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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 20-F
ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2000
Commission file number 0-12713
NIPPON DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
NEC CORPORATION
(Translation of Registrant's name into English)
JAPAN
(Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
7-1, Shiba 5-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo,Japan
(Address of principal executive offices)
Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
None.
Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
American Depositary Receipts evidencing American Depositary Shares
each representing five shares of Common Stock
(par value 50 Japanese yen per share) of the Registrant
(Title of Class)
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Securities for which there is a reporting obligation pursuant to Section 15(d)
of the Act:
None.
Indicate the number of outstanding shares of each of the issuer's
classes of capital or common stock as of the close of the period covered by the
annual report.
1,628,819,840 shares of Common Stock (par value 50 Japanese yen per share)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all
reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the
registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such
filing requirements for the past 90 days.
Yes X No
Indicate by check mark which financial statement item the registrant
has elected to follow.
Item 17 Item 18 X
In this report, references to "NEC" are to NEC Corporation and
references to the "Company" are to NEC and its consolidated subsidiaries. There
were 127 consolidated subsidiaries in 1996, 128 in 1997, 131 in 1998, 162 in
1999, and 165 in 2000. NEC's fiscal year runs from April 1 until the following
March 31; in this report, references to a year are, unless the context does not
so permit, references to the fiscal year of NEC ending on March 31 in the year
referred to. Also in this report "yen" and "JPY" mean the currency of Japan;
"dollars" and "$" mean the currency of the United States of America; and "Share"
or "Shares" means share or shares of common stock of NEC.
Unless otherwise specifically indicated, dollar amounts provided
herein are translated from yen, for convenience only, at the rate of JPY103 =
$1, the approximate rate of exchange on March 31, 2000. The noon buying rate in
New York City for cable transfers in yen as certified for customs purposes by
the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on September 8, 2000 was JPY106.03 = $1.
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CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
Certain of the statements made in this report are forward-looking
statements involving risks and uncertainties. Such statements are subject to
certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ
materially from historical results and those presently anticipated or projected.
The important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from
such statements include, but are not limited to, general economic conditions in
the Company's markets, which are primarily Japan, North America, Asia and
Europe; demand for, and competitive pricing pressure on, the Company's services
and products in the marketplace; the Company's ability to continue to win
acceptance of its services and products in these highly competitive markets; and
movements of currency exchange rates, particularly the rate between the yen and
the U.S. dollar in which the Company makes significant sales.
ITEM 1. DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS
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GENERAL
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The Company is engaged in the Internet solution business, including
the manufacture and sale of computer systems, industrial electronic systems,
communications systems, electron devices and software.
NEC was incorporated in Japan on July 17, 1899 as a joint venture
company between Western Electric Company ("Western Electric") of the United
States and two Japanese individuals. Initially, NEC functioned as a sales agent
for telephone equipment manufactured by Western Electric, but it soon commenced
production of similar equipment in Japan.
In 1925, Western Electric's interests in its foreign affiliates,
including NEC, were sold to International Telephone & Telegraph Corporation
("ITT"). In 1932, the Sumitomo family holding company acquired a substantial
stock interest in NEC, which was sold to the public in 1948 (following the
passage of Japanese anti-monopoly laws). ITT's shareholding was successively
reduced from 1958, being finally completely sold during 1978.
In 1977, NEC announced its concept of the integration of computer and
communications ("C&C") products and technology applied to various multimedia
products and services, supported by semiconductor and software technology. Since
then, the Company has focused on its research, development and engineering
activities for various C&C-oriented technologies and products, the
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strengthening of its marketing and service networks worldwide, and the upgrading
and rationalizing of its production facilities both in Japan and overseas. As a
result of such activities, the Company has become an international supplier of
information/communications systems (comprising communications systems and
equipment, and computers and industrial electronic systems) as well as electron
devices.
During 2000, the Company stepped up the pace of allocating resources
to the high-potential Internet solution business. NEC's management believes that
the Internet will evolve into a network encompassing mobile communications,
digital broadcasting, and home networks. NEC's management also believes that
society is rapidly evolving into an Internet-based society, as networks quickly
convert to broadband and mobile applications. Under the Company's new concept,
"Invitation to the Internet", the Company intends to respond to, and take
advantage of, these trends by making Internet solution business its core
business.
At the same time, while focusing its resources on Internet solution
business, the Company took many actions in order to bring about fundamental
reforms in the Company's management structure, business structure, cost
structure and financial structure.
MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE:
(a) In April 2000, the Company realigned its operations into the following three
in-house companies and a corporate headquarters to create a framework with the
agility to respond to changing market undercurrents.
NEC Solutions: is primarily engaged in (i) the
provision of various services, including
systems integration services and
Internet services and (ii) the
manufacture and sale of computer
systems, mainly for corporate and
individual customers;
NEC Networks: is primarily engaged in the manufacture
and sale of communications systems and
equipment mainly for network operators;
NEC Electron Devices: is primarily engaged in the manufacture
and sale of semiconductors and other
electron devices for equipment
manufacturers.
Under this new structure, each in-house company provides Internet
solutions responding to the needs and requirements of the respective markets and
customers which it serves and is responsible for all activities relating to its
specified business area including design, manufacturing, sales and other
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operational activities. The corporate headquarters is charged exclusively with
formulating company-wide strategies including Internet business plans,
conducting fundamental R&D and providing support to the in-house companies.
NEC's management believes that this structure will facilitate quick-decision
making which is essential in responding to a rapidly evolving global
marketplace.
(b) In addition, in order to delineate more clearly the supervisory function of
the Board of Directors and the implementation of its strategy, in April 2000 NEC
introduced a corporate officer system and reduced the number of its Directors by
approximately one-half. Corporate officers of each in-house company have
responsibility for the operations of that in-house company while the Board of
Directors oversees such execution of operations and decides upon the main
strategies for the Company.
BUSINESS STRUCTURE:
As a part of the Company's reorganization of its business operations,
several unprofitable operations were restructured during 2000. Among the major
actions were the following:
(a) The Company withdrew from the personal computer ("PC")
business for the consumer market in North America, which had
been conducted through Packard Bell NEC, Inc.(1)
(collectively with its consolidated subsidiaries referred to
herein as "PBN" unless the context otherwise requires). The
Company's PC business in North America is now focused only
on corporate customers.
(b) The business of NEC Home Electronics, Ltd. ("NECHE") which
was mainly related to products such as monitors, CD-ROM
drives and liquid crystal display ("LCD") projectors and, to
a lesser extent, consumer electronics appliances, was
restructured as follows:
(i) Monitor business:
Display monitor operations were transferred to
NEC-Mitsubishi Electric Visual Systems Corporation,
which was established in January 2000 by NEC and
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation.
(ii) Lighting business:
NEC Lighting, Ltd. was established in January 2000 to
take over lighting business.
(iii) Image Interface business:
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(1) In April 2000, Packard Bell NEC, Inc. changed its name to
PB Electronics, Inc.
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NEC Viewtechnology, Ltd. was established in January
2000 to take over image interface business such as
LCD projectors.
(iv) Optical Media business:
Optical media business such as CD-ROM drives was
transferred to NEC in April 2000.
(c) The consumer appliances rental business, which had been
carried out by NEC Home Electronics Lease Co., Ltd., was
sold to ORIX Corporation.
COST STRUCTURE:
There was a net reduction in employment of approximately 7,000
persons, excluding the effect of newly consolidated companies. Furthermore, the
Company was more selective in R&D activities and more focused in capital
expenditures. As a result, fixed expenses were reduced from 44 percent to 40
percent of net sales in 2000.
FINANCIAL STRUCTURE:
The Company was able to significantly reduce interest-bearing debt in
2000 from 2.56 to 2.00 times equity. Among the many actions behind this
achievement was the securitization of NEC's head office building and associated
land. This securitization scheme was implemented in February 2000 and proceeds
from the transaction under the scheme were approximately JPY90,000 million.
Other factors responsible for the reduction in interest-bearing debt
were higher earnings; an increase in inventory turnover; securitization of
accounts receivables; sale of securities; and the use of operating leases for
some semiconductor-related capital expenditures.
SERVICES AND PRODUCTS
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The following table shows the breakdown of the Company's net sales by
operating segment for each of the three years ended March 31, 2000. NEC adopted
the provisions of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards ("SFAS") No. 131
"Disclosure about Segments of an Enterprise and Related Information" from the
fiscal year ended March 31, 2000. As a result, financial results are reported
using the operating segment configuration as described below, and the results of
the fiscal years ended March 31, 1998 and 1999 were restated to conform with the
requirements.
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
(in millions of yen and millions of dollars)
Year ended March 31, 1998 1999 2000 2000
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Net Sales
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
NEC Solutions
External customers JPY1,734,171 JPY1,915,682 JPY2,138,161 $ 20,759
Intersegment JPY140,728 JPY120,971 JPY132,464 $ 1,286
Total JPY1,874,899 JPY2,036,653 JPY2,270,625 $ 22,045
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NEC Networks
External customers JPY1,670,103 JPY1,458,612 JPY1,422,302 $ 13,809
Intersegment JPY149,482 JPY123,557 JPY105,456 $ 1,024
Total JPY1,819,585 JPY1,582,169 JPY1,527,758 $ 14,833
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NEC Electron Devices
External customers JPY918,001 JPY830,434 JPY881,895 $ 8,562
Intersegment JPY233,311 JPY214,450 JPY240,895 $ 2,339
Total JPY1,151,312 JPY1,044,884 JPY1,122,790 $ 10,901
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Others
External customers JPY578,847 JPY554,684 JPY549,089 $ 5,331
Intersegment JPY204,734 JPY166,859 JPY174,822 $ 1,697
Total JPY783,581 JPY721,543 JPY723,911 $ 7,028
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Eliminations JPY(728,255) JPY(625,837) JPY(653,637) $ (6,346)
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Consolidated Total JPY4,901,122 JPY4,759,412 JPY4,991,447 $ 48,461
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</TABLE>
(a) NEC SOLUTIONS:
NEC Solutions provides software and services, including systems
integration services, Internet services, outsourcing services and computer
maintenance services. NEC Solutions also designs and manufactures a full range
of computers, consisting of PCs, mainframe computers, server computers,
workstations, supercomputers, terminals, data storage products and other
equipment. NEC Solutions constructs core information systems for customers using
Internet technology and supports customers in conducting business such as
e-commerce through its Internet solution framework
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"iBestSolutions".
Systems Integration Services and Software
NEC Solutions' systems integration services include information
technology consulting services on ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning), CRM
(Customer Relationship Management), SCM (Supply Chain Management) and others,
system designing, project management, and development and evaluation of computer
systems. NEC Solutions develops and provides software products primarily to
users of the Company's computers. Software products include operating systems,
middleware such as "OpenDIOSA" for managing large-scale distributed data
processing systems, and application software such as software packages for ERP.
Internet Services and Other Services
NEC Solutions conducts Internet service business through "BIGLOBE",
which is one of the largest Internet service providers in Japan in terms of
number of subscribers. With access points located throughout Japan, BIGLOBE
provides its users with speedy and efficient access to the Internet. BIGLOBE
also provides various services, including contents provisions services mainly
for individuals and ASP (Application Service Provider) services for corporate
customers. NEC Solutions also provides outsourcing services to manage and
operate its customers' computer systems mainly for customers in the
manufacturing, distribution and banking industries.
Platforms
NEC Solutions manufactures (i) the Parallel ACOS series of mainframe
computers, which employs parallel processing technology,(ii) server computers
and workstations that run the UNIX operating system and Microsoft's Windows NT
operating system (both of which the Company uses under license), (iii) the
SX-series of supercomputers which is designed to meet intensive, high-speed
processing requirements in areas such as weather forecasting, structural
analysis and fluid dynamics and (iv) other industry-oriented workstations such
as ATM (automated bank-teller machines) and data storage products. NEC's
management believes that the Company is the largest supplier of PC servers in
Japan.
(b) NEC NETWORKS:
NEC Networks manufactures and sells a full range of communications
systems and equipment comprising of (i) optical network systems, (ii) network
systems such as switching systems (including Internet Protocol ("IP")
network-related equipment), (iii) mobile network and wireless communications
systems, (iv) mobile terminals and (v) other communications system and
equipment.
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NEC's management believes that the Company is the largest Japanese manufacturer
of communications systems and equipment and is one of the world's major
suppliers of such products. Under its next-generation network concept
"Progressive Unity", which NEC announced in June 1999, NEC Networks supplies
solutions, including those enabling customers to migrate to next generation
networks while at the same time enabling them to make efficient use of their
existing equipment, thereby responding to the many different needs of its
customers.
Optical Network Systems
NEC Networks designs and manufactures a wide range of optical network
systems and equipment capable of processing a large volume of information,
including voice, data and video for use in local and global communication
networks. NEC Network's optical network products include fiber-optic
transmission systems such as Wavelength Division Multiplexing ("WDM") systems,
synchronous digital hierarchy ("SDH") / synchronous optical network (SONET)
systems, fiber-optic submarine cable systems, wired access systems such as
asymmetrical digital subscriber line ("ADSL") systems, cable modems, CATV (cable
television) systems and teleconferencing systems. NEC's management believes that
the Company is the largest manufacturer in Japan of optical network systems, and
is also a leading supplier of optical network systems.
Network Systems (including IP Network-related Equipment)
NEC Networks designs and manufactures public switching systems such
as digital central office switching systems, packet switching systems,
asynchronous transfer mode ("ATM") switching systems and PBXs (private branch
exchanges) as well as IP network-related equipment such as routers and network
servers. NEC's management believes that the Company is a leading supplier of
public switching systems in the world. The Company has sold such systems to
customers in more than 70 countries.
Mobile Network and Wireless Communications Systems
NEC Networks produces a wide variety of mobile network systems and
equipment, including base stations, mobile switching systems and network
management systems. NEC Networks has developed wideband code division multiple
access ("W-CDMA") systems, which will be one of the systems based on the
IMT-2000 standard for third generation mobile communications systems. NEC has
been selected by NTT DoCoMo, Inc. ("NTT DoCoMo") as one of the suppliers of
W-CDMA systems for its service which is scheduled to start in Japan by the end
of May 2001. NEC Networks also manufactures wireless communications systems,
including terrestrial and satellite microwave communications systems, and
wireless access systems such as wireless LAN (local area network) and
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FWA (fixed wireless access), and has sold these systems in more than 120
countries.
Mobile Terminal
NEC Networks manufactures mobile terminals such as cellular phones,
including cellular phones tailored to the "i-MODE" service, the Internet
connecting service provided by NTT DoCoMo, and personal handy phone systems
("PHS") handsets. NEC's management believes that the Company is one of the major
suppliers of cellular phones in Japan.
Other Systems
NEC Networks also produces (i) broadcast equipment, including analog
and digital, (ii) terrestrial and satellite broadcast equipment, (iii) aircraft
electronic equipment and (iv) space electronic equipment, including satellites
and satellite transponders. NEC Networks' industrial electronic systems include,
among others, communications network control systems and postal automation
systems.
(c) NEC ELECTRON DEVICES
NEC Electron Devices manufactures and sells semiconductors, including
integrated circuits ("ICs") and large-scale integrated circuits ("LSIs"), and
other electron devices, including display panels and electronic components.
Semiconductors and other electron devices constitute key components in
computers, communications equipment, industrial electronic systems and also in
consumer electronics products such as audiovisual equipment and video game
units.
Semiconductors
Approximately 75 percent of the Company's sales of this category of
products is composed of semiconductors, such as (i) memories, including dynamic
random access memories ("DRAMs") and static random access memories ("SRAMs"),
(ii) microcomponents, including microprocessors and microcontrollers, (iii)
digital logic ICs, including application specific integrated circuits ("ASICs"),
(iv) analog ICs, and (v) general-purpose semiconductors such as transistors and
diodes. NEC's management believes that the Company is the second largest
producer in the world of semiconductors and is a major supplier of 128Mbit
synchronous and Rambus DRAMs (advanced types of DRAMs), microcomponents and
ASICs. Pursuant to NEC Electron Devices' strategy of forming alliances with
third-parties to accelerate development of new products and to share the risks
of such development, NEC established a joint venture company with Hitachi, Ltd.
to develop 0.13-micron process technology and to market new advanced types of
DRAMs such as 256Mbit and 512Mbit DRAMs employing such process technology.
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Display
NEC Electron Devices' display panels include thin-film transistor
("TFT") color LCDs and color plasma display panels ("PDPs"). NEC Electron
Devices produces a wide range of TFT color LCDs in terms of size and quality to
be used in display monitors, PCs, and industrial equipment such as testing and
medical equipment. NEC's management believes that the Company is a major
producer of TFT color LCDs in the world.
Electronic Components and Car Electronic Products
NEC Electron Devices produces (i) electronic components such as
batteries, capacitors, printed wiring boards and relays, and (ii) car electronic
products such as system LSIs for engine control and module for anti-lock braking
systems (ABS), airbags and other electronically controlled systems.
(d) OTHERS
Others include manufacture and sale of monitors, LCD projectors,
measuring and testing systems, and consumer electronic products, as well as
installation and maintenance of communications systems and equipment.
SALES AND DISTRIBUTION
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The Company distributes its products directly and indirectly through
dealers and wholesalers, and also from time to time through trading companies
when making export sales. The Company has more than 400 sales offices in Japan
with a domestic sales force of more than 17,000 persons. In addition, the
Company maintains more than 110 overseas sales offices with a overseas sales
force of approximately 3,200 persons. During 2000, approximately 30 percent of
the Company's net sales were made to customers outside Japan.
(a) NEC SOLUTIONS
The Company sells the majority of its PCs to various customers
through dealers and wholesalers. Large-sized computer systems are generally sold
directly to customers by the Company's sales force supported by the Company's
engineering staff. Customers for these products include industrial and
commercial enterprises, governmental and other public agencies, and medical and
educational establishments. The relevant system or equipment is, in the case of
specific installations, supplied to meet individual orders or, in the case of
standard equipment, supplied from stock. The Company also provides systems
integration services to its customers through each of its industry-
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focused systems integration divisions, which have experience and know-how
concerning their respective sectors.
(b) NEC NETWORKS
The majority of domestic sales of its communications systems and
equipment is made directly by the Company, the balance of such sales being
effected through dealers and wholesalers. Overseas sales of such products are
either effected by the Company directly or through trading companies. Sales of
larger-sized communications systems are generally made pursuant to specific
customer orders, the majority of such customers being public telecommunications
operators, national agencies, and broadcasting companies.
(c) NEC ELECTRON DEVICES
Most of the domestic sales of its electron devices are made to
equipment manufacturers and other customers through dealers. Overseas sales of
these products are effected through the Company's overseas sales subsidiaries.
Customers of these products consist of computer manufacturers, communications
equipment makers, consumer electronics manufacturers, the automobile industry,
instrument makers and other electronic product manufacturers.
The following table shows the Company's net sales by market for each
of the three years ended March 31, 2000.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Year ended March 31,
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1998 1999 2000 2000
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(in millions of yen and millions of dollars, except percentages)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Markets
Domestic JPY 3,737,029 JPY 3,312,440 JPY 3,489,047 $33,874
Percentage of Net Sales 76% 70% 70% 70%
Overseas
North America -- JPY 524,447 JPY 568,774 $ 5,522
Percentage of Net Sales 11% 11% 11%
Others JPY 1,164,093 JPY 922,525 JPY 933,626 $ 9,065
Percentage of Net Sales 24% 19% 19% 19%
Total Net Sales JPY 4,901,122 JPY 4,759,412 JPY 4,991,447 $48,461
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Note: Net sales for North America in the year ended on March 31, 1998 was
included in Others.
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CUSTOMERS
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Sales to one of the Company's major customers accounted for
approximately 12.6 percent, 10.6 percent and 11.6 percent of sales for years
ended March 31, 1998, 1999 and 2000, mainly in NEC Networks and NEC Solutions
segments.
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
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Since the establishment in 1939 of its first research laboratory, the
Company has consistently recognized the importance of its R&D activities. The
Company's R&D expenditures during 1998, 1999 and 2000 amounted to JPY381,239
million, JPY346,215 million and JPY315,163 million ($3,060 million),
respectively, representing 7.8 percent, 7.3 percent and 6.3 percent of the
Company's net sales for such years. R&D expenditure during 2000 can be broken
down by operating segments into: NEC Solutions - JPY66,642 million; NEC
Networks - JPY112,098 million; NEC Electron Devices - JPY80,037 million; and
Others - JPY56,386 million. NEC's management believes that dedicated R&D
activities are crucial to sustain competitiveness.
With the introduction of the in-house company system in April 2000,
NEC reorganized its R&D structure. NEC shifted a number of R&D staff from the
former corporate research, software development and production engineering
laboratories to each in-house company to speed up product and technology
development and created NEC Laboratories, its corporate research arm which
consists of various specialized laboratories located in Japan, the United States
and Europe.
Each in-house company conducts, at its development divisions and
development laboratories, the product and technology development closely related
to its operating activities, responding to the needs of its targeted markets.
The task of NEC Laboratories is to conduct fundamental medium and
long-term R&D activities concerning innovative core technologies which will form
the basis for the Company's future operations and new technologies common to all
of the in-house companies' businesses. NEC Laboratories are engaged in, among
other things, research in the following areas: computers and communications,
including Internet systems, network and multimedia processing; functional
devices and materials, including display devices, large capacity electronic
storage systems and lithium-ion rechargeable batteries; system devices and
fundamental research into silicon LSIs, optical devices and carbon nanotubes.
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PATENTS AND LICENSES
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The Company holds approximately 85,000 patents issued under Japanese
and other laws and has a large number of Japanese and foreign patent
applications. The Company also has licenses under Japanese and foreign patents
from many companies and individuals. In some cases, such licenses are included
in technical assistance agreements with the licensors. Such licenses and
agreements cover a wide range of products and components. In addition, the
Company owns and has licenses to use certain copyrights.
NEC has granted licenses to, and entered into technical assistance
agreements with, various Japanese and foreign companies. In some instances,
cross-licenses of their respective patents are entered into between NEC and
other entities.
Although NEC's management considers its various patents, copyrights,
licenses and technical assistance agreements to be important to the Company's
operations, NEC's management does not believe that the continuation of any
single patent or group of related patents or any copyrights or of any license or
technical assistance agreement is essential to the conduct of any significant
part of the Company's present business.
RAW MATERIALS AND COMPONENTS
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The Company purchases raw materials and components from many domestic
and overseas suppliers, and it believes that it is not dependent on any single
third-party source of supply for any raw materials or components essential to
any significant part of its business. It should be noted, however, that the
price and quantity of raw materials purchased by Japanese industry depend to a
great extent upon prevailing world markets since Japan imports a significant
portion of its raw materials from abroad. During 2000, the Company did not
experience any difficulty in obtaining, on acceptable terms, any raw materials,
parts, machines or tools which materially affect the operation of its business,
and does not presently foresee any such difficulty.
COMPETITION
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The markets in which the Company sells its services and products are
highly competitive, both in Japan and overseas in terms of quality, reliability,
price, technological advancement and the
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ability to meet customer delivery needs and changes in market requirements.
NEC's management believes that the Company will be able to maintain
and enhance its position in a world market characterized by increasing demand
and applications for Internet-related services and products due to the Company's
experience, skills and expertise as a leading provider of Internet solutions,
dedicated to meeting the specialized needs of its customers in the key computer,
communication and electron device industries, and its technological achievements
and market position, as reinforced by its continuing R&D programs and its
marketing efforts.
EMPLOYEES
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At March 31, 2000, the Company had 154,787 employees, approximately
151,830 of which were permanent employees. Approximately 50 percent of the
permanent employees of the Company are union members. Since 1952, NEC has had a
comprehensive labor contract with the NEC Labor Union covering, in general,
conditions of employment other than salaries, wages, bonuses and retirement
benefits. This contract, which provides that all of NEC's permanent employees
except management and certain other specified personnel must become union
members, has been renegotiated from time to time, and the present agreement
lasts until March 31, 2002. The permanent employees of NEC's consolidated
subsidiaries are covered by separate labor contracts. NEC's management believes
that the Company's labor-management relations are good.
ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS
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The Company's manufacturing facilities are subject to various laws
and regulations designed to protect the environment from plant wastes. NEC's
management is not aware of any material non-compliance by the Company with the
requirements of such laws and regulations and does not expect that the cost of
complying with foreseeable requirements will have a material effect on the
Company's financial position or the results of its operations.
ITEM 2. DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY
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The Company has 62 plants in Japan, and 27 plants in 13 countries
(Argentina, Australia, Brazil, China, France, Ireland, Malaysia, Mexico, the
Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, the United Kingdom and the United States)
overseas. The Company's 10 principal plants, the products produced therein and
their approximate land space and floor space as at March 31, 2000 were as
follows:
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Location of Plant Land Space Floor Space Major Products
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(in square (in square
meters) meters)
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Fuchu, Tokyo 220,000 258,000 Computers and
industrial electronic
systems; communications
equipment
Kawasaki, Kanagawa 249,000 236,000 Communications equipment;
(Tamagawa Plant) semiconductors;
display
Sagamihara, Kanagawa 224,000 209,000 Semiconductors;
electronic components
Abiko, Chiba 311,000 174,000 Communications equipment
Otsu, Shiga 227,000 168,000 Semiconductors
Yokohama, Kanagawa 156,000 138,000 Communications equipment
Kumamoto, Kumamoto 192,000 130,000 Semiconductors
Minato-ku, Tokyo 5,000 129,000 Computer software
(Mita Plant)
Izumi, Kagoshima 165,000 118,000 Electron devices
Ichinoseki, Iwate 108,000 70,000 Communications equipment
Others 6,270,000 1,685,000
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Total 8,127,000 3,315,000
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Approximately 93 percent of the above total land and 91 percent of
the above total floor space are owned by the Company. NEC's management believes
that equipment in the Company's plants is generally modern and adequate to carry
on the Company's business.
As at March 31, 2000, the Company's corporate research laboratories
previously discussed (see Research and Development under Item 1. above) occupied
93 thousand square meters of floor space. The Company used an additional 2,066
thousand square meters of floor space mainly for administrative and sales
offices. Approximately 26 percent of such additional floor space was owned by
the Company.
Certain properties of the Company are subject to mortgages securing
outstanding indebtedness, and holders of certain other indebtedness have the
right to become secured creditors. See Note 7 of the Notes to Financial
Statements.
ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
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Neither NEC nor any of its subsidiaries is a party to (nor is any of
their property the subject of) any legal proceeding which, in the opinion of
NEC's management, is or may be of material importance to NEC and its
subsidiaries, taken as a whole, nor is any such legal proceeding of material
importance known to NEC's management to be threatened by governmental
authorities.
ITEM 4. CONTROL OF REGISTRANT
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(a) To the knowledge of NEC, it is not, directly or indirectly, owned or
controlled by any other corporation or by the Japanese or any other
government.
(b) (1) To the knowledge of NEC, no person owns more than 10 percent
of any class of its voting securities.
(2) As of March 31, 2000, the total amount of any class of NEC's
voting securities owned by the Directors and Corporate Auditors
as a group was as follows:
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Title of Identity of Percent
Class Person or Group Amount Owned of Class
----- --------------- ------------ --------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Common Directors and 441,053 shares 0.03%
Stock Corporate Auditors
as a group
</TABLE>
As discussed in Item 1, in connection with the Company's
reorganization of its business operations into three in-house
companies, as of April 3, 2000, NEC introduced a corporate officer
system and reduced the number of its Directors to approximately half.
(c) To the knowledge of NEC, there are no arrangements the operation of
which may at a subsequent date result in a change in control of NEC.
