in both Japanese and English), and made efforts to strengthen its global investor relations activities.


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(4) Remuneration paid or to be paid to Directors and Corporate Auditors

The remuneration paid or to be paid to directors and corporate auditors for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007, is as follows:

     (In millions of yen)
     Remuneration     Bonus
     Headcount    

Total Amount

(In millions of yen)

    Headcount   

Total Amount

(In millions of yen)

Directors

(of which Outside Directors)

   15
(3
 
)
  495
(29
 
)
  10
—  
   108
—  

Corporate Auditors

(of which Outside Corporate Auditors)

   5
(3
 
)
  92
(32
 
)
  —  
—  
   —  
—  

Notes:

 

1. Remunerations for Directors are determined according to their positions and the distinction of full-time or part-time, and bonuses for Directors are calculated by adding evaluation under certain rules of the contribution to the business results of the Company by their performance during previous fiscal year to the amount prescribed based on their position. However, such bonuses will be paid only to full-time Directors hereafter, including the payments for their performance during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007. Remunerations for Corporate Auditors are calculated under certain rules determined by the Board of Corporate Auditors, and no bonuses are paid to Corporate Auditors. In addition, the Company abolished retirement allowance system for Directors and Corporate Auditors at the close of the 168th Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders held on June 22, 2006.

 

2. The payment of bonus in the table above was resolved at the 169th Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders.

 

3. The Company paid 128,400,000 yen as bonuses to fifteen (15) Directors (including 2,200,000 yen paid to two outside Directors) who served as Directors of the Company at the end of March 31, 2006.

 

4. The Company paid 69,800,000 yen as retirement allowance (including special payment for the demise of Mr. Akinobu Kanasugi) to four Directors (including 5,000,000 yen paid to one outside Director) who retired during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007. The Company also paid 5,000,000 yen as retirement allowance to one outside Corporate Auditor who retired during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007.

 

5. The maximum monthly remuneration for Directors is 65,000,000 yen (approved at the 153rd Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders held on June, 27, 1991).

 

6. The maximum monthly remuneration for Corporate Auditors is 8,000,000 yen (approved at the 153rd Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders held on June 27, 1991).

(5) Compensation to independent auditor

The Company and its consolidated subsidiaries paid compensation of 2,220 million yen to Ernst & Young ShinNihon pursuant to Paragraph 1, Article 2 of Certified Public Accountant Law (Law number 103 in 1948). In addition, the Company paid 8 million yen for non-audit services rendered by Ernst & Young ShinNihon.


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ITEM 5. Financial information

1. Basis of preparation of the consolidated financial statements and the non-consolidated financial statements

 

  (1) The Company’s consolidated financial statements were prepared in the past in accordance with U.S. GAAP pursuant to the provisions of Article 93 of the “Regulations Concerning Terminology, Forms, and Method for Preparing Consolidated Financial Statements” (1976 Ministry of Finance Ordinance No. 28; hereinafter the “Regulations Concerning Consolidated Financial Statements”). However, the Company has elected, starting with the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007, to prepare and disclose its consolidated financial statements required by the Securities and Exchange Law of Japan in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in Japan (“Japan GAAP”). The Company changed its accounting principles because the Company has not been able to prepare its consolidated financial statements under U.S. GAAP for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006, as the audits relating to the Company’s annual report to be filed with the SEC have not been completed under PCAOB audit standards.

In relation to the change above, the Company has prepared the consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006 included in this Annual Securities Report based on Japan GAAP pursuant to “Regulations Concerning Consolidated Financial Statements” (however, in the same way as other companies which adopt Japan GAAP, this refers to the Regulations Concerning Consolidated Financial Statements prior to revision enforced on May 1, 2006 hereinafter referred to as the “Regulations Concerning Consolidated Financial Statements Prior to Revision”) in order to be comparative with the consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007. Therefore, the financial statements for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006 included in the Company’s annual securities report for its 168th Business Period filed with the Director of the Kanto Local Finance Bureau on June 22, 2006 (based on U.S. GAAP) are differently presented from the financial statements for the same fiscal year included in this Annual Securities Report (based on Japan GAAP).

 

  (2) The non-consolidated financial statements of the Company are prepared in accordance with the Regulations Concerning the Terminology, Forms and Preparation Methods of Non-Consolidated Financial Statements (Ministry of Finance Ordinance No. 59, 1963) (hereinafter referred to as the Regulations for Non-Consolidated Financial Statements ).

The non-consolidated financial statements for the 168th business year (from April 1, 2005 to March 31, 2006) have been prepared in accordance with the “Regulations for Non-Consolidated Financial Statements” prior to the amendment. The non-consolidated financial statements for the 169th business year (from April 1, 2006 to March 31, 2007) have been prepared in accordance with the amended Regulations for Non-Consolidated Financial Statements.

Amounts less than one million yen are rounded down to the nearest million yen for the 168th business year and rounded to the nearest million yen for the 169 th business year.

2. Report of independent auditors

Pursuant to the provisions of Article 193-2 of The Securities and Exchange Law, the consolidated financial statements for the prior fiscal year (from April 1, 2005 to March 31, 2006) and those for the current fiscal year (from April 1, 2006 to March 31, 2007), and the non-consolidated financial statements for the 168th business year (from April 1, 2005 to March 31, 2006) and those for the 169th business year (from April 1, 2006 to March 31, 2007) were audited by Ernst & Young ShinNihon.

In this Annual Securities Report, in order to provide comparative financial information between the consolidated financial statements of fiscal 2007 and 2006, the Company prepared and disclosed the consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006 (from April 1, 2005 to March 31,2006) in accordance with Japan GAAP.

Therefore, in addition to the report of independent auditors, dated on June 22, 2006, for the consolidated financial statements which were prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP for the prior fiscal year (from April 1, 2005 to March 31, 2006), the report of independent auditors, dated on June 21, 2007, was issued on the consolidated financial statements which were prepared in accordance with Japan GAAP for the prior fiscal year (from April 1, 2005 to March 31, 2006) by Ernst & Young ShinNihon.


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1. Consolidated Financial Statements and other

(1) Consolidated Financial Statements

(a) Consolidated Balance Sheets

          (In millions of yen)
         

Fiscal year ended March 31, 2006

  

Fiscal year ended March 31, 2007

Account

  

Note.

No

  

Amount

    % of
total
assets
  

Amount

    %of
total
assets

ASSETS

                  

I        Current assets

                  

1       Cash and deposits

         404,303           332,446    

2       Notes and accounts receivable, trade

   *5,6,10       858,328           874,543    

3       Marketable securities

         49,242           91,570    

4       Inventories

         492,414           493,224    

5       Deferred tax assets

         106,243           114,560    

6       Others

         198,430           150,895    

Allowance for doubtful accounts

         (9,617 )         (9,557 )  
                          

Total current assets

         2,099,343     55.2       2,047,681     54.9

II      Fixed assets

                  

1       Tangible fixed assets

   *1,2                

(1)    Buildings and structures

         244,534           238,677    

(2)    Machinery and equipment

         197,839           214,833    

(3)    Tools and other equipment

         104,861           104,925    

(4)    Land

         91,694           92,203    

(5)    Construction in progress

         38,341           33,891    
                          

Total tangible fixed assets

         677,269     17.8       684,529     18.3
                          

2       Intangible assets

                  

(1)    Consolidated adjustment accounts

         79,397           —      

(2)    Goodwill

         —             89,566    

(3)    Software

         149,892           126,339    

(4)    Others

         7,056           6,086    
                          

Total intangible assets

         236,345     6.2       221,991     5.9
                          

3       Investments and other assets

                  

(1)    Investment securities

         266,040           230,504    

(2)    Investments in affiliated companies

   *3       110,319           221,864    

(3)    Deferred tax assets

         214,525           160,810    

(4)    Others

         229,845           181,098    

Allowance for doubtful accounts

         (30,911 )         (16,808 )  
                          

Total investments and other assets

         789,818     20.8       777,468     20.9
                          

Total fixed assets

         1,703,432     44.8       1,683,988     45.1
                          

Total assets

         3,802,775     100.0       3,731,669     100.0
                          


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          (In millions of yen)
         

Fiscal year ended March 31, 2006

    Fiscal year ended March 31, 2007

Account

   Note.
No
  

Amount

    % of
total
assets
   

Amount

   % of
total
assets

LIABILITIES

                  

I        Current liabilities

                  

1       Notes and accounts payable, trade

   *10       826,335          786,899   

2       Short-term borrowings

   *2       106,979          110,385   

3       Commercial papers

         35,000          102,943   

4       Current portion of long-term borrowings

   *2,9       29,777          41,562   

5       Current portion of bonds

         29,270          76,570   

6       Current portion of convertible bonds

         99,998          —     

7       Accrued expenses

         284,502          285,039   

8       Advances from customers

         52,753          66,730   

9       Reserve for bonuses to directors

         —            401   

10     Product warranty liabilities

         11,229          34,459   

11     Others

         199,465          190,491   
                        

Total current liabilities

         1,675,308     44.0        1,695,479    45.5

II      Long-term liabilities

                  

1       Bonds

         204,385          127,815   

2       Convertible bonds

         197,906          197,904   

3       Bonds with stock subscription rights

         117,500          117,500   

4       Long-term borrowings

   *2,9       76,268          42,759   

5       Deferred tax liabilities

         9,661          11,424   

6       Liabilities for retirement benefits

         197,434          216,769   

7       Provision for loss on repurchase of computers

         19,532          16,355   

8       Long-term product warranty liabilities

         840          2,380   

9       Provision for recycling expenses of personal computers

         6,137          5,634   

10     Others

         55,154          57,527   
                        

Total long-term liabilities

         884,817     23.3        796,067    21.3
                        

Total liabilities

         2,560,125     67.3        2,491,546    66.8

MINORITY INTERESTS

                  

Minority interests

         212,843     5.6        —      —  

SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

                  

I        Common stock

         337,821     8.9        —      —  

II      Capital surplus

         441,155     11.6        —      —  

III     Retained earnings

         173,808     4.6        —      —  

IV    Unrealized gains on available-for-sale securities

         78,128     2.1        —      —  

V      Foreign currency translation adjustments

         1,764     0.0        —      —  

VI    Treasury stock

   *8       (2,869 )   (0.1 )      —      —  
                        

Total shareholders’ equity

         1,029,807     27.1        —      —  
                        

Total liabilities, minority interests, and shareholders’ equity

         3,802,775     100.0        —      —  


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          (In millions of yen)  
          Fiscal year ended March 31, 2006    Fiscal year ended March 31, 2007  

Account

   Note.
No
   Amount    % of
total
assets
   Amount    

% of

total

assets

 

NET ASSETS

             

I        Shareholders’ equity

             

1       Common stock

      —      —      337,822     9.1  

2       Capital surplus

      —      —      464,838     12.4  

3       Retained earnings

      —      —      173,003     4.6  

4       Treasury stock

      —      —      (3,225 )   (0.1 )
                   

Total shareholders’ equity

      —      —      972,438     26.0  

II      Valuation and translation adjustments and others

             

1       Unrealized gains on available-for-sale securities

      —      —      57,706     1.6  

2       Unrealized losses on derivative financial instruments

      —      —      (143 )   (0.0 )

3       Foreign currency translation adjustments

      —      —      8,807     0.2  
                   

Total valuation and translation adjustments and others

      —      —      66,370     1.8  

III     Stock subscription rights

      —      —      81     0.0  

IV    Minority interests

      —      —      201,234     5.4  
                   

Total net assets

      —      —      1,240,123     33.2  
                   

Total liabilities and net assets

      —      —      3,731,669     100.0  


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(b) Consolidated Statements of Operations

 

          (In millions of yen)  
         

Fiscal year ended March 31, 2006
(From April 1, 2005

to March 31, 2006)

   

Fiscal year ended March 31, 200
(From April 1, 2006

to March 31, 2007)

 

Account

   Note.
No
   Amount     % of
sales
    Amount     % of
sales
 

I        SALES

         4,929,970     100.0        4,652,649     100.0  

II      COST OF SALES

   *2       3,523,577     71.5        3,242,459     69.7  
                         

Gross profit

         1,406,393     28.5        1,410,190     30.3  

III     SELLING, GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

   *1,2       1,333,867     27.0        1,340,214     28.8  
                         

Operating income

         72,526     1.5        69,976     1.5  

IV    NON-OPERATING INCOME

                 

1       Interest income

      6,664        8,951     

2       Dividend income

      4,079        3,622     

3       Equity in earnings of affiliated companies

      6,195        —       

4       Foreign exchange gain

      1,042        —       

5       Others

          14,672    32,652     0.7         13,622    26,195     0.6  
                     

V      NON-OPERATING EXPENSES

                 

1       Interest expense

      16,810        16,161     

2       Loss on sales and disposals of fixed assets

      16,547        15,639     

3       Retirement benefit expenses

      13,527        13,863     

4       Settlement and compensation loss

      19,126        7,510     

5       Equity in losses of affiliated companies

      —          4,006     

6       Foreign exchange loss

      —          2,622     

7       Others

      24,213    90,223     1.9     20,023    79,824     1.7  
                             

Ordinary income

         14,955     0.3        16,347     0.4  

VI    SPECIAL GAIN

                 

1       Gain on reversion of securities from the pension trust

   *3    —          69,533     

2       Gain on sales of investment securities

      25,189        25,651     

3       Gain on change in interests in consolidated subsidiaries and affiliated companies

   *4    2,909        8,630     

4       Gain on transfer of securities to the pension trust

   *5    —          6,534     

5       Gain on sales of tangible fixed assets

   *6    4,590        2,872     

6       Reversal of provision for recycling expenses of personal computers

      860        1,892     

7       Gain on sales of investments in affiliated companies

   *7    23,220        41     

8       Gain on transfer of substitutional portion of employees’ pension funds

   *8    2,035        —       

9       Gain on lapse of stock subscription rights

      —      58,803     1.2     2    115,155     2.5  

VII   SPECIAL LOSSES

                 

1       Restructuring charges

   *9    1,681        15,805     

2       Loss on devaluation of investment securities

   *10    10,162        10,058     

3       Cost of corrective measures for products

   *11    —          4,695     

4       Impairment loss on fixed assets

   *12    661        2,768     

5       Other retirement benefit expenses

   *13    560        991     

6       Loss on sales of investments in affiliated companies

   *14    —          661     

7       Loss on sales of tangible fixed assets

   *15    —          208     

8       Loss on sales of investment securities

      378        19     

9       Provision for product warranty liabilities

   *16    8,581    22,023     0.5     —      35,205     0.8  
                             

Income before income taxes and minority interests

         51,735     1.0        96,297     2.1  

Income taxes-current

      25,957        30,728     

Income taxes-deferred

      47,192    73,149     1.5     62,242    92,970     2.0  
                     

Minority interests in net loss of consolidated subsidiaries

         (11,352 )   (0.3 )      (5,801 )   (0.1 )
                         

Net (loss) income

         (10,062 )   (0.2 )      9,128     0.2  

 


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(c) Consolidated Statements of Retained Earnings

          (In millions of yen)
         

Fiscal year ended March 31, 2006

(From April 1, 2005
to March 31, 2006)

Account

   Note.
No
   Amount
Capital surplus         

I        Balance at beginning of year

         396,366

II      Increase in capital surplus

        

Increase due to stock-for-stock exchange

      44,905   

Conversion of convertible bonds with stock subscription rights

      1    44,906
          

III     Decrease in capital surplus

        

Loss on disposal of treasury stock

      3   

Other decrease in capital surplus

      114    117
            

IV    Balance at end of year

         441,155
          
Retained earnings         

I        Balance at beginning of year

         207,745

II      Decrease in retained earnings

        

Net loss

      10,062   

Dividends

      11,759   

Bonuses to directors

      316   

Effect of change in scope of affiliated companies accounted for by the equity method

      11,800    33,937
            

III     Balance at end of year

         173,808
          


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(d) Consolidated Statements of Changes in Net Assets

Fiscal year ended March 31, 2007 (From April 1, 2006 to March 31, 2007)

     (In millions of yen)  
     Shareholders’ equity  
     Common stock    Capital surplus     Retained
earnings
    Treasury stock     Total
shareholders’
equity
 

Balances at beginning of year

   337,821    441,155     173,808     (2,869 )   949,915  

Changes during the fiscal year

           

Increase due to stock- for-stock exchange

      24,382         24,382  

Conversion of convertible bonds with stock subscription rights

   1    1         2  

Bonuses to directors (Note1)

        (200 )     (200 )

Dividends (Note2)

        (14,081 )     (14,081 )

Net income

        9,128       9,128  

Repurchases of treasury stock

          (558 )   (558 )

Disposals of treasury stock

      (153 )     202     49  

Effect of change in scope of affiliated companies accounted for by the equity method

        4,348       4,348  

Others

      (547 )       (547 )

Net changes in items other than shareholders’ equity during the fiscal year

           

Total changes during the fiscal year

   1    23,683     (805 )   (356 )   22,523  

Balances at end of year

   337,822    464,838     173,003     (3,225 )   972,438  


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     Valuation and translation adjustments and others                   
    

Unrealized

gains on
available-for-sale
securities

    Unrealized
losses on
derivative
financial
instrument
    Foreign
currency
translation
adjustments
  

Total
valuation
and
translation
adjustments
and

others

    Stock
subscription
rights
   Minority
interests
    Total net
assets
 

Balances at beginning of year

   78,128     —       1,764    79,892     —      212,843     1,242,650  

Changes during the fiscal year

                

Increase due to stock- for-stock exchange

                 24,382  

Conversion of convertible bonds with stock subscription rights

                 2  

Bonuses to directors (Note1)

                 (200 )

Dividends (Note2)

                 (14,081 )

Net income

                 9,128  

Repurchases of treasury stock

                 (558 )

Disposals of treasury stock

                 49  

Effect of change in scope of affiliated companies accounted for by the equity method

                 4,348  

Others

                 (547 )

Net changes in items other than shareholders’ equity during the fiscal year

   (20,422 )   (143 )   7,043    (13,522 )   81    (11,609 )   (25,050 )

Total changes during the fiscal year

   (20,422 )   (143 )   7,043    (13,522 )   81    (11,609 )   (2,527 )

Balances at end of year

   57,706     (143 )   8,807    66,370     81    201,234     1,240,123  

Note:   1.   The appropriation approved at the ordinary general meeting of shareholders in June 2006.
  2.   Out of total dividends, 5,979 million yen was the appropriation approved at the ordinary general meeting of shareholders in June 2006.


