Nidec Announces Financial Results for Nine Months Ended December 31, 2008


KYOTO, Japan, Jan. 29, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Nidec Corporation (NYSE:NJ) today announced its financial results under U.S. GAAP for the period of April 1, 2008 to December 31, 2008.

The following are the highlights:


 * Net sales:                       Down 7.8% Y/Y
 * Operating income:                Down 11.7% Y/Y
 * Income from continuing
    operations before income tax:   Down 23.7% Y/Y
 * Net income:                      Down 32.8% Y/Y
 * Diluted EPS:                     155.94 yen


 Note: In accordance with the SFAS No.144, the optical pickup
       business has been reclassified as discontinued operations. 
       Relevant prior-period statements have been retrospectively 
       restated to reflect this reclassification.


 Consolidated Financial Results
                                           Japanese yen
                                (millions except per share amounts)
                              ---------------------------------------
                                  Nine months ended       Year ended
                                     December 31,          March 31,
                              ---------------------------------------
                                   2008         2007         2008
                              ---------------------------------------
 Net sales                       506,406      549,221      728,756
   Y/Y change (%)                   (7.8%)       22.8%          --
 Operating income                 50,816       57,537       77,542
   Y/Y change (%)                  (11.7%)       15.8%          --
 Income from continuing
  operations before income
  taxes                           41,303       54,115       64,255
   Y/Y change (%)                  (23.7%)        5.3%          --
 Net income from continuing
  operations                      25,618       34,579       41,879
   Y/Y change (%)                  (25.9%)         --           --
   *Net income from
    discontinued operations       (2,555)        (276)        (723)
 Net income                       23,063       34,303       41,156
   Y/Y change (%)                  (32.8%)       14.1%          --
 Net income per share, primary    159.42       236.73           --
 Net income per share, diluted    155.94       230.28           --

Full copy of Nidec's earnings release: http://www.nidec.co.jp/english/ir/indexdata_e/2009/0129_3.pdf

A conference call webcast (listen only, user-control slides attached) discussing Nidec's Q3FY2008 results is scheduled for 09:00 a.m. EST (14:00 p.m. GMT) on Thursday, January 29, 2009. To listen to the webcast, please visit Nidec website at: http://www.nidec.co.jp/english/ir/information/FY08Q3

About Nidec Corporation

Nidec Corporation (NYSE:NJ) (Tokyo/Osaka:6594) is a global leader in motor drive technology, with 130,000 employees and 140 group companies worldwide. For the nine months ended December 31, 2008, Small Precision Motors and Mid-size Motors represented 63.6% of Nidec's 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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