ITEM 5. NATURE OF TRADING MARKET
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NEC's Common Stock (par value 50 Japanese yen per share) (shares of
such Common Stock, "Shares") has been listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange since
1925 and is currently listed on each of the five other Japanese stock exchanges.
The Tokyo Stock Exchange is the principal market for the Shares.
The following table sets forth the reported high and low sales prices
of the Shares on the Tokyo Stock Exchange for each quarterly period during the
last two fiscal years ended March 31, 2000:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Fiscal Share Price
Year Quarter High Low
---- ------- ---------------------
(in yen)
<S> <C> <C> <C>
1999 1st 1,492 1,198
2nd 1,370 874
3rd 1,071 762
4th 1,455 1,012
2000 1st 1,534 1,250
2nd 2,295 1,525
3rd 2,665 1,871
4th 3,190 2,160
</TABLE>
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NEC's American Depositary Shares, evidenced by American Depositary
Receipts ("ADRs"), have been traded since 1963 in the over-the-counter market in
the United States and are currently quoted in the NASDAQ system. The Bank of New
York, having its corporate trust office at 101 Barclay Street, New York, N.Y.
10286, is the Depositary for NEC's ADRs. Each American Depositary Share
currently represents five underlying Shares. At March 31, 2000, NEC's American
Depositary Shares were held by 157 persons in the United States and
approximately 0.8 percent of the outstanding Shares were represented thereby.
The following table sets forth the reported high and low sales prices
for NEC's American Depositary Shares in the NASDAQ system for each quarterly
period during the last two fiscal years ended March 31, 2000:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
American Depositary
Fiscal Share Price
Year Quarter High Low
---- ------- --------------------------
(in dollars)
<S> <C> <C> <C>
1999 1st 57 3/4 41 15/16
2nd 48 1/2 32
3rd 46 31
4th 60 1/2 43 5/8
2000 1st 63 1/8 52 1/8
2nd 106 62 3/4
3rd 125 94 5/8
4th 149 1/2 102 1/4
</TABLE>
The Shares are also listed on the London Stock Exchange, on the
Amsterdam Stock Exchange, on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange in the form of
co-ownership shares in a Global Bearer Certificate and on the Swiss Exchanges in
the form of Swiss Bearer Depositary Receipts.
ITEM 6. EXCHANGE CONTROLS AND OTHER LIMITATIONS AFFECTING SECURITY HOLDERS
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(a) Japanese Foreign Exchange Controls
Effective on April 1, 1998, the Foreign Exchange and Foreign
Trade Control Law was amended and the title of the statute was
changed to the Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Law. Under the
amended Law, all aspects of regulations on foreign exchange and
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foreign trade transactions which were subject to licensing or other
approval or prior notification requirements are, with a minor
exceptions relating to certain inward direct investments (which are
not generally applicable to the Shares), now subject to post
transaction reporting requirements. Acquisitions and dispositions of
shares of Common Stock or American Depositary Shares by non-residents
of Japan (including foreign corporations not resident in Japan) are
generally not subject to this reporting requirement. However, the
Minister of Finance has the power to impose a licensing requirement
for certain transactions in limited circumstances. Under the Foreign
Exchange and Foreign Trade Law as currently in effect, dividends paid
on, and the proceeds of sales in Japan of, shares held by
non-residents of Japan may in general be converted into any foreign
currency and repatriated abroad.
(b) Description of Common Stock
Set forth below is certain information relating to the Common
Stock of NEC, including brief summaries of certain provisions of
NEC's Articles of Incorporation and Share Handling Regulations, as
currently in effect, and of the Commercial Code of Japan relating to
a joint stock company ("Kabushiki Kaisha") and certain related
legislation.
General
The presently authorized capital stock of NEC is 3,200,000,000
Shares, which may be issued with a par value or without a par value.
The Commercial Code requires that Shares be in registered form. Under
the Commercial Code Shares are transferable by delivery of share
certificates, but in order to assert shareholders' rights against
NEC, the transferee must have its name registered in NEC's register
of shareholders. All of the presently outstanding Shares of NEC are
of a par value of 50 yen per Share. NEC may, by a resolution of the
Board of Directors, convert par value Shares into non-par value
Shares or vice versa. Shareholders are required to file their names,
addresses and seals with The Sumitomo Trust and Banking Company,
Limited, the transfer agent for NEC's Common Stock, and shareholders
not resident in Japan are required to file a mailing address in Japan
or appoint a resident proxy in Japan. These requirements do not apply
to the holders of ADRs.
The central clearing system of share certificates under the
Law Concerning Central Clearing of Share Certificates and Other
Securities of Japan applies to the Shares. Pursuant to this system a
holder of Shares is able to choose, at his discretion, to participate
in this system by depositing Shares with the Japan Securities
Depositary Center ("JASDEC"), the
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sole depositary under the system (through a participating institution,
such as a securities company or bank, having a clearing account with
the clearing house, if the holder is not a participating institution),
and all such Shares are registered in the name of JASDEC in NEC's
register of shareholders. Each participating shareholder is in turn
registered in the register of beneficial shareholders and treated the
same way as shareholders registered in NEC's register of shareholders.
For the purpose of transferring the deposited Shares, delivery of
share certificates is not required. In general, beneficial owners of
deposited Shares registered in the register of beneficial owners are
entitled to the same rights and benefits as the holders of Shares
registered in the register of shareholders. The registered beneficial
owners may exercise the rights attached to the Shares, such as voting
rights, and will receive dividends (if any) and notices to
shareholders directly from NEC. The Shares held by a person as a
registered shareholder and those held by the same person as a
registered beneficial owner are aggregated for these purposes. New
Shares issued with respect to deposited Shares, including those issued
upon a stock split, automatically become deposited Shares. The
beneficial owners are required to file with NEC's transfer agent,
principally through the relevant participating institution, the same
information as is required from the registered shareholders.
Beneficial owners may at any time withdraw their Shares from deposit
and receive share certificates.
Dividends
The Articles of Incorporation of NEC provide that the accounts
shall be closed on March 31 of each year and that dividends, if any,
shall be paid to the shareholders, beneficial shareholders and
pledgees of record as of the end of such fiscal period. After the
close of the fiscal period, the Board of Directors prepares, among
others, a proposed allocation of profits for dividends and other
purposes; this proposal is submitted to the Corporate Auditors of NEC
and to independent certified public accountants and then submitted
for approval to the ordinary general meeting of shareholders, which
is to be held by the end of June each year. In addition to provisions
for dividends, if any, and for the legal reserve and other reserves,
the allocation of profits customarily includes a bonus to Directors
and Corporate Auditors. In addition to annual dividends, the Board of
Directors may by its resolution declare a cash distribution pursuant
to Article 293-5 of the Commercial Code (an "interim dividend") to
shareholders, beneficial shareholders and pledgees who are registered
in NEC's register of shareholders or beneficial shareholders at the
end of each September 30, without prior shareholder approval, but
subject to the limitations described below.
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The Commercial Code provides that a company may not
make any distribution of profits by way of dividends or interim
dividends for any fiscal period unless it has set aside in its legal
reserve an amount equal to at least one-tenth of the amount paid by
way of appropriation of retained earnings for such fiscal period
until the legal reserve is one-quarter of its stated capital. Under
the Commercial Code NEC is permitted to distribute profits by way of
year-end or interim dividends out of the excess of its net assets
over the aggregate of:
(i) its stated capital;
(ii) its capital surplus;
(iii) its accumulated legal reserve;
(iv) the legal reserve to be set aside in respect of the
fiscal period concerned;
(v) the excess, if any, of unamortized expenses incurred in
preparation for commencement of business and in
connection with research and development over the
aggregate of amounts referred to in (ii), (iii) and (iv)
above;
(vi) if NEC has on its balance sheet a number of Shares which
NEC has acquired for the purpose of transferring the
same to its Directors and/or employees but such Shares
are yet to be so transferred, the book value of such
Shares; and
(vii) if certain assets of NEC are stated at market value
pursuant to the provisions of the Commercial Code, the
aggregate amount of the difference between their market
value and acquisition cost.
In the case of interim dividends, the net assets are
calculated by reference to the balance sheet as at the last closing
of NEC's accounts, but adjusted to reflect any subsequent payment by
way of appropriation of retained earnings and transfer to legal
reserve in respect thereof, provided that interim dividends may not
be paid where there is a risk that at the end of the fiscal year
there might not be any excess of net assets over the aggregate of the
amounts referred to in (i) through (vii) above. In addition, if NEC's
shareholders have adopted a resolution for NEC's purchase of Shares
for the purpose of transferring the same to its Directors and/or
employees or for the purpose of retiring the same with retained
earnings, the total amount of purchase price authorized by such
resolution shall, so long as such resolution has not expired, and
whether or not such purchase has been effected, be deducted from the
amount available for interim dividends.
The Commercial Code, currently in effect, does not provide for
"stock dividends". However, under the Commercial Code, the
shareholders may by resolution transfer any amount which is
distributable as dividends to stated capital and the Board of
Directors may by
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resolution issue additional Shares by way of a stock split up
to the aggregate par value equal to the amount so transferred;
thus, the same effect as a stock dividend can be achieved.
In Japan the "ex-dividend" date and the record date for
dividends precede the date of determination of the amount of
the dividend to be paid.
Under its Articles of Incorporation, NEC is not
obligated to pay any dividends which are left unclaimed for a
period of three years after the date on which they first
became payable.
Transfer of capital surplus and legal reserve to stated
capital and stock splits (free Share distributions)
When NEC issues new Shares, the entire amount of the
issue price of such new Shares is required to be accounted for
as stated capital, although NEC may account for an amount not
exceeding one-half of such issue price as capital surplus
(subject to the remainder being not less than the total par
value of the new Shares being issued). The Board of Directors
may transfer the whole or any part of capital surplus and
legal reserve to stated capital and grant to shareholders
additional Shares free of charge by way of a stock split,
without affecting the par value thereof, with reference to the
whole or any part of the amount of capital surplus and legal
reserve so transferred to stated capital; such additional
Shares may also be granted by reference to the amount
representing the portion of the issue price of Shares in
excess of the par value thereof which has been accounted for
as stated capital.
The Commercial Code permits NEC to make a partially free
distribution to shareholders by way of a rights issue at a
subscription price per Share which is less than the par value
thereof if:
(i) the difference between the subscription price and the
par value does not exceed the amount of the stated
capital minus the aggregate par value of all outstanding
Shares, divided by the number of new Shares to be issued
pursuant to such rights issue;
(ii) the sum of the net assets of NEC (as appearing on the
latest balance sheet) and the total subscription price,
divided by the number of the Shares outstanding
immediately after the issue of the new Shares, is at
least 50 yen; and
(iii) the subscription rights are made transferable.
In order to satisfy the requirement mentioned in (i)
above, the Board of Directors
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may transfer the whole or any part of capital surplus or legal
reserve to stated capital.
General meeting of shareholders
The ordinary general meeting of shareholders to settle
accounts of NEC for each fiscal period is held in June each
year in Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan. In addition, NEC may hold an
extraordinary general meeting of shareholders whenever
necessary by giving at least two weeks' advance notice to
shareholders.
Notice of a shareholders' meeting setting forth the
place, time and purpose thereof, must be mailed to each
shareholder having voting rights (or, in the case of a
non-resident shareholder, to his resident proxy or mailing
address in Japan) at least two weeks prior to the date set for
the meeting.
Any shareholder holding at least 300 units of Shares or
1 percent of the total number of outstanding Shares for six
months or more may propose a matter to be considered at a
general meeting of shareholders by submitting a written
request to a Representative Director at least six weeks prior
to the date set for such meeting.
Voting rights
A shareholder is entitled to one vote per Share subject
to the limitations on voting rights set forth in the following
paragraph and ""Unit" share system -- Voting rights of a
holder of Shares representing less than one unit" below.
Except as otherwise provided by law or by NEC's Articles of
Incorporation, a resolution can be adopted at a general
meeting of shareholders by a majority of the Shares having
voting rights represented at the meeting. The Commercial Code
and NEC's Articles of Incorporation provide, however, that the
quorum for the election of Directors and Corporate Auditors
shall not be less than one-third of the total number of
outstanding Shares having voting rights. NEC's shareholders
are not entitled to cumulative voting in the election of
Directors. A corporate shareholder, more than one-quarter of
whose outstanding shares are directly or indirectly owned by
NEC, may not exercise its voting rights in respect of the
Shares. NEC has no voting rights with respect to its own
Common Stock. Shareholders may exercise their voting rights
through proxies provided that the proxies are also
shareholders holding voting rights. NEC's shareholders also
may cast their votes in writing.
The Commercial Code provides that in order to amend the
Articles of Incorporation
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and in certain other instances, including a reduction of the
stated capital, the removal of a Director or Corporate
Auditor, dissolution, merger or consolidation of a corporation
requiring shareholder resolutions, the transfer of the whole
or an important part of the business, the taking over of the
whole of the business of any other corporation, share exchange
or share transfer requiring shareholders resolutions for the
purpose of establishing 100 percent parent-subsidiary
relationships, any offering of new Shares at a "specially
favorable" price (or any offering of convertible bonds or
debentures with "specially favorable" conversion conditions or
of bonds or debentures with warrants or rights to subscribe
for new Shares with "specially favorable" conditions) to
persons other than shareholders or granting to Directors
and/or employees rights to subscribe for new Shares if the
Articles of Incorporation so permit, the quorum shall be a
majority of the total number of Shares having voting rights
outstanding and the approval of the holders of at least
two-thirds of the Shares having voting rights represented at
the meeting is required (the "special shareholders
resolution").
Subscription rights
Holders of NEC's Common Stock have no pre-emptive rights
under its Articles of Incorporation. Authorized but unissued
Shares may be issued at such times and upon such terms as the
Board of Directors determines, subject to the limitations as
to the offering of new Shares at a "specially favorable" price
mentioned above. The Board of Directors may, however,
determine that shareholders shall be given subscription rights
regarding a particular issue of new Shares, in which case such
rights must be given on uniform terms to all shareholders as
at a record date of which not less than two weeks' public
notice must be given. Each of the shareholders to whom such
rights are given must also be given notice of the expiration
thereof at least two weeks prior to the date on which such
rights expire.
Rights to subscribe for new Shares may be made generally
transferable by the Board of Directors. Whether NEC will make
subscription rights generally transferable in future rights
offerings will depend upon the circumstances at the time of
such offerings. If subscription rights are not made generally
transferable, transfers by a non-resident of Japan or a
corporation organized under the laws of a foreign country or
whose principal office is located in a foreign country will be
enforceable against NEC and third parties only if NEC's prior
written consent to each such transfer is obtained.
The Commercial Code permits a company to provide in its
articles of incorporation that it may, by a special
shareholders resolution, grant to its directors and/or
employees rights
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to subscribe for new shares if there exists a justifiable
reason. NEC's Articles of Incorporation do not contain such a
provision.
Dilution
In the future it is possible that market conditions and
other factors might make a rights offering to shareholders at
par or substantially below the market price of Shares
desirable. If the number of Shares offered in a rights
offering is substantial in relation to the number of Shares
outstanding and the market price exceeds the subscription
price at the time of the offering, a shareholder who does not
exercise and is unable otherwise to realize the full value of
his subscription rights would suffer economic dilution of his
equity interest in NEC. If a substantial amount of stock
option rights for new Shares are granted to NEC's Directors
and/or employees with the exercise price below the market
price of the Shares, existing shareholders' equity interest in
NEC will be diluted.
Liquidation rights
In the event of a liquidation of NEC the assets
remaining after payment of all debts and liquidation expenses
and taxes will be distributed among the shareholders in
proportion to the respective numbers of Shares held.
Liability to further calls or assessments
All NEC's presently outstanding Shares including Shares
represented by the American Depositary Shares are fully paid
and non-assessable.
Transfer agent
The Sumitomo Trust and Banking Company, Limited is the
transfer agent for NEC's Common Stock; as such transfer agent,
it keeps NEC's registers of shareholders and beneficial
shareholders in its office at 4-4, Marunouchi 1-chome,
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan, and makes transfer of record
ownership upon presentation of the certificates representing
the transferred Shares.
Record date
March 31 is the record date for NEC's year-end
dividends. The shareholders and beneficial shareholders who
are registered as the holders of 1,000 Shares or more in NEC's
register of shareholders and/or beneficial shareholders at the
end of each March 31 are also entitled to exercise
shareholders' rights at the ordinary general meeting of
shareholders with
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respect to the fiscal period ending on such March 31.
September 30 is the record date for interim dividends. In
addition, NEC may set a record date for determining the
shareholders and beneficial shareholders entitled to other
rights and for other purposes by giving at least two weeks'
public notice.
The price of Shares generally goes ex-dividend or
ex-rights on Japanese stock exchanges on the third business
day prior to a record date (or if the record date is not a
business day, the fourth business day prior thereto), for the
purpose of dividends or rights offerings.
Repurchase by NEC of its Common Stock
Except as otherwise permitted by the Commercial Code and
the Law of Special Exception to the Commercial Code Concerning
Retirement of Shares (the "Special Retirement Law") as set out
below, NEC or any of its subsidiaries cannot acquire NEC's
Common Stock except by means of a reduction of capital in the
manner provided in the Commercial Code. NEC may acquire its
Common Stock in response to a shareholder's request for
purchase of his Shares representing less than one unit. See
""Unit" share system -- Rights of a holder of Shares
representing less than one unit to require NEC to purchase
such Shares" below. Shares so purchased must be sold or
otherwise transferred to a third party within a reasonable
period thereafter.
Under the Commercial Code and the Special Retirement Law
NEC may acquire its Common Stock for the following purposes,
subject to the authorization of shareholders at an ordinary
general meeting (if the Articles of Incorporation provide that
the Shares may be purchased for the purpose of retirement by
resolution of the Board of Directors if the Board deems it
especially necessary to do so in view of general economic
conditions, the business and financial condition of NEC and
other factors, by the resolution of the Board of Directors):
(i) for the purpose of transferring the same to its
Directors and/or employees if there exists a justifiable
reason; and
(ii) for the purpose of retirement thereof with retained
earnings.
Acquisition by NEC of Shares for the above purposes is
subject to, among other things, the following restrictions:
(a) the number of Shares to be acquired does not exceed 10
percent of all issued and
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outstanding Shares (except in the case of purchase of
Shares for retirement pursuant to shareholders'
authorization);
(b) total amount of purchase price does not exceed the
amount of the retained earnings available for dividend
payment minus the amount to be paid by way of
appropriation of retained earnings for the fiscal year
and, if any amount of retained earnings is to be
capitalized, such amount (if the purchase is made
pursuant to the resolution of the Board of Directors as
referred to in the parentheses above, one-half of such
permitted amount); and
(c) acquisition shall be made through a stock exchange
transaction or by way of tender offer.
NEC's shareholders gave, at the ordinary general meeting
of shareholders held in June 2000, an authorization for the
acquisition of not exceeding 320,000 Shares for the purpose of
transferring the same to all its Directors, Corporate Officers
and certain upper-level employees then in office. (See Item
12.) NEC amended its Articles of Incorporation in June 1997 to
purchase not exceeding 150,000,000 Shares by resolution of the
Board of Directors for the purpose of retirement thereof with
retained earnings. No such acquisition pursuant to a
resolution of the Board of Directors may be made after the
conclusion of the ordinary general meeting of shareholders for
the fiscal year ending immediately after the Board resolution.
No Board resolution has been made for this purpose.
The Special Retirement Law was amended in March 1998
enabling NEC to acquire its own Shares for the purpose of
retiring the same with capital surplus by resolution of the
Board of Directors if the Articles of Incorporation so provide
and if the Board deems it especially necessary to do so in
view of general economic conditions, the business and
financial condition of NEC and other factors. The acquisition
of Shares under this authorization is subject to the
restriction that:
(x) the total amount of the purchase price does not exceed
the total amount of capital surplus and accumulated
legal reserve minus the amount equal to one-fourth of
stated capital; and
(y) if the aggregate of the amounts of (i) through (vii)
referred to under "Dividends" above and the amount of
interim dividend distributed exceeds the net assets
appearing on the balance sheets as at the latest closing
of NEC's accounts, no purchase of Shares for this
purpose can be made.
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NEC's Articles of Incorporation do not so provide.
"Unit" share system
Pursuant to the Commercial Code NEC has adopted 1,000 Shares
as one unit of Shares.
Transferability of Shares representing less than one unit
Certificates for Shares representing less than one unit may
only be issued in certain limited circumstances. Since the transfer
of Shares normally requires delivery of the certificates therefor,
fractions of a unit for which no share certificates are issued are
not transferable. Shares representing less than one unit for which
share certificates have been issued continue to be transferable, but
the transfer may be registered in NEC's register of shareholders
only if the transferee is already a registered shareholder (whether
in respect of units or of Shares representing less than one unit).
A holder who owns ADRs evidencing less than 200 American
Depositary Shares will indirectly own less than a whole unit.
Because transfer of ADRs does not require changes in the ownership
of the underlying Shares, holders of ADRs evidencing American
Depositary Shares that constitute less than one unit of Common Stock
are not affected by such restrictions in their ability to transfer
such ADRs. However, because transfers of less than one unit of the
underlying Shares are normally prohibited under the unit share
system, under the Deposit Agreement relating to the ADRs, the right
of ADR holders to surrender their ADRs and withdraw the underlying
Shares for sale in Japan may only be exercised as to whole units of
Common Stock. Although, as discussed below, under the unit share
system holders of less than a unit have the right to require NEC to
purchase their Shares, holders of ADRs evidencing American
Depositary Shares that represent other than integral multiples of
whole units are unable to withdraw the underlying Shares
representing less than one unit and, therefore, are unable, as a
practical matter, to exercise the right to require NEC to purchase
such underlying Shares. As a result, access to the Japanese markets
by holders of ADRs through the withdrawal mechanism will not be
available for dispositions of Shares in lots of less than one unit.
Rights of a holder of Shares representing less than one unit to
require NEC to purchase such Shares
A holder of Shares representing less than one unit may at any
time require NEC to
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purchase such Shares at their last reported sale price on the Tokyo
Stock Exchange on the day when such request is made or, if no sale
takes place on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on such day, the price at
which the first sale of the Shares is effected on the Tokyo Stock
Exchange thereafter, less applicable brokerage commission.
Other rights of a holder of Shares representing less than one unit
A holder of Shares representing less than one unit has the
following rights in respect of such Shares:
(i) the right to receive dividends (including interim dividends);
(ii) the right to receive Shares and/or cash by way of a stock
split or upon consolidation or subdivision of Shares, a
capital decrease, merger, share exchange or Share transfer for
the purpose of establishing 100 percent parent-subsidiary
relationship;
(iii) the right to be allotted subscription rights with respect to
new Shares, convertible bonds and bonds with warrants to
subscribe for Shares when such rights are granted to
shareholders;
(iv) the right to participate in the distribution of surplus assets
in the event of the liquidation of NEC; and
(v) the right to require NEC to issue replacement share
certificates for lost, stolen or destroyed share certificates.
All other rights, including voting rights, cannot be exercised
with respect to Shares representing less than one unit.
Voting rights of a holder of Shares representing less than one unit
A holder of Shares representing less than one unit cannot
exercise any voting rights with respect to such Shares. In
calculating the quorum for various voting purposes, the aggregate
number of Shares representing less than one unit will be excluded
from the number of outstanding Shares. A holder of Shares
representing one or more whole units will have one vote for each
such Share, except as stated in "Voting rights" above.
Consolidation by operation of law of shares constituting one unit
into one share
The unit share system is intended to be an interim measure
with a view ultimately to achieve shares of a much higher
denomination than at present. On a date to be specified by separate
legislation, the shares comprising one unit will be deemed to be
consolidated into one share. Presently it is not known when the bill
specifying such date will be submitted to
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the Japanese parliament. If the consolidation takes place, the
holder of any fractional share constituting one-hundredth of one
share or any integral multiple thereof, which may result from such
consideration, will be registered as the holder thereof in the
register of fractional shares and the holder of any fraction
representing less than a whole hundredth of one share will be
entitled to receive a cash payment. A registered holder of
fractional shares may request that a company issue certificates
therefor, unless its articles of incorporation provide otherwise, in
which case such holder may request that the company purchase such
fractional shares. Fractional shares will not carry voting rights
and, unless such company's articles of incorporation provide
otherwise, the entitlement thereof will be limited and will not
include the right to receive dividends.
(c) Reporting of Substantial Shareholdings
The Securities and Exchange Law of Japan, as amended, requires
any person who has become, beneficially and solely or jointly, a
holder of more than 5 percent of the total issued shares of a company
listed on any Japanese stock exchange or whose shares are traded on
the over-the-counter market in Japan to file with the Financial
Reconstruction Commission within five business days a report
concerning such shareholdings.
A similar report must also be made in respect of any
subsequent change of 1 percent or more in any such holding with
certain exceptions. For this purpose, shares issuable to such person
upon conversion of convertible securities or exercise of share
subscription warrants are taken into account in determining both the
number of shares held by such holder and the issuer's total issued
share capital. Copies of each such report must also be furnished to
the issuer of such shares and all Japanese stock exchanges on which
the shares are listed or (in the case of shares traded
over-the-counter) the Japan Securities Dealers Association.
ITEM 7. TAXATION
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For purposes of the Income Tax Convention between the United States
and Japan (the "Convention") and the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended (the "Code"), U.S. holders of ADRs will be treated as the owners of the
Common Stock underlying the American Depositary Shares evidenced by the ADRs.
For purposes of this discussion, a "U.S. holder" is a holder that (i) is a
resident of the United States for purposes of the Convention, (ii) is a citizen
of the United States, (iii) does not maintain a permanent establishment or fixed
base in Japan to which ADRs or Common Stock
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are attributable and through which the beneficial owner carries on or has
carried on business (or in the case of an individual, performs or has performed
independent personal services) and (iv) is not otherwise ineligible for benefits
under the Convention with respect to income and gain derived in connection with
the ADRs or Common Stock.
Japanese Taxation of Common Stock or ADRs
Generally, a non-resident of Japan or a non-Japanese corporation is
subject to Japanese withholding tax on dividends paid by a Japanese corporation.
Stock splits (whether for the purpose of making a free distribution or dividend
in shares), subject as set out below, are not subject to Japanese income tax.
However, a transfer of retained earnings or legal reserve (but not capital
surplus) to stated capital is treated as a dividend payment to shareholders for
Japanese tax purposes and is, in general, subject to Japanese income tax.
In the absence of an applicable tax treaty, convention or agreement
reducing the maximum rate of withholding tax, the rate of Japanese withholding
tax applicable to dividends paid by Japanese corporations to non-residents of
Japan or non-Japanese corporations is 20 percent.
Under the Convention, as currently in effect, the maximum rate of
Japanese withholding tax that may be imposed on dividends paid to an eligible
U.S. holder generally is limited to 15 percent of the gross amount actually
distributed.
A non-resident holder who is entitled to a reduced rate of Japanese
withholding tax on payment of dividends by NEC is required to submit an
Application Form for Income Tax Convention regarding Relief from Japanese Income
Tax on Dividends in advance through NEC to the relevant tax authority before
payment of dividends. A standing proxy for a non-resident holder may provide
this application service. With respect to American Depositary Shares, this
reduced rate is applicable if the depositary or its agent submits two
Application Forms for Income Tax Convention (one before payment of dividends,
the other within eight months after NEC's fiscal year-end). To claim this
reduced rate, a non-resident holder of American Depositary Shares will be
required to file proof of taxpayer status, residence and beneficial ownership
(as applicable) and to provide other information or documents as may be required
by the depositary. A non-resident holder who does not submit an application in
advance will be entitled to claim the refund of withholding taxes withheld in
excess of the rate of an applicable tax treaty from the relevant Japanese tax
authority.