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(e) Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

          (In millions of yen)  
         

Fiscal year ended

March 31, 2006

(From April 1, 2005

to March 31, 2006)

   

Fiscal year ended

March 31, 2007

(From April 1, 2006

to March 31, 2007)

 

Account

   Note
No
   Amount     Amount  

I        Cash flows from operating activities

       

Income before income taxes and minority interests

      51,735     96,297  

Depreciation and amortization

      198,956     198,398  

Amortization of long-term prepaid expenses

      34,750     25,975  

Impairment loss on fixed assets

      661     2,768  

Amortization of consolidated adjustment accounts

      6,021     —    

Amortization of goodwill

      —       8,287  

Increase (decrease) in allowance for doubtful accounts

      5,098     (13,327 )

Increase in product warranty liabilities

      10,739     24,553  

Decrease in provision for loss on repurchase of computers

      (4,467 )   (3,177 )

Increase in liabilities for retirement benefits

      21,432     28,629  

Interest and dividend income

      (10,743 )   (12,573 )

Interest expense

      16,810     16,161  

Equity in (earnings) losses of affiliated companies

      (6,195 )   4,006  

Gain on change in interests in consolidated subsidiaries and affiliated companies

      (2,909 )   (8,630 )

Gain on sales of tangible fixed assets

      (4,590 )   (2,872 )

Loss on sales of tangible fixed assets

      —       208  

Gain on sales of investment securities

      (25,189 )   (25,651 )

Loss on devaluation of investment securities

      10,162     10,058  

Loss on sales of investment securities

      378     19  

Gain on sales of investments in affiliated companies

      (23,220 )   (41 )

Loss on sales of investments in affiliated companies

      —       661  

Gain on lapse of stock subscription rights

      —       (2 )

Gain on reversion of securities from the pension trust

      —       (69,533 )

Gain on transfer of securities to the pension trust

      —       (6,534 )

Settlement and compensation loss

      19,126     7,510  

Increase in notes and accounts receivable, trade

      (76,683 )   (31,524 )

Decrease (increase) in Inventories

      34,878     (14,098 )

(Decrease) increase in accounts receivable, other

      (6,700 )   41,350  

Increase (decrease) in notes and accounts payable, trade

      14,650     (24,413 )

Others, net

      13,511     32,742  
               

Sub-total

      278,211     285,247  
               

Interest and dividends received

      10,760     12,598  

Interest paid

      (17,297 )   (16,180 )

Payment for settlement and compensation loss

      (7,828 )   (15,240 )

Income taxes paid

      (38,042 )   (28,107 )
               

Net cash provided by operating activities

      225,804     238,318  


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March 31, 2006

(From April 1, 2005

to March 31, 2006)

   

Fiscal year ended

March 31, 2007

(From April 1, 2006

to March 31, 2007)

 

Account

   Note
No
   Amount     Amount  

II      Cash flows from investing activities

       

Purchases of tangible fixed assets

      (159,432 )   (186,815 )

Proceeds from sales of tangible fixed assets

      69,442     50,316  

Acquisitions of intangible assets

      (47,635 )   (36,262 )

Purchases of investment securities

      (12,584 )   (10,655 )

Proceeds from sales of investment securities

      36,271     38,432  

Disbursements for acquisitions of shares of newly consolidated subsidiaries

   * 3    (3,608 )   (1,630 )

Proceeds from acquisitions of shares of newly consolidated subsidiaries

   * 3    —       1,716  

Proceeds from sales of shares of subsidiaries being excluded from the consolidation

   * 4    14,604     39  

Disbursements for sales of subsidiaries being excluded from the consolidation

   * 4    —       (1,496 )

Purchases of investments in affiliated companies

      (11,946 )   (22,915 )

Proceeds from sales of investments in affiliated companies

      29,052     260  

Disbursements for loans receivable

      (16,338 )   (12,304 )

Collection of loans receivable

      18,769     14,887  

Others, net

      (1,282 )   (3,249 )
               

Net cash used in investing activities

      (84,687 )   (169,676 )
               

III    Cash flows from financing activities

       

(Decrease) increase in short- term borrowings, net

      (81,326 )   70,574  

Proceeds from long-term borrowings

      24,643     15,564  

Repayment of long-term borrowings

      (55,130 )   (58,328 )

Proceeds from issuance of bonds with stock subscription rights

      7,500     —    

Redemption of bonds

      (85,570 )   (29,270 )

Redemption of convertible bonds

      —       (99,998 )

Proceeds from capital contribution from minority shareholders

      4,056     14,378  

Dividends paid

      (11,729 )   (14,060 )

Dividends paid to minority shareholders

      (2,407 )   (2,268 )

Others, net

      (236 )   (331 )
               

Net cash used in financing activities

      (200,199 )   (103,739 )
               

IV    Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents

      9,950     6,096  
               

V      Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents

      (49,132 )   (29,001 )
               

VI    Cash and cash equivalents, at beginning of year

      501,502     452,370  
               

VII  Cash and cash equivalents, at end of year

   * 1    452,370     423,369  
               


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Significant Items for Presenting Consolidated Financial Statements

 

Items

  

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(From April 1, 2005

to March 31, 2006)

  

Fiscal year ended March 31, 2007

(From April 1, 2006

to March 31, 2007)

1       Scope of consolidation

   The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its 356 subsidiaries.    The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its 342 subsidiaries.
  

Major consolidated subsidiaries

 

NEC Electronics Corporation (hereinafter referred to as the “NEC Electronics”)

NEC Electronics America, Inc. (hereinafter referred to as the “ NEC Electronics America”)

Wuhan NEC Mobile Communication Co., Ltd.

NEC America, Inc.

NEC Personal Products, Ltd.

NEC Europe Ltd.

NEC Networks and System Integration Corporation (hereinafter referred to as the “NESIC”)

NEC TOKIN Corporation (hereinafter referred to as the “ NEC TOKIN”)

NEC Infrontia Corporation (hereinafter referred to as the “NEC Infrontia”)

NEC Fielding, Ltd.

Nippon Avionics Co., Ltd.

NEC Mobiling, Ltd.

  

Major consolidated subsidiaries

 

NEC Electronics Corporation (hereinafter referred to as the “NEC Electronics”)

NEC Corporation of America (hereinafter referred to as the “ NEC America”)

NEC Personal Products, Ltd.

NEC Europe Ltd.

NEC (China) Co., Ltd.

NEC Networks and System Integration Corporation (hereinafter referred to as the “NESIC”)

NEC TOKIN Corporation (hereinafter referred to as the “ NEC TOKIN”)

NEC Infrontia Corporation (hereinafter referred to as the “NEC Infrontia”)

NEC Fielding, Ltd.

Nippon Avionics Co., Ltd.

NEC Mobiling, Ltd.

   Change in the scope of consolidation includes additions of 49 and exclusions of 10 subsidiaries. Significant changes were as follows:    Change in the scope of consolidation includes additions of 32 and exclusions of 46 subsidiaries. Significant changes were as follows:


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Items

  

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( From April 1, 2005

to March 31, 2006 )

  

Fiscal year ended March 31, 2007

( From April 1, 2006

to March 31, 2007 )

   Consolidated subsidiaries included in the consolidation scope as a result of acquisitions and incorporation, etc. 49 subsidiaries    Consolidated subsidiaries included in the consolidation scope as a result of acquisitions and incorporation, etc. 32 subsidiaries
  

Toyo Network Systems Co.,Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as the “ Toyo Network Systems”)

NEC HCL System Technologies Limited

Networks & System Integration Saudi Arabia Co., Ltd.

Tohoku Chemical Industries (Vietnam), Ltd.

NEC Computers Deutschland, GmbH.

NEC Computers (Nederland), B.V.

ABeam Consulting (Malaysia) Sdn.Bhd.

ABeam Consulting (Europe), B.V.

NEC Computers S.A.S.

Others

  

NEC BIGLOBE, Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as the “NEC BIGLOBE”)

NEC Electronic Korea Ltd.

NEC Philips Unified Solution B.V.

NEC TOKIN Korea Co., Ltd.

Others

   Consolidated subsidiaries excluded from the consolidation scope as a result of sales and liquidation, etc.    Consolidated subsidiaries excluded from the consolidation scope as a result of sales and liquidation, etc.
   9 subsidiaries    36 subsidiaries
  

ANELVA Corporation (hereinafter referred to as the “ANELVA”)

NEC Machinery Corporation (hereinafter referred to as the “NEC Machinery”)

NEC Computer Storage Philippines, Inc.

Others

  

Hokko Denshi Co., Ltd.

Packard Bell B.V.

NEC USA, Inc.

NEC Laser & Automation, Ltd.

NEC Gotemba, Ltd.

Others


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to March 31, 2006)

  

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(From April 1, 2006

to March 31, 2007)

   A subsidiary excluded from the consolidation scope due to merger 1 subsidiary    Subsidiaries excluded from the consolidation scope due to merger 10 subsidiaries
   Previous    New    Previous    New
   NEC Software Aomori, Ltd.   

NEC Software

Tohoku, Ltd.

   TOKIN Shoko Corporation    NEC TOKIN
   NEC Software Tohoku, Ltd.       NEC TOKIN Toyama, Ltd.   
          
         NEC TOKIN Iwate, Ltd.   
         NEC TOKIN Tochigi, Ltd.   
         NEC TOKIN Hyogo, Ltd.   
         NEC TOKIN Corporation   
          
         NEC America    NEC Corporation of America
         NEC Solutions (America), Inc.   
          
         NEC Compound Semiconductor Devices, Ltd.    NEC Electronics
         NEC Deviceport, Ltd.   
         NEC Electronics Corporation   
          
         Epiphany Solutions, Ltd.    ABeam System Engineering
         ABeam System Engineering   
          
         Qorval Integrated Solutions, Inc.    Abeam Consulting (USA) Ltd.
         Abeam Consulting (USA) Ltd.   


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Items

  

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to March 31, 2006)

  

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(From April 1, 2006

to March 31, 2007)

2       Application of equity method

  

(a)

Number of unconsolidated subsidiaries accounted for by the equity method

  

(a)

Same as on the left

   none   
  

(b)

Investments in 68 affiliated companies are accounted for by the equity method.

  

(b)

Investments in 68 affiliated companies are accounted for by the equity method.

   Major affiliated companies accounted for by the equity method    Major affiliated companies accounted for by the equity method
  

Pleomart. Inc

Keyware Solutions Inc.

Nippon Computer System Co., Ltd

South Tokyo Cabletelevision

Alaxala Networks Corporation

NEC Leasing, Ltd.

Nippon Electric Glass Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as the “Nippon Electric Glass ”)

Anritsu Corporation

Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Ltd

Honda Elesys

NEC SCHOTT Components Corporation

Sincere Corporation

NEC TOPPAN Circuit Solutions

Hua Hong Semiconductor Limited (hereinafter referred to as the “Hua Hong Semiconductor”)

Shanghai SVA NEC Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as the “Shanghai SVA NEC Liquid Crystal Display”)

  

Pleomart. Inc

Keyware Solutions Inc.

Nippon Computer System Co., Ltd

South Tokyo Cabletelevision

Alaxala Networks Corporation

NEC Leasing, Ltd.

Nippon Electric Glass Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as the “Nippon Electric Glass ”)

Anritsu Corporation

Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Ltd

Honda Elesys

NEC SCHOTT Components Corporation

Sincere Corporation

NEC TOPPAN Circuit Solutions

Shanghai SVA NEC Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as the “Shanghai SVA NEC Liquid Crystal Display”)

Sony NEC Optiarc Inc. (hereinafter referred to as the “Sony NEC Optiarc”)

Adcore-Tech Co.,Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as the “Adcore-Tech”)


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to March 31, 2006)

  

Fiscal year ended March 31, 2007

(From April 1, 2006

to March 31, 2007)

   4 affiliated companies, including CIC Japan., Ltd., were newly accounted for by the equity method. 3 affiliated companies, including Toyo Communication Equipment Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as the “ Toyo Communication Equipment”) and Elpida Memory, Inc. (hereinafter referred to as the “Elpida”), were excluded from the affiliated companies accounted for by the equity method.    5 affiliated companies, including Sony NEC Optiarc and Adcore-Tech, were newly accounted for by the equity method. 5 affiliated companies, including Hua Hong Semiconductor and Biwagin Software Co., Ltd. were excluded from the affiliated companies accounted for by the equity method.
  

(c)

Unconsolidated subsidiaries and affiliated companies not accounted for by the equity method

  

(c)

Same as on the left

   none   
  

(d)

Although the Company owns over 20% of the total outstanding shares of Japan Electronic Computer Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as the “JECC”), JECC was excluded from affiliated companies, because it is jointly owned and managed by 6 domestic electronic computer manufacturers to promote the data-processing industry.

  

(d)

Same as on the left

 


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Items

  

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to March 31, 2006 )

  

Fiscal year ended March 31, 2007

( From April 1, 2006

to March 31, 2007 )

3       Fiscal year ends of consolidated subsidiaries

   The fiscal year ends of consolidated subsidiaries are March 31 except for the following subsidiaries:    The fiscal year ends of consolidated subsidiaries are March 31 except for the following subsidiaries:
  

NEC do Brasil S.A.

NEC Solutions Brasil S.A.

Shougang NEC Electronics Co., Ltd.

NEC Argentina S.A.

NEC Chile S.A.

58 other subsidiaries

 

The fiscal year ends of subsidiaries listed above are usually December 31, and the financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31 were included in the NEC consolidation.

The Company made adjustments for material transactions between the fiscal year ends of the subsidiaries and the fiscal year end of the Company, as needed.

  

NEC do Brasil S.A.

NEC Solutions Brasil S.A.

Shougang NEC Electronics Co., Ltd.

NEC Argentina S.A.

NEC Chile S.A.

NEC Philips Unified Solutions B.V.

53 other subsidiaries

 

The fiscal year ends of subsidiaries listed above are usually December 31, and the financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31 were included in the NEC consolidation.

The Company made adjustments for material transactions between the fiscal year ends of the subsidiaries and the fiscal year end of the Company, as needed.

4       Accounting policies

   Accounting policies adopted by consolidated subsidiaries are, in general, the same as those adopted by the Company. Certain accounting policies adopted by overseas consolidated subsidiaries are in accordance with those of respective countries.    Same as on the left


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Items

  

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( From April 1, 2005

to March 31, 2006 )

  

Fiscal year ended March 31, 2007

( From April 1, 2006

to March 31, 2007 )

(1)    Valuation basis and method of major assets

  

(a)

Marketable and investment securities

 

Available-for-sale securities

 

•     Securities with market prices

 

Securities with market prices are valued at the quoted market prices prevailing at fiscal year end. Unrealized gains or losses are included in a component of shareholders’ equity. The cost of securities sold is determined based on the moving-average cost method.

  

(a)

Marketable and investment securities

 

Available-for-sale securities

 

•     Securities with market prices

 

Securities with market prices are valued at the quoted market prices prevailing at fiscal year end. Unrealized gains or losses are included in a component of net assets. The cost of securities sold is determined based on the moving-average cost method.

  

•     Securities without market prices

 

Moving-average cost method

 

•     Investments in limited partnerships, etc.

Based on the latest available financial statements, the investments in limited partnerships were accounted for by the equity method.

  

•     Securities without market prices

 

Same as on the left

 

•     Investments in limited partnerships, etc.

Same as on the left

  

(b)

Derivatives

 

Market value method

  

(b)

Derivatives

 

Same as on the left


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Items

  

Fiscal year ended March 31, 2006

( From April 1, 2005

to March 31, 2006 )

  

Fiscal year ended March 31, 2007

( From April 1, 2006

to March 31, 2007 )

  

(c)

Inventories

 

Inventories are stated at the lower of cost or market, determined by the following valuation methods:

 

Valuation method

Finished products

 

Custom-made products

Mainly, specific identification method

 

Mass produced standard products

Mainly, first-in, first-out method

 

Work-in process

 

Custom-made products

Mainly, specific identification method

 

Mass produced standard products

Mainly, average cost method

 

Semi-finished products, raw materials and others

Mainly, first-in, first-out method

  

(c)

Inventories

 

Same as on the left


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Items

  

Fiscal year ended March 31, 2006

( From April 1, 2005

to March 31, 2006 )

  

Fiscal year ended March 31, 2007

( From April 1, 2006

to March 31, 2007 )

(2)    Valuation standard and method of major depreciable assets

  

(a)

Tangible fixed assets

Depreciation is computed principally by the declining-balance method

Estimated useful lives are as follows:

Buildings and structures

7 - 50 years

Machinery and equipment , tools and other equipment

2 - 22 years

 

Leased assets are depreciated by the declining-balance method over the respective lease periods.

  

(a)

Tangible fixed assets

Same as on the left

  

(b)

Intangible assets

 

Software for sale to the market is amortized either based on projected sales volumes or projected sales amounts (Mainly the estimated valid period of 3 years or less). Software for internal use is amortized on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful lives of 5 years at maximum.

  

(b)

Intangible assets

 

Same as on the left

  

(c)

Investments and other assets

 

Long-term prepaid expenses are amortized on a straight-line basis, or amortized based on the actual sales volume.

  

(c)

Investments and other assets

 

Same as on the left


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Items

  

Fiscal year ended March 31, 2006

( From April 1, 2005

to March 31, 2006 )

  

Fiscal year ended March 31, 2007

( From April 1, 2006

to March 31, 2007 )

(3)    Accounting standards for significant reserves

  

(a)

Allowance for doubtful accounts

An allowance for doubtful accounts is provided against potential losses on collection at an amount determined using a historical bad debt ratio for normal receivables, plus an amount individually estimated on the collectibility of receivables that are expected to be uncollectible due to bad financial condition or insolvency.

  

(a)

Allowance for doubtful accounts

Same as on the left

  

(b)

Reserve for bonuses to directors

 

____________

  

(b)

Reserve for bonuses to directors

 

The Company and its domestic consolidated subsidiaries provide a reserve for bonuses to directors in the amount which is attributable to this fiscal year, out of the estimated amount to be paid during the following fiscal year.

  

(c)

Product warranty liabilities

 

The Company and its consolidated subsidiaries accrue product warranty liabilities for estimated future warranty costs using the historical ratio of warranty costs to sales in expectation of expenditures for warranty costs after the sale of products.

  

(c)

Product warranty liabilities

 

The Company and its consolidated subsidiaries accrue product warranty liabilities for estimated future warranty costs using the historical ratio of warranty costs to sales, plus an amount individually measured on the incremental costs that are expected to be incurred, in expectation of expenditures for warranty costs after sale of products, or upon delivery of developed software.


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Items

  

Fiscal year ended March 31, 2006

( From April 1, 2005

to March 31, 2006 )

  

Fiscal year ended March 31, 2007

( From April 1, 2006

to March 31, 2007 )

     

(Additional information)

“Practical Solution on Revenue Recognition of Software (PITF Report No.17 dated March 30, 2006) was adopted effective for this fiscal year. In accordance with PITF No.17, the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries additionally accrued for defect mending costs to be incurred subsequent to the delivery of software to customers, using the historical ratio of such cost, plus an amount individually measured on the incremental costs. The effects of the adoption were to decrease operating income, ordinary income, and income before income taxes and minority interests by 13,370 million yen, respectively.

