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Nidec Corporation

First Quarter Fiscal 2017 Results

Three Months Ended June 30, 2017

July 26, 2017 Note Regarding Forward-looking Statements

These presentation materials and the related discussions contain forward-looking statements including expectations, estimates, projections, plans and strategies. Such forward-looking statements are based on management's targets, assumptions and beliefs in light of the information currently available. Certain risks, uncertainties and other factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, changes in customer circumstances and demand, exchange rate fluctuations, and the Nidec Group's ability to design, develop, mass produce and win acceptance of its products and to acquire and successfully integrate companies with complementary technologies and product lines. Please see other disclosure documents filed or published by the Nidec Group companies, including the Japanese securities report, for additional information regarding such risks and uncertainties. Nidec undertakes no obligation to update the forward-looking statements unless required by law.

The first slide features a pool pump and a high-speed pump manufactured by LGB Elettropompe S.r.l. acquired in July 2017.

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  • Consolidated Profit/Loss

Millions of Yen, except for percentages, EPS, and FX rates

Q1/FY2016 Q1/FY2017 Change

FY2017

Forecast

Net sales 276,206 343,091 +24.2% 1,375,000

Operating profit 31,524 39,022 +23.8% 165,000

Operating profit ratio 11.4% 11.4% - 12.0%

Profit before

income taxes 29,087 36,326 +24.9% 161,000

Profit attributable to

owners of the parent 22,028 28,194 +28.0% 127,000

EPS (Yen) 74.27 95.22 +28.2% 428.94

FX rate (Yen/US$)

Average:

108.14

111.09

+2.7%

Term end:

102.91

112.00

+8.8%

Assumed for Q2 onward: Yen/US$: 105

Yen/Euro: 110

Note: Based on the current forecast of sales volume, every one yen appreciation or depreciation against the U.S. dollar and the euro for FY2017 is estimated to have an annualized impact of 8.8 billion yen and 1.70 billion yen on net sales, respectively, and 1.10 billion yen and 0.4 billion yen on operating profit, respectively.

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Summary of Q1 FY2017

  • Quarterly net sales and operating profit increased 24% Y/Y to record highs.

  • Quarterly operating profit ratios for Small Precision Motors, Machinery, Electronic & Optical Components and Other Products reached the 15% target under Vision2020.

  • Profit attributable to owners of the parent improved by a significant 28% Y/Y.

  • Upward revision to FY2017 financial forecasts.

    4

    +3.4

    +0.9

    Products +1.4

    5

    This slide includes forward-looking statements. See Disclaimer on Page 2.

    90.00

    105

    110

    (Assumed for Q2 onward)

    45.00

    105

    110

    (Assumed for Q2 onward)

    421.44

    90.00

    105

    110

    195.55

    45.00

    105

    110

    127,000

    428.94

    60,000

    202.65

    125,000

    58,000

    12.0%

    12.3%

    165,000

    80,000

    1,375,000

    650,000

    1,350,000

    160,000

    11.9%

    625,000

    75,000

    12.0%

    Revision to FY2017 Forecast

    (April 25, 2017)>

    Millions of Yen, except for

    percentages, EPS, dividends and FX rates

    Net sales Operating profit

    Operating Profit Ratio

    1H/FY2017

    Full-Year

    1H/FY2017

    Full-Year

    Profit before

    income taxes

    Profit attributable to owners of the parent

    EPS (Yen)

    Dividends (Yen)

    FX Rate (Yen/US$) FX Rate (Yen/€)

    74,000

    158,000

    77,000

    161,000

    Year-on-Year Changes (Three Months Ended June 30, 2017)

    (Billions of Yen)

    +48.8

    +5.3

    +1.6

    +4.5

    +6.7

    343.1

    276.2

    Q1/FY16

    (Billions of Yen)