Gains derived by a non-resident of Japan or a non-Japanese
corporation from the sale of
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Common Stock or ADRs outside Japan, or from the sale of Common Stock within
Japan by a non-resident of Japan or by a non-Japanese corporation not having a
permanent establishment in Japan, are in general not subject to Japanese income
or corporation tax. Japanese inheritance or gift tax at progressive rates may be
payable by an individual who has acquired Common Stock or ADRs as a legatee,
heir or donee even though neither the individual nor the decreased nor donor is
a Japanese resident. Holders of Shares or ADRs should consult their tax advisors
regarding the effect of these taxes and, in the case of U.S. holders, the
possible application of the Estate and Gift Tax Treaty between the United States
and Japan.
If NEC purchases Shares by way of a tender offer for the purpose of
retirement with retained earnings as described under "Item 6. Exchange Controls
and Other Limitations Affecting Security Holders (b) Description of Common Stock
- Repurchase by NEC of its Common Stock and so retires such Shares, the selling
shareholders (both individuals and corporations) are in general deemed to have
received a dividend in an amount equal to the selling price less the aggregate
of the stated capital and the capital surplus attributable to the Shares so
sold, except that if such retirement is made on or before March 31, 2002, no
such dividend is deemed to have been received by any selling shareholders who
are individuals but gains realized by such sales are in general subject to
Japanese income tax. In addition, when Shares acquired by NEC (whether by way of
a tender offer or otherwise) for the purpose of retirement with retained
earnings are retired by NEC with retained earnings, the shareholders (both
individuals and corporations) whose Shares were not retired are deemed to have
received a dividend in an amount equal to the amount of the stated capital
attributable to the retired Shares (if such amount exceeds the amount of
retained earnings used for the retirement, the amount of such retained earnings)
and calculated in proportion to each shareholder's remaining Shares, except that
if such retirement is made on or before March 31, 2002, no income tax is payable
with respect to such portion deemed as a dividend. However, corporate
shareholders have an option for such amount to be treated as dividend received
for the purpose of corporation tax. If NEC purchases Shares for the purpose of
retirement with capital surplus and so retires such Shares, the entire profits
realized by the selling shareholders from such sales are treated as gains
realized from ordinary sales of the Shares and is subject to income tax or
corporation tax, as appropriate. In this case, no taxable event is deemed to
accrue from such retirement to the shareholders existing at the time of
retirement.
United States Taxation of Common Stock or ADRs
The following is a summary of certain United States federal income
tax consequences of the ownership of Common Stock or ADRs by a U.S. holder. This
summary is based on United States tax laws, including the Code, and on the
Convention all of which are subject to change possibly with
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retroactive effect.
Taxation of Dividends
U.S. holders will include in gross income as ordinary income the
gross amount of any dividends received (before reduction for Japanese
withholding taxes) to the extent paid out of NEC's current or accumulated
earnings and profits (as determined for United States federal income tax
purposes). The dividend will not be eligible for the dividends-received
deduction allowed to United States corporations in respect of dividends received
from other United States corporations. The amount of the dividend will be the
U.S. dollar value of the Japanese yen payments made, determined at the spot
Japanese yen/U.S. dollar rate on the date the dividend is includible in the U.S.
holder's income.
Subject to certain limitations, the Japanese tax withheld in
accordance with the Convention will be creditable against the U.S. holder's
United States federal income tax liability. For foreign tax credit limitation
purposes, the dividend will be income from sources without the United States,
but generally will be treated separately, together with other items of "passive
income", or in the case of certain holders, "financial services income".
Taxation of Capital Gains
Upon a sale or other disposition of Common Stock or ADRs, a U.S.
holder will recognize gain or loss in an amount equal to the difference between
the U.S. dollar value of the amount realized and the U.S. holder's tax basis
(determined in U.S. dollars) in such Common Stock or ADRs. Generally, such gain
or loss will be capital gain or loss and will be long-term capital gain or loss
if the U.S. holder's holding period for such Common Stock or ADRs exceeds one
year. Any such gain or loss will be income or loss from sources within the
United States for foreign tax credit limitation purposes.
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ITEM 8. SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA
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The following table shows selected financial data of the Company for
each of the five years ended March 31, 2000:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2000
---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
(in millions of yen and millions of dollars, expect per share figures)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Net sales JPY 4,397,192 JPY 4,948,437 JPY 4,901,122 JPY 4,759,412 JPY 4,991,447 $48,461
Operating JPY 247,802 JPY 183,781 JPY 190,404 JPY 3,139 JPY 110,414 $1,072
Income
Income (loss) JPY 151,318 JPY 121,222 JPY 90,993 JPY (224,726) JPY 30,183 $293
before income
taxes
Income taxes JPY 76,376 JPY 24,900 JPY 41,514 JPY (72,988) JPY 32,484 $315
Net income JPY 76,665 JPY 92,838 JPY 47,417 JPY (151,261) JPY 10,416 $101
(loss)
Per share of
common stock:
Net income
(loss)
Basic JPY 49.66 JPY 59.86 JPY 29.78 JPY (94.49) JPY 6.40 $(0.062)
Diluted JPY 44.85 JPY 52.06 JPY 27.36 JPY (94.49) JPY 6.40 $(0.062)
Cash dividends
declared
interim JPY 5.00 JPY 5.50 JPY 5.50 JPY 5.50 JPY 3.00 $0.029
year-end JPY 6.00 JPY 5.50 JPY 5.50 JPY 3.00 JPY 3.00 $0.028
</TABLE>
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2000
---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
(in millions of yen and millions of dollars, expect per share figures)
Per American Depositary Share,
each representing 5 Shares:
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Net income (loss)
Basic JPY 248 JPY 299 JPY 149 JPY (472) JPY 32 $ 0.310
Diluted JPY 224 JPY 260 JPY 137 JPY (472) JPY 32 $ 0.310
Cash dividends
declared
interim JPY 25.00 JPY 27.50 JPY 27.50 JPY 27.50 JPY 15.00 $ 0.146
year-end JPY 30.00 JPY 27.50 JPY 27.50 JPY 15.0 JPY 15.00 $ 0.141
At year end:
Long-term JPY 1,448,749 JPY 1,416,977 JPY 1,458,856 JPY 1,931,286 JPY 1,611,504 $ 15,646
liabilities
Total assets JPY 4,977,808 JPY 4,940,995 JPY 5,074,478 JPY 5,045,934 JPY 4,608,964 $ 44,747
Shareholders' JPY 1,066,494 JPY 1,105,716 JPY 1,162,287 JPY 927,345 JPY 976,853 $ 9,484
equity
Number of 152,719 151,966 152,450 157,773 154,787
employees
</TABLE>
Notes to Selected Financial Data
(a) Basic net income per Share and per American Depositary Share are computed
by dividing income available to common stockholders by the weighted-average
number of Shares outstanding for the period. Diluted net income per Share
and per American Depositary Share assumes the dilution that could occur if
securities or other contracts to issue Shares were exercised or converted
into Shares, or resulted in the issuance of Shares. All prior-period net
income per Share and per American Depositary Share data presented have been
restated to conform with the provisions of SFAS No. 128 "Earnings per
Share".
(b) Dollar amounts are translated from yen, for convenience only, at the rate
of JPY 103= $1, except
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that cash dividends shown in U.S. dollars are based on the exchange rates
at the respective payment dates, using the noon buying rates in New York
City for cable transfers in yen as certified for customs purposes by the
Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
(c) NEC has adopted SFAS No. 115 "Accounting for Certain Investments in Debt
and Equity Securities" beginning with the fiscal year ended March 31, 2000,
and has restated the results of fiscal years ended March 31, 1996 through
1999. Items for fiscal years ended March 31, 1996, 1997 and 1998 have not
been audited.
The following table shows yen amounts equivalent to one U.S. dollar based
on the noon buying rates in New York City for cable transfers in yen as
certified for customs purposes by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York during
the five years ended March 31, 2000:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
High Low Average Year-end
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
1996 JPY 81.12 JPY 106.92 JPY 97.08 JPY 107.00
1997 JPY 104.49 JPY 124.54 JPY 112.65 JPY 123.72
1998 JPY 111.42 JPY 133.99 JPY 123.57 JPY 133.29
1999 JPY 147.14 JPY 108.83 JPY 128.10 JPY 118.43
2000 JPY 124.45 JPY 101.53 JPY 110.02 JPY 102.73
</TABLE>
ITEM 9. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND
------- RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
The following discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with
"Selected Financial Data" and the Company's consolidated financial statements
and notes thereto appearing elsewhere in this Form 20-F.
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
(In millions of yen and millions of dollars)
Year ended March 31 1998 1999 2000 2000
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Net sales JPY 4,901,122 JPY 4,759,412 JPY 4,991,447 $48,461
Cost of sales 3,409,607 3,520,837 3,664,513 35,578
Selling, general and administrative expenses 1,301,111 1,235,436 1,216,520 11,811
Operating income 190,404 3,139 110,414 1,072
Income (loss) before income taxes 90,993 (224,726) 30,183 293
Net income (loss) 47,417 (151,261) 10,416 101
</TABLE>
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During fiscal 2000, the domestic economy showed a mild recovery as exports
increased with the recovery of Asian economies in addition to the revival in
corporate expenditures and public investments in the Japanese economy that
offset the negative effects of weak spending of Japan's consumers. In the world
economy, the economy of the United States continued to grow despite some
uncertainties for the future, while European economies saw deceleration of
growth change to expansion. Asia, meanwhile, has seen dramatic economic
recovery.
In the electronics industry, growth continued in the PC and cellular phone
markets. The semiconductor and color LCD businesses also saw growth, but the
communications equipment industry suffered from constrained investments by
network operators in Japan.
Under these circumstances, NEC made a decision to focus its management
resources on its Internet solutions businesses and strove to market new
competitive products on a timely basis to meet market needs, while promoting its
systems integration businesses and the strengthening its Internet service
provider operation, BIGLOBE. Furthermore, as a part of its business
restructuring, the Company restructured its subsidiary NECHE. Other
restructuring measures included the withdrawal from consumer PC operations in
North America which had been conducted through PBN, as well as the formation of
a joint venture DRAM company with Hitachi, Ltd. Through financial restructuring
to further reduce fixed costs, and the securitization of its accounts
receivables and of NEC's head office building, the Company has achieved a
significant improvement in its financial position. The major actions taken by
the Company with respect to such restructuring during 2000 are described in Item
1 (General).
Net sales grew 5 percent over the previous fiscal year to JPY 4,991,447
million ($48,461 million). Although sales of communications equipment to network
operators suffered, healthy sales of PCs and cellular phones, as well as solid
sales of the semiconductors and color LCDs contributed to the growth of net
sales.
Operating income increased by JPY 107,275 million ($1,042 million) from
the previous year to JPY 110,414 million ($1,072 million), chiefly owing to
increased sales and continued cost reductions. Restructuring costs for such
measures as the above-mentioned restructuring of NECHE and PBN, and the sale of
the rental businesses of NEC Home Electronics Lease Co., Ltd. and the sale of
NEC's shareholding in Nippon Electric Industry Co., Ltd., were recorded.
Moreover, a loss on the refund of overcharged amounts (including interest
thereof) to Japan's Defense Agency and the Defense Facilities Administration
Agency, and the devaluation loss for foreign currency-denominated accounts
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receivables due to appreciation of the yen were also posted. On the other hand,
gain on the sales of marketable securities and a gain on the securitization of
NEC's head office building were posted. As a result, income before income taxes
was JPY 30,183 million ($293 million), an increase of JPY 254,909 million
($2,475 million) over the previous fiscal year. Net income for the year came to
JPY 10,416 million ($101 million), an increase of JPY 161,677 million ($1,570
million) over the previous year.
The promotion of financial restructuring measures produced cash flows from
operating and investing activities of JPY 548,933 million ($5,329 million).
Interest-bearing debt fell by JPY 418,358 million ($4,062 million) to JPY
1,957,190 million ($19,002 million), and a debt to equity ratio of 2.00 times
was achieved, a reduction of 0.56 points from the previous year.
In April 2000, in order to provide high customer-value solutions responding
to the respective market's characteristics in the face of increasingly severe
competition on a global basis, the Company reorganized its business operations
into three in-house companies: NEC Solutions, NEC Networks and NEC Electron
Devices. In relation with such changes, the Company has revised its business
segments used for reporting operating results to show results by each in-house
company and subsidiaries which it is associated with. At the same time, with
such objectives as clearer lines of responsibility, increased management
transparency, and faster decision-making, NEC reduced the number of Directors
and introduced a corporate officer system.
FISCAL 2000 COMPARED TO FISCAL 1999
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Sales
Consolidated net sales increased by 5 percent to JPY 4,991,447 million
($48,461 million). Looking at sales by operating segment, which include
intersegment transactions, NEC Solutions rose by 11 percent to JPY 2,270,625
million ($22,045 million). This was mainly attributable to the fact that while
sales of mainframe computers were sluggish, open-system servers and workstations
turned in a solid performance, and to the steady growth of the domestic sales of
PCs which was supported by the Internet boom. As for software and services, the
delay in a domestic economic recovery and the Y2K problem postponed corporate
investments in IT and related fields, which resulted in software and services
achieving only a slight rise in sales. Furthermore, the sales increase was also
due to the first full-year contributions of PBN, which was consolidated in the
second half of fiscal 1999, and NEC Computer Storage Philippines, Inc., which
was consolidated in the first half of fiscal 2000.
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Sales at NEC Networks decreased by 3 percent to JPY 1,527,758 million
($14,833 million). As for domestic sales, although Japan's capital investments
in mobile communications infrastructure remained healthy, investments in
conventional wireline network equipment declined and investments in
next-generation network equipment for the large part did not solidify, resulting
in the decline of domestic sale. As for overseas sales, sales of fiber-optic
network equipment played a central role in delivering sound results in the
United States. However, lower capital investments in the communications industry
in Asia and Brazil reduced total overseas sales. Sales of cellular phones were
exceptionally strong, as handsets compatible with NTT DoCoMo's "i-MODE" system
in Japan and GSM handsets in Europe sold well.
Sales of NEC Electron Devices rose by 7 percent to JPY 1,122,790 million
($10,901 million). This was attributable to the steady sales growth of
semiconductors and electronic components which was supported by the demand for
PCs, cellular phones and digital home appliances. Memory sales increased
slightly due to the rebound in prices in the second half of the year. Other
sales resulted in JPY 723,911 million ($7,028 million), which is
approximately the same as last year.
Sales denominated in foreign currencies, mainly U.S. dollars, accounted for
28 percent of net sales in fiscal 2000, which is the same level as the previous
year. The effect of fluctuations of foreign currency exchange rate on the net
sales has been insignificant, because the Company has implemented various
measures to reduce risks from such fluctuations, such as using forward exchange
contracts as well as shifting its domestic production to foreign countries.
Cost of Sales
Cost of sales increased by JPY 143,676 million ($1,395 million) to JPY
3,664,513 million ($35,578 million). As a proportion of net sales, cost of sales
decreased from 74.0 percent to 73.4 percent. A variety of factors were
responsible for this improvement, including reductions in fixed costs, the
benefits of more efficient supply chain management and higher sales prices for
memories.
Selling, General and Administrative Expenses
Selling, general and administrative expenses fell by JPY 18,916 million
($184 million) to JPY 1,216,520 million ($11,811 million) and decreased from
26.0 percent to 24.4 percent of net sales. This improvement was chiefly
attributable to greater selectivity in R&D investments and reductions in sales
expenses, both part of actions to improve the Company's cost structure.
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R&D expenses were down 9 percent to JPY 315,163 million ($3,060 million),
representing 6.3 percent of net sales. Greater selectivity in R&D programs and
the resultant gains in efficiency were a major factor. Particular emphasis was
placed on developing innovative technology that will be basis of businesses in
Internet-related fields, a market where significant growth is foreseen.
Operating Income
Operating income rose by JPY 107,275 million ($1,042 million) from JPY
3,139 million to JPY 110,414 million ($1,072 million). As a percentage of net
sales, operating income increased from 0.1 percent to 2.2 percent.
Interest, Gain on Securities Sold, Dividends, and Other (Other Income)
Other income increased by JPY 162,065 million ($1,573 million) over the
JPY 56,379 million of the previous year to JPY 218,444 million ($2,121
million). This improvement was mainly attributable to gains on the sale of
securities and a gain on the securitization of NEC's head office building.
Other Expenses
Other expenses rose by JPY 11,359 million ($110 million) to JPY 237,028
million ($2,301 million). This primarily reflects restructuring expenses,
including actions taken at NECHE and PBN, refunds to the Defense Agency and the
Defense Facilities Administration Agency of Japan, and valuation losses on
foreign currency denominated receivables due to the yen's appreciation.
Income Before Income Taxes
Fiscal 2000 saw a reversal of fiscal 1999's loss before income taxes of JPY
224,726 million. The Company posted income before income taxes of JPY 30,183
million ($293 million), an improvement of JPY 254,909 million ($2,475 million).
As outlined above, restructuring expenses were recorded, but there were also
significant improvements in operating income and the Company recorded gains on
the sales of securities and the securitization of NEC's head office building.
Equity in Earnings (Losses) of Affiliated Companies
Equity in earnings of affiliated companies increased by JPY 16,366
million ($159 million) over the previous year to JPY 11,298 million ($110
million). This was mainly due to improvements in the
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performance of equity-method affiliates. Another key factor was the inclusion in
fiscal 1999 of a revaluation loss at an equity-method affiliate in Brazil
resulting from that country's currency devaluation.
Provision for Income Tax
At March 31, 2000, the Company had deferred income tax assets of JPY
201,827 million ($1,959 million), after valuation allowance of JPY 38,198
million ($371 million) and deferred income tax liabilities of JPY 164,390
million ($1,596 million). Major differences between pretax earnings for
financial reporting purposes and taxable income for income tax purposes were
various tax credits, utilization of tax loss carryforwards and the
non-deductibility of certain expenses. The total valuation allowance decreased
by JPY 36,979 million ($359 million) in 2000. See Note 9 of the Notes to
Financial Statements.
In Japan, a consolidated income tax return is not accepted under Japanese
tax rules and, accordingly, a subsidiary's losses cannot be offset against the
income of NEC or of other subsidiaries. Japanese income tax regulations permit
the carryforward of tax losses in a Japanese entity as an offset against its
taxable income during the five years subsequent to the year of such losses and,
accordingly, tax loss carryforwards will expire at the end of such five-year
period. The valuation allowance of JPY 38,198 million ($371 million) at March
31, 2000 was comprised of (1) JPY 31,661 million ($307 million) for deferred tax
assets recognized for loss carryforwards of certain consolidated subsidiaries
and (2) JPY 6,537 million ($63 million) mainly for deferred tax assets related
to the tax-deductible temporary differences for the current tax deductible
temporary differences recorded by subsidiaries in a loss position. At March 31,
2000, tax loss carryforwards of the Company amounting to JPY 382,602 million
($3,715 million) consisted of (1) JPY 93,489 million ($908 million) related to
foreign consolidated subsidiaries for which deferred tax assets and valuation
allowance were recorded, amounting to JPY 33,174 million ($322 million) and JPY
8,022 million ($78 million), respectively and (2) JPY 289,113 million ($2,807
million) related to domestic companies for which deferred tax assets and
valuation allowance were recorded, amounting to JPY 121,160 million ($1,176
million) and JPY 23,639 million ($229 million), respectively. In determining the
amount of valuation allowance, NEC's management considers all available
evidence, including such subsidiaries' respective financial condition and
results of operations, future losses or income (to the extent that they can be
reasonably projected), and projected future reversals of taxable temporary
differences. In particular, NEC's management believes that those subsidiaries
that have incurred losses and accumulated tax loss carryforwards will, in
general, gradually
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improve their financial results in 2000 and subsequent fiscal years, although
such improvement will occur at a different pace at each subsidiary and in
general is not expected to occur quickly enough to allow such subsidiaries to
utilize the tax loss carryforwards against which the valuation allowance has
been provided.
Net Income (Loss)
Net income for the year came to JPY 10,416 million ($101 million)
compared with the net loss of JPY 151,261 million in fiscal 1999. The net
income to net sales ratio was 0.2 percent, and the ROE was 1.1 percent. Basic
net income per share was JPY 6.4 ($0.062), and diluted net income per share
was JPY 6.4 ($0.062).
FISCAL 1999 COMPARED TO FISCAL 1998
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Sales
Net sales for fiscal 1999 decreased by 3 percent to JPY 4,759,412
million. By operating segment, which include intersegment transactions, NEC
Solutions rose by 9 percent to JPY 2,036,653 million. The increase in sales,
despite the lower demand due to Japan's poor economic conditions, was largely
attributable to the consolidation of the results of PBN in the second half of
the fiscal year. The systems integration business slightly increased despite the
soft demand for information systems caused by poor economic conditions in Japan.
Sales at NEC Networks decreased by 13 percent to JPY 1,582,169 million. The
decline in sales was mainly attributable to the lower investments by Japanese
communications carriers and weak demand for network equipment from corporate
customers reflecting Japan's prolonged economic slump. Sales of NEC Electron
Devices were down by 9 percent to JPY 1,044,884 million. This was the result
of a drop in memory prices and lower demand for microcomputers and ASICs for
consumer electronics products in Japan and Asia. Sales of others decreased by 8
percent to JPY 721,543 million.
Sales denominated in foreign currencies, mainly U.S. dollars, accounted for
28 percent of net sales in 1999, up from 22 percent in 1998, due largely to the
decline in domestic sales mentioned above, while overseas sales mentioned above
increased, under the severe market condition. The effect of fluctuations of
foreign currency exchange rate on the net sales has been insignificant, because
the
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Company has implemented various measures to reduce risks from such fluctuations,
such as using forward exchange contracts as well as shifting its domestic
production to foreign countries.
Cost of Sales
Cost of sales increased from 69.6 percent to 74.0 percent of net sales
because of a sales decline in memories caused by a price drop. The increase in
the ratio of fixed costs to net sales mainly caused by the sales decline in
communications systems and equipment in the domestic market also contributed to
the increase in ratio of cost of sales to net sales.
Selling, General and Administrative Expenses
These expenses decreased by 5 percent despite the consolidation of PBN in
the second half of the fiscal year. The ratio of expenses to net sales declined
from 26.5 percent to 26.0 percent. This was accomplished because of the benefits
of ongoing efforts to control overhead expenses.
Operating Income
Operating income fell from JPY 190,404 million to JPY 3,139 million,
primarily a reflection of the decline in sales. By operating segment, operating
income of NEC Solutions decreased 13 percent to JPY 47,325 million, mainly
because of the consolidation of PBN. Operating income of NEC Networks dropped by
50 percent to JPY 81,023 million, due to the deceased sales of communications
systems and equipment. NEC Electron Devices had an operating loss of JPY 54,450
million compared with operating income of JPY 54,118 million in the previous
fiscal year caused mainly by a rapid fall in memory prices and a decrease in
orders for microcomputers and ASICs. Earnings in this segment were further
negatively impacted by a decline in sales prices of color display tubes and
start-up expenses in the PDP business. The operating loss from others increased
JPY 6,556 million, to JPY 9,444 million.
Other Expenses
The "Other" component of costs and expenses increased from JPY 107,718
million to JPY 225,669 million. This was mostly the result of restructuring
charges involving PBN and NECHE and of losses on the revaluation of foreign
currency-denominated receivables due to the yen's appreciation.
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Minority Interest in Consolidated Subsidiary Companies
As a result of losses due to difficult operating conditions at consolidated
subsidiaries with less than 100 percent ownership, mainly in Japan minority
interest resulted in reduction of the minority interest in consolidated
subsidiaries of JPY 5,545 million, an addition of JPY 8,384 million compared
to the minority interest increase in the minority interest in consolidated
subsidiaries of JPY 2,839 million in the previous fiscal year.
Equity in Earnings (Losses) of Affiliated Companies
Equity in losses of affiliated companies was JPY 5,068 million, as
compared to equity in earnings of JPY 777 million in the previous fiscal year.
This was primarily attributable to a revaluation loss at an equity-method
affiliate in Brazil resulting from that country's currency devaluation and
switch to a floating exchange rate.
Provision for Income Taxes
At March 31, 1999, the Company had deferred income tax assets of JPY
230,357 million after valuation allowance of JPY 75,177 million and deferred
income tax liabilities of JPY 132,056 million. Major differences between pre-tax
earnings for financial reporting purposes and taxable income for income tax
purposes were various tax credits, utilization of tax loss carryforwards and the
non-deductibility of certain expenses. The total valuation allowance increased
by JPY 10,019 million in 1999. See Note 9 of the Notes to Financial Statements.
In Japan, a consolidated income tax return is not accepted under Japanese
tax rules and, accordingly, a subsidiary's losses cannot be offset against the
income of NEC or of other subsidiaries. Japanese income tax regulations permit
the carryforward of tax losses in a Japanese entity as an offset against its
taxable income during the five years subsequent to the year of such losses and,
accordingly, tax loss carryforwards will expire at the end of such five-year
period. The valuation allowance of JPY 75,177 million at March 31, 1999 was
comprised of (1) JPY 71,248 million for deferred tax assets recognized for
loss carryforwards of certain consolidated subsidiaries and (2) JPY 3,929
million mainly for deferred tax assets related to the tax-deductible temporary
differences for the current tax deductible
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temporary differences recorded by subsidiaries in a loss position. At March 31,
1999, tax loss carryforwards of the Company amounting to JPY 565,772 million
consisted of (1) JPY 118,272 million related to foreign consolidated
subsidiaries for which deferred tax assets and valuation allowance were
recorded, amounting to JPY 42,096 million and JPY 38,421 million,
respectively, and (2) JPY 447,500 million related to domestic companies for
which deferred tax assets and valuation allowance were recorded, amounting to
JPY 187,954 million and JPY 32,827 million, respectively. In determining the
amount of valuation allowance, NEC's management considers all available
evidence, including such subsidiaries' respective financial condition and
results of operations, future losses or income (to the extent that they can be
reasonably projected), and projected future reversals of taxable temporary
differences. In particular, NEC's management believes that those subsidiaries
that have incurred losses and accumulated tax loss carryforwards will, in
general, gradually improve their financial results in 1999 and subsequent fiscal
years, although such improvement will occur at a different pace at each
subsidiary and in general is not expected to occur quickly enough to allow such
subsidiaries to utilize the tax loss carryforwards against which the valuation
allowance has been provided.
Net Income (loss)
Net loss for the year was JPY 151,261 million compared with net income of
JPY 47,417 million in the previous fiscal year. As a result, the diluted net
loss per share of common stock was JPY 94.49 and the diluted net loss per
American Depositary Share was JPY 472.
Leasing Arrangements
As discussed in Note 17 of the Notes to Financial Statements, beginning
December 1, 1995, NEC began to account for certain equipment transfers to an
affiliated financing company as transfers of assets owned and leased to others
under operating leases, as required by U.S. generally accepted accounting
principles. NEC had previously accounted for such equipment transfers as sales.
NEC has not restated prior periods because the effect on earnings of applying
the new accounting practice has not been material. Income before income taxes
was reduced by JPY 23,800 million in 1997 and JPY 17,309 million in 1998,
and loss before taxes was increased by JPY 9,027 million in 1999, compared to
income or loss, respectively, before income taxes that would have been reported
if NEC had previously followed the new accounting practice.
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LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
-------------------------------
During fiscal 2000, the Company made considerable progress in its financial
restructuring program aimed at reducing interest-bearing debt by JPY 600,000
million over the three-year period ending in March 2002 by increasing
profitability, further enforcing supply chain management techniques to
streamline inventories, securitizing receivables and head office building,
selling securities and using operating leases for some semiconductor
manufacturing equipment.