  

(d)

Liabilities for retirement benefits

 

Liabilities for retirement benefits or prepaid pension expenses are provided for employees’ pension and severance payments based on the projected benefit obligation and the estimated fair value of plan assets as of this fiscal year end.

Transitional obligation is amortized on a straight-line basis over 15 years.

 

Prior service costs are amortized on a straight-line basis over the employees’ estimated average remaining service periods (mainly 14 years).

 

Actuarial gains and losses are amortized on a straight-line basis over the employees’ estimated average remaining service periods (mainly 13 years), starting the following year after incurrence.

  

(d)

Liabilities for retirement benefits or prepaid pension costs

 

Liabilities for retirement benefits or prepaid pension expenses are provided for employees’ pension and severance payments based on the projected benefit obligation and the estimated fair value of plan assets as of this fiscal year end.

Transitional obligation is amortized on a straight-line basis over 15 years.

 

Prior service costs are amortized on a straight-line basis over the employees’ estimated average remaining service periods (mainly 14 years).

 

Actuarial gains and losses are amortized on a straight-line basis over the employees’ estimated average remaining service periods (mainly 12 years), starting the following year after incurrence.


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Items

  

Fiscal year ended March 31, 2006

( From April 1, 2005

to March 31, 2006 )

  

Fiscal year ended March 31, 2007

( From April 1, 2006

to March 31, 2007 )

  

(Additional information)

Following the enactment of Defined Benefit Pension Plan Law, certain of the Company’s domestic consolidated subsidiaries obtained approval from the Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare on February 1, 2006 for the transfer of the substitutional portion of past pension obligations which resulted in the transfer of the substitutional portion of the pension obligations and related assets to the government. Accordingly, 2,035 million yen as special gain was recognized for the year ended March 31, 2006.

  
  

(e)

Provision for loss on repurchase of computers

 

The Company provides provision for the estimated losses arising from the repurchase of computers based on the actual loss incurred in the past.

  

(e)

Provision for loss on repurchase of computers

 

Same as on the left

  

(f)

Provision for recycling expenses of personal computers

 

In accordance with personal computer recycling system, certain domestic consolidated subsidiaries provide for estimated recycling costs to be incurred upon collection of household personal computers that were sold, based on volume of shipments and collection ratio.

 

The Company annually reviews the various rates used in the calculation of the provision based on reports issued by JEITA (Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association) and the actual collection and recycling records of consolidated subsidiaries. The Company records prior year adjustments as special gain.

  

(f)

Provision for recycling expenses of personal computers

 

Same as on the left

 


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Items

  

Fiscal year ended March 31, 2006

( From April 1, 2005

to March 31, 2006 )

  

Fiscal year ended March 31, 2007

( From April 1, 2006

to March 31, 2007 )

(4)    

  Standard for converting major foreign assets or liabilities to domestic currency    Foreign currency denominated assets and liabilities are translated into Japanese yen at the current exchange rate prevailing at the fiscal year end. Translation gains and losses are recognized in income. In addition, assets and liabilities of consolidated overseas subsidiaries are translated into Japanese yen at the current exchange rate prevailing at the respective fiscal year ends. Income and expenses are translated into Japanese yen at the average exchange rate of the fiscal year. The translation differences are included in minority interests and foreign currency translation adjustments in shareholders’ equity.    Foreign currency denominated assets and liabilities are translated into Japanese yen at the current exchange rate prevailing at the fiscal year end. Translation gains and losses are recognized in income. In addition, assets and liabilities of consolidated overseas subsidiaries are translated into Japanese yen at the current exchange rate prevailing at the respective fiscal year ends. Income and expenses are translated into Japanese yen at the average exchange rate of the fiscal year. The translation differences are included in foreign currency translation adjustments and minority interests in net assets.

(5)

  Significant leasing transactions    Finance leases as lessee are accounted for as ordinary sales transactions.    Same as on the left

(6)

  Accounting for significant hedging activities   

(a)

Method of hedge accounting

  

(a)

Method of hedge accounting

     Derivative transactions that are utilized to hedge interest rate risk are measured at fair value at the balance sheet date and the unrealized gains or losses are deferred until the maturity of such derivatives .   

Same as on the left

    

(b)

Hedging instruments and hedged items

  

(b)

Hedging instruments and hedged items

     Hedging instruments    Hedging instruments
    

Interest rate swaps

  

Same as on the left

     Hedged items    Hedged items
    

Bonds and long-term borrowings

  

Same as on the left


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Items

  

Fiscal year ended March 31, 2006

( From April 1, 2005

to March 31, 2006 )

  

Fiscal year ended March 31, 2007

( From April 1, 2006

to March 31, 2007 )

    

(c)

The Company’s policy for hedging

  

(c)

The Company’s policy for hedging

     Derivative transactions are entered into in accordance with “Risk management policy”, which is the internal policy of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries, to offset market fluctuations or to fix the cash flows of the hedged items.   

Same as on the left

    

(d)

Assessment of hedge effectiveness

  

(d)

Assessment of hedge effectiveness

     The Company assesses the hedge effectiveness by comparing the changes in fair value or the cumulative changes in cash flows of hedging instruments with the corresponding changes of hedged items.   

Same as on the left

(7)

  Other significant accounting policies   

(a)

Consumption taxes

  

(a)

Consumption taxes

     Consumption taxes are separately accounted for by excluding them from each transaction amount.   

Same as on the left

    

(b)

Application of consolidated corporate-tax return system

  

(b)

Application of consolidated corporate-tax system

     The Company files its tax return under the consolidated corporate-tax return system.   

Same as on the left

5

  Valuation of assets and liabilities of consolidated subsidiaries    The assets and liabilities of consolidated subsidiaries are measured at fair value, not including the portion attributable to minority shareholders.    Same as on the left


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Items

  

Fiscal year ended March 31, 2006

( From April 1, 2005

to March 31, 2006 )

  

Fiscal year ended March 31, 2007

( From April 1, 2006

to March 31, 2007 )

6

   Amortization of consolidated adjustment accounts    Consolidated adjustment accounts are amortized on a straight-line basis over the periods within 20 years. Major amortization periods are as follows.                                        ____________                     
      NEC Soft, Ltd.    20 years   
      NEC System Technologies, Ltd.    20 years   
      NEC Infrontia    15 years   
      ABeam Consulting Ltd.
(hereinafter referred to as the
“ABeam Consulting”)
   10 years   

7

   Amortization of Goodwill and Negative goodwill                                        ____________                         Goodwill is amortized on a straight-line basis over the periods within 20 years. Major amortization periods are as follows.
         NEC Soft, Ltd.    20 years
         NEC System Technologies, Ltd.    20 years
         NEC Infrontia    15 years
         ABeam Consulting Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as the “ABeam Consulting”)    10 years

8

   Appropriations of retained earnings    The accompanying consolidated statements of retained earnings are prepared based on the appropriation of retained earnings approved during the fiscal year.                                        ____________                     

9

   Cash and cash equivalents in consolidated statements of cash flows    Cash and cash equivalents in consolidated statements of cash flows are cash on hand, deposits which may be withdrawn at anytime without notice, and short-term investments that are readily convertible into cash, that are exposed to insignificant risk of changes in value, and that mature or become due within 3 months of the date of acquisition.    Same as on the left


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Changes in Significant Items for Presenting Consolidated Financial Statements

Changes in Accounting Policies

 

Fiscal year ended March 31, 2006

(From April 1, 2005

to March 31, 2006)

 

Fiscal year ended March 31, 2007

(From April 1, 2006

To March 31, 2007)

(Accounting Standards for Retirement Benefits)                                                ____________                    
The Company adopted Accounting Standards Board Statement No.3 issued on March 16, 2005, “Amendments to a Part of Accounting Standard for Retirement Benefits”, and Financial Accounting Standard Implementation Guidance No.7 issued on March 16, 2005, “Implementation Guidance on Amendments to a Part of Accounting Standard for Retirement Benefits”. The effect of the change was to increase operating income, ordinary income and income before income taxes and minority interests by 5,910 million yen, respectively. The effect of the change on segment information is described in “Notes with relate to Segment Information”.  
(Accounting Standards for Product Warranty Liabilities)                                                ____________                    
Prior to fiscal 2006, the costs of product repairs during a charge free warranty period were charged in earnings as such repairs were incurred. Effective from fiscal year 2006, however, the Company and its domestic consolidated subsidiaries changed their accounting policy to provide accruals for costs of product repairs as product warranty liabilities based on the historical ratio of warranty costs to sales.  
The cost analysis by product category became available in the second half of the fiscal year 2006 and enabled the Company and its domestic consolidated subsidiaries to provide the accruals for such costs. The change was made to strengthen financial soundness and to match periodic income and expenses more appropriately.  


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According to this change, a provision for product warranty liabilities of 8,394 million yen attributable to prior year sales was recorded as special loss and a provision of 7,202 million yen for current year sales was recorded as selling, general and administrative expenses. The effect of the change was to increase operating income and ordinary income by 1,192 million yen, respectively, and to decrease income before income taxes and minority interests by 7,202 million yen for the year ended March 31, 2006.  
In addition, for the six months ended September 30, 2005 operating income was understated by 838 million yen, ordinary losses was overstated by 838 million yen and income before income taxes and minority interests was overstated by 7,556 million yen, as compared with the respective amounts recomputed under the new method.  
The effect of the change on segment information is described in “Notes with relate to Segment Information”.  
                                             ____________                       (Adoption of Accounting Standards for Presentation of Net Assets in the Balance Sheet )
  Effective for this fiscal year, the Company adopted the “Accounting Standard for Presentation of Net Assets in the Balance Sheet” (ASBJ Statement No.5, issued on December 9, 2005) and the “Implementation Guidance on Accounting Standard for Presentation of Net Assets in the Balance Sheet” (ASBJ Guidance No.8 issued on December 9, 2005). The amount of shareholders’ equity as of March31, 2007 in accordance with the conventional accounting standard was 1,038,951 million yen.
  In the current year, “Net assets” section of the consolidated balance sheet is presented in accordance with the revised regulations of consolidated financial statements.
                                             ____________                       (Adoption of Accounting Standards for Business Combinations and Business Divestitures)
  Effective for this fiscal year, the Company adopted the “Accounting Standards for Business Combinations” (Business Accounting Council, issued on October 31, 2003), “Accounting Standard for Business Divestitures” (ASBJ Statement No.7, issued on December 27, 2005), and “Implementation Guidance on Accounting Standard for Business Combinations and Accounting Standard for Business Divestitures” (ASBJ Guidance No.10, final revision, December 22, 2006).


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                                             ____________                    

 

(Revision of Accounting Standards for Treasury Shares and Appropriation of Legal Reserve, etc. )

Effective for this fiscal year, the Company adopted the revised “Accounting Standards for Treasury Shares and Appropriation of Legal Reserve” (ASBJ Statement No.1, final revision on August 11, 2006) and “Implementation Guidance on Accounting Standards for Treasury Shares and Appropriation of Legal Reserve” (ASBJ Guidance No. 2, final revision, August 11, 2006), by which there was no effect on the consolidated statement of operations.

                                             ____________                       (Accounting Standards for Directors’ Bonus )
  Effective for this fiscal year, the Company adopted the “Accounting Standard for Directors’ Bonus” (ASBJ Statement No. 4, issued on November 29, 2005). As a result of this change, operating income, ordinary income and income before income taxes and minority interests decreased by 401 million yen, respectively.
  The effect of the change on segment information is described in “Notes with relate to Segment Information”.
                                             ____________                       ( Accounting Standards for Stock Option )
  Effective for this fiscal year, the Company adopted the “Accounting Standard for Share-based Payment” (ASBJ Statement No. 8, issued on December 27, 2005), and “Implementation Guidance on Accounting Standard for Share-based Payment” (ASBJ Guidance No. 11, final revision, May 31, 2006), by which there was little effect on the consolidated statement of operations.


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Changes in Presentation Method

 

Fiscal year ended March 31, 2006

(From April 1, 2005

to March 31, 2006)

  

Fiscal year ended March 31, 2007

(From April 1, 2006

to March 31, 2007)

                                             ____________                        (Consolidated Balance Sheet)
   “Consolidated adjustment accounts” which were separately disclosed in the previous fiscal year were renamed as “Goodwill”.
                                             ____________                        (Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows)
   “Amortization of consolidated adjustment accounts” which was separately disclosed in the previous fiscal year was renamed as “Amortization of goodwill”.


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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

(Notes to Consolidated Balance Sheets)

     

(In millions of yen)

Items

  

Fiscal year ended

March 31, 2006

  

Fiscal year ended

March 31, 2007

* 1

Accumulated depreciation of tangible fixed assets

      1,791,412       1,789,062

* 2

Assets pledged as and debt secured by collateral

           
Balances of assets pledged as collateral    Buildings and structures    6,030    Buildings and structures    6,846
   Machinery and equipment    1,403    Machinery and equipment    1,385
   Land    5,787    Land    7,132
   Others    137    Others    103
                   
   Total    13,357    Total    15,466
Amounts of debt secured by collateral    Short-term borrowings    1,299    Short-term borrowings    2,267
   Long-term borrowings    2,261    Long-term borrowings    2,249
   Others    478    Others    162
                   
   Total    4,038    Total    4,678
* 3.            
Notes with relate to non-consolidated subsidiaries and affiliated companies   

                            __________                     

   The investment amount for the jointly-controlled company included in investments in affiliated companies 3,802

4.

Contingent liabilities

           
Guarantees for bank loans and others    Shanghai SVA NEC Liquid       Shanghai SVA NEC Liquid   
   Crystal Display    16,114    Crystal Display    20,688
   Employees    15,885    Employees    12,928
   NEC NEVA       Sony NEC Optiarc    770
   COMMUNICATIONS    1,949    NEC ToppanCircuit   
   SYSTEMS       Solutions, Inc.    554
   NEC Toppan Circuit       Others    2,022
               
   Solutions, Inc.    1,327    Total    36,962
   Others    3,080      
               
   Total    38,355      
Guarantees of residual value of operating leases    SMBC Leasing Company, Limited    20,079    SMBC Leasing Company, Limited    19,393
   IBJ Leasing Company, Limited    1,696    BOT LEASE CO., LTD.    3,810
   BOT LEASE CO., LTD.    436    IBJ Leasing Company, Limited    1,496
   Others    504    Others    452
                   
   Total    22,715    Total    25,151


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(In millions of yen)

Items

  

Fiscal year ended

March 31, 2006

  

Fiscal year ended

March 31, 2007

Others    The investigation being conducted by the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) in regard to potential antitrust violations in the U.S. dynamic random access memory (“DRAM”) industry was resolved with respect to the NEC Group by a cooperation and non-prosecution agreement with the DOJ. However, NEC Electronics America, an indirect subsidiary of NEC, is currently subject to investigations being conducted by the Attorneys General of several states in the U.S. in connection with alleged antitrust violations among the DRAM suppliers. Furthermore, NEC Electronics America has been named as one of the defendants in a number of class action civil antitrust lawsuits seeking damages for alleged antitrust violations. NEC and NEC Electronics America have commenced settlement negotiations with certain customers to which they sold DRAM products in the past. In addition, the NEC Group is fully cooperating with the European Commission in an investigation of potential violations of European competition laws in the DRAM industry. Although nothing has been resolved at this time in connection with the investigations by several state Attorneys General and the European Commission, civil lawsuits or the settlement negotiations, the NEC Group has provided an accrual for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006 in a reasonably estimated amount under current circumstances for the civil lawsuits and settlements with the customers.   

NEC Electronics America, Inc., a consolidated subsidiary of the Company, has been named as one of the defendants in a number of class action civil antitrust lawsuits filed by direct and indirect purchasers of dynamic random access memory (“DRAM”) and the Attorneys General of a number of the states in the U.S., seeking damages from alleged antitrust violations in the U.S. DRAM industry. The NEC Group has entered into settlement agreements with a number of the customers to which it sold DRAM in the past (including plaintiffs’ representatives in direct purchaser class actions), but settlement negotiations with some customers are still underway.

In addition, the NEC Group is fully cooperating with the European Commission in an investigation of potential violations of European competition laws in the DRAM industry. Although the final outcome has not been reached at this time in connection with the civil lawsuits or settlement negotiations in the U.S. or the investigations by the European Commission, the NEC Group has provided an accrual in a reasonably estimated amount in connection with the civil lawsuits and settlements with customers in the U.S.

* 5

Notes receivable, trade, discounted

      943       447

* 6.

Notes receivable, trade, endorsed

      1,270       959

  7.

           

Number of issued stocks

  

Common stock

1,995,923 thousand shares

        
             


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(In millions of yen)

Items

  

Fiscal year ended

March 31, 2006

  

Fiscal year ended

March 31, 2007

* 8.

         
Number of treasury stock held by consolidated subsidiaries and affiliated companies accounted for by the equity method   

Common stock

2,974 thousand shares

  

                            __________                     

* 9.          
Commitment line contract    The Company and its consolidated subsidiaries maintain commitment line contracts for short-term borrowings with 45 financial institutions for stable and expeditious short-term fundings. The amounts of unused portions of commitment lines for short-term borrowings as of March 31, 2006 were as follows:    The Company and its consolidated subsidiaries maintain commitment line contracts for long-term borrowings with 11 financial institutions for stable and expeditious long-term fundings. The amounts of unused portions of commitment lines for long-term borrowings as of March 31, 2006 were as follows:
   Commitment line, total   391,000    Commitment line, total   307,000
   Commitment line, used   56,900    Commitment line, used   57,100
                 
   Commitment line, unused   334,100    Commitment line, unused   249,900
   The Company and its consolidated subsidiaries maintain commitment line contracts for short-term borrowings with 26 financial institutions for stable and expeditious short-term fundings. The amounts of unused portions of commitment lines for short-term borrowings as of March 31, 2007 were as follows:    The Company and its consolidated subsidiaries maintain commitment line contracts for long-term borrowings with 11 financial institutions for stable and expeditious long-term fundings. The amounts of unused portions of commitment lines for long-term borrowings as of March 31, 2007 were as follows:
   Commitment line, total   110,000    Commitment line, total   110,000
   Commitment line, used   —      Commitment line, used   —  
                 
   Commitment line, unused   110,000    Commitment line, unused   110,000
*10.          

