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Official communiqué by Nikon France on Chasseur d'Images

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On March 15th, Nikon France send an official communiqué related to the catastrophy in Japan and the damage for the Nikon corporation. It is published on the forum of Chasseur d'lmages under the following link:
http://www.chassimages.com/forum/index. ... 543.0.html

The following Nikon structures have been damaged and are temporary closed for inspection and repare:
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- Sendai Nikon Corporation (fabrication de reflex haut de gamme comme les D3S, D3X, D700 et F6)
- Miyagi Nikon Precision Co. Ltd (fabrication de dispositifs destinés aux steppers IC/LCD et aux scanners),
- Tochigi Nikon Corporation (fabrication d’objectifs et de lentilles optiques)
- Tochigi Nikon Precision Co. Ltd. (fabrication de dispositifs et de lentilles destinés aux steppers IC/LCD et aux scanners)
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Update: 2nd Notice on the impact by the Major Earthquake...

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2nd Notice on the impact by the Major Earthquake in Northeastern Japan:
Read more on the Nikon website.
March 22, 2011
The Nikon Group would express our deepest condolences to the victims of the earthquake and extend our profound sympathy and heartfelt concern to those individuals and families suffering from the disaster.

We have set up the Emergency Headquarters for Disaster Control headed by the President on March 11 immediately after the earthquake, and have been gathering safety information of our employees, examining damage to the manufacturing equipment and continuing every effort to resume operation at the earliest possible. The following is an update regarding the impact of the earthquake on the Nikon Group and outlook on the future production.

1.Safety of the employees
To our deepest regret, death of one employee of Sendai Nikon Corporation has been confirmed. Safety of three employees is not yet confirmed in the area of Natori City, Miyagi Prefecture.

2.Damage to the manufacturing equipment and outlook on the future production
One of our own plants and seven of our manufacturing subsidiaries are located in Miyagi Prefecture, Tochigi Prefecture and Ibaraki Prefecture in the disastrous region*. Operation has been suspended at all of them after the earthquake.
At Tochigi Nikon Corporation, operation has started from Friday, March 18.
At Sendai Nikon Corporation and Miyagi Nikon Precision Co., both of which have been severely damaged, operation is expected to resume by the end of this March. Operation at the remaining facilities will start tomorrow on March 23.

Even after operation resumes, we have a concern that the situation may happen where our production cannot fully satisfy our customers’ requirement due to inability of full swing production caused by problems such as the planned blackouts of electricity and procurement of components from our business partners. While we will do our utmost effort to overcome such expected difficulties, we will be most grateful if our customers could understand such circumstances.

We assure to extend our best support for restoration of the facilities hit by the disaster to our customers of Precision Equipment and Instruments business, and repair/servicing to our customers of Imaging business suffering from the disaster.

3.Forecast of effect by the damage to our business performances
We are continuing our endeavor to evaluate how the immediate damage by the disaster and planned blackouts of electricity will result in our group companies and business performances. We will announce our findings immediately when it is judged that there will be important change in our forecast.

* Locations of each plant and manufacturing subsidiaries

•Mito Plant, Nikon Corporation : Mito,Ibaraki Pref.
•Sendai Nikon Corporation : Natori, Miyagi Pref.
•Miyagi Nikon Precision Co., Ltd. : Zao-machi, Katta-gun, Miyagi Pref.
•Zao factory, Nikon-Trimble Co., Ltd. : Zao-machi, Katta-gun, Miyagi Pref.
•Tochigi Nikon Corporation : Otawara, Tochigi Pref.
•Tochigi Nikon Precision Co., Ltd. : Otawara, Tochigi Pref.
•Kurobane Nikon Co., Ltd. : Otawara, Tochigi Pref.
•Nasu Nikon Co., Ltd. : Nasukarasuyama, Tochigi Pref.
Note:
Nikon-Trimble Co., Ltd. is an equity-method company.
Nasu Nikon Co., Ltd. is a subsidiary of Nikon-Essilor Co., Ltd. which is an equity-method company.
The information is current as
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