Net cash provided by operating activities increased by JPY 343,692
million ($3,337 million) to JPY 458,537 million ($4,452 million) due in large
part to the return to profitability. In addition, operating cash flows benefited
from measures to use assets more efficiently and the securitization of
receivables.
Net cash provided by investing activities was JPY 90,396 million ($878
million) compared with net cash used of JPY 328,587 million in fiscal 1999.
This was mainly attributable to becoming more selective in approving capital
expenditures, securitizing NEC's head office building, selling securities and
using operating leases for some equipment
Net cash used in financing activities was JPY 487,471 million ($4,733
million) compared with net cash provided of JPY 220,866 million in fiscal 1999.
This was the result of repayments of short-term borrowings and long-term debt as
part of the Company's financial restructuring program aimed at reducing
interest-bearing debt by JPY 600,000 million over the three-year period during
ending March 2002. As a result, cash and cash equivalents amounted to JPY
373,967 million ($3,631 million), an increase of JPY 54,298 million ($527
million).
As for working capital, the ratio of total current assets to total current
liabilities was 110 percent at March 31, 2000, compared to 116 percent at March
31, 1999, and 105 percent at March 31, 1998. This was primarily due to decreases
in notes and accounts receivable, trade and inventories, while notes and
accounts payable, trade increased.
Receivable turnover was 5.0 at March 31, 2000, compared at 4.1 at March 31,
1999, and 4.2 at March 31, 1998. Inventory turnover improved to 6.4 at March 31,
2000, compared at 5.7 at March 31, 1999, and 5.4 at March 31, 1998.
NEC's capital commitments at March 31, 2000 principally consisted of rental
obligations and
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commitments to purchase property, plant and equipment. See Note 18 of Notes to
Financial Statements. NEC expects to make capital expenditures in addition to
those for which it has outstanding commitments. NEC expects to finance these
commitments from net cash provided by operating activities, other internal
sources of liquidity, or external sources of capital.
Annual maturities and sinking fund requirements on long-term debt during
the five years ending March 31, 2005 are as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Year ending March 31, (In millions of yen) (In millions of US dollars)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S> <C> <C>
2001 280,565 2,724
2002 289,079 2,807
2003 221,637 2,152
2004 239,147 2,322
2005 141,958 1,378
</TABLE>
NEC's management believes that the Company has substantial external sources
of liquidity available, primarily from Japanese and foreign commercial banks and
Japanese insurance companies. Other external sources of liquidity currently
available to the Company include the public and private capital markets for
long- or short-term debt, commercial paper, as well as bonds and debentures. The
balance of short-term debt at March 31, 2000 was JPY 375,571 million ($3,646
million), and the balance of long-term debt at March 31, 2000 was JPY 508,919
million ($4,941 million). The outstanding balance of bonds, debentures and notes
at March 31, 2000 was JPY 1,071,784 million ($10,406 million).
CONVERTIBLE BONDS
-----------------
On August 11, 2000, NEC issued zero coupon unsecured convertible bonds with
a call option of JPY 100,000 million due 2007 by a public offering in Japan and
other countries (except for the United States of America). The issue price was
100 percent of the face value of the bonds and the conversion price is JPY 3,207
per share (subject to adjustments in certain events).
ITEM 9A. MARKET RISK
--------
In the normal course of business, the Company is exposed to cash flow risks
and risks of fair value of assets, resulting from fluctuations in foreign
currency exchange rates and interest rates. In order to avoid such risks, the
Company enters into various kinds of financial instruments. The Company does
not, however, own any such financial instruments for trading purposes. The
counterparties to the Company's derivative transactions are major financial
institutions. The
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Company has set up credit lines for each of such financial institutions,
considering, inter alia, their credits, and manages the monthly balance for each
such institution. Therefore, no material losses incurred by the counterparties'
defaults are expected.
The Company uses sensitivity analysis for the valuation of its risks
resulting from fluctuations of foreign currency exchange rates and interest
rates. In such sensitivity analysis, the Company assumes certain movements of
exchange rates or interest rates, and values its risks on the basis that such
movements may affect the fair value of its financial instruments, such as cash,
deposits, securities and investment securities loans, short-term borrowings,
long-term debt and derivative financial instruments. The market value of risks
resulting from currency exchange rate movements and interest rate movements is
the present value of future cash flows affected by those rate movements in
accordance with the valued market risk. The discount rate used in the assessment
of the present value is determined based on the exchange and interest rates as
of March 31, 2000. The difference between the fair value so calculated based on
such movements of interest and/or exchange rates, and the actual fair value
(market value) as of March 31, 2000, is the profit or loss assumed by such
risks.
Risks from Foreign Exchange Rate Fluctuations
The Company enters into certain derivative contracts in order to hedge the
adverse impact of fluctuations in foreign exchange rates on its monetary assets
and liabilities arising from its anticipated business transactions denominated
in foreign currencies. The primary classes of derivatives used for this purpose
are forward exchange contracts, currency swap agreements and foreign currency
purchased and written options. These derivative instruments are used to hedge
the effects from currency exchange rate fluctuations of, among others, U.S.
dollars, German Marks and EUR against Japanese yen. If exchange rates of such
currencies against the yen decrease 10 percent while conditions other than such
exchange rates remain the same, then the fair value of financial instruments of
the Company would increase by JPY 14,296 million. On the other hand, if such
exchange rates rise 10 percent, the fair value of such financial instruments
would decrease by JPY 14,301 million.
Risks from Interest Rate Fluctuations
The Company is exposed to risks of interest rate fluctuations that may
affect the fair value of financial assets and liabilities (mainly long-term
debt), and enters into certain derivative contracts in order to hedge losses
resulting from fluctuations in interest rates. The primary classes of
derivatives used for this purpose are interest rate swap agreements and
purchased interest rate option agreements.
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If interest rates rise 10 percent from that of March 31, 2000 while conditions
other than such interest rates remain the same, then the fair value of those
derivative financial instruments of the Company would increase by JPY 1,666
million. On the other hand, if such interest rates decrease 10 percent, the fair
value of such financial instruments would decrease by JPY 1,680 million.
Risk from Price Movements of Marketable Securities
All of the Company's marketable securities are classified into available
for sale securities stipulated in SFAS No. 115. The Company invests in
marketable securities with high liquidity and low market risks. The Company does
not own any marketable securities for trading purposes. The following table sets
forth the maturity dates and book and fair values of public and corporate bonds
in the Company's investment portfolio, and the book and fair values of stocks
and other marketable securities therein, as of March 31, 2000.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
(In millions of yen)
As of March 31, 2000
--------------------------
Cost Fair value
---- ----------
Public and corporate bonds (by maturity dates):
<S> <C> <C>
Less than 1 year - -
1 to 2 years 12,219 13,021
2 to 3 years 5,191 5,451
3 to 4 years 92 107
4 to 5 years 2,530 2,364
over 5 years 3,991 3,793
Stocks and other marketable securities: 296,616 462,223
------- -------
Total 320,639 486,959
======= =======
</TABLE>
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ITEM 10. DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS OF REGISTRANT
--------
(a) Set forth below are the names of NEC's Directors and Corporate Auditors as
of August 31, 2000, their positions held in NEC and the period from which
they have served as Director or Corporate Auditor.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Name Position Director since
---- -------- --------------
<S> <C> <C>
Hajime Sasaki Director June 1988
Koji Nishigaki Director June 1990
Masato Chiba Director June 1995
Mineo Sugiyama Director June 1991
Eiichi Yoshikawa Director June 1991
Shigeo Matsumoto Director June 1991
Kanji Sugihara Director June 1993
Akinobu Kanasugi Director June 1995
Yoshio Omori Director June 1997
Kazuhiko Kanou Director June 1992
Yukihiko Baba Director June 1993
Iwao Shinohara Director June 1994
Kaoru Tosaka Director June 1994
Tatsuo Ishiguro Director June 1994
</TABLE>
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Name Position Director since
---- -------- --------------
<S> <C> <C>
Norio Saito Director June 1994
Kaoru Yano Director June 1995
Toshio Morikawa Director June 2000
Corporate Auditor since
-----------------------
Tatsuo Sakairi Corporate Auditor June 2000
Toshio Ono Corporate Auditor June 1998
Satoshi Tamaki Corporate Auditor June 1991
Koichi Yoshida Corporate Auditor June 2000
</TABLE>
All Directors mentioned above, with the exception of Mr. Toshio Morikawa,
Chairman of the Board of The Sumitomo Bank, Limited, are also Corporate Officers
of NEC as described in (b) below.
(b) Set forth below are the names of NEC's Corporate Officers as of August 31,
2000, their positions held in NEC under the corporate officer system
introduced by NEC in April 2000, and the period from which they have served
as Corporate Officers:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Name Position Corporate Officer since
---- -------- -----------------------
<S> <C> <C>
CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS
----------------------
Hajime Sasaki* Chairman of the Board April 2000
Koji Nishigaki* President April 2000
Masato Chiba* Senior Executive Vice President April 2000
Eiichi Yoshikawa* Executive Vice President April 2000
Shigeo Matsumoto* Executive Vice President April 2000
</TABLE>
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Name Position Corporate Officer since
---- -------- -----------------------
<S> <C> <C>
Yoshio Omori* Senior Vice President April 2000
Kazuhiko Kanou* Senior Vice President April 2000
Tatsuo Ishiguro* Senior Vice President April 2000
Kaoru Yano* Senior Vice President April 2000
Masakatsu Miwa Senior Vice President April 2000
Makoto Maruyama Associate Senior Vice President April 2000
Satoshi Nakaichi Associate Senior Vice President April 2000
Shunichi Suzuki Associate Senior Vice President April 2000
Hideki Teranishi Associate Senior Vice President June 2000
NEC SOLUTIONS
-------------
Akinobu Kanasugi* Executive Vice President and April 2000
Company President
Kaoru Tosaka* Senior Vice President and April 2000
Company Deputy President
Norio Saito* Senior Vice President and April 2000
Company Deputy President
Tatsuya Mizuguchi Senior Vice President April 2000
Kouichi Ohtsuka Senior Vice President and April 2000
Executive General Manager,
West Japan Solutions
Sales Operations Unit
Toshiro Kawamura Senior Vice President April 2000
Kazuhiko Kobayashi Senior Vice President April 2000
</TABLE>
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Name Position Corporate Officer since
---- -------- -----------------------
<S> <C> <C>
Yukio Doi Senior Vice President April 2000
Yasushi Kaito Senior Vice President April 2000
Taiji Suzuki Senior Vice President and April 2000
Executive General Manager, E-Business
Services Operations Unit
Toshihiko Takahashi Senior Vice President April 2000
Katsuichi Tomita Senior Vice President April 2000
Kotaro Kato Associate Senior Vice President and April 2000
Executive General Manager, Chubu Solutions
Sales Operations Unit
Teruyuki Kaimoto Associate Senior Vice President and April 2000
Executive General Manager, Tokyo Area
Solutions Sales Operations Unit
Hiroshi Takakuta Associate Senior Vice President and April 2000
Executive General Manager, 1st Solutions Sales
Operations Unit
Rokuro Yoshimoto Associate Senior Vice President and April 2000
Executive General Manager, 2nd Personal
Operations Unit
Kenji Ikehara Associate Senior Vice President and April 2000
Executive General Manager, 1st System
Operations Unit
Yoshiaki Tsuda Associate Senior Vice President and April 2000
Executive General Manager, 2nd Computers
Operations Unit
Konosuke Kashima Associate Senior Vice President April 2000
NEC NETWORKS
------------
Mineo Sugiyama* Senior Executive Vice President and April 2000
Company President
</TABLE>
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Name Position Corporate Officer since
---- -------- -----------------------
<S> <C> <C>
Yukihiko Baba* Senior Vice President and April 2000
Company Deputy President
Iwao Shinohara* Senior Vice President and April 2000
Company Deputy President
Hiromi Hayashi Senior Vice President and April 2000
Executive General Manager, Aerospace and
Defense Operations Unit
Kazumasa Fujie Senior Vice President and April 2000
Executive General Manager, Government and
Public Sector Sales Unit
Atsushi Minato Associate Senior Vice President and April 2000
Executive General Manager, NTT Sales Unit
Hideaki Kihara Associate Senior Vice President April 2000
Hirofumi Okuyama Associate Senior Vice President and April 2000
Executive General Manager, International Sales
Unit
Masao Hibino Associate Senior Vice President and April 2000
Executive General Manager, Photonic Network
Operations Unit
Kazunori Kiuchi Associate Senior Vice President and April 2000
Executive General Manager, Network Systems
Operations Unit
Toshiyuki Takenaka Associate Senior Vice President and April 2000
Executive General Manager, Mobile and Wireless
Operations Unit
Kanehiro Kubota Associate Senior Vice President and April 2000
Executive General Manager, Control Systems
Operations Unit
Tsutomu Nakamura Associate Senior Vice President and June 2000
Executive General Manager, Mobile Terminals
Operations Unit
</TABLE>
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Name Position Corporate Officer since
---- -------- -----------------------
<S> <C> <C>
NEC ELECTRON DEVICES
--------------------
Kanji Sugihara* Executive Vice President and April 2000
Company President
Shigeki Matsue Senior Vice President and April 2000
Company Deputy President
Keiichi Shimakura Senior Vice President, April 2000
Company Deputy President and
Executive General Manager, LSI Memory
Operations Unit
Toshiki Inazumi Senior Vice President April 2000
Kyoji Yamamoto Senior Vice President and April 2000
Executive General Manager, System LSI
Operations Unit
Tsuneo Kawaguchi Associate Senior Vice President April 2000
Haruo Akiyama Associate Senior Vice President April 2000
Koichiro Inoue Associate Senior Vice President April 2000
Masato Sakata Associate Senior Vice President April 2000
Toshio Nakamura Associate Senior Vice President June 2000
Sadayuki Kishi Associate Senior Vice President and June 2000
Executive General Manager, IC & Discrete
Operations Unit
</TABLE>
* All Corporate Officers marked with an asterisk are also Directors of NEC
as described in (a) above.
All Directors and Corporate Auditors are elected by the general meeting of
shareholders. The regular term of office of each Director and Corporate Auditor
is two years and three years,
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respectively, from the date of his election to the office. However, Directors
and Corporate Auditors may serve any number of consecutive terms. There is no
regular term of office for Corporate Officers.
There are no arrangements or understandings between any of the above listed
persons and any other person pursuant to which he was selected as a Director, a
Corporate Auditor or a Corporate Officer.
(c) There are no family relationships between any Director, Corporate Auditor
or a Corporate Officer and any other Director, Corporate Auditor or
Corporate Officer.
ITEM 11. COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
--------
(a) The aggregate amount of direct compensation, including bonuses and
retirement allowances, paid by the Company during 2000 to all Directors and
Corporate Auditors of NEC as a group (46 in number) was JPY1,223,684,468
($11,880,432).
(b) The aggregate amount set aside or accrued by NEC during 2000 to provide
pension, retirement or similar benefits for Directors and Corporate
Auditors of NEC (42 in number) was JPY710,988,000 ($6,902,796).
(c) No information specified in (a) and (b) for individually named Directors
and Corporate Auditors is required to be disclosed to shareholders or be
otherwise made public under Japanese laws or regulations or stock exchange
requirements or otherwise.
(d) As discussed in Item 1, in relation with the Company's reorganization of
its business operations into three in-house companies, as of April 3, 2000,
NEC introduced a corporate officer system and reduced the number of its
Directors to approximately half.
ITEM 12. OPTIONS TO PURCHASE SECURITIES FROM REGISTRANT OR SUBSIDIARIES
--------
On May 12, 2000, the Board of Directors of NEC decided to adopt a stock
option plan (the "Plan") for Directors, Corporate Officers, and certain
upper-level employees pursuant to Article 210-2 of the Japanese Commercial Code.
At the ordinary general meeting of shareholders of NEC held on June 29, 2000,
NEC's shareholders approved the Plan, under which no more than 320,000 Shares
will be purchased with an aggregate price not exceeding JPY1,200 million and
will be held by NEC and reserved for the transfer to Directors, Corporate
Officers and certain upper-level employees of NEC upon the exercise of their
options. Pursuant to the Plan, upon the exercise of the option, the following
number of Shares will be transferred to such persons in accordance with their
position at NEC:
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
<S> <C>
Directors
Chairman of the Board 10,000 Shares
President 10,000 Shares
Each Senior Executive Vice President and Director 8,000 Shares
Each Executive Vice President and Director 6,000 Shares
Each Senior Vice President and Director 4,000 Shares
Corporate Officers
Each Senior Vice President 3,000 Shares
Each Associate Senior Vice President 2,000 Shares
Others
Each of certain upper-level employees 1,000 Shares
</TABLE>
The aggregate number of Shares to be issued upon the exercise of all the
outstanding options under the Plan is 301,000 Shares, of which 190,000 Shares
are to be issued upon the exercise by Directors and Corporate Officers of their
options.
The exercise price of the options is currently JPY3,400 per Share,
subject to adjustment if there is a Share split or consolidation of Shares, or
new Shares are issued at a price less than then current market price. The
options can be exercised from July 1, 2002 to June 30, 2006. The options lapse
automatically upon the option holder's death and generally expire one year after
the termination of the option holder's service with NEC.
ITEM 13. INTEREST OF MANAGEMENT IN CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS
--------
None
ITEM 14. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED
--------
Not Applicable
ITEM 15. DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES
--------
None
ITEM 16. CHANGES IN SECURITIES AND CHANGES IN SECURITY FOR REGISTERED SECURITIES
--------
None
ITEM 17. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
--------
Not applicable
ITEM 18. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
--------
See Financial Statements
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ITEM 19. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS
--------
(a) Financial Statements
See accompanying index.
(b) Exhibits
99 -- Share Handling Regulations (Translation)
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, the registrant certifies that it meets all of the requirements for
filing on Form 20-F and has duly caused this annual report to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
NIPPON DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
--------------------------------
(NEC Corporation)
(Registrant)
/s/ Koji Nishigaki
By -----------------------------
Koji Nishigaki
President
Date: September 25, 2000
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NEC CORPORATION
(Nippon Denki Kabushiki Kaisha)
AND CONSOLIDATED SUBSIDIARIES
INDEX TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Page
----
<S> <C>
Report of independent accountants F-2
Consolidated balance sheets at March 31, 1999 and 2000 F-3, F-4
Consolidated statements of income, comprehensive income and retained earnings
for the years ended March 31, 1998, 1999 and 2000 F-5
Consolidated statements of cash flows for the years ended
March 31, 1998, 1999 and 2000 F-6
Notes to consolidated financial statements F-7-F-45
Financial statement schedules for the years ended March 31, 1998, 1999 and 2000:
II- Valuation and qualifying accounts F-46
All other schedules are omitted because they are not applicable or the
required information is shown in the financial statements or the notes thereto.
Financial statements of majority-owned subsidiaries not consolidated and of
50 percent or less owned persons accounted for by the equity method have been
omitted because the registrant's and its other subsidiaries' proportionate share
of the income from continuing operations before income taxes, and total assets
of each such company is less than 20 percent of the respective consolidated
amounts, and the investment in and advances to each company is less than 20
percent of consolidated total assets, except for the followings:
Consolidated financial statements of Packard Bell NEC, Inc.
Years ended December 31, 1997 with Report of Ernst & Young LLP. Independent
Auditors F-47
</TABLE>
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Report of Independent Accountants
To the Board of Directors and
Shareholders of NEC Corporation
(Nippon Denki Kabushiki Kaisha)
We have audited the consolidated financial statements of NEC Corporation and its
consolidated subsidiaries, stated in yen, listed in the accompanying index.
These financial statements are the responsibility of the company's management.
Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based
on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted
in the United States of America. Those standards require that we plan and
perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial
statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a
test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial
statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and
significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall
financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a
reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our report dated June 18, 1999, we expressed an opinion that the consolidated
financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial
position of NEC Corporation and its consolidated subsidiaries at March 31, 1998
and 1999, and the results of operation and their cash flows for each of the
three years in the period ended March 31, 1999, in conformity with accounting
principles generally accepted in the United States of America, except for the
effects of the departure from SFAS No. 115 in accounting for certain investments
in debt and equity securities, and the omission of segment information. As
described in Notes 2 and 19, the company has applied SFAS No. 115 and has
presented segment information and restated its prior years' consolidated
financial statements. Accordingly, our present opinion on the prior years'
consolidated financial statements, as presented herein, is different from that
expressed in our previous report.
In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present
fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of NEC Corporation and
its consolidated subsidiaries at March 31, 1999 and 2000, and the results of
their operations and their cash flows for each of the three years in the period
ended March 31, 2000, in conformity with accounting principles generally
accepted in the United States of America.
/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers
--------------------------
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Tokyo, Japan
May 11, 2000, except for Note 21, as to which date is August 11, 2000
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NEC CORPORATION AND CONSOLIDATED SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
ASSETS
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
In millions of yen
-----------------------------------
March 31
-----------------------------------
1999 2000
---- ----
<S> <C> <C>
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents JPY 319,669 JPY 373,967
Notes receivable, trade (Note 7) 54,698 49,319
Accounts receivable, trade (Note 7) 1,088,622 854,257
Allowance for doubtful notes and accounts (17,273) (26,415)
Inventories (Note 5) 811,317 747,609
Deferred tax assets (Note 9) 101,907 73,802
Prepaid expenses and other current assets 61,791 80,992
------------- -------------
Total current assets 2,420,731 2,153,531
------------- -------------
Long-term receivables and investments:
Marketable securities (Notes 4 and 9) 405,585 486,959
Investments and advances (Notes 3 and 4) -
Affiliated companies 168,812 160,288
Other 186,983 184,563
Long-term receivables, trade (Note 7) 41,952 53,018
------------- -------------
803,332 884,828
------------- -------------
Property, plant and equipment (Notes 7 and 17):
Land 113,265 112,731
Buildings 952,907 885,842
Machinery and equipment 2,497,035 2,277,678
Construction in progress 62,904 71,075
------------- -------------
3,626,111 3,347,326
Accumulated depreciation (2,324,781) (2,232,075)
------------- -------------
1,301,330 1,115,251
------------- -------------
Other assets:
Deferred tax assets (Note 9) 128,450 128,025
Intangible assets (Note 6) 306,457 233,056
Other 85,634 94,273
------------- -------------
520,541 455,354
------------- -------------
JPY 5,045,934 JPY 4,608,964
============= =============
</TABLE>
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements.
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NEC CORPORATION AND CONSOLIDATED SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
In millions of yen
-----------------------------------
March 31
-----------------------------------
1999 2000
---- ----
<S> <C> <C>
Current liabilities:
Short-term borrowings (Note 7) JPY 548,135 JPY 376,487
Current portion of long-term debt (Note 7) 240,356 254,565
Notes payable, trade 83,465 68,997
Accounts payable, trade 753,884 837,682
Accrued taxes on income 22,129 17,438
Other current liabilities 437,453 400,988
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Total current liabilities 2,085,422 1,956,157
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Long-term liabilities:
Long-term debt (Note 7) 1,587,057 1,326,138
Accrued pension and severance costs (Note 8) 341,045 261,301
Other 3,184 24,065
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1,931,286 1,611,504
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Minority shareholders' equity in consolidated subsidiaries 64,658 64,450
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Non-voting redeemable convertible preferred stock (Note 10):
$0.001 par value -
Authorized - 20,756,570 shares
Issued and outstanding
1999 - 6,725,285 shares 37,223 --
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Shareholders' equity (Note 11):
Common stock, JPY 50 par value -
Authorized - 3,200,000,000 shares
Issued
1999 - 1,627,021,410 shares 230,212 --
2000 - 1,628,819,840 shares -- 231,137
Additional paid-in capital 345,642 348,234
Legal reserve 35,652 36,922
Retained earnings 313,262 312,638
Accumulated other comprehensive income 2,595 48,005
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927,363 976,936
Treasury stock, at cost -
1999 - 12,891 shares (18) --
2000 - 30,559 shares -- (83)
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927,345 976,853
Commitments and continent liabilities (Note 18)
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JPY 5,045,934 JPY 4,608,964
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</TABLE>
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements.
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NEC CORPORATION AND CONSOLIDATED SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME, COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
AND RETAINED EARNINGS
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
In millions of yen
---------------------------------------------------
Year ended March 31
---------------------------------------------------
1998 1999 2000
---- ---- ----
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Sales and other income:
Net sales JPY 4,901,122 JPY 4,759,412 JPY 4,991,447
Interest, gain on securities sold, dividends and other
(Notes 4, 16 and 17) 69,564 56,379 218,444
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4,970,686 4,815,791 5,209,891
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Costs and expenses:
Cost of sales 3,409,607 3,520,837 3,664,513
Selling, general and administrative (Notes 14 and 15) 1,301,111 1,235,436 1,216,520
Interest 61,257 58,575 61,647
Other (Note 16) 107,718 225,669 237,028
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4,879,693 5,040,517 5,179,708
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Income (loss) before income taxes 90,993 (224,726) 30,183
Provision (benefit) for income taxes (Note 9) 41,514 (72,988) 32,484
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Income (loss) before minority interest and equity in earnings of
affiliated companies 49,479 (151,738) (2,301)
Minority interest in income (loss) of consolidated subsidiary
companies 2,839 (5,545) (1,419)
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Income (loss) before equity in earnings of affiliated companies 46,640 (146,193) (882)
Equity in earnings (losses) of affiliated companies (Note 3) 777 (5,068) 11,298
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Net income (loss) 47,417 (151,261) 10,416
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Comprehensive income:
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax (Note 11):
Foreign currency translation adjustments for the year 9,261 (14,510) (24,333)
Minimum pension liability adjustment -- (55,794) 28,243
Unrealized gains on marketable securities (Note 4) (16,930) (24,065) 41,500
------------- ------------- -------------
Other comprehensive income (loss) (7,669) (94,369) 45,410
------------- ------------- -------------
Comprehensive income (loss) JPY 39,748 JPY (245,630) JPY 55,826
============= ============= =============
Retained earnings:
Balance at beginning of year JPY 456,518 JPY 484,266 JPY 313,262
Net income (loss) 47,417 (151,261) 10,416
Dividends (17,573) (18,172) (9,770)
Transfer to legal reserve (2,096) (1,571) (1,270)
------------- ------------- -------------
Balance at end of year JPY 484,266 JPY 313,262 JPY 312,638
============= ============= =============
</TABLE>
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Yen
---------------------------------------------
1998 1999 2000
---- ---- ----
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Net income (loss) per share of common stock (Note 12):
- Basic JPY 29.78 JPY (94.49) JPY 6.40
========= ========== ========
- Diluted JPY 27.36 JPY (94.49) JPY 6.40
========= ========== ========
Cash dividends per share JPY 11.00 JPY 8.50 JPY 6.00
========= ========== ========
</TABLE>
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements.