Accounting for notes due on the

closing date

  

                            __________                     

   Notes receivable, trade and notes payable, trade due on the end of this fiscal year, which was a holiday of financial institutions, were accounted for as if they were settled on that date.
      The balances of such notes, trade, are as follows.
      Notes receivable, trade:   1,842
      Notes payable, trade:   1,155


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(Note to Consolidated Statements of Operations)

    

(In millions of yen)

Items

  

Fiscal year ended March 31, 2006

(From April 1, 2005

to March 31, 2006)

  

Fiscal year ended March 31, 2007

(From April 1, 2006

to March 31, 2007)

* 1.            
Selling, general and administrative expenses Major account titles and amounts    Salaries for employees    355,333    Salaries for employees    362,999
   Research and development expenses    279,349    Research and development expenses    329,605
   Retirement benefit expenses    15,326    Provision for product warranty liabilities    26,789
   Provision for product warranty liabilities    9,198    Retirement benefit expenses    972
   Allowance for doubtful accounts    5,854    Provision for loss on repurchase of computers    3,870
   Provision for loss on repurchase of computers    5,270    Allowance for doubtful accounts    2,374
* 2 .      

Research and development expenses

   Research and development expenses of 287,441 million yen were included in general and administrative expenses, and product cost which is included in cost of sales.    Research and development expenses of 334,639 million yen were included in general and administrative expenses, and product cost which is included in cost of sales.
* 3.      

Gain on reversion of securities from the pension trust

                               __________                         The Company had an over funded status in that the plan assets at fair value exceeded the retirement benefit obligations as a result of an improvement in the pension fund status. Certain of the shares of Nippon Electric Glass held in the pension trust were reversed to the Company and a gain was recognized on such asset reversion.
* 4      

Gain on change in interests in consolidated subsidiaries and affiliated companies

   Mainly due to changes in interests of Elpida and Toyo Communication Equipment.    Mainly due to changes in interests from the new share issuance to designated third party shareholders conducted by NEC BIGLOBE, and NESIC’s acquisition of NEC Telenetworx, Ltd (hereinafter referred to as the “NEC Telenetworx”) by which NEC Telenetworx became a wholly owned subsidiary of NESIC.
* 5.      

Gain on transfer of securities to the pension trust

                               __________                         Due to transfer of securities to the pension trust by certain of the Company’s domestic consolidated subsidiary.
* 6      

Gain on sales of tangible fixed assets

   Due to sales of land, etc.    Same as on the left.


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(In millions of yen)

Items

  

Fiscal year ended March 31, 2006

(From April 1, 2005

to March 31, 2006)

  

Fiscal year ended March 31, 2007

(From April 1, 2006

to March 31, 2007)

* 7.      
Gain on sales of investments in affiliated companies    Due to sales of shares of Elpida, ANELVA and NEC Machinery.    Mainly due to sale of shares of Netwin Inc.
* 8      
Gain on transfer of substitutional portion of employees’ pension funds    Due to transfer of substitutional portion of employees’ pension funds of the Company’s consolidated subsidiary.                                __________                     
* 9      

Restructuring charges

   Expenses mainly for disposal of assets and transfer of employees following the liquidations of electron device business.    Expenses mainly for disposal of assets, transfer of employees and revision of the product configuration following the liquidations of electron device business and mobile terminal business in China.
*10      
Loss on devaluation of investment securities    Impairment loss recognized mainly for investment securities.    Same as on the left
*11      
Cost of corrective measures for products                                __________                         Mainly cost of corrective measures for products and expenses incurred due to customers’ claim for picking up products.
*12    (1)    (1)

Impairment loss on fixed assets

   Summary of assets and asset groups for which impairment losses were recognized.    Summary of assets and asset groups for which impairment losses were recognized.
    

Use

  

Type

  

Location

  

Use

  

Type

  

Location

   Idle assets    Buildings and structures and land    Higashi-Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture    Assets for business use    Buildings and structures, intangible assets and others    Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo
   Idle assets    Land    Shiroishi City, Miyagi Prefecture    Assets for business use    Buildings and structures, tools and other equipment    Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture
   Idle assets    Land    Ube City, Yamaguchi Prefecture    Idle assets    Land, machinery and equipment    Tsuruoka City, Yamagata Prefecture
   Idle assets    Land and others    Kumamoto City, Kuamoto Prefecture    Idle assets    Land    Sunto-gun and other locations, Sizuoka Prefecture


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(In millions of yen)

Items

  

Fiscal year ended March 31, 2006

(From April 1, 2005

to March 31, 2006)

  

Fiscal year ended March 31, 2007

(From April 1, 2006

to March 31, 2007)

   (2)    (2)
   Background to the recognition of impairment loss.    Background to the recognition of impairment loss.
   The investments in certain fixed assets were not expected to be recoverable due to lower profitability of assets for business use and market value declines of idle assets. Therefore the Company recognized impairment loss as special loss.    Same as on the left.
   (3)    (3)
   Amounts of impairment loss    Amounts of impairment loss
   Buildings and structures    453    Buildings and structures    231
   Land    207    Land    400
   Others    1    Machinery and equipment    338
             
   Total    661    Tools and other equipment    310
         Software    1,080
         Intangible assets–others    260
         Investments and other assets–others    149
             
         Total    2,768
   (4)    (4)
   Method for grouping assets    Method for grouping assets
   In principle, the Company groups assets for business use based on its business units and managerial accounting segments. The Company groups idle assets into a single asset group.    Same as on the left.
   (5)    (5)
   Measurement of recoverable amounts    Measurement of recoverable amounts
   The higher of the net realizable the value and value in use is used for the recoverable amounts of fixed assets for business use. Net realizable value is used for the recoverable amounts of idle assets.    Same as on the left.
   Net realizable value is estimated based on the assessed value for property tax purposes, etc. The value in use is assessed at 1 yen because the total of future cash flow is a negative amount.   


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(In millions of yen)

Items

  

Fiscal year ended March 31, 2006

(From April 1, 2005

to March 31, 2006)

  

Fiscal year ended March 31, 2007

(From April 1, 2006

to March 31, 2007)

*13      

Other retirement benefit expenses

   Expenses incurred mainly by the transition of the pension and severance plan of the consolidated subsidiaries.    Same as on the left.
*14      

Loss on sales of investments in affiliated companies

                           __________                         Mainly due to sale of shares of Packard Bell B.V.
*15      

Loss on sales of tangible fixed assets

                           __________                         Due to sales of land and others.
*16      

Provision for product warranty liabilities

   Provision for product warranty liabilities related to prior year sales.                            __________                     


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(Notes to Consolidated Statements of Changes in Net Assets)

(Fiscal year ended March 31, 2007 (From April 1, 2006 to March 31, 2007)

 

1. Stocks, issued
      (In thousands of shares)

Class of stock

  

Number of shares as of

March 31, 2006

   Increase    Decrease   

Number of shares as of

March 31, 2007

Common stock

   1,995,923    33,632    —      2,029,555

Reasons for the change

Main reason for the increase in number of shares is as follows

Increase due to the stock-for-stock exchange between the Company and NEC Infrontia 33,631 thousand shares

 

2. Treasury stock
      (In thousands of shares)

Class of stock

  

Number of shares as of

March 31, 2006

   Increase    Decrease   

Number of shares as of

March 31, 2007

Common stock

   2,974    1,651    79    4,546

Reasons for the change

Main reason for the increase in number of shares is as follows

Increase due to the stock-for-stock exchange between the Company and NEC Infrontia 744 thousand shares

Increase due to repurchase of odd-lot shares 556 thousand shares

Main reason for the decrease in number of shares are as follows

Decrease due to repurchase of odd-lot shares 77 thousand shares

 

3. Stock subscription rights

 

Company name

   Description    Class of
stock
   Number of shares   

Balances as of

March 31, 2007

(In millions of yen)

         Number of
shares as of
March 31,
2006
   Increase    Decrease    Number of
shares as of
March 31,
2007
  

NEC

   Stock subscription rights
as stock options
   —      56

NEC Electronics

   Stock subscription rights
as stock options
   —      25

Total

   —      81

Note: The stock option information is disclosed in “Notes with relate to Stock Option”.


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4. Dividends

(1) Payment of dividends

 

Resolution

   Class of stock   

Total dividends

(In millions of yen)

  

Dividends

per share

(In yen)

   Record date    Effective date

Ordinary General Meeting of shareholders held on June 22, 2006

   Common stock    5,979    3    March 31, 2006    June 23, 2006

Meeting of the Board of Directors held on November 21, 2006

   Common stock    8,105    4    September 30, 2006    December 1, 2006

(2) Dividends whose record dates are within this fiscal year and effective dates are within the following fiscal year

 

Resolution

   Class of stock   

Resource of

dividend

  

Total

dividends

(In millions of yen)

  

Dividends

per share

(In yen)

   Record date    Effective date

Extraordinary meeting of the Board of Directors meeting held on May 21, 2007

   Common stock    Retained earnings    8,104    4    March 31, 2007    June 7, 2007


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(Notes to Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows)

     

(In millions of yen)

Item

  

Fiscal year ended March 31, 2006

(From April 1, 2005

to March 31, 2006)

  

Fiscal year ended March 31, 2007

(From April 1, 2006

to March 31, 2007)

* 1            
Reconciliation between cash and cash equivalents at end of year and the amounts on the consolidated balance sheet    Cash and deposits    404,303    Cash and deposits    332,446
   Marketable securities    49,242    Marketable securities    91,570
   Time deposits and marketable securities with maturities of more than three months    (1,175)    Time deposits and marketable securities with maturities of more than three months    (647)
                   
   Cash and cash equivalents    452,370    Cash and cash equivalents    423,369

  2

           
Significant non-cash transactions    Stock-for-stock exchange    44,905    Stock-for-stock exchange    24,382
   Finance leases    10,741    Finance leases    9,432
   Conversion of convertible bonds with stock subscription rights    2    Conversion of convertible bonds with stock subscription rights    2
* 3            
Assets and liabilities of newly consolidated subsidiaries by acquisition of shares    The assets and liabilities of Toyo Network Systems and 7 other companies, whose shares were acquired during this fiscal year, at their inclusion in the consolidation with the Company and a reconciliation between the acquisition cost and net cash used for the acquisition are as follows:    The assets and liabilities of NEC Philips Unified Solutions B.V., whose shares were acquired during this fiscal year, at its inclusion in the consolidation with the Company and a reconciliation between the acquisition cost and net cash used for the acquisition are as follows:
   Current assets    10,821    Current assets    8,856
   Fixed assets    2,787    Fixed assets    234
   Consolidated adjustment accounts    1,841    Goodwill    652
   Current liabilities    (7,061)    Current liabilities    (7,054)
   Long-term liabilities    (1,761)    Minority interests    (802)
               
   Minority interests    (368)    Acquisition cost of shares    1,886
               
   Acquisition cost of shares    6,259    Cash and cash equivalents acquired    (256)
               
   Cash and cash equivalents acquired    (2,651)    Disbursements for acquisition of shares of newly consolidated subsidiaries    1,630
               
   Disbursements for acquisition of shares of newly consolidated subsidiaries    3,608      

 


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(In millions of yen)

Item

  

Fiscal year ended March 31, 2006

(From April 1, 2005

to March 31, 2006)

  

Fiscal year ended March 31, 2007

(From April 1, 2006

to March 31, 2007)

      The assets and liabilities of Closed Joint Stock Company NEC Neva Communications Systems, whose shares were acquired during this fiscal year, at its inclusion in the consolidation with the Company and a reconciliation between the acquisition cost and net cash provided from the acquisition are as follows:
      Current assets    2,576
      Fixed assets    193
      Current liabilities    (1,480)
      Minority interests    (547)
      Balance sheet value under the equity method at the end of this fiscal year    (597)
            
      Acquisition cost of shares    145
      Cash and cash equivalents acquired    (1,861)
            
      (Proceeds) from acquisition of shares of newly consolidated subsidiaries    (1,716)
* 4         
Assets and liabilities of subsidiaries being excluded from the consolidation by sales of shares    The Company entered into the contract to sell all of its investments in ANELVA and NEC Machinery, as of August 25, 2005. According to the contract, the Company sold its investments in ANELVA on September 30, 2005, and NEC Machinery on October 12, 2005. The effects of these transactions on the consolidated statements of cash flows were as follows.    Current assets    150
      Fixed assets    62
      Current liabilities    (131)
      Long-term liabilities    (12)
      Loss on sales of investments in affiliated companies    (30)
            
      Sale amount of shares    39
      Cash and cash equivalents of subsidiaries excluded from the consolidation    —  
            
      Proceeds from sales of shares of subsidiaries excluded from the consolidation    39

 


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(In millions of yen)

 

Item

 

Fiscal year ended March 31, 2006

(From April 1, 2005

to March 31, 2006)

  

Fiscal year ended March 31, 2007

(From April 1, 2006

to March 31, 2007)

 
 

Current assets

   38,584    The assets and liabilities of Packard Bell B.V., whose shares were sold during this fiscal year, at the exclusion from the consolidation scope and reconciliation between the proceeds from sales and net cash generated by the sales are as follows:       
 

Fixed assets

   18,072   
 

Current liabilities

   (38,199)   
 

Long-term liabilities

   (10,242)   
 

Minority interests

   (2,639)      
  Gain on sales of investments in affiliated companies    13,191    Current assets    37,713  
              
  Sale amount of shares    18,767    Fixed assets    1,147  
 

 

Cash and cash equivalents of

      Current liabilities    (35,511 )
  subsidiaries excluded from the         
  consolidation    (4,163)    Long-term liabilities    (91 )
              
  Proceeds from sales of shares of      

Foreign currency translation

  
 

subsidiaries being excluded from the

     

adjustments

   572  
 

consolidation

  

14,604

     
       

Loss on sales of investments in

  
       

affiliated companies

   (569 )
                
        Sale amount of shares    3,261  
        Investment securities    (263 )
        Other receivables    (1,999 )
        Cash and cash equivalents    (2,495 )
                
        Disbursements for sales of shares of subsidiaries being excluded from the consolidation    (1,496 )


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(Notes with relate to Lease Transactions)

(In millions of yen)

Fiscal year ended March 31, 2006

(From April 1, 2005

to March 31, 2006)

  

Fiscal year ended March 31, 2007

(From April 1, 2006

to March 31, 2007)

Operating leases

(The Company as lessee)

Obligations under noncancellable operating leases

  

Operating leases

(The Company as lessee)

Obligations under noncancellable operating leases

Due within one year

   39,543   

Due within one year

   41,856

Due after one year

   159,528   

Due after one year

   144,979
                 

Total

   199,071   

Total

   186,835


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(Notes with relate to Marketable and Investment Securities)

Fiscal year ended March 31, 2006

1. Available-for-sale securities with the quoted market prices (As of March 31, 2006)

          (In millions of yen)  
    

Description

   Acquisition cost    Balance sheet
value
  

Unrealized gains

(losses)

 

Securities with balance sheet value exceeding acquisition cost

  

(1) Stocks

   68,176    193,849    125,673  
  

(2) Bonds

        
  

(a) Governmental and municipal bonds

   —      —      —    
  

(b) Corporate bonds

   —      —      —    
  

(3) Others

   33    37    4  
                   
  

Sub-total

   68,209    193,886    125,677  
                   

Securities with balance sheet value not exceeding acquisition cost

  

(1) Stocks

   2,509    2,201    (308 )
  

(2) Bonds

        
  

(a) Governmental and municipal bonds

   16    15    (1 )
  

(b) Corporate bonds

   800    796    (4 )
  

(3) Others

   1,126    955    (171 )
                   
  

Sub-total

   4,451    3,967    (484 )
                   

Total

      72,660    197,853    125,193  
                   

2. Available-for-sale securities sold during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006 (From April 1, 2005 to March 31, 2006)

 

(In millions of yen)
Proceeds from sales   Gross realized gains   Gross realized losses
                36,271   25,189   378

3. Detail description with balance sheet value of major securities without the market prices

    (As of March 31, 2006)

     (In millions of yen)
     Balance sheet value

Available-for-sale securities

  

1. Stocks

   56,632

2. Bonds

   7,709

3. Investments in limited partnerships and similar partnerships under foreign laws

   7,679

4. Commercial papers

   40,015

5. MMF

   3,809


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4. Redemption schedule of available-for-sale securities with fixed maturities (As of March 31, 2006)

     (In millions of yen)
     Within 1 year    1 to 5 years    5 to 10 years    Over 10 years

(a) Bonds

           

     Governmental and municipal bonds

   2,000    —      —      16

     Corporate bonds

   210    3,696    —      600

     Commercial Papers

   40,015    —      —      —  

     Interest bearing financial debenture

   2,003    —      —      —  
                   

(b) Others

   1,205    —      —      —  
                   

Total

   45,433    3,696    —      616
                   

5. Change in purpose of holding of securities during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006

(From April 1, 2005 to March 31, 2006)

The securities of Elpida and Toyo Communication Equipment (currently, Epson Toyocom Corporation) was reclassified from investments in the affiliated companies to available-for-sale securities. The reason of this change was as follows:

 

    

Reason

Elpida    The Company sold a portion of its holding of Elpida during this fiscal year. As a result, the ratio of share holding by the Company decreased. Afterwards, the Company did not have a significant influence over the Elpida and excluded it from investment in the affiliated company accounted for by the equity method.

Toyo Communication Equipment

(currently, Epson Toyocom Corporation)

   Toyo Communication Equipment issued new shares to other designated shareholders and, as a result, the ratio of share holding by the Company decreased. Afterwards, the Company did not have a significant influence over the Toyo Communication Equipment and excluded it from investment in the affiliated company accounted for by the equity method.

As a result, investment securities increased by 36,057 million yen and unrealized gains on available-for-sale securities increased by 26,601 million yen, respectively.