    ExchangeSmall Precision

    rateMotors

    Automotive,

    Appliance, Commercial and Industrial

    Machinery

    Electronic

    and Optical Components and Others

    Q1/FY17

    +3.0

    -1.7

    +0.5

    39.0

    31.5

    Q1/FY16

    Exchange Small Precision

    rate Motors

    Automotive,

    Appliance, Commercial and Industrial Products

    Machinery

    Electronic

    and Optical Components and Others

    Eliminations/ Q1/FY17

    corporate

    6

    +1.9

    +0.3

    +1.3

    Q1/FY17

    Electronic

    and Optical Components and Others

    +0.9

    +1.0

    Machinery

    Automotive,

    Appliance, Commercial and Industrial Products

    (Billions of Yen)

    Quarter-on-Quarter Changes (Three Months Ended June 30, 2017)

    (Billions of Yen)

    +19.7

    +0.3

    -3.0

    -4.5

    -0.6

    331.1

    343.1

    Q4/FY16

    ExchangeSmall Precision

    rateMotors

    -0.6

    39.0

    34.2

    Q4/FY16

    Exchange Small Precision

    rate Motors

    Automotive,

    Appliance, Commercial and Industrial Products

    Machinery

    Electronic

    and Optical Components and Others

    Eliminations/ Q1/FY17

    corporate

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    Mid-Term Strategic Goal Vision2020

    This section includes forward-looking statements. See Disclaimer on page 2 of this presentation.

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    Vision2020: Mid-Term Strategic Goal

    Continuous pursuit of profit & strong growth

  • Target for consolidated net sales: 2 trillion yen (including sales attributable to new M&A

    of approx. 500 billion yen)

  • Sales target for Automotive: 700 billion to 1 trillion yen

  • Target for consolidated operating profit ratio: 15%

  • Target for ROE: 18%

    (assuming shareholders' equity ratio of 60%)

  • Five regional HQ management units

Motors

Automotive

Appliance, Commercial and

Industrial Products

Other Product Groups

New M&A 600.0 600.0 600.0

growth> growth>growth>

Key Growth Areas

164.2

190.1

94.2 Key Growth Areas

200.0

(Target)

69.2

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Three 600 Billion Yen Businesses Are Key to Achieving 2 Trillion Yen Net Sales

FY2010

Net sales: 676 billion yen

(Sales: Billions of Yen)

Small Precision

FY2016

Net sales: 1.199 trillion yen

FY2020

Net sales: 2 trillion yen (target)

1 T

437.1

(Target)

(Target) (Target)

348.4

261.1

310.9

Key Growth Areas

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Small Precision Motors: HDD Market Short-Term Trend

HDD Shipments Nidec Motor Shipments (Millions of Units)

Previous FY2017 Forecast (April 26, 2017)

Revised FY2017 Forecast (July 26, 2017)

Revised forecast for FY2017

108

100

102 100

96 102 9998

HDD shipments

(Millions of Units)

84 91 85 84

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4

FY2017

Annual forecast

Previous forecast

HDD

shipments

410

Nidec motor shipments

344

Revised forecast

395

331

82 82 8483

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4

(Forecast) (Forecast) (Forecast) (Forecast) (Actual) (Forecast) (Forecast) (Forecast)

1,000

500

0

Sales (LHS)

2,500

US dollar-denominated sales (million dollars)

1,855

1,911

1,851 1,857

1,731

1,763

1,500 1,654

Operating profit ratio (RHS)

30%

Structural reform

underway against a backdrop of

declining demand

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Small Precision Motors: Improvement in Profitability of HDD Motors

  • Cost reduction

  • Low cost automation

  • Production process optimization

  • In-house production of base plates

  • Overseas transfer of R&D activities

  • Direct labor cost halved, productivity doubled

Aiming for operating

profit ratio of 30% or more

1,991

2,041

2,080

Yen-denominated sales (hundred million yen)

2,000

20%

10%

FY12 FY13 FY14 FY15 FY16 FY17 FY18 FY19 FY20

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Subsidiaries: Aiming for Both Sales Increase and Profitability Improvement

Sales of two subsidiaries expected to reach 200 bil. yen, three to 100 bil. yen in FY2020

Net sales (LHS)