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NEC CORPORATION AND CONSOLIDATED SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
In millions of yen
---------------------------------------------------
Year ended March 31
---------------------------------------------------
1998 1999 2000
----------- ------------ -----------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income (loss) JPY 47,417 (JPY 151,261) JPY 10,416
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided
by operating activities -
Depreciation 285,862 306,442 260,942
Deferred tax benefit (17,188) (121,309) (2,102)
Loss (gain) on sales of property, plant and equipment (365) 1,368 (45,329)
Gain on sales of marketable securities (16,842) (12,659) (98,194)
Accrual for pension and severance costs, less payments (5,197) 3,709 10,310
Equity in earnings of affiliated companies, net of dividends 8,596 18,179 (7,552)
Minority interest in consolidated subsidiary companies 2,839 (5,545) (1,419)
(Increase) decrease in notes and accounts receivable (30,913) 44,928 201,934
Decrease in inventories 77,655 55,867 85,104
Increase (decrease) in notes and accounts payable (54,706) (68,972) 80,817
Increase (decrease) in accrued taxes on income (3,885) 15,644 (4,395)
Other, net 2,862 28,454 (31,995)
----------- ----------- -----------
Net cash provided by operating activities 296,135 114,845 458,537
----------- ----------- -----------
Cash flows from investing activities:
Proceeds from sales of property, plant and equipment 5,794 39,438 246,386
Additions to property, plant and equipment (393,776) (279,849) (263,767)
Proceeds from sales of marketable securities 22,419 18,087 180,576
Payments for purchase of marketable securities (46,606) (26,286) (97,606)
Investments in affiliated companies (71,803) (32,183) --
Cash acquired relating to a newly consolidated subsidiary -- 37,388 2,022
Disbursements for long-term loans (2,703) (11,164) (646)
Decrease in long-term loans 11,642 6,501 1,599
(Increase) decrease in other investment securities (13,468) (47,123) 21,280
Other, net (25,079) (33,396) 552
----------- ----------- -----------
Net cash used in (provided by) investing activities (513,580) (328,587) 90,396
----------- ----------- -----------
Cash flows from financing activities:
Proceeds from long-term debt 360,892 1,078,359 24,916
Repayments of long-term debt (167,762) (194,026) (282,917)
Increase (decrease) in short-term borrowings 10,032 (646,178) (222,434)
Dividends paid (17,407) (17,583) (9,801)
Other, net 749 294 2,765
----------- ----------- -----------
Net cash provided by (used for) financing activities 186,504 220,866 (487,471)
----------- ----------- -----------
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents (577) (6,431) (7,164)
----------- ----------- -----------
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents (31,518) 693 54,298
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year 350,494 318,976 319,669
----------- ----------- -----------
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year JPY 318,976 JPY 319,669 JPY 373,967
=========== =========== ===========
Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information:
Cash paid during the year for -
Interest JPY 61,412 JPY 56,287 JPY 61,556
=========== =========== ===========
Income taxes JPY 88,844 JPY 30,713 JPY 39,277
=========== =========== ===========
Supplemental information of noncash financing activities:
Conversion of convertible debt into common stock and additional
paid-in capital JPY 33,957 JPY 28,870 JPY 1,292
=========== =========== ===========
</TABLE>
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements.
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NEC CORPORATION AND CONSOLIDATED SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
1. Nature of operations:
NEC Corporation and its consolidated subsidiaries (the "company") is a
provider of products, services, and support solutions for industrial and
consumerable Internet environment. Organizationally, the company's major
operating segments are as follows; NEC Solutions, NEC Networks and NEC Electron
Devices segments.
NEC Solutions designs, develops, manufactures and markets computer systems
which include Internet services, supercomputers, mainframe computers, PCs, PC
servers, UNIX servers, workstations, software products, system integration
services, VAN information services, printers, hard disk drives and related
maintenance services.
NEC Networks designs, develops, manufactures and markets networking
systems and communication equipment which include switching systems, mobile
communication systems, fiber-optic transmission systems, CATV systems, routers,
microwave communication systems, television and radio broadcast equipment,
satellites, and cellular phones.
NEC Electron Devices designs, develops, manufactures and markets devices
which include dynamic random access memories (DRAMs) and other memories,
application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs), microcomputers, color liquid
crystal displays (LCDs), color display tubes (CDTs), color plasma display panels
(PDPs), transistors, diodes, relays, and car electronic products.
The company's principal manufacturing facilities are located in Japan, the
United States of America, Europe, and Asia, and these products are marketed by
NEC Corporation and sales subsidiaries through out the world.
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2. Significant accounting policies:
NEC Corporation and its Japanese subsidiaries maintain their records and
prepare their financial statements in accordance with accounting principles
generally accepted in Japan, and its foreign subsidiaries in conformity with
those of the countries of their domicile. Certain adjustments and
reclassifications, including those relating to valuation of debt and equity
securities, the accrual of certain expenses, and the accounting for foreign
currency translation, lease transactions and common stock warrants have been
incorporated in the accompanying consolidated financial statements to conform
with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
These adjustments were not recorded in the statutory books of account.
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting
principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires
management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of
assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at
the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and
expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those
estimates.
Significant accounting policies, after reflecting adjustments for the
above, are as follows:
Basis of consolidation and investments
in affiliated companies -
The consolidated financial statements include those of NEC Corporation and
those of its majority-owned subsidiaries. All significant intercompany
transactions and accounts are eliminated. The fiscal years of certain foreign
subsidiaries are December 31 and there have been no significant transactions for
the period from January 1, 2000 to March 31, 2000.
Investments in 50 percent or less owned companies over which the company
does not have control, but has the ability to exercise significant influence,
are accounted for by the equity method.
Cash equivalents -
All highly liquid investments, including time deposits, with original
maturities of three months or less are considered to be cash equivalents.
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Foreign currency translation -
Asset and liability accounts of foreign consolidated subsidiaries and
equity investments are translated into yen at appropriate year-end rates of
exchange and all revenue and expense accounts are translated at average rates of
exchange prevailing during the year. The resulting translation adjustments are
accumulated and included in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) of
shareholders' equity.
Marketable securities and other investments -
In the fiscal year ended March 31, 2000, the company adopted Statement of
Financial Accounting Standards ("SFAS") No. 115, "Accounting for Certain
investments in Debt and Equity Securities", retroactively to April 1, 1994. In
the prior years, the marketable equity securities were carried at the lower of
aggregate cost or market, other marketable securities were carried at the lower
of cost or market. SFAS No. 115 addresses the accounting and reporting for
investments in equity securities that have readily determinable fair values and
for all investments in debt securities. Under SFAS No. 115, certain investments
in debt and equity securities are classified in the following three categories:
held-to-maturity, trading or available-for-sale securities. Debt and equity
securities classified as available-for-sale securities are reported at fair
value, with unrealized gains and losses included in accumulated other
comprehensive income (loss) of shareholders' equity, net of taxes. In accordance
with Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 20 - Accounting Change, the company
restated its consolidated financial statements for the years ended March 31,
1998 and 1999. A summary of the effects of the restatement is presented in Note
19. Realized gains or losses on the sale of marketable securities are based on
the average cost of all of the shares of a particular security held at the time
of sale.
Other investment securities are stated at cost or less.
Inventories -
Inventories are stated at the lower of cost or market.
Finished products made to customer specifications are costed on the basis
of accumulated production costs. Mass-produced standard products are principally
costed on a first-in, first-out basis.
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Work in process made to customer specifications represents accumulated
production costs of job orders. Work in process of mass-produced standard
products is stated on an average cost basis. The cost of semifinished components
is principally determined on a first-in, first-out basis.
Raw materials and purchased components are principally stated on a
first-in, first-out basis and, for certain subsidiaries, on an average cost
method.
Effective April 1, 1997, the company changed its inventory costing method
for other finished products, semifinished components, and raw materials and
purchased components, principally from last-in, first-out basis to first-in,
first-out basis. The company has recently been experiencing reductions in
manufacturing cost through lower cost of purchased components and increased
labor efficiency. The company believes that the first-in, first-out methodology
is more representative of fair value of inventory. The effect of the change in
accounting principle was not material to the financial position or results of
operations.
Property, plant and equipment and depreciation -
Property, plant and equipment are stated at cost. Depreciation is computed
primarily on the declining-balance method and, for certain subsidiaries, on the
straight-line method, at rates based on the following estimated useful lives of
the assets: buildings, 7 to 65 years, machinery and equipment, two to 22 years.
Maintenance and repairs, including minor renewals and betterments, are charged
to income as incurred.
Intangible assets -
Intangible assets consist primarily of the costs of purchased patents and
trade names and goodwill. Goodwill represents the excess of cost over the fair
value of net tangible assets acquired in business combinations and investments
accounted for under the equity method. Costs allocated to patents and trade
names are amortized mainly on a straight-line basis over their estimated useful
lives. Goodwill is amortized on a straight-line basis over the period of
expected benefit which does not exceed 10 years. The company evaluates goodwill
and other intangible assets for impairment using undiscounted future cash flows
at the aggregate business unit level, whenever events or changes in
circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of goodwill may not be
recoverable.
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Income taxes -
The company provides for income taxes under the provisions of SFAS No.
109, "Accounting for Income Taxes". Under SFAS No. 109, deferred tax assets and
liabilities are determined based on the financial statement and tax bases of
assets and liabilities, using the enacted tax rates in effect for the year in
which the temporary differences are expected to reverse. Deferred tax assets are
also recognized for the estimated future tax effects attributable to
carryforwards. Valuation allowances are established to reduce deferred tax
assets if it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred
tax assets will not be realized.
Additional paid-in capital and
free distributions of common stock -
Under the Japanese Commercial Code, the entire amount of the issue price
of shares is required to be accounted for in the common stock account although a
company in Japan may, by a resolution of its board of directors, account for an
amount not exceeding one-half of the issue price of the shares as additional
paid-in capital.
The company in Japan has made, based on the resolution of the board of
directors, a free distribution of shares to shareholders, which is clearly
distinguished from a "stock dividend" paid out of profits that, under the
Commercial Code, must be approved by the shareholders. In accounting for the
free distribution of shares, the Commercial Code permitted the board of
directors to authorize either (1) a transfer from additional paid-in capital to
the common stock account or (2) no entry if free shares were distributed from
the portion of previously issued shares accounted for as excess of par value in
the common stock account. Companies in the United States of America issuing
shares in amounts comparable to those of the free share distributions of NEC
Corporation would be required to account for them as stock dividends and the
fair value of the shares would be transferred from retained earnings to
appropriate capital accounts. Such transfer, however, has no effect on total
shareholders' equity.
Comprehensive income -
In the fiscal year ended March 31, 1999, the company adopted SFAS No. 130
"Reporting Comprehensive Income", which requires that all items that are
required to be recognized under accounting standards as components of
comprehensive income be reported in a financial statement that is displayed with
the same prominence as other financial statements. Comprehensive income (loss)
consists of net income (loss), change in foreign currency translation
adjustments, change in minimum pension liability adjustment and unrealized gains
and losses on securities and is displayed in the consolidated statements of
income, comprehensive income and retained earnings.
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SFAS No. 130 is primarily disclosure oriented and does not affect the
consolidated financial position and operating results of the company. All
prior-period consolidated financial statements have been reclassified to conform
with SFAS No. 130.
Net income per share -
Basic net income per share ("EPS") is computed by dividing income
available to common stockholders by the weighted-average number of shares of
common stock outstanding for the period. Diluted EPS assumes the dilution that
could occur if securities or other contracts to issue common stock were
exercised or converted into common stock, or resulted in the issuance of common
stock.
Sales -
Sales of computers and certain types of major equipment are recorded when
the units are installed and accepted by the customers, while sales of other
equipment, components and appliances are recorded when completed units are
shipped.
Financial instruments -
The company has entered into forward exchange contracts as hedges against
the adverse impact of foreign currency fluctuations on monetary assets and
liabilities arising from the company's operations. Gains and losses on these
contract hedges are deferred and recognized in income when the hedged
transaction occurs. Agreements that are, in substance, essentially the same as
forward exchange contracts, such as currency swaps, are accounted for in a
manner similar to the accounting for forward exchange contracts. The interest
rate swap agreements are basically integrated with underlying debt obligations
and designed to convert fixed rate debt into floating rate debt, or vice versa,
and interest rate option agreements are also arranged so that exposures to
losses resulting from fluctuations in interest rates are managed. The
differentials to be paid or received related to interest rate swap agreements
are recognized in interest expense over the lives of the agreements. (See Note
13 to the consolidated financial statements for detailed descriptions of these
financial instruments.)
Segment information -
In the fiscal year ended March 31, 2000, the company adopted SFAS No. 131,
"Disclosures about Segments of an Enterprise and Related Information", which
requires a "management" approach in reporting segment information. The
management approach designates the internal organization that is used by
management for making operating decisions and assessing performance as the
source of the company's reportable segments. SFAS No. 131 also requires
disclosures about products and services, geographic areas, and major customers.
The adoption of
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SFAS No. 131 did not affect results of operations or financial position, but did
affect the disclosure of segment information. Previously reported segment
information has been restated to conform with the requirements of SFAS No. 131.
Recent pronouncement -
In June 1998, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued
SFAS No. 133, "Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities",
which requires that an entity recognize all derivatives as either assets or
liabilities in the statements of financial position. In June 1999, the FASB
issued SFAS No. 137, "Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging
Activities--Deferral of the Effective Date of FASB Statement No. 133." This
statement defers the effective date of SFAS No. 133 to fiscal years beginning
after June 15, 2000, although early adoption is still encouraged, so that the
company is planning to adopt SFAS No. 133 for the fiscal year beginning April 1,
2000. At this stage, the company is in the process of estimating the effect of
adoption on the consolidated financial position or operating results of the
company.
In December 1999, the Securities and Exchange Commission issued Staff
Accounting Bulletin ("SAB") No. 101, "Revenue Recognition in Financial
Statements." SAB No. 101 provides guidance on applying generally accepted
accounting principles to revenue recognition in financial statements. The
company will adopt SAB No. 101 as required for the fiscal year ending March 31,
2001. The company has not yet determined the impact that the adoption of SAB
No.101 will have on the consolidated financial position or operating results of
the company.
Reclassifications -
Certain accounts in the consolidated financial statements for the years
ended March 31, 1998 and 1999 have been reclassified to conform to the 2000
presentation.
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3. Investments in affiliated companies:
The investees accounted for by the equity method together with a
percentage of the company's ownership of voting share are Nippon Electric Glass
Co., Ltd. (35.0%), ANRITSU CORPORATION (26.9%), Toyo Communication Equipment
Co., Ltd. (20.0%), NITSUKO CORPORATION (34.3%), Tokin Corporation (41.1%), NEC
Leasing, Ltd. (50.0%), Sumitomo 3M Limited (25.0%) and 4 other companies at
March 31, 2000.
Summarized financial information relating to 50 percent or less owned
companies accounted for under the equity method is as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
In millions of yen
--------------------------------
March 31
--------------------------------
1999 2000
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<S> <C> <C>
Current assets JPY 1,053,152 JPY 937,351
Other assets, including property, plant 1,054,138 968,509
and equipment
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Total assets JPY 2,107,290 JPY 1,905,860
============= =============
Current liabilities JPY 820,076 JPY 614,305
Long-term liabilities 832,978 800,913
Shareholders' equity 454,236 490,642
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Total liabilities and shareholders' equity JPY 2,107,290 JPY 1,905,860
============= =============
</TABLE>
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
In millions of yen
---------------------------------------------------------
Year ended March 31
---------------------------------------------------------
1998 1999 2000
---------------- ---------------- -------------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Sales and operating revenue JPY 1,755,668 *1 JPY 1,444,449 *2 JPY 1,104,816
Gross profit 215,792 *1 221,536 *2 212,714
Net income (loss) (33,698)*1 (68,985)*2 30,204
</TABLE>
*1 Including the amounts related to Packard Bell NEC, Inc. ("PBN") for
1998, a sales of JPY 461,551 million, a gross profit of JPY 17,857
million and a loss of JPY 76,798 million, respectively. The company
recognized JPY 15,320 million as equity loss.
*2 Including the amounts related to PBN up to the time when the company
consolidated PBN, a sales of JPY 170,293 million, a gross loss of
JPY 1,934 million and a loss of JPY 43,413 million,
respectively. Please refer to the separate caption, "Investment to
Packard Bell NEC, Inc. (PBN)", which is indicated below.
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Of the 11 companies at March 31, 2000 (13 companies at March 31, 1999)
accounted for under the equity basis, the stocks of 5 companies (6 companies at
March 31, 1999) carried at equity of JPY 123,932 million and JPY 114,262
million at March 31, 1999 and 2000, respectively, were quoted on the market at
an aggregate value of JPY 194,624 million and JPY 180,408 million,
respectively, at those dates.
The balances and transactions with companies accounted for under the
equity method are shown below:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
In millions of yen
-----------------------------------
March 31
-----------------------------------
1999 2000
----------------- ----------------
<S> <C> <C>
Receivables, trade JPY 57,615 JPY 14,010
Payables, trade 52,596 60,506
</TABLE>
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
In millions of yen
-----------------------------------------------------
Year ended March 31
-----------------------------------------------------
1998 1999 2000
---------------- ----------------- ----------------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Sales JPY 257,170 JPY 254,738 JPY 211,388
Purchases 117,016 114,273 111,119
</TABLE>
Dividends received from 20 percent to 50 percent owned companies accounted
for on an equity basis for the years ended March 31, 1998, 1999 and 2000
aggregated JPY 9,975 million, JPY 4,331 million and JPY 3,746 million,
respectively.
Investment to Packard Bell NEC, Inc. (PBN) -
On August 31, 1995, for consideration of JPY 17,026 million the company
acquired 4,040,149 shares of voting convertible preferred stock of Packard Bell
Electronics, Inc. ("PB") representing 19.97% of the then combined outstanding
common and preferred stock of PB.
On April 1, 1996, the company purchased 6,725,285 shares of non-voting
redeemable convertible preferred stock from PB for JPY 30,706 million. On June
30, 1996, NEC Corporation, NEC Technologies, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary,
and PB effected an agreement to transfer certain assets and liabilities of the
company's personal computer business to PB in order to integrate their worldwide
personal computer businesses, except in Japan and China. The company received
7,306,000 shares of non-voting redeemable convertible preferred stock of PB for
JPY 35,270 million consideration for the assets transferred. On July 11, 1996,
PB changed its name
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to Packard Bell NEC, Inc. On June 30, 1997, the company purchased 6,772,814
shares of non-voting redeemable convertible preferred stock from PBN for
JPY 32,875 million. On December 26, 1997 and February 6, 1998, the company
purchased senior subordinated convertible notes for JPY 19,725 million and
JPY 18,780 million, respectively.
In February 1998, in connection with the note purchase, 11,445,000 shares
of non-voting redeemable convertible preferred stock of PBN held by the company
have been exchanged on a one-for-one basis for 11,445,000 shares of voting
convertible preferred stock of PBN. The preferred stock exchanged has been
devalued to fair value and a loss of JPY 10,663 million has been recognized on
this exchange. The company also recognized a loss of JPY 19,706 million,
relating to the devaluation of the remaining investment. After the exchange, the
company's share of the outstanding voting shares of PBN has increased to 49% of
the combined outstanding common and voting shares of PBN.
On July 31 and August 31, 1998, NEC Corporation purchased subordinated
convertible unsecured notes for JPY 21,578 million and JPY 10,605 million,
respectively, from PBN.
On September 4, 1998, NEC Corporation converted 11,445,000 shares of
voting convertible preferred stock of PBN and 2,586,285 shares of non-voting
preferred stock of PBN into common stock. The preferred stock converted has been
devalued to fair value and a loss of JPY 17,792 million has been recognized on
this conversion. The company also recognized a loss of JPY 5,950 million,
relating to the devaluation of the remaining investment in the preferred stock.
After the conversion, since the company's share of the outstanding voting shares
of PBN has increased to 52.81% of the combined outstanding common and voting
shares of PBN, the company consolidated PBN effective October 1, 1998.
On January 6, 1999, NEC Corporation acquired 12,288,311 shares of common
stock of PBN. After the acquisition, the company's share of the outstanding
voting shares of PBN has increased to 88.32% of the combined outstanding common
and voting shares of PBN.
On February 26, 1999, NEC Corporation acquired all of outstanding shares
of Packard Bell NEC Europe B.V. ("PBNE", presently NEC Computers International
B.V.), which was a wholly owned subsidiary of PBN, for JPY 53,797 million. On
February 26, 1999, NEC Corporation purchased 475,285 shares of non-voting
redeemable convertible preferred stock of PBN and sold 8,698,429 shares of
common stock of PBNE representing 4.44% of the voting securities of PBNE.
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The acquisitions were recorded under the purchase method accounting and
the purchase prices have been allocated to assets acquired based on their
estimated fair value at the dates of acquisition. In the fiscal year ended March
31, 1999, considering the disappointing financial performance of PBN, the
company prepared a revised business plan and operating forecast. Based on such
revised business plan and operating forecast, the company determined that
goodwill, which had been recognized relating to the acquisitions of PBN, had
been impaired and recorded a loss of JPY 37,795 million including the
amortization.
The following unaudited pro forma financial information for the company
gives effect to the PBN acquisitions as if they had occurred on April 1, 1997.
These pro forma results have been prepared for comparative purposes only and do
not purport to be indicative of the results of operations which actually would
have resulted had the acquisitions occurred on the date indicated, or which may
result in the future.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
In millions of yen
-----------------------------------
Year ended March 31
-----------------------------------
1998 1999
---------------- ----------------
<S> <C> <C>
Net sales JPY 5,352,256 JPY 4,920,776
Net income (loss) 47,417 (151,261)
</TABLE>
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Yen
-----------------------------------
Year ended March 31
-----------------------------------
1998 1999
---------------- ----------------
<S> <C> <C>
Net income (loss) per share of common stock:
- Basic JPY 29.78 (JPY 94.49)
- Diluted JPY 27.36 (JPY 94.49)
</TABLE>
The non-voting redeemable convertible preferred stock is classified as
debt securities based on the provisions of SFAS No. 115.
During the year ended March 31, 2000, PBN decided to close its operation.
Based on the decision, the company treated PBN as a liquidated company and
recorded a loss of JPY 15,011 million, net of the effect of the exemption of
non-voting redeemable convertible preferred stock (See Note 10 to the
consolidated financial statements).
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4. Marketable securities:
The following is a summary of marketable securities by major security
type:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
In millions of yen
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
March 31, 1999
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Gross unrealized Gross unrealized
Cost holding gains holding losses Fair value
--------------- ------------------ ------------------- ---------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Available-for-sale:
Equity securities JPY 255,879 JPY 147,945 JPY 39,745 JPY 364,079
Debt securities 40,001 1,505 -- 41,506
----------- ----------- ---------- -----------
JPY 295,880 JPY 149,450 JPY 39,745 JPY 405,585
=========== =========== ========== ===========
</TABLE>
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
In millions of yen
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
March 31, 2000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Gross unrealized Gross unrealized
Cost holding gains holding losses Fair value
--------------- ------------------ ------------------- ---------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Available-for-sale:
Equity securities JPY 294,652 JPY 186,533 JPY 21,003 JPY 460,182
Debt securities 25,987 1,987 1,197 26,777
----------- ----------- ---------- -----------
JPY 320,639 JPY 188,520 JPY 22,200 JPY 486,959
=========== =========== ========== ===========
</TABLE>
Contractual maturities of available-for-sale debt securities at March 31,
2000 are in the period from April 3, 2000 to June 15, 2015.
Proceeds from sales of available-for-sale securities were JPY 22,419
million, JPY 18,087 million and JPY 180,576 million for the years ended
March 31, 1998, 1999 and 2000, respectively. Gross realized gains on those sales
were JPY 16,885 million, JPY 12,887 million and JPY 98,200 million for the
years ended March 31, 1998, 1999 and 2000, respectively, and gross realized
losses were JPY 30,412 million and JPY 23,970 million, including devaluation
losses relating to the investments described in Note 3, for the years ended
March 31, 1998 and 1999, respectively, and JPY 6 million for the year ended
March 31, 2000.
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5. Inventories:
Inventories at March 31, 1999 and 2000 comprise the following:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
In millions of yen
-----------------------------------
March 31
-----------------------------------
1999 2000
---------------- ----------------
<S> <C> <C>
Finished products JPY 248,539 JPY 224,228
Work in process and semifinished components 432,358 384,544
Less - Advance payments received (32,957) (40,691)
Raw materials and purchased components 163,377 179,528
----------- -----------
JPY 811,317 JPY 747,609
=========== ===========
</TABLE>
6. Intangible assets:
Accumulated amortization of intangible assets was JPY 152,536 million
and JPY 144,970 million at March 31, 1999 and 2000, respectively.
7. Short-term borrowings and long-term debt:
Short-term borrowings at March 31, 1999 and 2000 comprise the following:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
In millions of yen
-----------------------------------
March 31
-----------------------------------
1999 2000
---------------- ----------------
<S> <C> <C>
Loans, principally from banks, including bank overdrafts (average
interest rate of 2.11% at March 31, 1999
and 2.24% at March 31, 2000):
Secured JPY 27,231 JPY 3,460
Unsecured 389,504 372,111
Commercial paper
(interest rates of 0.31% to 5.94% at March 31, 1999 and 19.00% to
21.50% at March 31, 2000) 131,400 916
----------- -----------
JPY 548,135 JPY 376,487
=========== ===========
</TABLE>
As to March 31, 2000, the company has unused lines of credit for
short-term financing aggregating JPY 227,950 million with no commitment fees
and credit facility agreements aggregating JPY 200,000 million with certain
facility fees.
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Long-term debt at March 31, 1999 and 2000 comprise the following:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
In millions of yen
-----------------------------------
March 31
-----------------------------------
1999 2000
---------------- ----------------
<S> <C> <C>
Loans, principally from banks and insurance companies, due 1999 to
2010 with interest rates of 0.573% to 9.72% at March 31, 1999 and
due 2000 to 2010 with interest rates of 0.459% to 11.00% at March
31, 2000:
Secured JPY 53,449 JPY 45,288
Unsecured 533,237 415,075
5.6% to 6.05% at March 31, 1999 and 2000 unsecured yen bonds due 1999 to
2007 at March 31, 1999 and due 2000 to 2007 at March 31, 2000 issued in
the Euromarket 100,000 50,000
1.1% to 3.3% at March 31, 1999 and 2000 unsecured yen debentures due
1999 to 2010 at March 31, 1999 and
due 2000 to 2010 at March 31, 2000 670,000 640,000
1.9% unsecured yen convertible debentures due 2004, convertible
currently at JPY 1,962.90 for one common share, redeemable before
due date 118,522 118,521
1.0% unsecured yen convertible debentures due 2011, convertible
currently at JPY 1,375.00 for one common share, redeemable before
due date 99,389 99,158
1.8% unsecured yen convertible debentures due 2002, convertible
currently at JPY 2,066.80 for one common share, redeemable before
due date 95,041 95,028
1.9% unsecured yen convertible debentures due 2001, convertible
currently at JPY 976.00 for one common
share, redeemable before due date 27,410 25,890
0.375% unsecured yen convertible notes issued by
a consolidated subsidiary due 2002 6,000 5,980
0.2% to 1.6% at March 31, 1999 and 0.2% to 1.3% at March 31, 2000
yen medium-term notes issued by
a consolidated subsidiary due 1999 to 2003 at March 31, 1999 and due
2000 to 2003 at March 31, 2000 issued in the Euromarket (swapped for
LIBOR related Sterling Pound obligation) 52,491 30,285
Long-term capital lease obligation, due 1999 to 2008 with interest rates
of 2.1% to 8.4% at March 31, 1999 and due 2000 to 2011 with interest
rates of 1.9%
to 7.9 % at March 31, 2000 64,061 48,556
Other 7,564 6,797
------------- -------------
1,827,164 1,580,578
Unamortized premium 249 125
------------- -------------
1,827,413 1,580,703
Less - Portion due within one year 240,356 254,565
------------- -------------
JPY 1,587,057 JPY 1,326,138
============= =============
</TABLE>
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The following are pledged as security for short-term borrowings and
long-term debt at March 31, 2000:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Description In millions of yen
---------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------
<S> <C>
Current notes and accounts receivable JPY 1,967
Marketable securities - Noncurrent 49
Long-term receivables, trade 1,045
Property, plant and equipment (net book value) 112,576
</TABLE>
The 1.8 percent unsecured yen convertible debenture agreements stipulate,
among other things, that (1) NEC Corporation is required to deposit with a
designated bank, as a sinking fund payment, amounts adjusted for redemptions and
conversions made to the dates specified in the agreements and (2) certain
restrictions are placed on the payment of dividends. Under the agreements NEC
Corporation deposited, instead of the cash, marketable securities amounting to
JPY 10,110 million and JPY 51,184 million at March 31, 1999 and 2000,
respectively.