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Fiscal year ended March 31, 2007

1. Available-for-sale securities with the quoted market prices (As of March 31, 2007)

          (In millions of yen)  
    

Description

   Acquisition cost   

Balance sheet

value

  

Unrealized gains

(losses)

 

Securities with balance sheet value exceeding acquisition cost

  

(1) Stocks

   57,317    144,790    87,473  
  

(2) Bonds

        
  

(a) Governmental and
municipal bonds

   5    8    3  
  

(b) Corporate bonds

   —      —      —    
  

(3) Others

   58    95    37  
                   
  

Sub-total

   57,380    144,893    87,513  
                   

Securities with balance sheet value not exceeding acquisition cost

  

(1) Stocks

   5,918    5,051    (867 )
  

(2) Bonds

        
  

(a) Governmental and
municipal bonds

   22    22    0  
  

(b) Corporate bonds

   600    598    (2 )
  

(3) Others

   1,657    1,616    (41 )
                   
  

Sub-total

   8,197    7,287    (910 )
                   

Total

      65,577    152,180    86,603  
                   

2. Available-for-sale securities sold during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007 (From April 1, 2006 to March 31, 2007)

 

(In millions of yen)
Proceeds from sales   Gross realized gains   Gross realized losses
                38,432   25,651   19

3. Balance sheet value of major securities without the market prices

    (As of March 31, 2007)

 

     (In millions of yen)
     Balance sheet value

Available-for-sale securities

  

1. Stocks

   70,132

2. Bonds

   24,979

3. Investments in limited partnerships and similar partnerships under foreign laws

   6,945

4. Commercial papers

   54,970

5. MMF

   11,477


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4. Redemption schedule of available-for-sale securities with fixed maturities (As of March 31, 2007)

     (In millions of yen)
     Within 1 year    1 to 5 years    5 to 10 years    Over 10 years

(a) Bonds

           

     Governmental and municipal bonds

   23,983    —      8    22

     Corporate bonds

   —      996    —      598

     Commercial Papers

   54,970    —      —      —  
                   

(b) Others

   1,140    —      —      —  
                   

Total

   80,093    996    8    620
                   

5. Changes in purpose of holding of securities during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007

(From April 1, 2006 to March 31, 2007)

The securities of Hua Hong Semiconductor was reclassified from the investment in an affiliated company to the available-for-sale security. The reason of this change was as follows:

 

    

Reason

Hua Hong Semiconductor  

   This is because the Company did not have a significant influence over the Hua Hong Semiconductor during this fiscal year and excluded it from the investment in an affiliated company accounted for by the equity method.

As a result, investment securities increased by 18,233 million yen, and investments in affiliated companies decreased by the same amount. Simultaneously, certain amount of investments in affiliated companies was reclassified to retained earnings, which resulted in increases in investments in affiliated companies and retained earnings by 4,348 million yen, respectively.


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(Notes with relate to Derivative Financial Instruments)

 

  1. The items associated with the condition of the transaction

 

Fiscal year ended March 31, 2006

(From April 1, 2005

to March 31, 2006)

  

Fiscal year ended March 31, 2007

(From April 1, 2006

to March 31, 2007)

(1) Nature of derivative financial instruments

 

The Company and its consolidated subsidiaries enter into foreign exchange forward contracts, currency swaps and interest rate swaps.

  

(1) Nature of derivative financial instruments

 

Same as on the left.

(2) The Company’s policy to contract derivative financial instruments

 

The Company and its consolidated subsidiaries enter into derivative financial instruments associated with the receivables/payables based on the actual demands, in principle, prohibiting entering into derivative transaction for trading purposes.

  

(2) The Company’s policy to contract derivative financial instruments

 

Same as on the left

(3) Purpose to contract derivative financial instruments

 

The Company and its consolidated subsidiaries enter into derivative financial instruments to reduce the exposures to fluctuations in foreign exchange rates and interest rates. Furthermore, hedge accounting is utilized for interest rate swaps if qualified for hedge accounting.

  

(3) Purpose to contract derivative financial instruments

 

Same as on the left

(a) Method of hedge accounting:

 

Derivative transactions that are utilized to hedge interest rate risk are measured at fair value at the balance sheet date and the unrealized gain or losses are deferred until the maturity of such derivatives.

  

(a) Method of hedge accounting:

 

Same as on the left

(b) Hedging instruments :

 

Interest rate swaps

 

Hedged items : Bonds and borrowings

  

(b) Hedging instruments :

 

Same as on the left

 

Hedged items : Same as on the left


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Fiscal year ended March 31, 2006

(From April 1, 2005

to March 31, 2006)

  

Fiscal year ended March 31, 2007

(From April 1, 2006

to March 31, 2007)

(c) The Company’s policy for hedging:

 

Derivative transactions are entered into in accordance with “Risk management policy”, which is the internal policy of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries, to offset market fluctuations or to fix the cash flows of the hedged items.

  

(c) The Company’s policy for hedging:

 

Same as on the left

(d) Assessment of hedge effectiveness:

 

The Company assesses the hedge effectiveness by comparing the changes in fair value or the cumulative changes in cash flows of hedging instruments with the corresponding changes of hedged items.

  

(d) Assessment of hedge effectiveness:

 

Same as on the left

(4) Risks associated with derivatives

 

The Company and its consolidated subsidiaries don’t enter into derivative financial instruments that would increase market risks. Furthermore, the counterparties with whom the derivative financial instruments are contracted are thoroughly assessed in terms of their credit risks. Therefore, the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries have concluded that derivative financial instruments include minimal market and credit risks.

  

(4) Risks associated with derivatives

 

Same as on the left

(5) Risk management for derivatives

 

The Company and its consolidated subsidiaries enter into derivative financial instruments in accordance with its policy associated with the risk management, approval, report, analysis of derivatives and rules.

 

Derivative financial instruments are entered into based on the policy approved by the director of finance. And the treasury department executes each transaction, records it in the subsidiary ledger, checks the balances with the counterparties, and reports the nature of the transactions and the balances to the director of finance and the accounting department.

  

(5) Risk management for derivatives

 

Same as on the left


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  2. The fair value of the derivatives

 

  (1) Currency-related derivatives

 

          (In millions of yen)  

Classification

        As of March 31, 2006     As of March 31, 2007  
  

Type of transaction

   Contract
amount
   Due after
one year
included
herein
   Fair
value
    Unrealized
gains
(losses)
    Contract
amount
   Due after
one year
included
herein
   Fair
value
    Unrealized
gains
(losses)
 

Other than

market

transactions

   Foreign exchange forward contracts                     
  

 

Sell:

                    
  

U.S. Dollar

   154,285    79    (1,344 )   (1,344 )   124,383    —      218     218  
  

Euro

   21,298    —      (310 )   (310 )   10,062    —      (67 )   (67 )
  

Others

   19,669    1,446    (181 )   (181 )   4,650    513    (241 )   (241 )
  

 

Buy:

                    
  

U.S. Dollar

   139,870    1,369    169     169     88,807    —      (132 )   (132 )
  

Euro

   6,855    —      35     35     1,691    —      16     16  
  

Others

   1,889    —      (25 )   (25 )   10,410    —      79     79  
  

 

Currency swaps

   3,872    3,872    (131 )   (131 )   —      —      —       —    
                                               
   Total    —      —      (1,787 )   (1,787 )   —      —      (127 )   (127 )
                                               

Note: Calculation method of fair value

Fair value of foreign exchange forward contracts was based on the forward exchange rate. Fair value of currency swap contracts was calculated by discounting expected future cash flows to the present value based on the interest rate as of year end.


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  (2) Interest-related derivatives

 

          (In millions of yen)  
          As of March 31, 2006     As of March 31, 2007  

Classification

  

Type of transaction

   Contract
amount
   Due after
one year
included
herein
   Fair value     Unrealized
gains
(losses)
    Contract
amount
   Due after
one year
included
herein
   Fair value     Unrealized
gains
(losses)
 

Other than
market
transactions

   Interest rate swap                                             
   Receiving fixed, paying floating rates    194,000    194,000    3,137     3,137     190,500    180,000    2,540     2,540  
   Paying fixed, receiving floating rates    208,620    204,320    (9,367 )   (9,367 )   202,745    175,345    (6,757 )   (6,757 )
                                               
Total       —      —      (6,230 )   (6,230 )   —      —      (4,217 )   (4,217 )

Note: Calculation method of fair value:

Fair value of interest rate swaps was calculated by discounting expected future cash flows to the present value based on the interest rate as of year end.


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(Notes with relate to Accounting for Retirement Benefits)

 

1. Overview of the retirement benefit plans

The Company and its domestic consolidated subsidiaries have defined benefit plans, which include the defined benefit pension plans, the tax-qualified pension plans and the lump-sum severance payment plans. Additional retirement benefits are paid in certain circumstances. Most of overseas subsidiaries have various types of pension benefit plans which cover substantially all employees. Those plans are mainly defined contribution plans and defined benefit plans. The Company and certain domestic consolidated subsidiaries have pension and retirement benefit trusts.

In the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007, some domestic consolidated subsidiaries also started to have pension and retirement benefit trusts. As a result of a recovery in stock market conditions and other factors, there has been an excess in funding of pension funds for the pension obligation of the Company. The Company withdrew a portion of pension and retirement benefit trust assets during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007. The condition of excess funding for the trust is reasonably expected to continue after this reversion.

The NEC Welfare Pension Fund, established by the Company and certain domestic consolidated subsidiaries, received approval from the Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare with respect to its application for exemption from the benefit obligation related to future employee services under the substitutional portion of the pension fund in September 2002 and the portion related to past services in December 2003. Following the approval, the Company and certain domestic consolidated subsidiaries implemented the defined benefit pension plan and terminated the welfare pension fund plans. In the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006, the welfare pension fund plans, established by certain domestic consolidated subsidiaries, received approval from the Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare with respect to its application for exemption as to the portion related to past services on February 2006, and transferred the assets of the pension plans to the government in May 2006.

After the fiscal year ended March 31, 2004, the Company and certain domestic consolidated subsidiaries implemented point-based plans, under which benefits are calculated based on accumulated points allocated to employees according to their class of positions and evaluations.

Since the fiscal year ended March 31, 2004, the Company and certain domestic consolidated subsidiaries terminated their welfare pension fund plans and tax-qualified pension plans and implemented cash-balance plans. Under these plans, benefits are calculated based on both accumulated points allocated to employees according to their class of positions and accumulated interest points that is being recalculated based on the market interest rates.

 

2. Retirement benefit obligations
     (In millions of yen)  
     Fiscal year ended
March 31, 2006
    Fiscal year ended
March 31, 2007
 

A. Retirement benefit obligations

   (1,069,130 )   (1,093,808 )

B. Pension assets

   947,712     863,303  
            

C. Unfunded retirement benefit obligations (A+B)

   (121,418 )   (230,505 )

D. Unrecognized transitional obligation

   131,829     116,897  

E. Unrecognized actuarial gains and losses

   (5,325 )   68,875  

F. Unrecognized prior service costs (reduction in obligations)

   (114,793 )   (105,614 )
            

G. Net amounts recognized in the consolidated balance sheet (C+D+E+F)

   (109,707 )   (150,347 )

H. Prepaid pension expenses

   87,727     66,422  
            

I. Liabilities for retirement benefits (G-H)

   (197,434 )   (216,769 )

Note: Certain consolidated subsidiaries adopted the simplified method in calculating the retirement benefit obligations.


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3. Retirement benefit expenses
     (In millions of yen)  
    

Fiscal year ended
March 31, 2006

(From April 1, 2005 to
March 31, 2006)

   

Fiscal year ended
March 31, 2007

(From April 1, 2006 to
March 31, 2007)

 

A. Service cost

   44,674     45,739  

B. Interest cost

   24,774     26,048  

C. Expected return on plan assets

   (14,794 )   (15,292 )

D. Amortization of transitional obligation

   14,834     14,782  

E. Amortization of actuarial gains and losses

   17,260     3,311  

F. Amortization of prior service costs

   (8,808 )   (8,838 )

G. Other (Note 2)

   2,428     3,633  
            

H. Retirement benefit expenses (A+B+C+D+E+F+G)

   80,368     69,383  
            

I. Gain on transfer of substitutional portion of welfare pension funds.

   (2,035 )   —    
            

Total (H+I)

   78,333     69,383  

Notes: 1. Retirement benefit expenses of consolidated subsidiaries adopting the simplified method are included in “A. Service cost”.

2. “G. Other” is the amount of premiums paid for defined contribution pension plans.

 

4. Basis for calculation of retirement benefit obligations

 

    

Fiscal year ended

March 31, 2006

(From April 1, 2005 to

March 31, 2006)

  

Fiscal year ended

March 31, 2007

(From April 1, 2006 to

March 31, 2007)

A. Allocation method for projected retirement benefit cost

   Mainly, point basis    Same as on the left

B. Discount rate

   Mainly, 2.5%    Same as on the left

C. Expected rate of return on plan assets

   Mainly, 2.5%    Same as on the left

D. Period for amortization of prior service costs

   Mainly, 14 years (Prior service costs are amortized on a straight-line basis over certain years within employees’ average remaining service periods as incurred .)    Same as on the left

E. Period for amortization of actuarial gains and losses

   Mainly, 13 years (Actuarial gains and losses are amortized on a straight-line basis over certain years within employees’ average remaining service periods, starting from the following year after incurred.)   

Mainly, 12 years

(Actuarial gains and losses are amortized on a straight-line basis over certain years within employees’ average remaining service periods, starting from the following year after incurred.)

F. Period for amortization of transitional obligation

   Mainly, 15 years    Same as on the left


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(Notes with relate to Stock Options)

Fiscal year ended March 31, 2007 (From April 1, 2006 to March 31, 2007)

1. Transactions and balances with respect to stock options as of and for the year ended March 31, 2007

 

Selling, general and administrative expenses

   83 million yen   

Gain on lapse of stock subscription rights

   2 million yen   

2. Overview, volume and changes

 

  (1) Overview

NEC Corporation

 

    

2006 Stock Options

  

2005 Stock Options

Persons granted   14 directors of the Company, and 158 employees of the Company including presidents of subsidiaries    15 directors of the Company, and 161 employees of the Company including presidents of subsidiaries

Number of stock options granted

by class of stock (Note)

 

Common stock

304,000 shares

  

Common stock

300,000 shares

Date of grant   July 28, 2006    July 11, 2005
Vesting conditions   No vesting conditions are specified.    No vesting conditions are specified.
Service period   No service period is specified.    No service period is specified.
Exercise period   From August 1, 2008 to July 31, 2012    From July 1, 2007 to June 30, 2011
   

2004 Stock Options

  

2003 Stock Options

Persons granted   15 directors of the Company, and 159 employees of the Company including presidents of subsidiaries    15 directors of the Company, and 171 employees of the Company including presidents of subsidiaries

Number of stock options granted

by class of stock (Note)

 

Common stock

289,000 shares

  

Common stock

313,000 shares

Date of grant   July 12, 2004    July 10, 2003
Vesting conditions   No vesting conditions are specified.    No vesting conditions are specified.
Service period   No service period is specified.    No service period is specified.
Exercise period   From July 1, 2006 to June 30, 2010    From July 1, 2005 to June 30, 2009
   

2002 Stock Options

  

2001 Stock Options

Persons granted   15 directors of the Company, and 218 employees of the Company including presidents of subsidiaries    16 directors of the Company, and 154 employees of the Company

Number of stock options granted

by class of stock (Note)

 

Common stock

358,000 shares

  

Common stock

310,000 shares

Date of grant   July 10, 2002    July 2, 2001
Vesting conditions   No vesting conditions are specified.    No vesting conditions are specified.
Service period   No service period is specified.    No service period is specified.
Exercise period   From July 1, 2004 to June 30, 2008    From July 1, 2003 to June 30, 2007


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2000 Stock Options

    
Persons granted    17 directors of the Company, and 152 employees of the Company   
Number of stock options granted by class of stock (Note)   

Common stock

301,000 shares

  
Date of grant    July 3, 2000   
Vesting conditions    No vesting conditions are specified.   
Service period    No service period is specified.   
Exercise period    From July 1, 2002 to June 30, 2006   
NEC Electronics      
    

2006 Stock Options

  

2003 Stock Options

Persons granted    4 directors and 26 employees of NEC Electronics including presidents of its subsidiaries    3 directors and 171 employees of NEC Electronics including presidents of its subsidiaries
Number of stock options granted by class of stock (Note)   

Common stock

75,000 shares

  

Common stock

313,500 shares

Date of grant    July 13, 2006    October 17, 2003
Vesting conditions    The options will vest after two years from the date of grant under the condition that option holders will be in service to NEC Electronics group at the date of exercising the option. The terms of the options are subject to adjustments if there is a stock split or reverse stock split. The plans provide conditions that options generally lapse automatically at termination of service before the exercise date and generally remain exercisable for one year after termination of service during the exercise period.    The options will vest after two years from the date of grant under the condition that option holders will be in service to NEC Electronics group at the date of exercising the option and that consolidated income before income taxes of NEC Electronics for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2004 is 44 billion yen or more. The terms of the options are subject to adjustment if there is a stock split or reverse stock split. The plans provide conditions that options generally lapse automatically at termination of service before the exercise date and generally remain exercisable for one year after termination of service during the exercise period.
Service period    From July 13, 2006 to July 12, 2008    From October 17, 2003 to October 16, 2005
Exercise period    From July 13, 2008 to July 12, 2012    From October 17, 2005 to October 16, 2007

 

Note: The number of options is described after being translated into the number of shares.


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(2) Volume and changes of stock options

Volume and changes of stock options outstanding during this fiscal year are described in the tables below. The number of stock options is described after being translated into the number of shares.

 

(a) Number of stock options

 

NEC Corporation   

(In shares)

     2006 Stock Options    2005 Stock Options    2004 Stock Options

Prior to vesting

        

At the end of previous fiscal year

   —      —      —  

Granted

   304,000    —      —  

Forfeited

   —      —      —  

Vested

   304,000    —      —  

Unvested

   —      —      —  

After vesting

        

At the end of previous fiscal year

   —      300,000    289,000

Vested

   304,000    —      —  

Exercised

   —      —      —  

Forfeited

   10,000    10,000    10,000

Outstanding

   294,000    290,000    279,000
     2003 Stock Options    2002 Stock Options    2001 Stock Options

Prior to vesting

        

At the end of previous fiscal year

   —      —      —  

Granted

   —      —      —  

Forfeited

   —      —      —  

Vested

   —      —      —  

Unvested

   —      —      —  

After vesting

        

At the end of previous fiscal year

   313,000    202,000    93,000

Vested

   —      —      —  

Exercised

   2,000    —      —  

Forfeited

   124,000    39,000    31,000

Outstanding

   187,000    163,000    62,000
     2000 Stock Options          

Prior to vesting

        

At the end of previous fiscal year

   —        

Granted

   —        

Forfeited

   —        

Vested

   —        

Unvested

   —        

After vesting

        

At the end of previous fiscal year

   70,000      

Vested

   —        

Exercised

   —        

Forfeited

   70,000      

Outstanding

   —        


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NEC Electronics

 

    2006 Stock Options    2003 Stock Options     

Prior to vesting

       

At the end of previous fiscal year

  —      —     

Granted

  75,000    —     

Forfeited

  —      —     

Vested

  —      —     

Unvested

  75,000    —     

After vesting

       

At the end of previous fiscal year

  —      291,500   

Vested

  —      —     

Exercised

  —      —     

Forfeited

  —      59,500   

Outstanding

  —      232,000   
(b) Unit price information        
NEC Corporation   (In yen)
    2006 Stock Options    2005 Stock Options    2004 Stock Options

Exercise price

  636    637    801

Average stock market price at exercise

  —      —      —  

Fair value unit price at grant date

  190    —      —  
    2003 Stock Options    2002 Stock Options    2001 Stock Options

Exercise price

  769    888    1,818

Average stock market price at exercise

  859    —      —  

Fair value unit price at grant date

  —      —      —  
    2000 Stock Options          

Exercise price

  3,294      

Average stock market price at exercise

  —        

Fair value unit price at grant date

  —        
NEC Electronics  

(In yen)

    2006 Stock Options    2003 Stock Options     

Exercise price

  3,927    8,990   

Average stock market price at exercise

  —      —     

Fair value unit price at grant date

  937    —     


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3. Estimate method of fair value unit price

The estimate method of fair value unit price of 2006 stock options which were granted during this fiscal year was as follows.

