NEC Corporation

Consolidated Statements of Income and Retained Earnings

NEC CORPORATION AND CONSOLIDATED SUBSIDIARIES
Six months ended September 30

The statements are subject to year-end adjustments and audit.                                             In thousands of

                                                                       In millions of yen                   U.S. dollars   

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                                                                 1994         1995         1996                 1996      

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Sales and other income:

  Net sales ...............................................   Y1,741,490   Y1,921,737   Y2,242,541         $ 20,022,688  

  Interest, gain on securities sold, dividends and other ..       24,291       15,758       35,170              314,017  

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                                                               1,765,781    1,937,495    2,277,711           20,336,705  

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Costs and expenses:

  Cost of sales	..........................................     1,151,215    1,267,220    1,547,410           13,816,161  

  Selling, general and administrative ....................       520,536      549,806      602,760            5,381,786  

  Interest ...............................................        40,075       35,308       30,848              275,428  

  Other ..................................................        23,271       35,477       35,747              319,169  

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                                                               1,735,097    1,887,811    2,216,765           19,792,544  

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Income before income taxes

                            ..............................        30,684       49,684       60,946              544,161  



Income taxes

            ..............................................        24,121       34,180       29,862              266,625  

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Income before minority interests,

 equity in earnings of affiliated companies

 and cumulative effect of accounting change

                                               ...........         6,563       15,504       31,084              277,536  

Minority interest in consolidated

 subsidiary companies

                      ....................................          (294)         158          597                5,330  

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Income before equity in earnings of

 affiliated companies and cumulative effect

 of accounting change

                      ....................................         6,857       15,346       30,487              272,206  

Equity in earnings of affiliated companies

                                              ............         4,485        4,891          724                6,464  

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Net income

         .................................................        11,342       20,237       31,211              278,670  



Retained earnings:

  Balance at beginning of year ...........................       306,467      324,704      382,901            3,418,759 

  Cash dividends .........................................        (7,702)      (7,723)      (8,508)             (75,964) 

  Transfer to legal reserve ..............................          (873)        (907)        (905)              (8,081) 

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  Balance at end of period                                    Y  309,234   Y  336,311   Y  404,699         $  3,613,384  

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Note: Effective April 1, 1993, the Company adopted SFAS No. 109, "Accounting for Income Taxes," on a prospective basis without restating the prior years' financial statements.

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