Establishment of the new holding company in Europe

Nikon Corporation ( YOSHIDA, Shoichiro, president) establishes the holding company in Europe and its operation will start from October 1 this year. This company will integrally hold the whole Nikon group capital in Europe and aim for efficient financing and tax related operation in this region.

Nikon has been restructuring its operation in Europe to better cope with European unification as well as to further promote the integrated system of full authority and responsibilities for each product business sector in line with its in-house company structure which had been introduced last October. This pursuit led to establishment of the new company .

Outline of the new company

Name of company: Nikon Holdings Europe B.V.
Head office: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Representative: IKEDA, Yoya President
Principal business:

1. Integrated financing in Europe
2. Coordination of new business in Europe which any in-house company does not cover
3. Publicity including the IR
4. Legal matters such as brand protection

Start of operation: October 1, 2000
Subsidiaries:

• Nikon Precision Europe GmbH, Germany
• Nikon Europe B.V., The Netherlands
• Nikon GmbH, Germany
• Nikon U.K. Ltd., United Kingdom
• Nikon France S.A., France
• Nikon AG, Switzerland
• Nikon Svenska AB, Sweden
• Nikon s.r.o., Czech Republic
• Nikon Kft., Hungary
• Nikon Instruments S.p.A., Italy