 

NEC Corporation

(a)

  Estimate method    Black-scholes option pricing model

(b)

  Basic data and estimated method   

 

          2006 stock options

Volatility of stock price

   (Note) 1    40.80%

Estimated remaining outstanding period

   (Note) 2    4 years

Estimated dividend

   (Note) 3    4.5 yen per share

Risk free interest rate

   (Note) 4    1.20%

 

Notes:   1.    Volatility of stock price is calculated based on the actual stock prices over a period of 4 years and 1 month (from June 2002 to June 2006).
  2.    Due to lack of satisfactory accumulated data, it is difficult to make a reliable estimate. Therefore, estimated remaining outstanding period is determined based on an assumption that the stock options are exercised at the middle of the exercise period.
  3.    Estimated dividend is an average of dividends over a period of 4 years (from fiscal year ended March 31, 2003 to fiscal year ended March 31, 2006).
  4.    The rate of return on Japanese Government Bonds over the estimated remaining outstanding period was used as a risk-free interest rate.

 

NEC Corporation

(a)

  Estimate method    Black-scholes option pricing model

(b)

  Basic data and estimated method   

 

          2006 Stock Options

Volatility of stock price

   (Note) 1    39.40%

Estimated remaining outstanding period

   (Note) 2    4 years

Estimated dividend

   (Note) 3    7.5 yen per share

Risk free interest rate

   (Note) 4    1.09%

 

Notes:   1.    Volatility of stock price is calculated based on the actual stock prices over a period of 3 years and 1 month (from July 2003 to July 2006).
  2.    Due to lack of satisfactory accumulated data, it is difficult to make a reliable estimate. Therefore, estimated remaining outstanding period is determined based on an assumption that the stock options are exercised at the middle of the exercise period.
  3.    Estimated dividend is an average of dividends over a period of 4 years (from fiscal year ended March 31, 2007 to fiscal year ended March 31, 2010).
  4.    The rate of return on Japanese Government Bonds over the estimated remaining outstanding period was used as a risk-free interest rate.

 

4. Estimate method for vested number of stock options

NEC Corporation

The granted number of stock options are deemed as the vested number since no vesting conditions are specified under the option plans.

NEC Electronics

The vested number of stock options is estimated by multiplication of the granted number and the actual historical forfeited ratio. The forfeited ratio is calculated based on the historical forfeited number of stock options.


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(Notes with relate to Income Taxes)

(In millions of yen)

 

Fiscal year ended March 31, 2006

(From April 1, 2005 to

March 31, 2006)

   

Fiscal year ended March 31, 2007

(From April 1, 2006 to

March 31, 2007)

 

1. Breakdown of major factors of deferred tax assets and liabilities

    

1. Breakdown of major factors of deferred tax assets and liabilities

  

(Deferred tax assets)

    

(Deferred tax assets)

  

Pension and severance expenses

   127,836    

Tax loss carry forwards

   173,034  

Investments in affiliated companies

   117,396    

Pension and severance expenses

   129,354  

Tax loss carryforwards

   102,524    

Investments in affiliated companies

   86,698  

Accrued expenses and product warranty liabilities

   63,706    

Accrued expenses and product warranty liabilities

   72,709  

Depreciation

   44,819    

Depreciation

   42,854  

Loss on devaluation of inventories

   28,288    

Loss on devaluation of inventories

   27,986  

Loss on devaluation of investment securities

   21,779    

Loss on devaluation of investment securities

   17,878  

Elimination of unrealized profit by intercompany transactions among consolidated companies

   14,701    

Research and development expenses

   14,553  

Research and development expenses

   14,850    

Elimination of unrealized profit by intercompany transactions among consolidate companies

   13,320  

Provision for loss on repurchase of computers

   7,151    

Provision for loss on repurchase of computers

   6,028  

Others

   58,190    

Others

   58,413  
               

Sub-total

   601,240    

Sub-total

   642,827  

Less valuation allowance

   (114,808 )  

Less valuation allowance

   (185,136 )
               

Total

   486,432    

Total

   457,691  

Deferred tax liabilities

 

 

Deferred tax liabilities

 

Gain on transfer of securities to the pension trust

   (73,370 )  

Securities reversed from the pension trust

   (56,184 )

Unrealized gains on available-for-sale securities

   (45,172 )  

Gain on transfer of securities to the pension trust

   (47,742 )

Undistributed earnings of affiliated companies

   (21,753 )  

Unrealized gains on available-for-sale securities

   (29,300 )

Reserves under special taxation measures law

   (7,933 )  

Undistributed earnings of affiliated companies

   (27,204 )

Others

   (28,139 )  

Reserves under special taxation measures law

   (3,779 )
           

Total

   (176,367 )  

Others

   (30,498 )
               

Net deferred tax assets

   310,065    

Total

   (194,707 )
           
    

Net deferred tax assets

   262,984  


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(In millions of yen)

 

Fiscal year ended March 31, 2006

(From April 1, 2005

to March 31, 2006)

    

Fiscal year ended March 31, 2007

(From April 1, 2006

to March 31, 2007)

 

Note: Net deferred tax assets are included in the consolidated balance sheet as follows.

     

Note: Net deferred tax assets are included in the consolidated balance sheet as follows.

  

Current assets- deferred tax assets

   106,243     

Current assets- deferred tax assets

   114,560  

Fixed assets- deferred tax assets

   214,525     

Fixed assets- deferred tax assets

   160,810  

Current liabilities-Others

   (1,042 )   

Current liabilities- Others

   (962 )

Long–term liabilities- deferred tax liabilities

   (9,661 )   

Long-term liabilities- deferred tax liabilities

   (11,424 )

2. The reconciliation between the actual tax rate reflected in the consolidated financial statements and the effective statutory tax rate is summarized as follows:

     

2. The reconciliation between the actual tax rate reflected in the consolidated financial statements and the effective statutory tax rate is summarized as follows:

  

Effective statutory tax rate

   40.5     

Effective statutory tax rate

   40.5  

Reconciliation

     

Reconciliation

  

Changes in valuation allowance

   87.5     

Changes in valuation allowance

   41.8  

Undistributed earnings of affiliated companies

   18.5     

Undistributed earnings of affiliated companies

   6.6  

Non-deductible expenses for tax purposes

   7.4     

Non-deductible expenses for tax purposes

   6.1  

Equity in earnings of affiliated companies

   (7.1 )   

Amortization of goodwill

   3.5  

Amortization of consolidated adjustment

accounts

   4.8     

Equity in losses of affiliated companies

   2.3  

Tax rates difference relating to overseas subsidiaries

   (4.6 )   

Elimination of unrealized profit by intercompany transactions among consolidated companies

   1.7  

Elimination of unrealized profit by intercompany transactions among consolidated companies

   (1.4 )   

Tax rates difference relating to overseas subsidiaries

   (1.5 )

Others

   (4.2 )   

Others

   (4.5 )
                

Actual tax rate

   141.4     

Actual tax rate

   96.5  
                


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(Notes with relate to Segment Information)

Business Segment Information

Fiscal year ended March 31, 2006 (From April 1, 2005 to March 31, 2006)

 

     (In millions of yen)
     IT/Network
Solution
Business
  

Mobile/

Personal
Solution
Business

    Electron
Device
Business
    Others   

Total Before
Eliminations/

Corporate

   Eliminations/
Corporate
   

Consolidated

Total

I   Sales and Operating Income                  
 

Sales

                 
  (1)   Sales to customers    2,653,732    1,077,198     771,625     427,415    4,929,970    —       4,929,970
  (2)   Intersegment sales and transfers    108,683    173,059     44,313     171,454    497,509    (497,509 )   —  
                                         
 

Total sales

   2,762,415    1,250,257     815,938     598,869    5,427,479    (497,509 )   4,929,970
                                         
 

Operating expenses

   2,581,583    1,305,573     846,732     581,247    5,315,135    (457,691 )   4,857,444
                                         
 

Operating income (loss)

   180,832    (55,316 )   (30,794 )   17,622    112,344    (39,818 )   72,526
                                         

II

  Total assets, depreciation, impairment loss and capital expenditures                  
  Total assets    1,611,783    454,301     937,015     534,729    3,537,828    264,947     3,802,775
                                         
  Depreciation    55,468    30,287     93,937     16,497    196,189    2,767     198,956
                                         
  Impairment loss on fixed assets    —      —       661     —      661    —       661
                                         
  Capital expenditures    63,609    29,493     131,519     25,701    250,322    3,229     253,551


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Fiscal year ended March 31, 2007 (From April 1, 2006 to March 31, 2007)

(In millions of yen)

     IT/Network
Solution
Business
  

Mobile/

Personal
Solution
Business

    Electron
Device
Business
    Others   

Total Before
Eliminations/

Corporate

  

Eliminations/

Corporate

   

Consolidated

Total

I   Sales and Operating Income                  
 

Sales

                 
  (1)   Sales to customers    2,659,774    801,692     816,918     374,265    4,652,649    —       4,652,649
  (2)   Intersegment sales and transfers    99,032    163,311     44,083     174,401    480,827    (480,827 )   —  
                                         
 

Total sales

   2,758,806    965,003     861,001     548,666    5,133,476    (480,827 )   4,652,649
                                         
 

Operating expenses

   2,604,742    998,493     884,036     530,928    5,018,199    (435,526 )   4,582,673
                                         
 

Operating income (loss)

   154,064    (33,490 )   (23,035 )   17,738    115,277    (45,301 )   69,976
                                         

II

  Total assets, depreciation, impairment loss and
capital expenditures
                 
  Total assets    1,654,550    372,403     869,204     505,389    3,401,546    330,123     3,731,669
                                         
  Depreciation    60,516    26,076     87,448     13,375    187,415    10,983     198,398
                                         
  Impairment loss on fixed assets    450    1,804     382     132    2,768    —       2,768
                                         
  Capital expenditures    75,187    22,644     133,527     23,888    255,246    10,904     266,150

 

Notes:

   1.    The business segments are defined based on similarity of types, characteristics, and affinity of sales market of products and services.
     2.    Major services and products for each business segment
       

IT/Network Solution Business:

   System construction, consulting, outsourcing, support (maintenance), servers, storage products, professional workstations, business PCs, IT software, enterprise network systems, network systems for telecommunication carriers, broadcast video systems, control systems, aerospace/defense systems
       

Mobile/Personal Solution Business:

   Mobile handsets, personal computers, personal communication devices, BIGLOBE
        Electron Device Business:    System LSI and other semiconductors, electronic components, LCD modules


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     3.    Unallocable operating expenses included in “Eliminations/ Corporate” for the year ended March 31, 2007 and 2006 are 47,136 million yen and 48,394 million yen, respectively. Main components of such expenses are both general and administrative expenses incurred at headquarters of the Company and research and development expenses.
     4.    Assets included in “Eliminations/Corporate” at March 31, 2007 and 2006 amounted to 499,418 million yen and 497,723 million yen, respectively. Main components of such assets are surplus funds (cash and deposits, and marketable securities), long-term investment funds (investment securities), deferred tax assets and assets belonging to administrative department.
     5.    Changes in accounting policies
        (Fiscal year ended March 31, 2006 (From April 1, 2005 to March 31, 2006))
        Accounting standards for retirement benefits
        Effective for this fiscal year, the Company adopted Accounting Standards Board Statement No.3 issued on March 16, 2005, “Partial Revision of Accounting Standard for Retirement Benefits”, and Financial Accounting Standard Implementation Guidance No.7 issued on March 16, 2005, “Implementation Guidance for Partial Revision of Accounting Standard for Retirement Benefits”. The effect of the change was to increase operating income by 5,910 million yen, out of which the operating income of IT/network solution business increased by 4,655 million yen, that of mobile/personal solution business increased by 431 million yen, and that of others increased by 824 million yen, respectively.
        Accounting standards for product warranty liabilities
        Prior to the fiscal year 2006, the costs of product repairs during a charge free warranty period were charged in earnings as such repairs were incurred. Effective from fiscal year 2006, however, the Company and its domestic consolidated subsidiaries changed their methods of accounting to provide accruals for costs of product repairs as product warranty liabilities based on the historical ratio of warranty costs to sales.
        As a result of this change, operating profit of mobile/personal solution business increased by 1,192 million yen.
        (Fiscal year ended March 31, 2007 (From April 1, 2006 to March 31, 2007))
        Accounting standards for directors’ bonus
        As described in “Accounting standards for director’s bonus” of “Changes in significant items for presenting consolidated financial statements”, effective from the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007, the Company adopted the “Accounting Standard for Directors’ Bonus” (ASBJ Statement No. 4, issued on November 29, 2005)”.
        There was little effect on each of the business segment information.


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Geographical Segments

Fiscal year ended March 31, 2006 (From April 1, 2005 to March 31, 2006)

(In millions of yen)

     Japan    Europe    Others    Total   

Eliminations/

Corporate

   

Consolidated

total

I   Sales and operating income                 
 

Sales

                
 

(1)

 

Sales to customers

   3,825,580    494,330    610,060    4,929,970    —       4,929,970
 

(2)

 

Intersegment sales and transfers

   440,730    20,007    256,735    717,472    (717,472 )   —  
                                  
 

Total sales

   4,266,310    514,337    866,795    5,647,442    (717,472 )   4,929,970
                                  
 

Operating expenses

   4,203,954    512,159    862,437    5,578,550    (721,106 )   4,857,444
                                  
 

Operating income

   62,356    2,178    4,358    68,892    3,634     72,526
                                  

II

 

Total assets

   2,952,018    183,878    423,827    3,559,723    243,052     3,802,775


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Fiscal year ended March 31, 2007 (From April 1, 2006 to March 31, 2007)

(In millions of yen)

             Japan    Europe     Others    Total    Eliminations
/Corporate
   

Consolidated

total

I

 

Sales and operating income

               
 

Sales

               
 

(1)

 

Sales to customers

   3,683,325    387,962     581,362    4,652,649    —       4,652,649
 

(2)

 

Intersegment sales and transfers

   418,520    17,255     205,108    640,883    (640,883 )   —  
                                   
 

Total sales

   4,101,845    405,217     786,470    5,293,532    (640,883 )   4,652,649
                                   
 

Operating expenses

   4,024,759    409,139     785,276    5,219,174    (636,501 )   4,582,673
                                   
  Operating income (loss)    77,086    (3,922 )   1,194    74,358    (4,382 )   69,976
                                   

II

 

Total assets

   2,883,983    151,914     428,146    3,464,043    267,626     3,731,669

 


Notes:    1.    Geographical distances are considered in classification of country or region.
   2.    Major countries and regions in segments other than Japan.
     

(1) Europe: U.K., France, Netherlands, Germany, Italy and Spain

     

(2) Others: U.S.A. and China

   3.    Unallocable operating expenses included in “Eliminations/Corporate” for the year ended March 31, 2007 and 2006 are 47,136 million yen and 48,394 million yen, respectively. Main components of such expenses are both general and administrative expenses incurred at headquarters of the Company and research and development expenses.
   4.    Assets included in “Eliminations/Corporate” at March 31, 2007 and 2006 amounted to 499,418 million yen and 497,723 million yen, respectively. Main components of such assets are surplus funds (cash and deposits, and marketable securities), long-term investment funds (investment securities), deferred tax assets and assets belonging to administrative department.
   5.    Changes in accounting policies
      (Fiscal year ended March 31, 2006 (From April 1, 2005 to March 31, 2006))
      Accounting standards for retirement benefits
      Effective for this fiscal year, the Company adopted Accounting Standards Board Statement No.3 issued on March 16, 2005, “Partial Revision of Accounting Standard for Retirement Benefits”, and Financial Accounting Standard Implementation Guidance No.7 issued on March 16, 2005, “Implementation Guidance for Partial Revision of Accounting Standard for Retirement Benefits”. As a result of this change operating income of “Japan” increased by 5,910 million yen.
      Accounting standards for product warranty liabilities
      Prior to the fiscal year 2006, the costs of product repairs during a charge free warranty period were charged in earnings as such repairs were incurred. Effective from fiscal year 2006, however, the Company and its domestic consolidated subsidiaries changed their methods of accounting to provide accruals for costs of product repairs as product warranty liabilities based on the historical ratio of warranty costs to sales.
      As a result of this change, operating income of “Japan” increased by 1,192 million yen.
      (Fiscal year ended March 31, 2007 (From April 1, 2006 to March 31, 2007))
      Accounting standards for directors’ bonus
      As described in “Accounting standards for director’s bonus” of “Changes in significant items for presenting consolidated financial statements”, effective from the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007, the Company adopted the “Accounting Standard for Directors’ Bonus” (ASBJ Statement No. 4, issued on November 29, 2005)”.
      There was little effect on each of the business segment information.


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Overseas sales

Fiscal year ended March 31, 2006 (From April 1, 2005 to March 31, 2006)

(In millions of yen)

     Europe    Others    Total

I     Overseas sales

   555,107    789,575    1,344,682

II   Consolidated sales

   —      —      4,929,970

III  Percentage of overseas sales to consolidated sales(%)

   11.3    16.0    27.3

Fiscal year ended March 31, 2007 (From April 1, 2006 to March 31, 2007)

(In millions of yen)

     Europe    Others    Total

I     Overseas sales

   448,487    765,198    1,213,685

II   Consolidated sales

   —      —      4,652,649

III  Percentage of overseas sales to consolidated sales(%)

   9.6    16.5    26.1

Notes:

 

1.

   Geographical distances are considered in classification of country or region.
 

2.

   Major countries and regions in segments other than Japan
     (1)    Europe:    U.K., France, Netherlands, Germany, Italy and Spain
     (2)    Others:    U.S.A. and China
 

3.

   Overseas sales represent sales of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries to countries and regions outside of Japan.