The agreement of the 1.9 percent unsecured yen convertible debentures due
2004 stipulates, among other things, that NEC Corporation is required to deposit
with a designated bank, as a sinking fund payment, amounts adjusted for
redemptions and conversions made to the dates specified in the agreement.
The sinking fund payments, adjusted for the conversions made to March 31,
2000, are as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Sinking fund payments
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Convertible Amount of each payment
debentures Date In millions of yen
------------------- ------------------------------------------- ------------------------
<S> <C> <C>
1.8% March 31, 2001 JPY 12,000
1.9% March 31, 2001, 2002 and 2003 14,000
</TABLE>
At March 31, 2000, an aggregate of 205,000 thousand shares of common stock
would have been issuable upon conversion of all convertible debt of NEC
Corporation.
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The company has basic agreements with lending banks to the effect that,
with respect to all present or future loans with such banks, the company shall
provide collateral (including sums on deposit with such banks) or guarantors
therefore immediately upon the bank's request and that any collateral furnished,
pursuant to such agreements or otherwise, will be applicable to all indebtedness
to such banks.
Certain of the loan agreements provide, among other things, that the
company submits to the lenders (upon their request) for approval its proposed
appropriation of income (including dividends) before such appropriation can be
submitted to the shareholders for approval.
Annual maturities and sinking fund requirements on long-term debt during
the five years ending March 31, 2005 are as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Year ending March 31 In millions of yen
----------------------------- -----------------------
<S> <C>
2001 JPY 280,565
2002 289,079
2003 221,637
2004 239,147
2005 141,958
</TABLE>
8. Pension and severance plans:
NEC Corporation and the subsidiaries in Japan have severance indemnity
plans and non-contributory defined benefit funded pension plans, or only
severance indemnity plans, covering substantially all of their employees who
meet eligibility requirements of the retirement regulations. Under the plans,
employees whose service with the company is terminated are, under most
circumstances, entitled to lump-sum severance indemnities and/or pension
payments, determined by reference to current basic rate of pay, length of
service and conditions under which the termination occurs. The funding policy is
to make contributions that can be deducted for Japanese income tax purposes.
NEC Corporation and certain subsidiaries in Japan also have contributory
defined benefit pension plans, covering substantially all of their employees,
including the governmental welfare pension benefit plan which would otherwise be
provided by the Japanese government. The pension benefits are determined based
on years of service and the compensation amount as stipulated in the
regulations. The governmental welfare pension contributions are funded in
conformity with the requirements regulated by the Japanese Welfare Pension
Insurance Law.
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<PAGE> 83
The contributions to the contributory and the non-contributory pension
plans are placed into trusteed pension funds.
In 2000, NEC Corporation and certain subsidiaries in Japan have revised a
part of their pension and severance indemnity plans, which have reduced the
projected benefit obligation. In addition, in March 2000, there were revisions
of the Japanese Welfare Pension Insurance Law, which have reduced the project
benefit obligation of the governmental welfare pension benefit plan for NEC
Corporation and certain subsidiaries in Japan. The effect of such reductions has
been reflected as an offset of unrecognized prior service cost.
Most subsidiaries outside Japan have various retirement plans covering
substantially all of their employees, which are primarily defined contribution
plans. The funding policy for the defined contribution plans is to annually
contribute an amount equal to a certain percentage of the participants' annual
salaries.
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<PAGE> 84
Reconciliations of beginning and ending balances of the benefit
obligations and the fair value of the plan assets are as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
In millions of yen
-----------------------------------
March 31
-----------------------------------
1999 2000
---------------- ----------------
<S> <C> <C>
Change in benefit obligations:
Benefit obligations at beginning of year JPY 951,749 JPY 1,107,788
Service cost 49,624 51,940
Interest cost 39,958 44,312
Actuarial loss 106,594 57,502
Benefits paid (40,137) (52,097)
Plan amendment -- (53,338)
----------- -------------
Benefit obligations at end of year 1,107,788 1,156,107
----------- -------------
Change in plan assets: (*1)
Fair value of plan assets at beginning of year 616,682 665,152
Actual return on plan assets 16,480 96,592
Employer contributions 50,147 51,202
Benefits paid (18,157) (25,031)
----------- -------------
Fair value of plan assets at end of year 665,152 787,915
----------- -------------
Funded status 442,636 368,192
Unrecognized prior service cost and actuarial loss (*2) (79,898) (88,245)
Unrecognized net obligation at April 1, 1989 being recognized over
17 years (21,693) (18,646)
----------- -------------
Net amounts recognized JPY 341,045 JPY 261,301
=========== =============
Amounts recognized in the consolidated balance sheets consist of:
Accrued pension and severance costs JPY 203,768 JPY 213,799
Intangible assets 41,080 --
Accumulated other comprehensive income, gross of tax 96,197 47,502
----------- -------------
Net amounts recognized JPY 341,045 JPY 261,301
=========== =============
</TABLE>
*1 The plan assets consist principally of corporate equity securities,
government securities and corporate debt securities.
*2 Unrecognized prior service cost has been amortized on the
straight-line method over the average remaining service period of
employees expected to receive benefits under the plan.
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<PAGE> 85
The weighted-average assumptions used in the accounting for the plans as
at March 31 are as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
March 31
---------------------------------------
1999 2000
------------------ ------------------
<S> <C> <C>
Discount rate 4.0% 4.0%
Rate of increase in future compensation level 1.7% - 3.8% 1.7% - 3.8%
Expected long-term rate of return on plan assets 4.0% 4.0%
</TABLE>
Components of net pension and severance cost for all defined benefit plans
including both the company's and employees' contributory portion of such plans
for the years ended March 31, 1998, 1999 and 2000 were as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
In millions of yen
------------------------------------------------
Year ended March 31
------------------------------------------------
1998 1999 2000
---------- ----------- ----------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Service cost JPY 44,851 JPY 49,624 JPY 51,940
Interest cost 38,894 39,958 44,312
Expected return on plan assets (28,956) (25,960) (26,783)
Amortization of unrecognized prior service cost and
actuarial loss 1,168 9,001 15,867
Amortization of unrecognized net obligation at April 1,
1989 being recognized over 17 years 3,047 3,047 3,047
---------- ---------- ----------
Net pension and severance cost for all defined benefit
plans JPY 59,004 JPY 75,670 JPY 88,383
========== ========== ==========
</TABLE>
The total cost for all defined benefit and defined contribution plans was
as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
In millions of yen
------------------------------------------------
Year ended March 31
------------------------------------------------
1998 1999 2000
---------- ---------- ----------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Net pension and severance cost for all defined benefit
plans JPY 59,004 JPY 75,670 JPY 88,383
Net pension cost for employees' portion of the
contributory defined benefit pension plans (13,688) (16,516) (19,053)
Pension and severance cost for defined contribution plans
and severance indemnity plans
1,952 2,198 2,307
---------- ---------- ----------
Total cost for all defined benefit and defined
contribution plans JPY 47,268 JPY 61,352 JPY 71,637
========== ========== ==========
</TABLE>
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<PAGE> 86
9. Income taxes:
Income (loss) before income taxes and provision (benefit) for income taxes
comprise the following components:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
In millions of yen
---------------------------------------------------
Year ended March 31
---------------------------------------------------
1998 1999 2000
----------- ------------ -----------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Income (loss) before income taxes:
NEC Corporation and domestic subsidiaries JPY 117,935 (JPY 104,695) JPY 120,198
Foreign subsidiaries (26,942) (120,031) (90,015)
----------- ------------ -----------
JPY 90,993 (JPY 224,726) JPY 30,183
Provision (benefit) for income taxes:
Current -
NEC Corporation and domestic subsidiaries JPY 78,498 JPY 36,420 JPY 29,551
Foreign subsidiaries (10,513) 9,056 5,035
----------- ------------ -----------
67,985 45,476 34,586
Deferred -
NEC Corporation and domestic subsidiaries (30,196) (113,440) 7,273
Foreign subsidiaries 3,725 (5,024) (9,375)
----------- ------------ -----------
(26,471) (118,464) (2,102)
----------- ------------ -----------
JPY 41,514 (JPY 72,988) JPY 32,484
=========== ============ ===========
</TABLE>
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<PAGE> 87
The company is subject to a number of different income taxes which, in the
aggregate, indicate normal statutory tax rates in Japan of approximately 51, 47
and 42 percent for the years ended March 31, 1998, 1999 and 2000, respectively.
Due to the changes in Japanese tax regulations, a normal statutory tax rate in
Japan has reduced effective April 1, 1998 and 1999. A reconciliation between the
reported total income tax expense (benefit) and the amount computed by
multiplying the income (loss) before tax by the applicable normal statutory
income tax rate is as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
In millions of yen
------------------------------------------------------
Year ended March 31
------------------------------------------------------
1998 1999 2000
---------------- ---------------- -----------------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
"Expected" tax expense (benefit) JPY 46,406 (JPY 105,621) JPY 12,677
Increase (decrease) in taxes resulting from:
a. Disposition of an investment
in a consolidated subsidiary -- (66,748) (1,050)
b. Changes in valuation allowance (12,857) 33,895 (11,844)
c. Non-deductible expense
for tax purposes 4,570 3,378 2,337
d. International tax rate differences 78 9,866 9,206
e. Effect of change in normal statutory tax rate in
Japan 6,604 23,326 --
f. Tax rate difference relating to unrecognized gain
(loss) of marketable securities (6,519) (5,430) 6,694
g. Goodwill 1,211 19,458 8,648
h. Tax on undistributed earnings 3,883 (8,020) 8,141
i. Other (1,862) 22,908 (2,325)
---------- ------------ ----------
Actual total income tax expense (benefit) JPY 41,514 (JPY 72,988) JPY 32,484
========== ============ ==========
</TABLE>
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<PAGE> 88
The significant components of deferred tax assets and liabilities at March
31, 1999 and 2000 are as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
In millions of yen
-----------------------------------
March 31
-----------------------------------
Deferred tax assets 1999 2000
------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------- -----------------
<S> <C> <C>
Intercompany profit on inventories and tangible fixed
assets between consolidated companies JPY 25,811 JPY 20,268
Investment securities 13,487 45,914
Accrued bonus 10,149 20,619
Accrued pension and severance costs 74,026 61,140
Operating lease 36,086 33,168
Loss carryforwards 230,050 154,334
Other 47,981 68,972
----------- -----------
437,590 404,415
Less - Valuation allowance 75,177 38,198
----------- -----------
Total JPY 362,413 JPY 366,217
=========== ===========
Deferred tax liabilities
------------------------------------------------------------
Marketable securities JPY 68,030 JPY 87,133
Tax deductible reserve 30,317 53,245
Tax on undistributed earnings 9,595 12,462
Other 24,114 11,550
----------- -----------
Total JPY 132,056 JPY 164,390
=========== ===========
</TABLE>
In Japan, consolidated tax returns are not permitted; accordingly, company
subsidiaries are required to file separate tax returns. The valuation allowance
is primarily related to deferred tax assets of certain consolidated subsidiaries
with operating loss carryforwards which are not expected to be realized. The net
changes in the total valuation allowance for the years ended March 31, 1998,
1999 and 2000 were decrease of JPY 23,850 million, increase of JPY 10,019
million and decrease of JPY 36,979 million, respectively. Of the change in the
valuation allowance, the amounts attributable to the release of the beginning of
the year balance for the years ended March 31, 1998 and 1999 were JPY 21,576
million and JPY 6,542 million, respectively, which were mainly due to
favorable developments in the subsequent year. For the year ended March 31,
2000, that was JPY 31,228 million, which was mainly due to favorable
developments in the subsequent year and the restructuring of certain
subsidiaries.
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<PAGE> 89
At March 31, 2000, for tax return purposes, the company had tax loss
carryforwards amounting to approximately JPY 382,602 million of which
JPY 289,113 million relates to domestic companies and will expire during the
period from 2001 through 2005. The rest of approximately JPY 93,489 million
relates to foreign subsidiaries and will expire primarily in 2007, 2008 and
2014.
Realization is dependent on companies generating sufficient taxable income
prior to expiration of the tax loss carryforwards. Although realization is not
assured, management believes it is more likely than not that the net deferred
tax asset will be realized. The amount of the deferred tax asset considered
realizable, however, could be reduced in the near term if estimates of future
taxable income during the carryforward period are reduced.
10. Non-voting redeemable convertible preferred stock:
Non-voting redeemable convertible preferred stock at March 31, 1999
consisted of 6,725,285 shares issued by the company's consolidated subsidiary
PBN, and held by a third party other than NEC. During the year ended March 31,
2000, PBN decided to close its operation. Under the situation, the third party
devaluated the non-voting redeemable convertible preferred stock and the company
treated the non-voting redeemable convertible preferred stock, including unpaid
dividends as exempted.
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<PAGE> 90
11. Shareholders' equity:
Changes in common stock, additional paid-in capital, legal reserve,
accumulated other comprehensive income and treasury stock are shown below:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
In millions of yen
-----------------------------------------------------------
Year ended March 31
-----------------------------------------------------------
1998 1999 2000
----------- ----------- ------------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Common stock:
Balance at beginning of year JPY 200,403 JPY 216,053 JPY 230,212
Conversion of convertible debt 15,650 14,159 925
----------- ----------- ------------
Balance at end of year JPY 216,053 JPY 230,212 JPY 231,137
=========== =========== ============
Additional paid-in capital:
Balance at beginning of year JPY 312,192 JPY 330,931 JPY 345,642
Conversion of convertible debt 18,303 14,711 803
Change in interest in consolidated subsidiaries 435 -- 1,780
Gain on sale of treasury stock 1 -- 9
----------- ----------- ------------
Balance at end of year JPY 330,931 JPY 345,642 JPY 348,234
=========== =========== ============
Legal reserve:
Balance at beginning of year JPY 31,985 JPY 34,081 JPY 35,652
Transfer from retained earnings 2,096 1,571 1,270
----------- ----------- ------------
Balance at end of year JPY 34,081 JPY 35,652 JPY 36,922
=========== =========== ============
Accumulated other comprehensive income:
Balance at beginning of year JPY 104,633 JPY 96,964 JPY 2,595
Other comprehensive income (loss),
net of tax (7,669) (94,369) 45,410
----------- ----------- ------------
Balance at end of year JPY 96,964 JPY 2,595 JPY 48,005
=========== =========== ============
Treasury stock, at cost:
Balance at beginning of year JPY (15) JPY (8) JPY (18)
Net change resulting from purchase and sales of
fractional shares of less than
"One Unit" as defined by the Japanese Commercial
Code 7 (10) (65)
----------- ----------- ------------
Balance at end of year JPY (8) JPY (18) JPY (83)
=========== =========== ============
</TABLE>
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<PAGE> 91
1) Common stock and additional paid-in capital -
Issuances of common stock in connection with conversions of convertible
debt for the years ended March 31, 1998, 1999 and 2000 were 32,439,230 shares,
28,928,256 shares and 1,798,430 shares, respectively.
Prior to 1985, NEC Corporation made free share distributions of
233,182,146 shares. The cumulative amount of the fair value of these shares at
the time of issuance was JPY 258,755 million. Had the company accounted for
these free share distributions in the manner used by United States companies,
that amount would have been transferred from retained earnings to appropriate
capital accounts.
2) Legal reserve and retained earnings -
The Japanese Commercial Code provides that an amount equal to at least
10 percent of cash dividends and other distributions from retained earnings paid
by NEC Corporation and its Japanese subsidiaries be appropriated as a legal
reserve. No further appropriation is required when the legal reserve equals
25 percent of their respective stated capital.
The amount of retained earnings available for dividends is based on
NEC Corporation's retained earnings determined in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles and the Commercial Code in Japan. The
appropriations of retained earnings for the year ended March 31, 2000, as
incorporated in the accompanying consolidated financial statements, include
year-end dividends of JPY 4,886 million which, in accordance with the Japanese
Commercial Code, will be proposed for approval at the Ordinary General Meeting
of Shareholders to be held on June 29, 2000 and will be recorded in the
statutory books of account on that date.
Retained earnings at March 31, 2000 include NEC Corporation and its
consolidated subsidiaries' equity in undistributed earnings of 50 percent or
less owned companies accounted for by the equity method in the amount
of JPY 115,392 million.
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<PAGE> 92
3) Other comprehensive income -
Change in accumulated other comprehensive income is as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
In millions of yen
-------------------------------------------------------
Year ended March 31
-------------------------------------------------------
1998 1999 2000
----------- ----------- ------------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Foreign currency translation adjustments:
Balance at beginning of year JPY 3,601 JPY 12,862 JPY (1,648)
Change in the current period 9,261 (14,510) (24,333)
----------- ----------- ------------
Balance at end of year JPY 12,862 JPY (1,648) JPY (25,981)
=========== =========== ============
Minimum pension liability adjustment:
Balance at beginning of year JPY -- JPY -- JPY (55,794)
Change in the current period -- (55,794) 28,243
----------- ----------- ------------
Balance at end of year JPY -- JPY (55,794) JPY (27,551)
=========== =========== ============
Unrealized gains (losses) on securities:
Balance at beginning of year JPY 101,032 JPY 84,102 JPY 60,037
Change in the current period (16,930) (24,065) 41,500
----------- ----------- ------------
Balance at end of year JPY 84,102 JPY 60,037 JPY 101,537
=========== =========== ============
Total accumulated other comprehensive income:
Balance at beginning of year JPY 104,633 JPY 96,964 JPY 2,595
Change in the current period (7,669) (94,369) 45,410
----------- ----------- ------------
Balance at end of year JPY 96,964 JPY 2,595 JPY 48,005
=========== =========== ============
</TABLE>
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<PAGE> 93
Tax effect allocated to each component of other comprehensive income
(loss) is as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
In millions of yen
----------------------------------------------------------
Year ended March 31
----------------------------------------------------------
Before tax Tax (expense) or Net-of-tax
amount benefit amount
------------ ---------------- -----------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
1998:
Foreign currency translation adjustments JPY 9,261 JPY -- JPY 9,261
Unrealized gains (losses) on securities -
Unrealized holding gains (losses) arising
during period (52,781) 29,223 (23,558)
Less: reclassification adjustments for
gains (losses) realized in net
income 13,527 (6,899) 6,628
------------ ----------- -----------
Other comprehensive income JPY (29,993) JPY 22,324 JPY (7,669)
============ =========== ===========
1999:
Foreign currency translation adjustments JPY (14,510) JPY -- JPY (14,510)
Minimum pension liability adjustment (96,197) 40,403 (55,794)
Unrealized gains (losses) on securities -
Unrealized holding gains (losses) arising
during period (56,744) 26,496 (30,248)
Less: reclassification adjustments for
gains (losses) realized in net
income 11,083 (4,900) 6,183
------------ ----------- -----------
Other comprehensive income JPY (156,368) JPY 61,999 JPY (94,369)
============ =========== ===========
2000:
Foreign currency translation adjustments JPY (24,333) JPY -- JPY (24,333)
Minimum pension liability adjustment 48,695 (20,452) 28,243
Unrealized gains (losses) on securities -
Unrealized holding gains (losses) arising
during period 156,825 (65,019) 91,806
Less: reclassification adjustments for
gains (losses) realized in net
income (98,194) 47,888 (50,306)
------------ ----------- -----------
Other comprehensive income JPY 82,993 JPY (37,583) JPY 45,410
============ =========== ===========
</TABLE>
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12. Net income per share:
Basic and diluted net income (loss) per share are computed as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
In exact shares
----------------------------------------------------
Year ended March 31
----------------------------------------------------
1998 1999 2000
------------- ------------- -------------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Number of shares for basic per share computations
for net income:
Weighted-average number of shares of common
stock outstanding for the year 1,592,406,790 1,600,876,070 1,627,817,355
Add - Incremental shares related to convertible
bonds 254,578,150 -- --
------------- ------------- -------------
Number of shares for diluted per share
computations for net income 1,846,984,940 1,600,876,070 1,627,817,355
============= ============= =============
</TABLE>
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
In millions of yen
--------------------------------------------------------
Year ended March 31
--------------------------------------------------------
1998 1999 2000
---------- ------------ ----------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Net income (loss) available to common shareholders
JPY 47,417 JPY (151,261) JPY 10,416
Net income effect of interest on convertible bonds
3,109 -- --
---------- ------------ ----------
Net income (loss) available to common shareholders and
assumed conversions JPY 50,526 JPY (151,261) JPY 10,416
========== ============ ==========
</TABLE>
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Yen
--------------------------------------------------------
Year ended March 31
--------------------------------------------------------
1998 1999 2000
--------- ---------- ---------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Net income (loss) per share of common stock:
- Basic JPY 29.78 JPY (94.49) JPY 6.40
========= ========== =========
- Diluted JPY 27.36 JPY (94.49) JPY 6.40
========= ========== =========
</TABLE>
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13. Financial instruments:
1) Fair value of financial instruments -
The carrying amounts of cash and cash equivalents, time
deposits, notes and accounts receivable and payable, trade, short-term
borrowings, employees' savings deposits, accrued taxes on income and
other current assets and liabilities approximated fair value because of
their short-term maturities. The carrying amounts and estimated fair
values of the other financial instruments are summarized as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
In millions of yen
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
March 31
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
1999 2000
------------------------------------ -----------------------------------
Carrying Estimated fair Carrying Estimated fair
amount value amount value
---------------- ----------------- ---------------- ----------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Long-term receivables, trade JPY 41,952 JPY 42,623 JPY 53,018 JPY 54,081
Long-term loans 24,663 24,712 22,088 22,182
Long-term debt, including current
portion and excluding capital
lease obligation (1,763,352) (1,823,606) (1,532,147) (1,798,325)
Derivatives:
Forward exchange contracts (728) (488) 213 330
Interest rate and currency swap
agreements 884 (15,277) 5,975 (4,585)
Option contracts -
Purchased 270 229 127 52
Written (29) (29) -- --
</TABLE>
The fair values of financial instruments at March 31, 1999 and
2000 are determined by using a variety of methods and assumptions such
as reference to various markets and other data as appropriate. For
long-term receivables, trade and long-term loans included in
investments and advances-other, fair value is estimated using estimated
discounted values of future cash flows. For long-term debt, fair value
is estimated using market quotes, or where market quotes are not
available, using estimated discounted future cash flows for the same or
similar types of instruments. Investments in equity securities,
included in investments and advances-other, with an aggregated carrying
value of JPY 162,320 million and JPY 162,475 million at March 31,
1999 and 2000, respectively, consist of numerous investments in
securities of non-public companies. It is not practicable to reasonably
estimate the fair values of these investments. Fair value of the
forward exchange contracts is estimated by obtaining quotes for futures
contracts with similar maturities, and fair value of the interest rate
and currency swap agreements is estimated based on the discounted
values of net future cash flows, and fair value of the option contracts
is estimated using pricing models based upon current market interest
and foreign exchange rates and volatilities.
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2) Derivative financial instruments -
In the normal course of business, the company enters into
various derivative financial instruments in order to manage exposures
resulting from fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates and
interest rates. The primary classes of derivatives used by the company
are forward exchange contracts, interest rate swap agreements, currency
swap agreements and foreign currency purchased and written options as a
normal part of its risk management efforts, which include those
transactions designed as hedges but that do not qualify for hedge
accounting under accounting principles generally accepted in the United
States of America. Gains and losses on those derivative financial
instruments qualified for hedge accounting are deferred and recognized
in income when the hedged transaction occurs. Other derivatives used
for hedging purposes but not qualifying for hedge accounting under
accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of
America are marked to market.
The forward exchange contracts have been entered into as
hedges against the adverse impact of fluctuations in foreign currency
exchange rates on monetary assets and liabilities denominated in
foreign currencies arising from the company's operating activities. The
company had outstanding forward exchange contracts which, at March 31,
1999, mature through March 2000 to purchase the equivalent of JPY
27,526 million, principally U.S. Dollars and German Marks, and to sell
the equivalent of JPY 82,937 million, principally U.S. Dollars and
German Marks, of various foreign currencies. At March 31, 2000, the
company had outstanding forward exchange contracts which mainly mature
through March 2001 to purchase the equivalent of JPY 59,543 million,
principally U.S. Dollars, and to sell the equivalent of JPY 175,334
million, principally U.S. Dollars and EUR, of various foreign
currencies.
The interest rate swap agreements are basically integrated
with underlying debt obligations and designed to convert fixed rate
debt into floating rate debt, or vice versa, and interest rate option
agreements are also arranged so that exposures to losses resulting from
fluctuations in interest rates are managed. The currency swap
agreements and options are designed to limit exposures to losses
resulting from fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates. The
aggregate notional principal amounts for interest rate swap agreements
and currency swap agreements were JPY 620,628 million and JPY 585,846
million at March 31, 1999 and 2000, respectively. These agreements
mature through 2009. The differentials to be paid or received related
to interest rate swap agreements are recognized in interest expense
over the terms of the agreements. The notional principal amounts of
purchased interest rate option contracts were JPY 25,279 million and
JPY 14,548 million at March 31, 1999 and 2000, respectively. These
agreements mature through 2007. The notional principal amounts of
written interest rate option contracts at March 31, 1999 was JPY 1,680
million.
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The counterparties to the company's derivative transactions
are major financial institutions. As a normal business risk, the
company is exposed to credit loss in the event of nonperformance by the
counterparties, however, the company does not anticipate nonperformance
by the counterparties to these agreements, and no material losses are
expected.
14. Research and development expenses:
Research and development expenses included in selling, general and
administrative expenses approximated JPY 381,239 million, JPY 346,215
million and JPY 315,163 million for the years ended March 31, 1998, 1999 and
2000, respectively.
15. Advertising costs:
The company expenses advertising costs as incurred. Advertising
expenses amounted to JPY 45,684 million, JPY 34,766 million and JPY 31,774
million for the years ended March 31, 1998, 1999 and 2000, respectively.
16. Other income and expenses:
1) Exchange gains and losses -
Foreign currency transaction gains and losses which were
included in either other income or other expenses were as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
In millions of yen
------------------------------------------------------
Year ended March 31
------------------------------------------------------
1998 1999 2000
---------------- ---------------- ----------------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Net exchange gains (losses) JPY 1,954 JPY (21,040) JPY (34,398)
</TABLE>
2) Restructuring and other unusual items -
For the year ended March 31, 2000, the company recorded
a JPY 148,022 million net charge for restructure and other unusual
items, primarily associated with the liquidation or sales of the
subsidiaries and refund of the amount overcharged in connection with
the Defense Agency and the Defense Facilities Administration Agency of
Japan.
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17. Leasing arrangements:
1) Leasing of computer equipment -
In the normal course of business, the company sells certain
equipment to an affiliated financing company which in turn leases the
equipment to certain government and government agency customers under
operating leases. The company also agrees to repurchase that equipment
at prescribed amounts at the expiration of the lease. The company has
previously accounted for these transactions as sales which is
consistent with accounting practices in Japan. The estimated accrued
losses arising from future repurchases of computers have been provided
for. Effective December 1, 1995, the company began to account for these
transactions as assets owned and leased to others under operating
leases as required by accounting principles generally accepted in the
United States of America. The company has not restated prior periods
because the effect on earnings of applying the new accounting practice
is not material. Income before taxes was reduced by JPY 17,309
million for the year ended March 31, 1998, and loss before taxes was
increased by JPY 9,027 million for the year ended March 31, 1999
compared to income or loss that would have been reported if the company
had previously followed the new accounting practice.
