RNS Number:6068U
Nipro Corporation
24 November 2005


This announcement replaces RNS No. 6012U released at 07:00 today.

Consolidated Financial Statements                             November 21, 2005
For the Six-Month Period ended September 30, 2005
(Fiscal Year Ending March 31,2006)

Company name:            NIPRO CORPORATION   Stock Exchange listed:       Tokyo and Osaka
Code No:                 8086                Head office location:        Osaka, Japan
(URL: http://www.nipro.co.jp/)
Representative:          Minoru Sano, President and Representative Director
Contact:                 Akihiko Yamabe, Director, General Manager of
                         Accounting and Corporative Planning Division     TEL (06) 6372-2331

Date of the meeting of the Board of Directors for approval 
of the financial statements:                             November 21, 2005
Name of related company: Sanri Kosan Co., Ltd. (Code no: N/A)
Percentage of voting rights of Nipro Corporation held by related company: 20.6%
Adoption of U.S. GAAP:   N/A

1. Consolidated Results for the Six months ended September 30, 2005  
    (From April 1, 2005 to Sep. 30, 2005)
(1)Consolidated Results of Operations    (Note: Amounts are truncated to 1 million yen)

                         Net Sales               Operating Income            Recurring Income 
                     Millions of yen       %      Millions of yen       %     Millions of yen      %
 Six months    
 ended Sep.30, 2005           101,952     6.6              6,195      2.9           6,206       11.0

 Six months    
 ended Sep.30, 2004            95,683     4.0              6,019      6.0           5,589       32.0

 Year ended    
 March 31, 2005               192,320                     10,404                    8,685



                                       Net Income                  Earnings        Diluted Earnings
                                                                per Share               per Share
                                   Millions of yen         %           Yen                 Yen

 Six months ended Sep.30, 2005              2,034     (46.1)        32.01                   -

 Six months ended Sep.30, 2005               3,776    100.1         59.37                   -
 
 Year ended March 31, 2005                   4,518                  69.37                   -

Notes:  1. Equity in loss of affiliate:     Six months ended Sep.30, 2005: (319) million yen
                                            Six months ended Sep.30, 2004: (382) million yen
                                            Year ended March 31, 2005:     (741) million yen

        2. The weighted average number of outstanding shares for the period consolidated) :
                                            Six months ended Sep.30, 2005: 63,559,272 shares
                                            Six months ended Sep.30, 2004: 63,607,103 shares
                                            Year ended March 31,     2005: 63,596,799 shares

        3. Accounting method:             Changed

        4. Percentages in the above table for Net Sales, Operating Income, Recurring Income and Net 
           Income represent changes from the corresponding six month period of the previous fiscal year.

(2) Consolidated Financial Position

                                 Total Assets   Shareholders'       Ratio of Shareholders'    Shareholders' Equity
                                                  Equity            Equity to Total Assets              per Share

                              Millions of yen    Millions of yen                     %                    Yen
 Six months ended Sep.30,       301,248              101,790                      33.8              1,601.76
 2005 

 Six months ended Sep.30,       283,150               93,652                      33.1              1,472.64
 2004

 Year ended March 31, 2005      293,748               96,700                      32.9              1,519.58

Note: The number of outstanding shares at the end of the period (consolidated):
                     Six months ended Sep.30, 2005: 63,549,130 shares   Six months ended Sep.30, 2004: 63,594,527 shares
                     Year ended March 31, 2005:     63,565,537 shares
(3) Consolidated Cash Flows

                       Cash flows from      Cash flows from       Cash flows from            Cash and cash
                     operating activities  investing activities  financing activities        equivalents
                                               

                     Millions of yen          Millions of yen        Millions of yen        Millions of yen


 Six months ended              2,391              (13,106)                 (6,138)            37,460
 Sep.30, 2005   

 Six months ended              7,494               (4,772)                   4,774             49,825
 Sep.30, 2004   

 Year ended  
 March 31, 2005              17,375               (12,627)                   7,088             53,734 
    

(4) Matters related to scope of consolidation and application of equity method
    Number of consolidated subsidiaries:                                        18
    Number of unconsolidated subsidiaries accounted for by the equity method:    0
    Number of affiliate company accounted for by the equity method:              1

(5) Change of reporting entities
    Number of consolidated companies                       Added:  3      Removed:  0
    Number of companies accounted for by the equity method Added:  0      Removed:  0

2.  Projected Consolidated Financial Results for the Year ending March 31, 2006
    (From April 1, 2005 to March 31, 2006)

                              Net Sales       Recurring Income          Net Income     
                        Millions of yen        Millions of yen      Millions of yen
 Year ending March 31,
 2006                          205,000                10,500                4,400

(Reference) Projected earnings per share for the year ending March 31, 2006:     67.55 yen

* The projections shown above are prepared based on information available as 
  of the issuing date of this report.  The actual results may differ from the
  projected figures due to various factors.



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