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(Notes with relate to Business Combination)
Fiscal year ended March 31, 2007 ( From April 1, 2006 to March 31, 2007 )
I.      Stock-for-stock exchange transaction under common control (NESIC)
  1.    Names of combining companies or businesses, description of businesses, legal framework of the business combination, and overview of the transaction including purposes for transaction
     (1)    Names of combining companies:   The Company, NESIC and NEC Telenetworx both of which were consolidated subsidiaries of the Company.
     (2)    Description of businesses:   NESIC:    Planning, consulting, designing, and constructing of network systems
          NEC Telenetworx:    Maintenance and support of equipment related to switching, carrier communication, wireless communication (microwave and satellite), communication control, broadcasting and activities in aerospace
     (3)    Legal framework of the business combination and overview of the transaction including purposes for transaction
        The business combination by the companies mentioned above was intended to reinforce the maintenance and operation service business in the network solution area and to promote streamlining of the business. Effective April 1, 2006, the stock-for-stock exchange transaction was conducted in which NESIC acquired all shares of NEC Telenetworx, which was previously a wholly-owned subsidiary of NEC, became a wholly-owned subsidiary of NESIC. NESIC is a subsidiary of NEC. Through this stock-for-stock exchange transaction, the Company also acquired additional shares of NESIC, resulting in an increase in the percentage of the Company’s ownership interest by 11.48%.
  2.    Summary of adopted accounting methods
     The Company adopted the accounting methods for consolidated financial statements which are prescribed in “Accounting Standards for Business Combinations III, 4. Accounting for transactions under common control, (2) Transactions with minority shareholders”.
     Since NESIC has minority shareholders, the Company accounted for the difference between the amount of decrease in the Company’s ownership interests in NEC Telenetworx and the amount deemed transferred with respect to the business of NEC Telenetworx as gain on change in interests in consolidated subsidiaries and affiliated companies as special gain. The Company also recognized goodwill for the difference between the amount that is deemed as an additional investment in NESIC and the amount of additionally acquired interests of NESIC.
  3.    Additional acquisitions of shares of subsidiaries
     (1)    Cost of acquisition of business: 6,780 million yen      
       

Objective: Shares of NEC Telenetworx

     (2)    Stock-for-stock exchange ratio        
       

Common stock of NESIC 26.051 shares: Common stock of NEC Telenetworx 1 share

     (3)    Method for calculating the stock-for-stock exchange ratio
        Both parties agreed to the stock-for-stock exchange ratio by referring to the ratio calculated by a third party appraiser.
     (4)    Number of shares that NESIC offered to the Company and the appraisal value: 7,815,300 shares for 6,780 million yen
     (5)    Goodwill, background of recognition of goodwill, and amortization method and period
       

(a)    Goodwill: 581 million yen

     
       

(b)    Background of recognition of goodwill:

  The market value at the time of the business combination exceeded the acquisition cost
       

(c)    Amortization method and period:

  Straight-line method over two years


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II.    Stock-for-stock exchange transaction under common control (NEC Infrontia)
   1.    Names of the combining companies or businesses, description of businesses, legal framework of the business combination, and overview of the transaction including purposes for transaction
      (1)    Names of combining companies:    The Company and NEC Infrontia, a consolidated subsidiary of the Company. The name of the subsidiary has remained unchanged even after the business combination.
      (2)    Description of businesses:    Development, manufacturing and marketing of information and telecommunications systems and operation terminals and system solution business
      (3)    Legal framework of the business combination and overview of the transaction including purposes for transaction
         The business combination was intended to reinforce the IP telephony business within the NEC group. Effective May 1, 2006, the stock-for-stock exchange transaction was conducted in which NEC Infrontia became a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company. Through this stock-for-stock exchange transaction, the Company acquired 34.29% of the additional shares of NEC Infrontia.
   2.    Summary of adopted accounting methods
      The Company adopted the accounting methods for consolidated financial statements which are prescribed in “Accounting Standards for Business Combinations III, 4. Accounting for transactions under common control, (2) Transactions with minority shareholders”.
      The Company recognized goodwill for the difference between the amount that is deemed as an additional investment in NEC Infrontia and the amount of additionally acquired interests of NEC Infrontia.
   3.    Additional acquisition of shares of subsidiaries
      (1)    Cost of acquisition of business: 24,405 million yen
         Objective: Shares of NEC Infrontia 24,382 million yen
         Direct acquisition cost was 23 million yen.
      (2)    Stock-for-stock exchange ratio
         Common stock of NEC 0.774 shares : common stock of NEC Infrontia 1 share
      (3)    Method for calculating the stock-for-stock exchange ratio
         Both parties agreed to the stock-for-stock exchange ratio by referring to the ratio calculated by a third party appraiser.
      (4)    Number of shares offered and its appraisal value : 33,630,520 shares for 24,382 million yen.
      (5)    Goodwill, background of recognition of goodwill, and amortization method and period
         (a) Goodwill: 12,916 million yen
         (b) Background of recognition of goodwill:    The market value at the time of the business combination exceeded the acquisition cost.
         (c)Amortization method and period: Straight-line method over 15 years
III.    Business divestiture transaction (Sony NEC Optiarc)
   1.    Name of the company divested into, description of businesses divested, major purpose of business divesture, overview of the business divesture including the date of business divesture and legal framework
      (1)    Name of the company divested into: Sony NEC Optiarc
      (2)    Description of businesses divested: Development, design, manufacturing, marketing and sale of optical disk drives
      (3)    Major purpose of business divesture:
         The business divesture was intended to reinforce the optical disk drive business of the Company by consolidating it with the optical disk drive business of Sony Corporation (hereinafter referred to as the “Sony”).


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      (4)    Overview of the business divesture including the date of business divesture and legal framework Effective April 1, 2006, the Company and Sony divested each of their optical disk drive businesses into a newly incorporated company, Sony NEC Optiarc, which succeeds the optical disk drive businesses of the Company and Sony. As a result of this business divesture, the percentage of the Company’s ownership in Sony NEC Optiarc became 45%. The Company and Sony decided the ownership ratio by referring to the future cash flows of each of divested businesses which were estimated by a third party appraiser.
   2.    Summary of adopted accounting methods
      The Company adopted the accounting methods for consolidated financial statements which are prescribed in “Accounting for the Divesting Entity in Accounting Standard for Business Divestures”. Since the percentage of the Company’s ownership in Sony NEC Optiarc is 45%, Sony NEC Optiarc is accounted for by the equity method. The gain on change in interest in the business divesture is not material.
   3.    Business segment in which the divested business was included IT/NW solution business
   4.    Estimated gains or losses from the divested business in the current consolidated statement of operations Disclosure of such estimated gains or losses is omitted because the estimated amount is not material.
IV.    Formation of jointly controlled company (Adcore-Tech)
   1.    Name of the jointly controlled company, description of businesses, legal framework of the business combination, and overview of the transaction including purposes for transaction
      (1)    Name of the jointly controlled company: Adcore-Tech
      (2)    Description of businesses:    Development, designing and technical licensing of a “communication platform” that plays the key role in communication technologies of mobile phone systems of third generation and onwards
      (3)    Legal framework of the business combination
         Formation of a jointly controlled company
      (4)    Overview of the transaction including purposes for transaction
         NEC, NEC Electronics, which is the consolidated subsidiary of the Company, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “Matsushita Electric”), Panasonic Mobile Communications Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “Panasonic Mobile”), and Texas Instruments Incorporated (hereinafter referred to as “Texas Instruments”) jointly incorporated a company that engages in the development of mobile phone systems.
         The jointly controlled company plans to lead the development of a communication platform that will play the key role in the current advanced 3.5G mobile phone system, in anticipation of developing a 3.9G mobile phone system in the future. The results of development efforts will be licensed worldwide, contributing to the development of the mobile phone industry. NEC and NEC Electronics contributed 2,650 million yen in incorporation of this jointly controlled company.
   2.    Summary of adopted accounting methods
         The shareholders of Adcore-Tech consist of 3 groups, namely, NEC and NEC Electronics, Matsushita Electric and Panasonic Mobile and Texas Instruments. The total number of shares held by NEC and NEC Electronics is the same as the total number held by Matsushita Electric and Panasonic Mobile, both of which are the 2 largest shareholders among 3 groups. Thus, the Company adopted the accounting methods for consolidated financial statements which are prescribed in “Accounting Standard for Business Combinations III, 3. Accounting for combining of interests, (7) Formation of jointly controlled entity”. Adcore-Tech is accounted for by the equity method.


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Notes with relate to Related Party Transactions

Fiscal year ended March 31, 2006 ( From April 1, 2005 to March 31, 2006 )

Directors, corporate auditors, and major individual shareholders, etc.

 

Category

  

Name

   Address   

Capital

(In millions
of yen)

  

Businesses or
occupation

  

Voting
rights

(Voting
rights
held by
NEC)

(%)

  

 

 

 

Relationship

  

Transactions

  

Transactional

amounts

(In millions
of yen)

   account  

Balances

(In
millions
of yen)

                 

Interlocking

directorate

  

Business

Relationship

          

Directors

   Akinobu Kanasugi    —      —     

Director of NEC Corporation,

Chairman of the Board of Association of Radio Industries and Businesses

   None    —      —     

Contracting

to test trials

of

information communication system

   3    —     —  
                       

Outsourcing

various researches

 

   2    —     —  
   Akira Uehara    —      —     

Director of NEC Corporation,

President of

Taisho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. and Taisho Toyama Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

   None    —      —     

The sales of products, software development, hardware and software maintenance, technology support, value-added network service, and constructions

 

   1,752    Notes and
accounts
receivable,
trade
  215
                       

The sale of products and constructions

 

   3    —     —  
  

Shinichi

Yokoyama

   —      —     

Corporate Auditor of NEC Corporation

 

President and Chief Executive Officer of Sumitomo Life Insurance Company

   None    —      —      The sales of products, software development, hardware and software maintenance, technology support, and construction    7,018    Notes and
accounts
receivable,
trade
  1,008
                        Long-term loans    —      Investments
and

other
assets
( others )
  5,000
                        Long-term borrowings    —      Long-term
borrowings
  12,050


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1. All conditions including transactional prices, etc. are determined by negotiation on a case-by-case basis in consideration of market supply and demand as well as the trend of market prices and others.

 

2. Transactional amounts do not include consumption taxes. Balances include consumption taxes.

 

3. Transactions mentioned above are executed by directors and a corporate auditor of NEC Corporation as the representative of above mentioned parties.

 

4. The interest on loans receivable is determined objectively in consideration of quoted market interest rate. The loans receivable are not secured by collateral.

 

5. The interest on borrowings is determined objectively in consideration of quoted market interest rate. The borrowings are not secured by collateral.


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Fiscal year ended March 31, 2007 ( From April 1, 2006 to March 31, 2007 )

Directors, corporate auditors, and major individual shareholders, etc.

 

Category

   Name    Address   

Capital

(In
millions
of yen)

   Businesses or
occupation
  

Voting
rights

(Voting
rights
held by
NEC)

(%)

  

 

 

 

Relationship

   Transactions   

Transactional

amounts

(In millions
of yen)

   account   

Balances

(In
millions
of yen)

                  Interlocking
directorate
  

Business

Relationship

           

Corporation, whose majority of voting rights are owned by directors and corporate auditors together with their family members

   IPSe
Marketing,
Inc.
   Minato-ku
Tokyo
   10    Consulting
services
with
relate to
IT
business
   None    Interlocking
directorate

1 person
   none    Consignment
of consulting
services
which relate
to the
IT business
   18    Accrued
expenses
   16

 

1. All conditions including transactional prices, etc. are determined by negotiation on a case-by-case basis in consideration of market supply and demand as well as the trend of market prices and others.

 

2. Transactional amounts do not include consumption taxes. Balances include consumption taxes.

 

3. Ms. Sawako Nohara, a director of NEC, owns 80% of voting rights of IPSe Marketing, Inc.


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( Notes with relate to Per Share Information)

 

(In yen)

Fiscal year ended March 31, 2006

( From April 1, 2005 to March 31, 2006)

   

Fiscal year ended March 31, 2007

( From April 1, 2006 to March 31, 2007 )

Net assets per share

   516.62     Net assets per share    512.99

Basic net loss per share

   (5.26 )   Basic net income per share    4.43

Diluted net income per share

   —       Diluted net income per share    4.23

 

Notes:

  Basis for calculation
 

1.

  Although there was the potential dilution, diluted net income per share is not disclosed for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006 because of the Company’s net loss position.


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  2.   The basis for calculating diluted net income and loss per share was as follows.

 

    

Fiscal year ended March 31, 2006

(From April 1, 2005

to March 31, 2006 )

  

Fiscal year ended March 31, 2007

( From April 1, 2006

to March 31, 2007 )

Net income and loss per share (In millions of yen)      

Net income and loss (In millions of yen)

   (10,062)    9,128

Amounts not attributable to common shareholders (In millions of yen)

   342    181

(Bonuses to directors by the appropriation of retained earnings included in the above.) (In millions of yen)

   (200)    —  

(Participating convertible securities included in the above)

   (142)    (181)

Net income and loss attributable to common stock (In millions of yen)

   (10,404)    8,947

The average number of common stocks outstanding during the fiscal year (In thousands of shares)

   1,977,778    2,020,369

Diluted net income per share

     

Adjustments to net income

   —      —  

Increased number of common stocks (In thousands of shares)

   —      92,429

(convertible bonds included in the above (In thousands of shares ))

   —      (92,426)

(stock subscription rights included in the above (In thousands of shares ))

   —      (3)
Summary of equity instruments which were not included in the basis for calculating diluted net income per share as they are anti-dilutive   

(a) Convertible bonds

10th unsecured convertible bonds (face value of 100,000 million yen)

 

11th unsecured convertible bonds (face value of 100,000 million yen)

Euro-yen convertible bonds due in 2010 (face value 100,000 million yen)

  

(a) Convertible bonds

10th unsecured convertible bonds (face value of 100,000 million yen)


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Fiscal year ended March 31,

2006 (From April 1, 2005 to

March 31, 2006)

  

Fiscal year ended March 31,

2007 (From April 1, 2006 to

March 31, 2007)

  

(b) Bondswith stock subscription rights issued by consolidated subsidiaries

 

Euro-yen zero coupon convertible bonds with stock subscription rights due in 2011 subject to certain covenants which were issued by NEC Electronics

(face value of 110,000 million yen)

 

Euro-yen convertible bonds with stock subscription rights due in 2010 which were issued by NEC TOKIN

(face value of 15,000 million yen)

  

(b) Bondswith stock subscription rights issued by consolidated subsidiaries

 

Euro-yen zero coupon convertible bonds with stock subscription rights due in 2011 subject to certain covenants which were issued by NEC Electronics

(face value of 110,000 million yen)

 

Euro-yen convertible bonds with stock subscription rights due in 2010 which were issued by NEC TOKIN

(face value of 15,000 million yen)

  

(c) Stocksubscription rights

 

4 kinds of stock subscription rights (the number of stock subscription rights is 1,104 units) and treasury stock for stock options in accordance with Articles 210-2 of the former Commercial Code of Japan (number of common stock is 163,000)

1 kind of stock subscription right issued by NEC Electronics (number of stock subscription rights is 2,915 units)

 

 

Summary of descriptions of convertible bonds and bonds with stock subscription rights are shown in the table of “Schedule of bonds”. Summary of descriptions of bonds with stock subscription rights is shown in the table of “Overview” of stock options .

  

(c) Stocksubscription rights

 

4 kinds of stock subscription rights (the number of stock subscription rights is 923 units) and treasury stock for stock options in accordance with Articles 210-2 of the former Commercial Code of Japan (number of common stock is 62,000)

2 kind of stock subscription right issued by NEC Electronics (number of stock subscription rights is 3,070 units)

 

Same as on the left


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  3.   The basis for calculating net assets per share was as follows.

 

    

Fiscal year ended March 31, 2006

( From April 1, 2005

to March 31, 2006 )

  

Fiscal year ended March 31, 2007

( From April 1, 2006

to March 31, 2007 )

Net assets per share

     

Total net assets

(In millions of yen)

   —      1,240,123

Amounts deducted from total net assets

(In millions of yen)

   —      201,315

(stock subscription rights included in the above)

   —      (81)

(Minority interests included in the above)

   —      (201,234)

Net assets at the year end attributable to common stock

(In millions of yen)

   —      1,038,808

Number of common stocks to calculate net assets per share

(In thousands of shares )

   —      2,025,009


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(Notes with relate to Significant Subsequent Event)

 

Fiscal year ended March 31, 2006

(From April 1, 2005

to March 31, 2006)

  

Fiscal year ended March 31, 2007

(From April 1, 2006

to March 31, 2007)

The Company entered into a stock-for-stock exchange agreement with NEC Infrontia. Based on this agreement, the Company exchanged with the shareholders of NEC Infrontia the Company’s shares for the shares of NEC Infrontia, and as a result NEC Infrontia became a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company effective May 1, 2006. In the stock-for-stock exchange transaction, the Company issued 33,630,520 new shares to the shareholders, excluding the Company, of NEC Infrontia. 0.774 new shares of the Company were distributed for one share of NEC Infrontia.

                       


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(f) Consolidated Supplemental Schedules

Schedule of Bonds

 

Company

  

Description

  

Date of Issuance

  

Balance at end
of prior year

(In millions of
yen)

  

Balance at
end of
current year

(Current
portion)

(In millions of
yen)

  

Interest
rate

(%)

   Collateral   

Maturity

NEC

   20th unsecured bonds (Note 1)    April 14, 1997    46,000    46,000
(46,000)
   2.550    None    April 13, 2007

NEC

   21st unsecured bonds    April 14, 1997    18,500    18,500    2.700    None    April 14, 2009

NEC

   23rd unsecured bonds (Note 1)    January 21, 1998    20,000    20,000
(20,000)
   2.325    None    January 21, 2008

NEC

   24th unsecured bonds    April 23, 1998    43,600    43,600    2.600    None    April 23, 2008

NEC

   29th unsecured bonds    July 22, 1998    30,000    30,000    2.250    None    July 22, 2008

NEC

   31st unsecured bonds    August 19, 1998    29,000    —      2.040    None    August 18, 2006

NEC

   32nd unsecured bonds    August 19, 1998    19,800    19,800    2.430    None    August 19, 2010

NEC

   35th unsecured bonds    November 11, 1998    15,400    15,400    2.210    None    November 11, 2008

NEC

   Euro-yen bonds due in 2007 (Note 1)    September 18, 1992    10,000    10,000
(10,000)
   6.050    None    December 21, 2007

NEC

   10th unsecured convertible bonds (Note 2)    April 15, 1996    97,906    97,904    1.000    None    September 30, 2011

NEC

   11th unsecured convertible bonds    August 11, 2000    99,998    —      0.000    None    March 30, 2007

NEC

   Euro-yen convertible bonds due in 2010 (Note 2)    December 10, 2001    100,000    100,000    0.000    None    March 31, 2010

NEC

Electronics

   Euro-yen zero coupon convertible bonds with stock subscription rights due in 2011 subject to certain covenants (Note 3)    May 27, 2004    110,000    110,000    0.000    None    May 27, 2011

NEC

TOKIN

  

Euro-yen convertible bonds with stock subscription rights due in 2010

(Note 3)

   December 19, 2005    7,500    7,500    0.000    None    December 17, 2010

Other

subsidiaries

   Bonds (Notes 1 and 4)   

September 26, 2002 –

March 10, 2006

   1,355    1,085
(570)
   0.540~
1.450
   None   

August 23, 2007

– June 30, 2011

Total

   —      —      649,059    519,789
(76,570)
   —      —      —  

Notes:

     
   1.    The amounts in parenthesis, presented under “Balance at end of current year” represent the amounts scheduled to be redeemed within one year.
   2.    The following table shows the details of convertible bonds.