Operating profit ratio (RHS)

Sankyo Techno Motor Tosok Shimpo Elesys

250

200.0 bil. yen

15%

250

200.0 bil. yen

15%

250

15%

250

15%

250

15%

200

14%

200

14%

200

14%

200

14%

200

14%

150

13%

150

13%

150

13%

150

13%

150

13%

100.0 bil. yen

100.0 bil. yen

100.0 bil.yen

100

12%

100

12%

100

12%

100

12%

100

12%

50

11%

50

11%

50

11%

50

11%

50

11%

0

10%

0

10%

0

10%

0

10%

0

10%

FY16 FY20

FY16 FY20

FY16 FY20

FY16 FY20

FY16 FY20

(Target) (Target) (Target) (Target) (Target)

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Subsidiaries: Successful Examples of Business Portfolio Transformation (Nidec Sankyo)

Continuous Three New Strategy (new products, new markets and new customers) quickening the pace of sales growth

(Sales in

Billions of Yen)

Sankyo's mid-term net sales target

200

New businesses

Existing businesses

Three-fold thematic market approaches

Automation

Environment

Sensing

150

100

Wafer handling

robot

Collaborative robot

Dispenser (Fintech)

Energy- and water-

saving

Energy-saving,

high-efficiency circulation

Regulatory compliance

Autonomous

driving

Inspection robot

Drone

50

0

Competitiveness enhancement for existing products with

focus on ODD* motors, OA** equipment motors, card readers, LCD*** panel handling robots

FY16 FY17 FY18 FY19 FY20

(Forecast)

(Target)(Target) (Target) *ODD: Optical Disk Drive **OA: Office Automation ***LCD: Liquid Crystal Display

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  • ("Smarctory" is a brand that Nidec launched to promote production innovation through IoT solutions.)

    Smart manufacturing gaining pace at Nidec factories, with future commercialization in view

    Smart AGV Industrial robot module (i611)

    Vision system

    Modular automation line (Modularization of assembly and inspection)

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    Product Lineups for Robotics (e.g., service robot, drone)

    Nidec products finding ways into just about every aspect of robotics

    Drive motor

    and camera

    Wide angle cam

    Vision sensor

    Coreless motor

    Wheel-in motor

    Wide angle optical image stabilizer camera module (TiltAC)

    module

    era

    Reducer and motor for joint modules and drones

    Stepping motor

    Brushed motor

    Reducer Ultra-flat geared actuator

    Servo module Drone motor

    Tactile device and electronic component

    Brushless motor

    Pressure

    Tactile device Encoder sensor Potentiometer Slip ring

    Switch

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    Acquisition of Italy-Based LGB Elettropompe S.r.l. *

    *Nidec acquired a 100% ownership interest in LGB Elettropompe S.r.l. on July 3rd, 2017.

    M&A that strengthens Nidec's position in the European appliance, commercial and industrial market

    Company

    name LGB Elettropompe S.r.l.

    Headquarters Padua (Italy) Foundation 1991

    13%

    10%

    77%

    Pump for dishwasher Motor for oven Others

    (pool pump, etc.)

    Principal business

    Designs, manufactures and sells pumps for

    commercial dishwashers and motors for convection ovens

    Sales €9.8 million (fiscal year ended December 31,2016)

    Synergy effects

    New customer base to increase Nidec's presence in the European commercial equipment market

    Procurement efficiency and cost reduction capability

    High-speed pump

    High-pressure pump

    Motor for oven

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    New Large-Scale Manufacturing Base Planned in Hanoi, Vietnam

    Hoa Lac

    Hi-Tech Park

    Hanoi City

    New investment in northern Hanoi

    Designing facility layouts for production launch scheduled for summer 2018.

