RNS Number:3107X
Nipro Corporation
28 May 2007


Consolidated Financial Statements                                  May 18, 2007
For the year ended March 31, 2007

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 general shareholder's meeting to be held: June 27, 2007
Scheduled date of the annual securities report filing: June 27, 2007
Scheduled date to commence payment of dividends: June 28, 2007

1. Consolidated Results for the Year ended March 31, 2007 (From April 1, 2006
 to March 31, 2007)

(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|     %|
|Year  |                |       |                |     |                |      |
|ended |         184,362| (10.9)|          13,053|  5.9|          11,355| (7.1)|
|March |                |       |                |     |                |      |
|31,   |                |       |                |     |                |      |
|2007  |                |       |                |     |                |      |
|      |                |       |                |     |                |      |
|Year  |                |       |                |     |                |      |
|ended |         206,801|    7.5|          12,331| 18.5|          12,228|  40.8|
|March |                |       |                |     |                |      |
|31,   |                |       |                |     |                |      |
|2006  |                |       |                |     |                |      |
+------+----------------+-------+----------------+-----+----------------+------+

+-----+-------------------+--------+--------+--------------+---------+---------+
|     |  Net Income       |Earnings|Diluted | Ratio of Net |Ratio of |Ratio of |
|     |                   |        |Earnings|  Income to   |Recurring|Operating|
|     |                   |  per   |  per   |Shareholders' |income to|         |
|     |                   | Share  | share  |    Equity    |  Total  |Income to|
|     |                   |        |        |              | Assets  |Net Sales|
+-----+------------+------+--------+--------+--------------+---------+---------+
|     | Millions   |      |        |        |              |         |         |
|     |  of yen    |     %|     Yen|     Yen|             %|        %|        %|
|Year |            |      |        |        |              |         |         |
|ended|       8,555|  89.6|  134.71|       -|           7.2|      3.4|      7.1|
|March|            |      |        |        |              |         |         |
|31,  |            |      |        |        |              |         |         |
|2007 |            |      |        |        |              |         |         |
|     |            |      |        |        |              |         |         |
|Year |            |      |        |        |              |         |         |
|ended|       4,512| (0.1)|   69.57|       -|           4.3|      3.9|      6.0|
|March|            |      |        |        |              |         |         |
|31,  |            |      |        |        |              |         |         |
|2006 |            |      |        |        |              |         |         |
+-----+------------+------+--------+--------+--------------+---------+---------+
Note: Equity in loss of affiliate   Year ended March 31, 2007:(791) million yen
                                    Year ended March 31, 2006:(702) million yen

(2) Consolidated Financial Position
+-------------+----------------+----------------+-----------+------------------+
|             |  Total Assets  |   Net Assets   |  Equity   |  Net Assets per  |
|             |                |                |   Ratio   |      Share       |
+-------------+----------------+----------------+-----------+------------------+
|             | Millions of yen| Millions of yen|          %|               Yen|
|Year ended   |                |                |           |                  |
|March 31,    |         336,659|         127,020|       37.3|          1,979.21|
|2007         |                |                |           |                  |
|             |                |                |           |                  |
|Year ended   |                |                |           |                  |
|March 31,    |         338,740|         112,390|       33.2|          1,767.69|
|2006         |                |                |           |                  |
+-------------+----------------+----------------+-----------+------------------+
Note: Shareholders' equity:      Year ended March 31, 2007: 125,651 million yen
                                 Year ended March 31, 2006: 112,390 million yen

(3) Consolidated Cash Flows
+-------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+----------------+
|       | Cash flows from | Cash flows from | Cash flows from | Cash and cash  |
|       |    operating    |    investing    |    financing    |  equivalents   |
|       |   activities    |   activities    |   activities    |                |
+-------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+----------------+
|       |  Millions of yen|  Millions of yen|  Millions of yen| Millions of yen|
|Year   |                 |                 |                 |                |
|ended  |           14,488|          (2,924)|         (15,654)|          46,109|
|March  |                 |                 |                 |                |
|31,    |                 |                 |                 |                |
|2007   |                 |                 |                 |                |
|       |                 |                 |                 |                |
|Year   |                 |                 |                 |                |
|ended  |            6,701|         (27,555)|           15,712|          49,914|
|March  |                 |                 |                 |                |
|31,    |                 |                 |                 |                |
|2006   |                 |                 |                 |                |
+-------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+----------------+