At March 31, 1999 and 2000, the company invested in computer
equipment to be leased to others, amounting to JPY 70,284 million
less accumulated depreciation of JPY 45,337 million and JPY 59,301
million less accumulated depreciation of JPY 40,104 million,
respectively. Future minimum lease payments from noncancelable leases
as of March 31, 2000 are JPY 5,433 million and JPY 435 million for
the years ending March 31, 2001 and 2002, respectively.
2) Lease of facilities and equipment
for the company's use -
The company leases certain facilities and equipment for its
own use. Gross amount of leased assets under capital leases included in
machinery and equipment was JPY 133,785 million and JPY 122,253 million
at March 31, 1999 and 2000, respectively. Accumulated amortization of
the leased assets at March 31, 1999 and 2000 was JPY 77,946 million and
JPY 78,007 million, respectively.
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The following is a schedule by year of the future minimum
lease payments under capital leases together with the present value of
the net minimum lease payments at March 31, 2000:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Year ending March 31 In millions of yen
-------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------
<S> <C>
2001 JPY 23,157
2002 14,924
2003 7,296
2004 3,675
2005 2,346
2006 523
----------
Total minimum lease payments 51,921
Less - Amount representing interest 3,365
----------
Present value of net minimum lease payments 48,556
Less - Current obligation 20,635
----------
Long-term lease obligation JPY 27,921
==========
</TABLE>
During the year ended March 31, 2000, the company sold certain
land, buildings, facilities and equipment for JPY 176,057 million.
The assets were leased back from the purchaser over periods of one to
four years. The resulting leases were classified for as operating
leases and the resulting gain of JPY 43,787 million, relating to the
profit on the sale in excess of the present value of the minimum lease
payments over the lease terms, was recorded as other income, and
deferred gain of JPY 21,124 million is being amortized over the lease
terms.
Rental expenses under operating leases, including the assets
subject to sale-leaseback transactions discovered above, were as
follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
In millions of yen
------------------------------------------------------
Year ended March 31
------------------------------------------------------
1998 1999 2000
---------------- ---------------- -----------------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Rental expenses under operating leases JPY 122,730 JPY 118,584 JPY 121,510
</TABLE>
Future minimum rental payments are as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Year ending March 31 In millions of yen
----------------------------- -----------------------
<S> <C>
2001 JPY 24,396
2002 18,674
2003 16,178
2004 14,813
2005 4,771
2006 and thereafter 18,510
</TABLE>
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18. Commitments and contingent liabilities:
Commitments outstanding at March 31, 2000 for the purchase of property,
plant and equipment approximated JPY 42,121 million.
Contingent liabilities at March 31, 2000 for notes discounted, loans
guaranteed and other guarantees amounted to approximately JPY 132,910 million.
19. Restatement of financial statements:
The company has applied SFAS No. 115 and has restated its prior years'
consolidated financial statements. The following table presents a summary of the
effects of the restatements on the consolidated balance sheet as of March 31,
1999 and the related consolidated statements of income, comprehensive income and
retained earnings for the years ended March 31, 1998 and 1999.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
In millions of yen
---------------------------------------
March 31, 1999
---------------------------------------
As previously
reported As restated
------------------- ------------------
<S> <C> <C>
Marketable securities (current and non-current) JPY 295,880 JPY 405,585
Investments and advances 347,886 355,795
Deferred tax assets (current and non-current assets) 278,580 230,357
Long-term liabilities: Other 7,880 3,184
Minority shareholders' equity in consolidated subsidiaries
64,722 64,658
Retained earnings 299,148 313,262
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) (57,442) 2,595
</TABLE>
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
In millions of yen
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Year ended March 31
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
1998 1999
----------------------------------- ---------------------------------
As previously As previously
reported As restated reported As restated
----------------- --------------- --------------- --------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Provision (benefit) for income taxes JPY 48,033 JPY 41,514 JPY (67,558) JPY (72,988)
Equity in earnings (losses) of affiliated
companies 1,181 777 (6,324) (5,068)
Net income (loss) 41,302 47,417 (157,947) (151,261)
Comprehensive income (loss), net of tax:
Net unrealized gain on securities -- (16,930) - (24,065)
</TABLE>
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Yen
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Year ended March 31
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
1998 1999
----------------------------------- ---------------------------------
As previously As previously
reported As restated reported As restated
----------------- --------------- --------------- --------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Net income (loss) per share of common stock:
- Basic JPY 25.94 JPY 29.78 JPY (98.66) JPY (94.49)
- Diluted 24.05 27.36 (98.66) (94.49)
</TABLE>
20. Segment information:
1) Operating segments -
The company has reorganized its organization structure by
forming in-house companies, in order to concentrate its business
resources into the Internet business fields for new growth of the
company.
The following information about each operating segment are the
segments of the company, for which separate financial information is
available, and, of which operating profits or losses are reviewed by
the chief operating decision maker in deciding how to allocate
resources and in assessing performance periodically. "NEC Solutions"
provides Internet solutions to corporations, individuals and
government/public sectors, and develops, designs, manufactures and
markets mainframe computers called "ACOS series", PC servers, PCs,
workstations, software products, etc. "NEC Networks" provides Internet
solutions to network operators, and develops, designs, manufactures and
markets mobile communication systems, transmission systems, switching
systems, microwave communications systems, etc. "NEC Electron Devices"
provides electron device solutions for the Internet industry, and
develops, designs, manufactures, and markets DRAMs, microcomputers,
ASICs, transistors, LCDs, capacitors, etc. "Others" consist of
monitors, LCD projectors, electronic measuring and testing instruments,
and electronic appliances for the home, etc. The company's products and
services are generally unique to a single operating segment.
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a. Sales:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
In millions of yen
--------------------------------------------------
Year ended March 31
--------------------------------------------------
1998 1999 2000
------------- ------------- -------------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Sales:
NEC Solutions -
External customers JPY 1,734,171 JPY 1,915,682 JPY 2,138,161
Intersegment 140,728 120,971 132,464
------------- ------------- -------------
Total 1,874,899 2,036,653 2,270,625
------------- ------------- -------------
NEC Networks -
External customers 1,670,103 1,458,612 1,422,302
Intersegment 149,482 123,557 105,456
------------- ------------- -------------
Total 1,819,585 1,582,169 1,527,758
------------- ------------- -------------
NEC Electron Devices -
External customers 918,001 830,434 881,895
Intersegment 233,311 214,450 240,895
------------- ------------- -------------
Total 1,151,312 1,044,884 1,122,790
------------- ------------- -------------
Others -
External customers 578,847 554,684 549,089
Intersegment 204,734 166,859 174,822
------------- ------------- -------------
Total 783,581 721,543 723,911
------------- ------------- -------------
Eliminations (728,255) (625,837) (653,637)
------------- ------------- -------------
Consolidated total JPY 4,901,122 JPY 4,759,412 JPY 4,991,447
============= ============= =============
</TABLE>
b. Segment profit or loss:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
In millions of yen
---------------------------------------------
Year ended March 31
---------------------------------------------
1998 1999 2000
---------- ------------ -----------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Operating income (loss):
NEC Solutions JPY 54,566 JPY 47,325 JPY 84,430
NEC Networks 161,493 81,023 57,110
NEC Electron Devices 54,118 (54,450) 49,444
Others (2,888) (9,444) (2,747)
---------- ------------ -----------
Total 267,289 64,454 188,237
Eliminations (8,892) 573 (17,640)
Unallocated amounts -
Corporate expenses (67,993) (61,888) (60,183)
---------- ------------ -----------
Consolidated operating income 190,404 3,139 110,414
Other income 69,564 56,379 218,444
Other expenses (168,975) (284,244) (298,675)
---------- ------------ -----------
Consolidated income (loss)
before income taxes JPY 90,993 JPY (224,726) JPY (30,183)
========== ============ ===========
</TABLE>
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c. Assets:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
In millions of yen
-----------------------------------------------------
Year ended March 31
-----------------------------------------------------
1998 1999 2000
------------- ------------- -------------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Total assets:
NEC Solutions JPY 1,117,808 JPY 1,211,188 JPY 1,023,039
NEC Networks 1,011,004 984,514 1,071,050
NEC Electron Devices 1,262,376 1,204,262 1,171,940
Others 1,303,250 1,141,818 758,059
------------- ------------- -------------
Total 4,694,438 4,541,782 4,024,088
Eliminations (286,089) (244,309) (222,528)
Corporate assets 666,129 748,461 807,404
------------- ------------- -------------
Consolidated total JPY 5,074,478 JPY 5,045,934 JPY 4,608,964
============= ============= =============
</TABLE>
d. Other significant items:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
In millions of yen
-----------------------------------------------
Year ended March 31
-----------------------------------------------
1998 1999 2000
------------ ----------- ----------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Depreciation:
NEC Solutions JPY 36,778 JPY 37,233 JPY 31,119
NEC Networks 26,677 30,944 32,770
NEC Electron Devices 174,124 192,868 153,559
Others 27,622 24,169 23,561
----------- ----------- -----------
Total 265,201 285,214 241,009
Corporate 20,661 21,228 19,933
----------- ----------- -----------
Consolidated total JPY 285,862 JPY 306,442 JPY 260,942
=========== =========== ===========
Capital expenditures for segment assets:
NEC Solutions JPY 36,780 JPY 37,136 JPY 31,662
NEC Networks 45,321 32,337 32,955
NEC Electron Devices 234,621 124,073 171,857
Others 46,282 34,385 17,713
----------- ----------- -----------
Total 363,004 227,931 254,187
Corporate 22,342 25,692 27,452
----------- ----------- -----------
Consolidated total JPY 385,346 JPY 253,623 JPY 281,639
=========== =========== ===========
</TABLE>
The capital expenditures in the above table represent the additions
to fixed assets of each segment.
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2) Geographic information -
Sales which are attributed to geographies based on the country
location of NEC Corporation or the subsidiaries that transacted the
sale with the external customers, operating income (loss) and
long-lived assets for the years ended March 31, 1998, 1999 and 2000 are
as follows. Although the geographic information of operating income is
not required under SFAS 131, the company discloses this information as
supplemental information in light of the disclosure requirement of the
Japanese Securities and Exchange Law.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
In millions of yen
----------------------------------------------------------
Year ended March 31
----------------------------------------------------------
1998 1999 2000
------------- ------------- -------------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Net sales:
Japan JPY 4,048,556 JPY 3,662,123 JPY 3,745,910
North America 400,173 519,134 521,684
Others 452,393 578,155 723,853
------------- ------------- -------------
Total JPY 4,901,122 JPY 4,759,412 JPY 4,991,447
============= ============= =============
Operating income (loss):
Japan JPY 207,841 JPY 54,732 JPY 120,141
North America (4,558) (37,730) (13,705)
Others (8,929) (12,168) 4,774
Eliminations (3,950) (1,695) (796)
------------- ------------- -------------
Total JPY 190,404 JPY 3,139 JPY 110,414
============= ============= =============
Long-lived assets:
Japan JPY 1,384,494 JPY 1,356,772 JPY 1,213,264
North America 95,500 101,631 65,023
Others 208,253 150,030 126,628
------------- ------------- -------------
Total JPY 1,688,247 JPY 1,608,433 JPY 1,404,915
============= ============= =============
</TABLE>
There are not any individually material countries with respect
to the sales and long-lived assets included in other areas.
Transfers between reportable operating or geographic segments
are made at arm's-length prices. Operating income is sales less costs
and operating expenses. Corporate expenses include general corporate
expenses and R & D expenses at NEC Corporation which are not allocated
to any operating segment. Unallocated corporate assets consist
primarily of cash and cash equivalents and buildings maintained for
general corporate purposes.
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3) Major customers -
Sales to one of the major customers of the company accounted
for approximately 12.6%, 10.6% and 11.6% of consolidated sales for the
years ended March 31, 1998, 1999 and 2000, respectively, mainly in NEC
Networks and NEC Solutions segments.
21. Subsequent event:
On August 11, 2000, NEC Corporation issued zero coupon unsecured
convertible bonds of with call option of JPY 100,000 million due 2007 by a
public offering. The issue price was 100 percent of the face value of the bonds
and the conversion price is JPY 3,207 per share (subject to adjustments in
certain events).
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SCHEDULE II
NEC CORPORATION AND CONSOLIDATED SUBSIDIARIES
VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS
FOR THE YEARS ENDED MARCH 31, 1998, 1999 AND 2000
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Additions
Balance at charged to Balance at
beginning of costs and end of
period expenses Deductions period
------------ ------------ --------------- ------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
1998:
Allowance for doubtful notes and accounts JPY 21,327 JPY 1,527 JPY 10,779 (1) JPY 12,075
========== ========== ========== ==========
1999:
Allowance for doubtful notes and accounts JPY 12,075 JPY 18,671 JPY 13,473 (1) JPY 17,273
========== ========== ========== ==========
2000:
Allowance for doubtful notes and accounts JPY 17,273 JPY 15,568 JPY 6,426 (1) JPY 26,415
========== ========== ========== ==========
</TABLE>
Note
(1) Principally accounts written off, translation adjustments and reversal
of allowance for doubtful notes and accounts.
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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Packard Bell NEC, Inc.
Year ended December 31, 1997
with Report of Independent Auditors
<PAGE> 108
Packard Bell NEC, Inc.
Consolidated Financial Statements
Year ended December 31, 1997
CONTENTS
Report of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Auditors............................1
Consolidated Financial Statements
Consolidated Balance Sheet...................................................2
Consolidated Statement of Operations.........................................4
Consolidated Statement of Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock and
Stockholders' Net Capital Deficiency....................................5
Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows.........................................6
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements ..................................8
<PAGE> 109
Report of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Auditors
Stockholders and Board of Directors
Packard Bell NEC, Inc.
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheet of Packard Bell NEC,
Inc. as of December 31, 1997 and the related consolidated statement of
operations, redeemable convertible preferred stock and stockholders' net capital
deficiency and cash flows for the year then ended. These financial statements
are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to
express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.
We conducted our audit in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards.
Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable
assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material
misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting
the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes
assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by
management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation.
We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in
all material respects, the consolidated financial position of Packard Bell NEC,
Inc. as of December 31, 1997, and the consolidated results of its operations and
its cash flows for the year then ended in conformity with generally accepted
accounting principles.
/s/ Ernst & Young LLP
Sacramento, California
March 11, 1998, except for the
third paragraph of Note 3, as to
which the date is March 30, 1998
1
<PAGE> 110
Packard Bell NEC, Inc.
Consolidated Balance Sheet
December 31, 1997
(dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)
<TABLE>
<S> <C>
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash $ 207,002
Accounts receivable, less allowance for doubtful
accounts of $21,720 529,703
Accounts receivable from related parties 84,022
Inventories 316,822
Prepaid expenses and other current assets 60,165
-----------
Total current assets 1,197,714
Property and equipment, at cost:
Furniture and equipment 138,419
Leasehold improvements 29,527
Molds and tooling 11,450
Land and building 10,164
-----------
189,560
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization (98,093)
-----------
91,467
Goodwill, less accumulated amortization of $75,352 67,370
Other assets 14,191
-----------
$ 1,370,742
===========
</TABLE>
2
<PAGE> 111
Packard Bell NEC, Inc.
Consolidated Balance Sheet
December 31, 1997
(dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)
<TABLE>
<S> <C>
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' NET CAPITAL DEFICIENCY Current liabilities:
Notes payable to banks $ 289,806
Accounts payable 573,560
Accounts payable to related parties 103,782
Accrued expenses 318,897
Current portion of notes payable 21,369
Income taxes payable 1,339
-----------
Total current liabilities 1,308,753
Long term portion of notes payable 61,263
Convertible notes payable to a related party 150,000
Commitments and contingencies
Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock:
$.001 par value; 38,974,384 shares authorized;
27,529,384 shares issued and outstanding ($1,238,191
aggregate liquidation preference as of December 31, 1997) 1,237,660
Stockholders' net capital deficiency:
Convertible Preferred Stock: $.001 par value;
7,809,029 shares authorized;
7,607,021 shares issued and outstanding
($241,842 aggregate liquidation
preference as of December 31, 1997) 206,913
Common Stock: $.001 par value;
100,000,000 shares authorized;
12,288,311 shares issued and outstanding 12
Additional paid-in capital --
Accumulated deficit (1,593,859)
-----------
Total stockholders' net capital deficiency (1,386,934)
-----------
$ 1,370,742
===========
</TABLE>
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See accompanying notes.
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Consolidated Statement of Operations
Year ended December 31, 1997
(in thousands)
<TABLE>
<S> <C>
Gross sales $ 4,323,733
Sales returns and allowances (426,489)
-----------
Net sales 3,897,244
Cost of goods sold 3,746,467
-----------
Gross profit 150,777
Selling and marketing expenses 227,229
General and administrative expenses 533,188
-----------
Loss from operations (609,640)
Interest expense, net 36,042
-----------
Loss before income tax provision (645,682)
Income tax provision 2,786
-----------
Net loss $ (648,468)
===========
</TABLE>
See accompanying notes.
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Consolidated Statement of Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock and
Stockholders' Net Capital Deficiency
(dollars in thousands)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Stockholders' Net Capital Deficiency
-----------------------------------------------------
Redeemable Convertible Convertible
Preferred Stock Preferred Stock Common Stock Additional
----------------------- -------------------- ------------------- Paid-in
Shares Amount Shares Amount Shares Amount Capital
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Balances as of December 31, 1996 20,756,570 $ 901,686 7,607,021 $206,913 12,288,311 $ 12 $ --
Sale of Series F Redeemable
Convertible Preferred Stock for cash 6,772,814 285,000 -- -- -- -- --
Accretion of Series D, F, and G
Redeemable Convertible Preferred
Stock dividends and issuance costs -- 50,974 -- -- -- -- --
Net loss -- -- -- -- -- -- --
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Balances as of December 31, 1997 27,529,384 $1,237,660 7,607,021 $206,913 12,288,311 $ 12 $ --
===============================================================================
</TABLE>
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Stockholders' Net Capital Deficiency
------------------------------------
Accumulated
Deficit Total
-----------------------------
<S> <C> <C>
Balances as of December 31, 1996 $ (894,417) $ (687,492)
Sale of Series F Redeemable
Convertible Preferred Stock for cash -- --
Accretion of Series D, F, and G
Redeemable Convertible Preferred
Stock dividends and issuance costs (50,974) (50,974)
Net loss (648,468) (648,468)
----------------------------
Balances as of December 31, 1997 $(1,593,859) $(1,386,934)
============================
</TABLE>
See accompanying notes.
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Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows
Year ended December 31, 1997
(in thousands)
<TABLE>
<S> <C>
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net loss $(648,468)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash
used in operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization 100,713
Provision for losses on accounts receivable 10,801
Net changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable (60,747)
Accounts receivable from related parties 22,808
Inventories 367,610
Prepaid expenses and other current assets (21,084)
Other assets 2,805
Accounts payable (6,394)
Accounts payable to related parties (40,598)
Accrued expenses (42,308)
Income taxes payable (1,404)
---------
Net cash used in operating activities (316,266)
INVESTING ACTIVITY Purchases of property and equipment (27,054)
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Net proceeds from issuance of redeemable convertible
preferred stock 285,000
Net borrowings of notes payable to banks 88,018
Net borrowings of notes payable 126,448
---------
Net cash provided by financing activities 499,466
---------
Net increase in cash 156,146
Cash at beginning of year 50,856
---------
Cash at end of year $ 207,002
=========
</TABLE>
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Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows (continued)
Year ended December 31, 1997
(in thousands)
SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURES OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION
<TABLE>
<S> <C>
Cash paid during the year for:
Interest $33,136
Income taxes $ 4,520
</TABLE>
SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURES OF NON-CASH TRANSACTIONS
The Company entered into capital lease obligations totaling $1,204 during the
year (Note 8).
On July 31, 1997, the Company converted $19,200 of accrued royalties to a note
payable (Note 3).
See accompanying notes.
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 1997
(dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)
1. CONSOLIDATION AND BUSINESS, FINANCING AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING
POLICIES
CONSOLIDATION AND BUSINESS
The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Packard Bell NEC,
Inc., a Delaware corporation, and its wholly and majority owned subsidiaries
(collectively Packard Bell NEC or the Company). All material intercompany
accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. Packard Bell
NEC designs, assembles, and markets personal computer systems and related
peripherals. The Company's business activities are represented by this single
industry segment. The Company sells its products on a worldwide basis primarily
through mass merchant distribution channels and direct marketing in North
America and Europe.
FINANCING
Over the past two years, the Company incurred significant losses from
operations, including expenses associated with the integration of two acquired
businesses in 1996, which resulted in losses from operations of approximately
$610,000 in 1997 and $595,000 in 1996. The negative cash flows associated with
such losses have been financed principally by asset management, infusions of
debt and equity capital and working capital of the acquired businesses. The
Company has continued to incur significant losses from operations in 1998.
Management has instituted certain operational changes and adopted a business
plan for 1998 which, in their opinion, should reduce the Company's negative cash
flows. The Company operates in an industry in which cash flow forecasts are
subject to significant and frequent revisions as a result of risks associated
with rapidly changing technology, a highly competitive market and other factors.
Management's plans to meet cash flow needs not provided through operations
during 1998, include using existing working capital, funds provided by a new
financing agreement (Note 4) and obtaining additional equity/debt financing.
Management believes sources for additional equity/debt financing could, under
certain circumstances and subject to future negotiations, include existing
shareholders which have provided funding in the past. If the Company is unable
to operate in accordance with its business plan and if under these circumstances
management is unable to obtain additional equity/debt financing, the Company's
operations may be adversely affected.
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
(dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)
1. CONSOLIDATION, BUSINESS, FINANCING AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING
POLICIES (CONTINUED)
ESTIMATES AND ASSUMPTIONS
The preparation of the consolidated financial statements in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates
and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and
disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities as of December 31, 1997, and the
reported amounts of revenues and expenses for the year then ended. Actual
results could differ materially from those estimates.
The Company anticipates that the personal computer industry will continue to
experience intense price competition and price reductions in 1998 that could be
substantial. Such future pricing actions could result in changes in the
Company's estimate with respect to net realizable value of its inventories,
similar to conditions at December 31, 1997. At that date, the Company's
inventories (see "Inventories" below) reflect a net realizable value reserve of
$88,664 resulting from declines in the market value of inventories.
INVENTORIES
Inventories are stated at the lower of standard cost (which approximates cost on
a first-in, first-out basis) or market value and consist of the following as of
December 31, 1997:
<TABLE>
<S> <C>
Raw materials and work-in-process $219,774
Finished goods 97,048
--------
$316,822
========
</TABLE>
MAJOR CUSTOMERS
No customer represented more than 10% of net sales during 1997.
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
(dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)
1. CONSOLIDATION, BUSINESS, FINANCING AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING
POLICIES (CONTINUED)
SUPPLIERS
Substantially all major component parts to the Company's desktop and laptop
personal computers are supplied by a limited number of major manufacturers.
Because of frequent technology changes and rapid industry growth, the cost and
availability of components used to manufacture the Company's products may
fluctuate. Any interruptions in the Company's component supply sources or
limitations on component availability could impact the Company's ability to
deliver its products and in turn adversely affect future earnings.
DEPRECIATION AND AMORTIZATION
Depreciation and amortization is provided using the straight-line method over
estimated useful lives of the related assets. Amortization of assets acquired
with capital leases is included with depreciation and amortization expense.
The estimated useful lives are as follows:
<TABLE>
<S> <C>
Furniture and equipment 3 - 5 years
Leasehold improvements Shorter of lease term or useful life
Molds and tooling 2 years
Building 10 years
</TABLE>
GOODWILL
Goodwill, representing the excess purchase price over the fair value of the net
assets of the acquired entities, is being amortized on a straight-line basis
over the periods of expected benefit of three years.
Long-lived assets and certain identifiable intangibles held and used by the
Company are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances
indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. The
Company believes that no impairment of the carrying value of its long-lived
assets inclusive of goodwill existed at December 31, 1997. The Company's
analysis at December 31, 1997 has been based on
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
(dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)
1. CONSOLIDATION, BUSINESS, FINANCING AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING
POLICIES (CONTINUED)
GOODWILL (CONTINUED)
an estimate of future undiscounted cash flows using forecasts contained in the
Company's operating plan. Should the results of the operating plan not be
achieved, future analyses may indicate insufficient future undiscounted net cash
flows to recover the carrying value of the Company's long-lived assets, in which
case the carrying value of such assets would be required to be written down to
fair value if lower than the carrying value. The Company would then be required
to make a determination of the fair value of its long-lived assets. The Company
is unable to predict whether any write-down would be required in such
circumstances. The Company's historical results of operations and its cash flows
in 1997 indicate that there is a possibility that such circumstances could arise
in 1998.
ACCRUED EXPENSES
Accrued expenses consist of the following as of December 31, 1997:
<TABLE>
<S> <C>
Royalties $ 75,198
Warranty and post sales support 66,479
Payroll and related 51,057
Cooperative advertising 29,264
Value added tax 22,348
Others 74,551
-------------------
$ 318,897
===================
</TABLE>
FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
The carrying values of the Company's notes payable (Notes 3 and 4) approximate
their fair vales as of December 31, 1997, based on current incremental borrowing
rates for similar types of borrowing arrangements.
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
(dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)
1. CONSOLIDATION, BUSINESS, FINANCING AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING
POLICIES (CONTINUED)
REVENUE RECOGNITION
The Company recognizes revenue from product sales upon shipment. The Company
accepts returns of defective goods covered by manufacturer's warranty and, under
certain circumstances, accepts the return of unsold products. If the Company
reduces its selling prices on existing products, it typically credits its
customers for the amount of the price reduction for products remaining in the
customer's inventories. The effect of potential product returns and price
adjustments is estimated and provided for in the period of sale. The reserves
for product returns and price adjustments totaled $46,236 as of December 31,
1997, respectively, and have been accounted for as a reduction of accounts
receivable.
The Company makes periodic evaluations of the credit worthiness of its
customers' financial condition and generally does not require collateral.
Receivables are generally due within 30 days.
ADVERTISING
The Company advertises primarily on a cooperative basis and to a lesser extent
through print and broadcast media. Under the cooperative advertising program the
Company accrues an obligation to reimburse its customers for qualified
advertising of Company products. The Company provides for cooperative
advertising obligations in the same period as the related revenue is recognized.
Advertising expense during the year ended December 31, 1997 totaled $91,564.
WARRANTY AND POST SALES SUPPORT EXPENSES
The Company warrants its products generally for a period of one to three years
and provides currently for the estimated costs which may be incurred under these
product warranties. The Company provides for post sales support at the time of
shipment by accruing such costs.
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
(dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)
1. CONSOLIDATION, BUSINESS, FINANCING AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING
POLICIES (CONTINUED)
STOCK BASED COMPENSATION
The Company applies Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 25, "Accounting for
Stock Issued to Employees," (APB 25) and related Interpretations in accounting
for its stock option plan (Note 9). Under APB 25, because the exercise prices of
the Company's employee stock options generally equals the fair value of the
underlying stock on the date of grant, no compensation expense is recognized.
