Nidec Announces Financial Results for Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2011


KYOTO, Japan, April 25, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Nidec Corporation (NYSE:NJ) today announced its consolidated results under U.S. GAAP for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2011. The highlights are as follows:

  • Record Operating Income, Income before Tax and Net Income for two consecutive fiscal years
     
  • "General Motors" product group in profit across all four quarters
     
  • Year-end Dividend: 45 Yen per share (Up 5 Yen)
  • Annual Dividend: 85 Yen per share (Up 20 Yen)

 

Selected Consolidated Results of
Operations
Yen in millions (except for per share amounts)
  Year ended
March 31
Increase (Decrease)
%
Three months ended
March 31
Increase (Decrease)
%
  2011 2010   2011 2010  
  (unaudited)   (unaudited)  
Net sales 688,530 586,029 17.5% 173,556 165,268 5.0%
Operating income 90,527 78,513 15.3% 16,961 26,580 (36.2%)
Ratio of operating income to net sales 13.1% 13.4% -- 9.8% 16.1% --
Income from continuing operations before income taxes 79,525 75,183 5.8% 18,205 27,309 (33.3%)
Ratio of income from continuing operations before income taxes to net sales 11.5% 12.8% -- 10.5% 16.5% --
Income from continuing operations 60,998 57,608 5.9% 14,767 23,598 (37.4%)
Loss from discontinued operations (3,506) (1,457) -- (2,921) (80) --
Net income attributable to Nidec Corporation 52,333 51,961 0.7% 11,860 21,858 (45.7%)
Ratio of net income attributable to Nidec Corporation to net sales 7.6% 8.9% -- 6.8% 13.2% --
Net income attributable to shareholders per share-basic 375.91 373.04 -- 85.42 156.92 --
Net income attributable to shareholders per share-diluted 362.80 373.04 -- 79.91 156.92 --
             
Note: Prior-period statements have been retrospectively adjusted to reflect the reclassification of "discontinued operations" (under FASB ASC205-20) and the evaluation of financial effects of "business combinations" (under FASB ASC 805).
Full copy of Nidec's financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2011:
http://www.nidec.co.jp/english/ir/lib/indexdata2/2011/Q4_3.pdf
 
A conference call webcast (audio-only, user-control slides attached) discussing Nidec's financial results for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2011 is scheduled for 09:00 a.m. EDT on Tuesday, April 26, 2011.
To listen to the webcast, please visit Nidec website at:
http://www.nidec.co.jp/english/ir/information/FY10Q4
 

About Nidec Corporation

Nidec Corporation (NYSE:NJ) (Tokyo/Osaka:6594) is a global leader in electric motor drive technology. For the year ended March 31, 2011, "small precision motors" and "general motors" represented 66.6% of the total sales; electronic and optical components, machinery and other products comprised the remainder. Nidec was founded in Kyoto, Japan in 1973 by Shigenobu Nagamori, its current President and CEO.

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