2. Dividends
+---------+-----------------------------+------------+----------+--------------+
|         | Annual dividends per share  |  Annual    |Pay-out   |   Ratio of   |
|         +---------+---------+---------+   total    | ratio    | dividends to |
|         | Interim |Year-end | Annual  |    of      |(Consolid |  Net Assets  |
|         |         |         |         | dividends  | -ated)   |              |
|         |dividends|dividends|dividends|            |          |(Consolidated)|
+---------+---------+---------+---------+------------+----------+--------------+
|         |         |         |         | Millions   |          |              |
|         |      Yen|      Yen|      Yen|  of yen    |         %|             %|
|Year     |         |         |         |            |          |              |
|ended    |    16.00|    21.50|    37.50|       2,382|      53.9|           2.3|
|March 31,|         |         |         |            |          |              |
|2006     |         |         |         |            |          |              |
|         |         |         |         |            |          |              |
|Year     |         |         |         |            |          |              |
|ended    |    43.00|    37.00|    80.00|       5,079|      59.4|           4.3|
|March 31,|         |         |         |            |          |              |
|2007     |         |         |         |            |          |              |
+---------+---------+---------+---------+------------+----------+--------------+
|Year     |         |         |         |            |          |              |
|ending   |         |         |         |            |          |              |
|March 31,|         |         |         |            |          |              |
|2008     |    23.00|    25.50|    48.50|      -     |      46.7|       -      |
|(Projecte|         |         |         |            |          |              |
|d)       |         |         |         |            |          |              |
+---------+---------+---------+---------+------------+----------+--------------+

3. Projected Consolidated Financial Results for the Year ending March 31, 2008
 (From April 1, 2007 to March 31, 2008)
+------+----------------+-------------+--------------+----------------+--------+
|      |   Net Sales    |  Operating  |   Recurring  |   Net Income   |Earnings|
|      |                |             |              |                |        |
|      |                |   Income    |   Income     |                |  per   |
|      |                |             |              |                | Share  |
+------+--------+-------+--------+----+--------+-----+---------+------+--------+
|      |Millions|       |Millions|    |Millions|     |Millions |      |        |
|      |  of yen|      %|  of yen|   %| of yen |    %|   of yen|     %|     Yen|
|Six   |        |       |        |    |        |     |         |      |        |
|months|        |       |        |    |        |     |         |      |        |
|ending|  79,500| (20.7)|   6,200| 4.4|   5,500| 12.9|    2,750|(31.5)|   43.32|
|Sept. |        |       |        |    |        |     |         |      |        |
|30,   |        |       |        |    |        |     |         |      |        |
|2007  |        |       |        |    |        |     |         |      |        |
|      |        |       |        |    |        |     |         |      |        |
|Year  |        |       |        |    |        |     |         |      |        |
|ending| 162,000| (12.1)|  14,100| 8.0|  13,050| 14.9|    6,600|(22.9)|  103.96|
|March |        |       |        |    |        |     |         |      |        |
|31,   |        |       |        |    |        |     |         |      |        |
|2008  |        |       |        |    |        |     |         |      |        |
+------+--------+-------+--------+----+--------+-----+---------+------+--------+
Note: The % displays in the line of six months ending Sept. 30, 2007 show
increase/decrease ratio against the six months ended Sept.30, 2006. The %
displays in the line of Year ending March 31, 2008 show increase/decrease ratio
against the year ended March 31, 2007

4. Others

(1) Change in significant subsidiaries during the year ended March 31, 2007
(Resulting in a change in scope of consolidation): None

(2) Changes in accounting principles, procedures or presentation related to the
preparation of consolidated financial statements (i.e., changes in the basis of
significant accounting policies)

  1) Changes due to adoption of new accounting standards: Yes
  2) Changes other than those included in 1) above: None

(3) Total number of common shares issued

  1) Total number of common shares issued at 31 March 2007. (Including treasury
     stock):
     Year ended March 31, 2007: 63,878,505 shares
     Year ended March 31, 2006: 63,878,505 shares

  2) Total number of shares in treasury at 31 March, 2007:
     Year ended March 31, 2007: 393,067 shares
     Year ended March 31, 2006: 349,589 shares