Pro forma information regarding net loss is required by Statement of Financial
Accounting Standards No. 123, "Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation," (SFAS
No. 123), which also requires that the information be determined as if the
Company had accounted for its employee stock options granted subsequent to
December 31, 1994 under the fair value method of SFAS No. 123. The fair value of
these options was estimated at the date of grant using the Minimum Value Method
with a risk-free interest rate of 6% for 1997. The weighted average expected
life of the options in both 1997 was five years. For purposes of pro forma
disclosures, the estimated fair value of the options is amortized to expense
over the vesting period of the options. The effect of applying SFAS No. 123
Minimum Value Method to the Company's employee stock option grants results in
pro forma net losses that are not materially different from the amounts
reported. Because SFAS No. 123 is applicable only to options granted subsequent
to December 31, 1994, its pro forma effect will not be fully realized until
1999.
INCOME TAXES
The Company does not provide taxes on the undistributed earnings of all foreign
subsidiaries since the earnings will be permanently reinvested in the foreign
subsidiaries. The cumulative amount of such undistributed earnings is
insignificant.
2. ACQUISITIONS AND RESTRUCTURING
In April 1996, the Company purchased all of the outstanding stock of Zenith Data
Systems Corporation and Zenith Data Systems Europe, S.A. (Collectively Zenith)
from Bull Data Systems, Inc. (Bull) and Bull S.A., respectively (the Zenith
Acquisition). In July 1996, the Company acquired certain assets and assumed
certain liabilities relating to NEC Corporation's (NEC) North American personal
computer business (the NEC
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
(dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)
2. ACQUISITIONS AND RESTRUCTURING (CONTINUED)
Acquisition). The total purchase price for the Zenith Acquisition was $311,000,
comprised of 6,725,285 shares of the Company's Series D Preferred Stock and a
promissory note in the amount of $28,000. The total purchase price for the NEC
Acquisition was $307,436 comprised solely of 7,306,000 shares of the Company's
Series D Preferred Stock. Of the combined $618,436 purchase price, $151,722 was
recorded as excess of the purchase price over the fair value of the net assets
acquired. The acquisitions were accounted for in accordance with the purchase
method of accounting and, accordingly, the net assets acquired were included in
the Company's consolidated balance sheets based upon their estimated fair values
at the transactions effective dates. The Company's consolidated statements of
operations include the revenues and expenses of the acquired businesses after
the effective dates of the respective transactions.
In connection with the Zenith Acquisition the Company accrued liabilities of
approximately $48,000 related to the restructuring of the Zenith operations. The
restructuring plan included the consolidation of domestic manufacturing
operations and administration in Sacramento, California as well as the
consolidation of certain European operations. The restructuring accrual was
comprised principally of costs associated with employee terminations and
relocations, fixed asset write-downs and termination of facility leases. Also,
in connection with the Zenith Acquisition, Bull agreed to pay to the Company
$45,000 for restructuring related costs. The $45,000 reimbursement was recorded
at the same time as the restructuring accrual which resulted in a $3,000
increase in goodwill. During the year ended December 31, 1997, the Company's
restructuring activities resulted in asset write-downs and cash expenditures of
$11,800 ($27,200 in 1996), respectively, related directly to the Zenith
restructuring activities which were charged against the restructuring accrual.
In addition, as a result of the completion of the Zenith restructuring
activities during the year ended December 31, 1997, the Company reduced goodwill
by the amount remaining in the restructuring accrual ($9,000).
3. DEBT
NOTES PAYABLE TO BANKS
On March 31, 1997, the Company obtained a $425,000 line of credit facility
(Credit Facility) from a bank syndicate expiring on March 31, 1998. Advances
under the Credit Facility are secured by substantially all of the Company's
assets and bear interest at LIBOR plus 2% (aggregating 7.6% as of December 31,
1997). Additionally, the Credit
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
(dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)
3. DEBT (CONTINUED)
NOTES PAYABLE TO BANKS (CONTINUED)
Facility provides for the payment of a facility fee equal to 0.5% of the unused
commitment amount. Under the Credit Facility, advances will be made based on
certain percentages of eligible accounts receivable and inventories (as
defined), less a $20,000 availability requirement. The initial funding under the
Credit Facility was used to payoff amounts outstanding under the previous credit
facility and a line of credit with a bank.
The Credit Facility requires that all cash receipts be deposited as payments on
advances and it also requires the maintenance of certain financial ratios and
net worth balances (as defined) as well as placing limitations on the amount of
losses the Company may incur on a quarterly basis. The Credit Facility also
places other restrictions on the Company, including the payment of cash
dividends, incurrence of additional indebtedness, redemption of its capital
stock, prepayment of other debt obligations and changes in ownership. As of
December 31, 1997, the Company was either in compliance with all covenants
required by the Credit Facility or had received a waiver from the bank
syndicate.
On March 30, 1998, the Company and the bank syndicate amended the Credit
Facility. The amendments included the extension of the maturity date to March
29, 1999 and the reduction of the total amount available to $300,000.
In Europe, the Company has a line of credit facility with a bank syndicate of
approximately $100,000, expiring October 31, 1998, that may be called by the
syndicate at any time upon 60 days notice. Under the agreement, advances can be
made based on certain percentages of eligible accounts receivable (as defined).
Borrowings under the agreement are secured by a majority of the Company's
receivables in Europe and no amounts were outstanding as of December 31, 1997.
Interest expense is based on LIBOR plus 0.9% (aggregating 6.5% as of December
31, 1997) and is payable quarterly. Additionally, the agreement provides for the
payment of a quarterly facility fee at the rate of 0.5% per annum times the
unused commitment under the line of credit facility. The agreement places
various restrictions on Packard Bell NEC Europe B.V. and provides that specific
financial ratios must be maintained. Borrowings under this agreement are fully
guaranteed by Packard Bell NEC, Inc.
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
(dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)
3. DEBT (CONTINUED)
OTHER NOTES PAYABLE
Other notes payable as of December 31, 1997 consist of the following:
<TABLE>
<S> <C>
Note payable to Bull S.A., a related party; interest at prime plus 3.0%
(aggregating 11.5% as of December 31, 1997) per annum; payable in full in
April 2004
$ 28,000
Notes payable to the City of Sacramento; interest at 8.82% and 9% per annum;
payable in monthly installments of principal and interest through January
2008; secured by furniture and equipment and leasehold improvements with a
net book value of $14,191 as of December 31, 1997
24,363
Obligations under capital leases (Note 8) 15,067
Note payable to a licensor; interest at 8% per annum; payable in semiannual
installments; maturing September 1998 12,267
Other notes payable; interest at rates ranging from 7% to 9% per annum; payable
in quarterly or semiannual installments; maturing on various dates through 2006 2,935
-------------------
82,632
Less current portion 21,369
-------------------
Long term portion $ 61,263
===================
</TABLE>
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
(dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)
3. DEBT (CONTINUED)
OTHER NOTES PAYABLE (CONTINUED)
Certain of the other notes payable have various restrictions and covenants
including cross default provisions, restrictions on payments and indebtedness
and compliance with certain financial covenants. The Company was not in
compliance with certain of the covenants as of December 31, 1997. Subsequent to
December 31, 1997, the Company has either amended the agreements or complied
with the covenants.
Aggregate maturities of other notes payable for the years succeeding December
31, 1997 are as follows:
<TABLE>
<S> <C>
1998 $ 21,369
1999 8,449
2000 4,705
2001 2,583
2002 2,518
Thereafter 43,008
--------------------
$ 82,632
====================
</TABLE>
Interest expense related to the note payable to Bull S.A. amounted to $3,379
during the year ended December 31, 1997.
4. CONVERTIBLE NOTES PAYABLE TO A RELATED PARTY
On December 26, 1997, the Company entered into a financing agreement with NEC
(the Financing Agreement). The Financing Agreement requires NEC to provide the
Company with $300,000 in financing in the form of convertible notes payable (the
Notes). The $300,000 in financing was received by the Company in separate
installments of $150,000 on December 26, 1997 and February 6, 1998. The Notes
bear interest at prime plus 1% which is payable quarterly. The Notes are
convertible into common stock at NEC's option in the event the Company completes
an initial public offering (IPO) of their stock with gross proceeds of at least
$250,000. The aggregate principal amounts of the Notes are due in a lump sum on
December 31, 2000. However, if the Company does not complete an IPO by December
31, 1998, NEC can declare the Notes due and payable any time after April 30,
1999. The Notes are unsecured and are subordinate to the Credit Facility (Note
3). Bull guarantees 20% of the Notes.
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
(dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)
5. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
The Company purchases from and sells inventory to companies that are affiliated
with the Company or certain stockholders of the Company as follows for the year
ended December 31, 1997:
<TABLE>
<S> <C>
Sales to related parties $ 107,152
Purchases from related parties $ 199,191
</TABLE>
The terms and prices involved with these transactions are no more or less
favorable to the Company than could be obtained from unaffiliated third parties.
In July 1996, the Company acquired certain assets and assumed certain
liabilities relating to NEC Corporation's (NEC) North American computer business
(the NEC Acquisition). In connection with the NEC Acquisition, the Company and
NEC Technologies (a division of NEC) entered into a "Transition Services
Agreement." The Transition Services Agreement provided for the Company to
reimburse NEC Technologies ("NEC Tech.") for specified costs that it incurred
related to or paid for on behalf of the businesses that were purchased by the
Company. The Transition Services Agreement provides for the types of costs that
the Company would reimburse NEC Tech. for as well as the reimbursement rates.
During the year ended December 31, 1997, the Company made no reimbursements to
NEC Tech. for costs covered under the Transition Services Agreement.
Also, in connection with the NEC Acquisition, the Company and NEC entered into
certain royalty and research and development reimbursement agreements. The
Company is to pay NEC royalties for use of certain technical and manufacturing
knowledge and during the year ended December 31, 1997, the Company paid NEC
royalties in the amount of $5,680. In addition, NEC is to reimburse the Company
for reasonable expenses incurred in conducting research, development and
engineering (associated with certain products) requested or approved in advance
by NEC. During the year ended December 31, 1997, NEC reimbursed the Company for
research, development and engineering expenditures in the amounts of $28,482.
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
(dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)
6. INCOME TAXES
The Company accounts for income taxes using the liability method. Under this
method, deferred tax assets and liabilities are determined based on differences
between the financial reporting and tax bases of assets and liabilities and are
measured using the enacted tax rates and laws that will be in effect when the
differences are expected to reverse. Deferred tax expense is determined by the
change in the net asset or liability for deferred taxes.
Significant components of the Company's deferred tax assets and liabilities as
of December 31, 1997 are as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
CURRENT NON-CURRENT
--------- ---------
<S> <C> <C>
Deferred tax assets:
Net operating loss carryforwards $ -- $ 528,822
Inventory reserves 17,809 --
Warranty reserves 11,748 --
Tax credit carryforwards -- 10,937
Accounts receivable related reserves 8,870 --
State income taxes 611 --
Other 30,344 --
--------- ---------
Total deferred tax assets 69,382 539,759
Deferred tax liabilities (primarily depreciation) (22,443) --
--------- ---------
Deferred tax assets, net of liabilities 46,939 539,759
Valuation allowance for deferred tax assets (40,386) (539,759)
--------- ---------
Net deferred tax assets $ 6,553 $ --
========= =========
</TABLE>
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
(dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)
6. INCOME TAXES (CONTINUED)
The net deferred tax assets are included on the accompanying consolidated
balance sheets as a component of prepaid expenses and other current assets.
For financial reporting purposes, losses from continuing operations before
income taxes for the year ended December 31, 1997 include the following
components:
<TABLE>
<S> <C>
Income (loss) before taxes:
United States $(666,076)
Foreign 20,394
---------
Total loss before taxes $(645,682)
=========
</TABLE>
Significant components of the provision for income taxes for the year ended
December 31, 1997 are as follows:
<TABLE>
<S> <C>
Current:
Federal $ --
State 20
Foreign 2,766
------
Total current 2,786
Deferred --
------
Total tax provision $2,786
======
</TABLE>
The Company has federal and state net operating loss carryforwards for income
tax reporting purposes of $1,335,929 and $683,652, respectively. These
carryforwards will begin expiring in 2010.
Under Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, the net
operating loss carryforwards available for use in any given year may be limited
if a greater than 50% change in ownership, as defined by Section 382, were to
occur.
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
(dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)
6. INCOME TAXES (CONTINUED)
The income tax provisions differ from the amount computed by applying the
federal statutory income tax rate to income (loss) before income taxes. A
reconciliation to the statutory federal income tax rate (35% in each year) for
the year ended December 31, 1997, is as follows:
<TABLE>
<S> <C>
Statutory federal income tax rate (35.0%)
Net operating loss with no current benefit 35.6
Foreign income tax effect 0.4
Other (0.6)
----
0.4%
====
</TABLE>
7. REDEEMABLE CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK AND STOCKHOLDERS' NET CAPITAL
DEFICIENCY
In April 1996, the Company sold 6,725,285 shares of Series D Cumulative
Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock (Series D) to NEC. In connection with the
acquisitions (Note 2), the Company issued to Bull and NEC 6,725,285 and
7,306,000 shares of Series D, respectively. In June 1997, The Company sold
6,772,814 shares of Series F Cumulative Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock
(Series F) to NEC. In connection with the NEC Financing Agreement (Note 4) NEC
exchanged 11,445,000 shares of Series D for 11,445,000 shares of newly issued
Series G Cumulative Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock (Series G).
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
(dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)
7. REDEEMABLE CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK AND STOCKHOLDERS' NET CAPITAL
DEFICIENCY (CONTINUED)
Preferred stock consists of the following (including accretion to redemption
value on Series D, F and G) as of December 31, 1997:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Mezzanine Equity
---------- --------
<S> <C> <C>
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, 3,155,181
shares authorized, issued and outstanding $ 37,953
Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, 4,040,149
shares authorized, issued and outstanding 168,795
Series C Convertible Preferred Stock, 613,699
shares authorized, 411,691 shares issued and
outstanding 165
Series D Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock,
20,756,570 shares authorized, 9,311,570 and
20,756,570 shares issued and outstanding in 1997 $ 425,584
Series F Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock,
6,772,814 shares authorized, issued and outstanding 292,125
Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock Series G,
11,445,000 shares authorized, issued and outstanding 519,951
---------- --------
$1,237,660 $206,913
========== ========
</TABLE>
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
(dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)
7. REDEEMABLE CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK AND STOCKHOLDERS' NET CAPITAL
DEFICIENCY (CONTINUED)
The significant features of the Company's various series of preferred stock are
as follows:
VOTING RIGHTS -- The holders of shares of Series A, B, C and G are
entitled to voting rights equal to the number of shares of common stock
into which each series of preferred stock would be convertible.
LIQUIDATION PREFERENCES -- In the event of liquidation or dissolution
of the Company, the preferred stockholders are entitled to priority
over common stockholders with respect to distribution of Company assets
or payments to stockholders. This liquidation preference is equal to
$12.68 and $44.18 per share for Series A and B, respectively, and
$42.08 per share for Series C, D, F and G. In addition, the liquidation
preference will also include any accumulated and unpaid dividends at
the date of liquidation or dissolution. The aggregate liquidation
preference as of December 31, 1997 for all series of preferred stock
totaled $1,480,033.
REDEMPTION -- Each series of the Company's preferred stock is subject
to mandatory or optional redemption by the Company. The redemption
prices for individual series of preferred stock equal the sum of; (1)
$12.68 and $44.18 per share for Series A and B, respectively, and
$42.08 per share for Series C, D, F and G and (2) accumulated and
unpaid dividends at the date of redemption. The Company may redeem
Series A, B or C (in a single transaction) following the fifth
anniversary of the respective issuance dates. The Company may redeem
75% of Series D at any time and all Series D and G subsequent to July
1, 1998. The Company may redeem Series F at any time. Beginning with
the fifth anniversary of the issuance dates, the Company must redeem
all outstanding shares of Series D, F and G, including accumulated and
unpaid dividends, in five equal and annual installments. Aggregate
mandatory redemptions commence in 2001 and are approximately $85,079
and $247,638 in 2001 and 2002, respectively. The excess of the
redemption value over the carrying value is being accreted by periodic
charges to additional paid-in capital and accumulated deficit over the
life of the issue.
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
(dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)
7. REDEEMABLE CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK AND STOCKHOLDERS' NET CAPITAL
DEFICIENCY (CONTINUED)
CONVERSION RIGHTS -- Holders of Series A, B and C have the right at any
time to convert such shares, including accumulated and unpaid
dividends, into common stock at the conversion price as defined.
Holders of Series D, F and G have the right to convert such shares,
including accumulated and unpaid dividends, into common stock at any
time subsequent to January 1, 1999 at the conversion price as defined.
NEC has the right to convert its Series D, F and G into common stock
prior to January 1, 1999 in the event the Company fails to maintain
certain specified net worth requirements, defaults on its Credit
Facility (Note 3) and the bank accelerates the maturity date, or
requests additional financial support from NEC or Bull. In the event of
an initial public offering which meets certain size requirements, all
series of preferred stock will automatically convert into common stock.
The conversion prices of Series A, Series B, Series C, Series D, Series
F and Series G as of December 31, 1997, were $12.68, $42.08, $42.08,
$42.08, $42.08 and $42.08, respectively.
DIVIDENDS -- Series A, D, F and G accumulate dividends at an annual
rate of $.63, $2.10, $2.10 and $2.10 per share, respectively, whether
or not declared by the Company's Board of Directors. The Series A
dividends were cumulative from the issuance date through July 21, 1996.
The Series D, F and G dividends are cumulative from the issuance date
until such shares are converted or redeemed. In the event Series D, F
and G are converted into common stock in conjunction with an initial
public offering prior to January 1, 1999, the Series D, F and G
accumulated and unpaid dividends as of the conversion date shall be
canceled and forgiven and may not be used in the conversion into common
stock. Dividends on Series B and C shall be payable only when and if
declared by the Company's Board of Directors. As of December 31, 1997,
accumulated and unpaid dividends on Series A, D, F and G amounted to
$6,000, $33,562, $7,125, and $39,068, respectively.
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
(dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)
7. REDEEMABLE CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK AND STOCKHOLDERS' NET CAPITAL
DEFICIENCY (CONTINUED)
In addition, preferred shares are subject to certain transfer restrictions and
are entitled to certain registration rights.
Of the 87,711,689 shares of common stock authorized but unissued as of December
31, 1997, the following shares were reserved for issuance:
<TABLE>
<S> <C>
Convertible preferred stock 35,811,599
Stock option plan 3,985,518
----------
39,797,117
==========
</TABLE>
8. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
COMMITMENTS
On December 15, 1994, the Company entered into a lease with the City of
Sacramento, California for office premises and manufacturing/warehouse premises
through December 14, 2014 and December 14, 2049, respectively. The lease payment
for the manufacturing/warehouse and office premises is fixed at one dollar per
year plus a pro rata share of common area expenses and the Company's share of
the cost and expense of capital expenditures. The lease of the office premises
contains four renewal options; the first three extensions are for a period of
ten years each and the fourth extension is for a period of five years. At each
extension date, the rent shall be set at 90% of the then fair market value for
comparable space as of the beginning date of the extended term. Additionally,
the Company has the option through January 1, 2004 to purchase all or part of
the leased property.
The Company leases additional office and warehouse facilities under operating
leases that have initial or remaining noncancelable terms in excess of one year.
One of the leases contains renewal options to extend the lease through 2009.
During March 1994, a newly formed subsidiary of the Company, Packard Bell Angers
entered into a thirteen year lease for a manufacturing facility in France. This
lease has been accounted for as a capital lease. The agreement requires an
initial principal and interest payment in the amount of $88 in the first year
and twelve annual principal and
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
(dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)
8. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (CONTINUED)
COMMITMENTS (CONTINUED)
interest payments in the amount of $952 in subsequent years. The Company has an
option to purchase the facility after the sixth year. In conjunction with the
lease, the Company has agreed to maintain minimum employment levels at the
facility. Additionally, the Company issued a corporate guarantee for $1,400 in
the event the lease is terminated during the first six years of its term.
As of December 31, 1997, the Company's commitments under noncancelable leases in
excess of one year were as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
YEAR ENDING
DECEMBER 31 OPERATING CAPITAL
------- -------
<S> <C> <C>
1998 $16,076 $ 5,139
1999 10,353 4,642
2000 6,496 1,695
2001 4,750 1,125
2002 2,537 901
Thereafter 5,624 3,552
------- -------
Total minimum lease payments $45,836 17,054
=======
Less amount representing interest 1,987
-------
Net present value 15,067
Less current portion 4,365
-------
Long term portion $10,702
=======
</TABLE>
Included in the above schedule for 1998 are approximately $4,400 of operating
lease commitments with a related party.
Rent expense under all operating leases during the year ended December 31, 1997
totaled $19,188.
The cost of facilities and equipment under capital leases as of December 31,
1997 was $29,072, with accumulated amortization totaling $11,282.
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
(dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)
8. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (CONTINUED)
COMMITMENTS (CONTINUED)
Under certain software license agreements, the Company is required to pay
minimum guaranteed royalties. Minimum commitments payable under these agreements
total $27,672 and $31,000 in 1998 and 1999, respectively. Royalty expense under
all license agreements during the year ended December 31, 1997 was $214,933.
As the Company's European subsidiary records accounts receivable in various
European currencies, the Company is exposed to the effect of foreign exchange
rate fluctuations on the U.S. dollar value of the related accounts receivable.
The Company has commitments to sell several foreign currencies totaling
approximately $545,809 as of December 31, 1997 to minimize the effect of
fluctuating foreign currencies on these accounts receivable. These contracts
mature through June 1998. The forward exchange contracts do not qualify as
hedges for financial reporting purposes and accordingly the changes in forward
rates are reflected directly in operations. The net foreign exchange gain for
the year ended December 31, 1997 was $27,383. Transaction gains and losses
resulting from changes in foreign currency exchange rates are reflected in the
consolidated statements of operations and have been insignificant.
CONTINGENCIES
In connection with its principal business activities, the Company has been made
aware of others in the industry who assert exclusive rights to certain
technologies. The Company evaluates these assertions and, if appropriate, enters
into licensing arrangements. In the opinion of management the effect of these
assertions, if any, should not have a material adverse impact on the Company's
consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.
In addition, various other claims and actions, considered normal to the
Company's business have been asserted or are pending against the Company. The
effect of these claims and actions, some of which include claims of significant
amounts, is not determinable with certainty at this time; however, in the
opinion of management, the outcome of all such claims and actions should not
have a material adverse impact on the Company's consolidated financial position,
results of operations or cash flows.
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
(dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)
8. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (CONTINUED)
CONTINGENCIES (CONTINUED)
The Company has arranged for product financing for retailers and distributors of
the Company's products with certain commercial finance companies. Under these
arrangements, the customer can obtain financing from the commercial finance
companies to purchase the Company's product. In conjunction with these financing
arrangements the Company has signed inventory repurchase agreements with the
commercial finance companies. The repurchase agreements provide that in the
event of default by a customer, the Company will repurchase certain inventory
from the commercial finance companies for a period of time as provided in these
agreements. Sales under these agreements were approximately $496,307 for the
year ended December 31, 1997, respectively. Amounts owed to the commercial
finance companies by the Company's customers were approximately $46,750 as of
December 31, 1997, respectively. The Company has not been required to make
significant repurchases under these agreements and, in the opinion of
management, claims under these agreements should not have a material adverse
impact on the Company's consolidated financial position, results of operations
or cash flows.
9. STOCK OPTION PLAN
As of December 31, 1997, a total of 3,985,518 shares of common stock were
reserved for issuance upon exercise of options under the 1992 Stock Option Plan
(the Plan). The Plan provides for the grant of Incentive and Nonstatutory Stock
Options to employees and consultants of the Company. Generally, options vest
equally on a monthly basis over a period of five years from the date of grant.
Option grants under the Plan expire 10 years from the date of grant. The
exercise price of options granted under the Plan must be at least equal to the
fair market value of the shares of Common Stock at the date of grant, as
determined by the Company's Board of Directors.
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
(dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)
9. STOCK OPTION PLAN (CONTINUED)
The following table summarizes stock options available for grant for the year
ended December 31, 1997:
<TABLE>
<S> <C>
Balance at beginning of year 1,045,518
Authorized 250,000
Granted (1,500,000)
Forfeited 296,666
----------
Available for future grant 92,184
==========
</TABLE>
A summary of the status of the Plan is presented below for the year ended
December 31, 1997:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
WEIGHTED
AVERAGE
EXERCISE
OPTIONS PRICE
----------- -----
<S> <C> <C>
Outstanding at beginning of year 2,690,000 $6.66
Granted 1,500,000 $8.50
Forfeited (296,666) $8.49
----------
Outstanding at end of year 3,893,334 $7.23
========== =====
Exercisable at end of year 1,361,748 $7.33
========== =====
Weighted average fair value of options granted
during the year $8.50
=====
</TABLE>
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
(dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)
9. STOCK OPTION PLAN (CONTINUED)
The following table summarizes information about stock options outstanding as of
December 31, 1997:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Options Outstanding Options Exercisable
------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------
Weighted-Average Weighted-Average Weighted-Average
Range of Remaining Exercise Exercise
Exercise Prices Number Contractual Life Price Number Price
--------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ----------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
$4.00 1,000,000 8.7 $ 4.00 266,667 $ 4.00
8.00-8.50 2,893,334 8.1 8.35 1,095,081 8.14
----------------- ----------------
3,893,334 8.3 7.23 1,361,748 7.33
================= ================
</TABLE>
10. GEOGRAPHIC DATA
Geographic information for the year ended December 31, 1997 is presented in the
following tables. North America includes the United States and Canada. Transfers
between geographic areas are recorded using internal transfer prices set by the
Company. Such transfers are eliminated in the consolidated financial statements.
Operating income by geographic segment does include an allocation of general
corporate expenses. Identifiable assets are those that can be directly
associated with a particular geographic area.
Export sales from the United States, including Canada, to unaffiliated customers
are not material for any period presented.
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
(dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)
10. GEOGRAPHIC DATA (CONTINUED)
The following table sets forth information about the Company's operations by
geographic area.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
TRANSFERS
SALES TO BETWEEN
UNAFFILIATED GEOGRAPHIC NET OPERATING IDENTIFIABLE
1997 CUSTOMERS AREAS SALES INCOME (LOSS) ASSETS
-------------------- ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
North America $ 2,651,473 $ 54,148 $ 2,705,621 $ (627,781) $ 1,575,418
Europe 1,156,054 - 1,156,054 29,910 460,377
Other 89,717 - 89,717 (12,628) 46,604
Eliminations - (54,148) (54,148) 859 (711,657)
------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------
Consolidated $ 3,897,244 $ - $ 3,897,244 $ (609,640) $ 1,370,742
============ ============ ============ ============ ============
</TABLE>
11. YEAR 2000 ISSUE (UNAUDITED)
The Company has developed a plan to modify its information technology to be
ready for the year 2000 and has begun converting critical data processing
systems. The Company currently expects the project to be substantially complete
by early 1999 and to cost between $20,000 and $30,000. This estimate includes
internal costs, but excludes the costs to upgrade and replace systems in the
normal course of business. The Company does not expect this project to have a
significant effect on operations. As of December 31, 1997, no amount had been
expensed. The Company will continue to implement systems with strategic value
though some projects may be delayed due to resource constraints.
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(TRANSLATION)
SHARE HANDLING REGULATIONS
OF
NIPPON DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
(NEC CORPORATION)
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Historical Note
Promulgated on October 31, 1951
Partially amended on July 28, 1953
- Do. - on November 30, 1966
- Do. - on April 30, 1968
- Do. - on May 29, 1975
- Do. - on April 28, 1982
- Do. - on September 29, 1982
- Do. - on April 30, 1985
- Do. - on January 27, 1989
- Do. - on September 27, 1991
- Do. - on June 27, 1997
- Do. - on October 1, 1999
- Do. - on July 1, 2000