 

Company

   Description   

Period of

conversion request

  

Conversion price

(In yen)

   Stock to be issued   

Increase in equity due
to conversion of
convertible bonds

(Yen/ share)

NEC

   10th unsecured convertible bonds    June 3, 1996 –
September 29, 2011
   1,326.00    Common stock    663

NEC

   Euro-yen convertible bonds due
in 2010
   January 7, 2002 -
March 17, 2010
   1,664.10    Common stock    832


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3.  

The following table shows the details of bonds with stock subscription rights:

 

Company

 

NEC Electronics

 

NEC TOKIN

Description

  Euro-yen zero coupon convertible bonds with stock subscription rights due in 2011 subject to certain covenants   Euro-yen convertible bonds with stock subscription rights due in 2010
Type of stocks to be issued upon exercise of stock subscription rights   Common stock   Common stock

Issue price (In yen)

  —     —  

Exercise price (In yen)

  9,860   907

Total exercise price

(In millions of yen)

  110,000  

15,000

Including 7,500 million yen held by NEC, the parent company of NEC TOKIN

Total exercise price to be credited to common stock, upon exercise of the stock subscription rights.

(In millions of yen)

  —     —  
Ratio of stock subscription rights (%)   100   100
Exercise period of stock subscription rights   June 10, 2004 – May 24, 2011   January 4, 2006 – December 3, 2010

When the holders of bonds request for exercise of the stock subscription rights, the total exercise price is deemed to be paid by the holders instead of redemption of all-in bonds. Also, if the stock subscription rights are exercised by the holders, it is deemed that such request is also made.

 

4.   Bonds issued by ABeam Consulting, Showa Optronics Co., Ltd. and others are included herein.

 

5.   The redemption schedule of bonds for 5 years subsequent to March 31, 2007 is summarized as follows:

 

(In millions of yen)

Within 1 year    1 to 2 years    2 to 3 years    3 to 4 years    4 to 5 years
76,570    89,350    118,530    27,430    207,909


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Schedule of borrowings

 

Category

  

Balances at
beginning of
year

(In millions of
yen)

  

Balances at

end of year

(In millions
of yen)

  

Average

interest
rate

(%)

   Maturity

Short-term borrowings

   106,979    110,385    1.81    —  

Current portion of long-term borrowings

   29,777    41,562    1.49    —  

Long-term borrowings (excluding current portion)

   76,268    42,759    1.80    April 1, 2008 –
May 25, 2012

Other interest-bearing debt

           

Commercial papers (current portion)

   35,000    102,943    0.66    —  

Other current liabilities Lease obligations

   16,932    21,761    2.01    —  

Other long-term liabilities Lease obligations

   21,088    20,093    2.12    April 1, 2008 –
November 30, 2015

Total

   286,044    339,503    —      —  

Notes:

  
   1.    The average interest rate represents the weighted-average rate applicable to the year end balances.
   2.    The following table shows the aggregate annual maturities of long-term borrowings and other interest-bearing debts for
5 years after March 31, 2007 (excluding the current portion)
     (In millions of yen)
     1 to 2 years    2 to 3 years    3 to 4 years    4 to 5 years

Long-term borrowings

   22,912    9,296    5,201    2,378

Other interest-bearing debts

   10,906    5,105    1,978    831


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  (2) Others

Since October 2006, there have been investigations regarding the possibility of violating the antimonopoly law (anti-trust acts, competition-law) in the SRAM industry conducted by U.S. Justice Department and European Commission, investigations regarding the possibility of violating the Korean antimonopoly law in the semi-conductor industry conducted by Korean Fair Trade Commission and investigations regarding the possibility of violating the antimonopoly law in the TFT LCD monitor industry conducted by Japan Fair Trade Commission, U.S. Justice Department, European Commission, and the Korean Fair Trade Commission and the Canadian competitive authorities have included the NEC group as one of the objective companies in their investigations.

After investigations by U.S. Justice Department began regarding the possibility of violating antimonopoly law in SRAM industry, a number of class action civil antimonopoly lawsuits seeking damages for alleged violations were brought against NEC Electronics America.

Also, after investigations by U.S. Justice Department began relating to the possibility of violating the antimonopoly law (anti-trust acts) in the TFT LCD monitor industry, a number of class action civil antimonopoly lawsuits seeking damages for alleged violations were brought against the Company, NEC LCD Technologies, NEC Electronics America and NEC Display Solutions of America, Inc.

At this moment, no conclusions have been reached related to the investigations conducted by these authorities and lawsuits filed in the United States.

Furthermore, the Company received Tokyo High Court rulings that revoked the trial decision which ordered an exclusion treatment by the Fair Trade Commission in the suspected violation of the antimonopoly law regarding orders for automatic postal code reading machinery that the former General Post Office (Japan Post) ordered by way of general competitive bidding.

However, as a result of the acceptance for the final appeal to the Supreme Court by the Fair Trade Commission due to their objection, on April 19, 2007, the Supreme Court reversed the decision of the Tokyo High Court and sentenced to pass back the trial to Tokyo High Court. Trial proceedings regarding payment of the charge to the Commission are still in the process.

Also, in May 2007, the Company obtained the correction notice based on the tax inspection from Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau. In the process of the tax inspection, an unauthorized transaction involving employee fraud of the Company was detected.

The correction notice indicated that unauthorized transactions, the aggregated amount of which was approximately 2.2 billion yen, existed from fiscal 1999 to fiscal 2005 where employees of the Company instructed their suppliers to pad or create fictious orders for software, maintenance, and on-site arrangements with construction subcontractors. This caused the Company’s money to flow illegally to such suppliers and these employees received rebates from the subcontractors and paybacks in the form of personal food and drink expenses.

The corrected income amount on the correction notice aggregated to about 3,960 million yen, including the amount caused by other indications on the notice other than the incident of unauthorized transactions. However, this time, no additional payments of corporate income taxes were needed due to the tax loss carry forwards. Also, about 900 million yen tax equivalent treated as entertainment expense affects neither past nor future profit and loss because it was accrued as income taxes-deferred during the period.

Please refer to the note with relate to contingent liabilities-others, which is included in the notes to consolidated financial statements (notes to consolidated balance sheets) about the possibility of violating antimonopoly law in DRAM industry.


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Item 6. Information on Transfer of the Company’s Stocks

 

Fiscal year

   From April 1 to March 31

Ordinary general meeting of Shareholders

   In June

Record date

   March 31

Available types of share certificates

   Certificates for 100 shares, 500 shares, 1,000shares, 10,000 shares, 100,000 shares and the certificates representing number of shares less than 100 shares

Record dates for distribution of surplus

   September 30 and March 31

Number of shares per unit

   1,000 shares

Transfer of stocks

  

Handling office

  

Securities Agent Division of The Sumitomo Trust & Banking Co., Ltd.

4-4, Marunouchi 1-chome Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo

Administrator of shareholders’ register

  

The Sumitomo Trust & Banking Co., Ltd.,

5-33, Kitahama 4-chome Chuo-ku, Osaka

Offices available for transfer

  

The head office and branch offices of The Sumitomo Trust & Banking Co., Ltd.

The head office and branch offices of Daiwa Securities Co. Ltd.

The head office and branch offices of JAPAN SECURITIES AGENTS, LTD.

Transfer charge

   Free

Charge to issue new stock certificate

   Free, except for the equivalent amount of applicable stamp duty in case of delivery of share certificates which have been applied for non-possession, and reissuance of share certificates which have been null and void

Registration charge of lost share certificate

   Amount determined by the Company separately

Purchase or sale of shares less than one unit

  

Handling office

  

Securities Agent Division of The Sumitomo Trust & Banking Co., Ltd.

4-4, Marunouchi 1-chome Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo

Transfer agent

  

The Sumitomo Trust & Banking Co., Ltd.,

5-33, Kitahama 4-chome Chuo-ku, Osaka

Offices available for transfer

  

The head office and branch offices of The Sumitomo Trust & Banking Co., Ltd.

The head office and branch offices of Daiwa Securities Co. Ltd.

The head office and branch offices of JAPAN SECURITIES AGENTS, LTD.

Handling charges

   Amount determined by the Company separately based on the amount of handling charges for the purchase and sale of shares constituting one unit

Method of giving public notices

  

The method of giving public notice of the Company shall be electronic public notice, provided, however, in case where an electric public notice is impracticable due to an accident or other unavoidable reasons, the Company shall give its public notices in the Nihon Keizai Shinbun published in Tokyo Metropolis.

The Company shall disclose electronic public notices on the following website of the Company: http://www.nec.co.jp/

Special benefits to shareholders

   None

Note : A shareholder of the Company who holds shares less than one unit may not exercise any rights, except for the following rights, with respect to the shares less than one unit held by him/her:
(1) The rights provided for in each item of Article 189, Paragraph 2 of the Company Law;
(2) The right to receive an allotment of offered shares and offered stock subscription rights in proportion to the number of shares held; and
(3) The right to request to the Company to sell to him/her such number of shares as, together with the shares less than one unit held by him/her, would constitute one unit of shares.


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Item 7. Reference Information on the Company

1. Information on the Parent Company

The Company does not have a parent company.

2. Other Reference Information

The Company filed the following documents between the beginning of the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006 and the date when this Annual Securities Report was filed.

 

(1) Annual Securities Report and its attachments   

Fiscal year (the 168th)

From April 1, 2005 to March 31, 2006

   Submitted to the Chief of the Kanto Local Finance Bureau of the Ministry of Finance of Japan on June 22, 2006
(2) Correction Report of Annual Securities Report    a. Correction Report of the 166th (from April 1, 2003 to March 31, 2004) Annual Securities Report filed on June 22, 2004    Submitted to the Chief of the Kanto Local Finance Bureau of the Ministry of Finance of Japan on June 22, 2006
   b. Correction Report of the 167th (from April 1, 2004 to March 31, 2005) Annual Securities Report filed on June 22, 2004    Submitted to the Chief of the Kanto Local Finance Bureau of the Ministry of Finance of Japan on June 22, 2006
   c. Correction Report of the Annual Security Report described in the above (1)    Submitted to the Chief of the Kanto Local Finance Bureau of the Ministry of Finance of Japan on June 23, 2006
(3) Half-year Report (“Hanki Hokokusho”)   

Fiscal year (the 169th)

From April 1, 2006 to September 30, 2006

   Submitted to the Chief of the Kanto Local Finance Bureau of the Ministry of Finance of Japan on December 22, 2006
(4) Extraordinary Report (“Rinji Hokokusho”)    a. Extraordinary Report related to change of a representative director pursuant to Item 9, Paragraph 2, Article 19 of the Cabinet Office Ordinance on Disclosure of Corporate Information, etc.    Submitted to the Chief of the Kanto Local Finance Bureau of the Ministry of Finance of Japan on April 3, 2006
   b. Extraordinary Report related to change of a specified subsidiary pursuant to Item 3, Paragraph 2, Article 19 of the Cabinet Office Ordinance on Disclosure of Corporate Information, etc.    Submitted to the Chief of the Kanto Local Finance Bureau of the Ministry of Finance of Japan on July 3, 2006
   c. Extraordinary Report related to occurrence of events which have a material effect on financial conditions and business results pursuant to Item 12, Paragraph 2, Article 19 of the Cabinet Office Ordinance on Disclosure of Corporate Information, etc.    Submitted to the Chief of the Kanto Local Finance Bureau of the Ministry of Finance of Japan on February 23, 2007
(5) Securities Registration Statement (“Yukashoken Todokedesho) (Offering of stock subscription rights) and its attachments    Securities Registration Statement related to issuance of stock subscription rights pursuant to the Company’s stock option plan    Submitted to the Chief of the Kanto Local Finance Bureau of the Ministry of Finance of Japan on July 13, 2006
(6) Amendment to Securities Registration Statement (Offering of stock subscription rights)    Amendment to the Securities Registration Statement described in the above (5)    Submitted to the Chief of the Kanto Local Finance Bureau of the Ministry of Finance of Japan on July 28, 2006
(7) Shelf Registration Statement (“Hakko Torokusho”) (Straight Bonds) and its attachments       Submitted to the Chief of the Kanto Local Finance Bureau of the Ministry of Finance of Japan on September 13, 2006
(8) Amendment to Shelf Registration Statement (Straight Bonds)    Amendment to Shelf Registration Statement submitted on September 13, 2006    Submitted to the Chief of the Kanto Local Finance Bureau of the Ministry of Finance of Japan on December 22, 2006 and February 23, 2007


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Part 2.     Information of the Guarantors for the Company

Not Applicable


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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

June 21, 2007

The Board of Directors

NEC Corporation

Ernst & Young ShinNihon

Designated and Engagement Partner

Certified Public Accountant        Yasunobu Furukawa

Designated and Engagement Partner

Certified Public Accountant        Kazuya Oki

Designated and Engagement Partner

Certified Public Accountant        Kiyomi Nakayama

Pursuant to Article 193-2 of the Securities and Exchange Law of Japan, we have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheet, the consolidated statement of operations, the consolidated statement of retained earnings, the consolidated statement of cash flows, and the related supplementary schedules of NEC Corporation (the “Company”) applicable to the fiscal year from April 1, 2005 through March 31, 2006. These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements based on our audit.

We conducted our audit in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in Japan. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the consolidated financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the consolidated financial statements. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of NEC Corporation and its consolidated subsidiaries as of March 31, 2006, and the results of operations and cash flows for the year then ended in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in Japan.

Additional Information

As discussed in “Basis of preparation of the consolidated financial statements and the non-consolidated financial statements”, the Company changed accounting principles and prepared the consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007 (from April 1, 2006 to March 31, 2007) in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in Japan. In order to make them comparative with the consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007, the Company prepared the consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006 (from April 1, 2005 to March 31, 2006) in accordance with the same accounting principles.

As discussed in “Change in significant items for presenting consolidated financial statements”, the Company prepared consolidated financial statements in accordance with the Accounting Standards Board Statement No.3 issued on March 16, 2005, “Partial Revision of Accounting Standard for Retirement Benefits”, and Financial Accounting Standard Implementation Guidance No.7 issued on March 16, 2005, “Implementation Guidance for Partial Revision of Accounting Standard for Retirement Benefits”, both of which are effective from the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006.

As discussed in “Change in significant items for presenting consolidated financial statements”, effective in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006, the Company changed its accounting policy to provide product warranty liabilities for costs of product repairs during a charge free warranty period based on the historical ratio of warranty costs to net sales.

We have no interest in the Company which should be disclosed in compliance with the Certified Public Accountants Law.

The above represents a translation, for convenience only, of the original report issued in the Japanese language.


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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

June 21, 2007

The Board of Directors

NEC Corporation

Ernst & Young ShinNihon

Designated and Engagement Partner

Certified Public Accountant        Yasunobu Furukawa

Designated and Engagement Partner

Certified Public Accountant        Kazuya Oki

Designated and Engagement Partner

Certified Public Accountant        Kiyomi Nakayama

Pursuant to Article 193-2 of the Securities and Exchange Law of Japan, we have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheet, the consolidated statement of operations, the consolidated statement of changes in net assets, the consolidated statement of cash flows, and the related supplementary schedules of NEC Corporation (the “Company”) applicable to the fiscal year from April 1, 2006 through March 31, 2007. These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements based on our audit.

We conducted our audit in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in Japan. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the consolidated financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the consolidated financial statements. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of NEC Corporation and its consolidated subsidiaries as of March 31, 2007, and the results of operations and cash flows for the year then ended in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in Japan.

We have no interest in the Company which should be disclosed in compliance with the Certified Public Accountants Law.

The above represents a translation, for convenience only, of the original report issued in the Japanese language.


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CAUTIONARY STATEMENTS:

This material contains forward-looking statements pertaining to strategies, financial targets, technology, products and services, and business performance of NEC Corporation and its consolidated subsidiaries (collectively “NEC”). Written forward-looking statements may appear in other documents that NEC files with stock exchanges or regulatory authorities, such as the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, and in reports to shareholders and other communications. The U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 contains, and other applicable laws may contain, a safe-harbor for forward-looking statements, on which NEC relies in making these disclosures. Some of the forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking words such as “believes,” “expects,” “may,” “will,” “should,” “seeks,” “intends,” “plans,” “estimates,” “targets,” “aims,” or “anticipates,” or the negative of those words, or other comparable words or phrases. You can also identify forward-looking statements by discussions of strategy, beliefs, plans, targets, or intentions. Forward-looking statements necessarily depend on currently available assumptions, data, or methods that may be incorrect or imprecise and NEC may not be able to realize the results expected by them. You should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which reflect NEC’s analysis and expectations only. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve inherent risks and uncertainties. A number of important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. Among the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from such statements include (i) uncertainty of NASDAQ’s response to NEC’s appeal, (ii) global economic conditions and general economic conditions in NEC’s markets, (iii) fluctuating demand for, and competitive pricing pressure on, NEC’s products and services, (iv) NEC’s ability to continue to win acceptance of NEC’s products and services in highly competitive markets, (v) NEC’s ability to expand into foreign markets, such as China, (vi) regulatory change and uncertainty and potential legal liability relating to NEC’s business and operations, (vii) NEC’s ability to restructure, or otherwise adjust, its operations to reflect changing market conditions, and (viii) movement of currency exchange rates, particularly the rate between the yen and the U.S. dollar. Any forward-looking statements speak only as of the date on which they are made. New risks and uncertainties come up from time to time, and it is impossible for NEC to predict these events or how they may affect NEC. NEC does not undertake any obligation to update or revise any of the forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.

The management targets included in this material are not projections, and do not represent management’s current estimates of future performance. Rather, they represent targets that management will strive to achieve through the successful implementation of NEC’s business strategies.

Finally, NEC cautions you that the statements made in this material are not an offer of securities for sale. The securities may not be offered or sold in any jurisdiction in which registration is required absent registration or an exemption from registration under the applicable securities laws. For example, any public offering of securities to be made in the United States must be registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933 and made by means of an English language prospectus that contains detailed information about NEC and management, as well as NEC’s financial statements.

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