(Reference) Overview of Non-consolidated financial results

1. Results for the year ended March 31, 2007 (From April 1, 2006 to March 31,
 2007)

(1) Results of Operations
              (Note: % shows increase/decrease ratio against the previous years)
+---------+---------------------+----------------------+-----------------------+
|         |      Net Sales      |   Operating Income   |   Recurring Income    |
+---------+----------------+----+----------------+-----+----------------+------+
|         | Millions of yen|   %| Millions of yen|    %| Millions of yen|     %|
|Year     |                |    |                |     |                |      |
|ended    |         127,407| 8.9|          10,696|  1.3|          11,031| (4.0)|
|March 31,|                |    |                |     |                |      |
|2007     |                |    |                |     |                |      |
|         |                |    |                |     |                |      |
|Year     |                |    |                |     |                |      |
|ended    |         116,950| 8.5|          10,563| 27.1|          11,492|  44.8|
|March 31,|                |    |                |     |                |      |
|2006     |                |    |                |     |                |      |
+---------+----------------+----+----------------+-----+----------------+------+

+---------------+-----------------------+----------+---------------------------+
|               |      Net Income       | Earnings |Diluted Earnings per share |
|               |                       |          |                           |
|               |                       |per Share |                           |
+---------------+----------------+------+----------+---------------------------+
|               | Millions of yen|     %|       Yen|                        Yen|
|Year ended     |                |      |          |                           |
|March 31, 2007 |          10,420| 110.0|    164.08|                          -|
|               |                |      |          |                           |
|Year ended     |                |      |          |                           |
|March 31, 2006 |           4,962| (3.0)|     76.67|                          -|
+---------------+----------------+------+----------+---------------------------+

(2) Financial Position
+-------------+----------------+----------------+-----------+------------------+
|             |  Total Assets  |   Net Assets   |  Equity   |  Net Assets per  |
|             |                |                |   Ratio   |      Share       |
+-------------+----------------+----------------+-----------+------------------+
|             | Millions of yen| Millions of yen|          %|               Yen|
|Year ended   |                |                |           |                  |
|March 31,    |         306,347|         133,768|       43.7|          2,107.07|
|2007         |                |                |           |                  |
|             |                |                |           |                  |
|Year ended   |                |                |           |                  |
|March 31,    |         298,767|         122,981|       41.2|          1,934.42|
|2006         |                |                |           |                  |
+-------------+----------------+----------------+-----------+------------------+
Note: Shareholders' equity:    Year ended March 31, 2007:133,768 million yen
                               Year ended March 31, 2006:122,981 million yen

2. Projections for the Results of the Year ending March 31, 2008 (From April 1,
 2007 to March 31, 2008)
+------+---------+--------------+--------------+----------------------+--------+
|      |Net Sales|Operating     |  Recurring   |   Net Income         |Earnings|
|      |         |Income        |  Income      |                      |        |
|      |         |              |              |                      |  per   |
|      |         |              |              |                      | Share  |
+------+---------+----+---------+----+---------+----+---------+-------+--------+
|      |Millions |    |Millions |    |Millions |    |Millions |       |        |
|      |  of yen |   %|  of yen |   %|  of yen |   %|  of yen |      %|     Yen|
|Six   |         |    |         |    |         |    |         |       |        |
|months|         |    |         |    |         |    |         |       |        |
|ending|   63,000| 1.4|    5,050| 9.4|    5,100| 6.2|    2,950| (46.0)|   46.47|
|Sept. |         |    |         |    |         |    |         |       |        |
|30,   |         |    |         |    |         |    |         |       |        |
|2007  |         |    |         |    |         |    |         |       |        |
|      |         |    |         |    |         |    |         |       |        |
|Year  |         |    |         |    |         |    |         |       |        |
|ending|  129,000| 1.3|   11,350| 6.1|   11,350| 2.9|    6,350| (39.1)|  100.02|
|March |         |    |         |    |         |    |         |       |        |
|31,   |         |    |         |    |         |    |         |       |        |
|2008  |         |    |         |    |         |    |         |       |        |
+------+-------- +----+---------+----+---------+----+---------+-------+--------+
Note: The % displays in the line of six months ending Sept. 30, 2007 show
increase/decrease ratio against the six months ended Sept.30, 2006. The %
displays in the line of Year ending March 31, 2008 show increase/decrease
ratio against the year ended March 31, 2007

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| *Disclaimer regarding projection information including appropriate use of  |
| forecasted financial results, and other special notes                      |
|                                                                            |
| The projection figures shown above are based on information that was       |
| available at the time of preparation and may contain certain uncertainties.|
| Actual performance and other factors may differ from these projections due |
| to changes in circumstances and other developments.                        |
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