    Strengthening production of motors for appliances

    including air conditioners (Nidec Techno Motor)

    Preparing for growing demand for robot parts

    (Nidec-Shimpo)

    • Gearing up for growing demand for high- quality energy efficient motors and components used for high- performance equipment including robots

Socialist Republic of Vietnam

Saigon Hi- Tech Park

Ho Chi Minh City

Nidec

Nidec Sankyo Nidec Seimitsu Nidec Servo Nidec Copal Nidec Tosok

80 bil. yen has been invested since 1997

Approx. 20,000 employees in total

100 bil. yen annual sales

  • A stepping stone toward achieving consolidated net sales of two trillion yen in FY2020

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Work Style Reform in Steady Progress in Japan

Adopted three personnel systems (e.g., telecommuting, staggered working hours and hourly-paid time off) and established Diversity Promotion Office

Work Style Reform Committee

Pursuit of labor efficiency

Effective use of limited time

Diversity Promotion Office

*

Seven sectional committees Percentage of women in managerial positions targeted at 8% in FY2020

  1. English proficiency improvement

  2. Management skills improvement

  3. HR development & training

  4. Institutionalization

  5. IT infrastructure

  1. Work-life management- diverse work environment that

    ensures equal career development opportunities

  2. Institutional improvement,

  1. Systematization

  2. Work efficiency improvement

Telecommuting work)

Staggered working (quality work)

Hourly-paid life)

employee enlightenment and revamp of corporate culture

*Applied to Nidec Corporation

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Nidec IR Contacts

Japan Tel: +81-75-935-6140 E-mail: ir@nidec.com

U.K. Tel: +44-870-351-7388 E-mail: iwai.yuji@nidec.com

U.S. Tel: +1-212-703-7988 E-mail: nagase.kiyoshi@nidec.com

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Appendix

Performance Trends & Product Group Overview

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Sales by Product Group (Apr-Jun FY2017)

Electronic & Optical

Others

0.3%

Parenthetic percentages represent FY2016 mix

Components

(0.3%) Services, music box products

Camera shutters, switches,

trimmer potentiometers, processing, precision plastic mold products

Machinery

Industrial robots, circuit board testers, high-speed pressing machines, chip

9.5%

(9.8%)

Appliance

4.9%

(5.5%)

HDD Motors

13.0%

(15.5%)

17.2%

(18.8%)

Small Precision Motors

30.2%

(34.3%)

Other Small Motors Optical disk drive motors,

mounters, measuring equipment,

power transmission equipment, factory automation system, card readers

Automotive,

Commercial

Industrial

35.0%

(26.9%)

343.1B

Auto

20.0%

(23.2%)

OA equipment motors,

polygon scanners motors, MPU cooling fans, game machine fans, PC/communications equipment fans, home appliance fans,

Appliance, Commercial and Industrial Products

55.1%

(50.1%)

automobile fans, vibration

motors,

brushed motors, stepping motors, actuator units

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2.1

2.1

26.7

32.7

27.1

16.3

15.9

15.2

32.6

16.9

Operating profit

Sales

Operating profit

Q3

(Billions of Yen)

14.2

14.2

188.9

Operating profit

171.4

135.1

127.4

138.3

103.8

106.2

94.8

116.9 119.2

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Q1/FY17

Q1/FY16

FY17

FY16

40.0

40.0

45.0

45.0

37.2

11.4%

10.3%

12.2%

22.0

11.4%

28.2

30.1

28.1

34.2

31.5

31.5

29.1

39.0

37.2

36.3

34.5

287.8

37.5

13.0%

343.1

331.1

304.2

Operating profit ratio (%)

Operating profit

Financial Highlights

(Billions of Yen)

Net sales

and Profit Attributable to Owners of the Parent>

(Billions of Yen)

Profit before income taxes Profit attributable to owners of the parent

41.5

37.2

276.2

Q1/FY16

Q2

Q3

Q4

Q1/FY17

Q1/FY16

Q2

Q3

Q4

Q1/FY17

(Yen/share)

(Billions of Yen)

Year-end Interim Consolidated EPS Operating activities Investment activities Free cash flow

44.2

429 (Forecast)

25.3

303

377

(Forecast)

18.1

40.0

45.0

FY15

(Forecast)

-19.1

-18.9

Product Group Overview

(Billions of Yen)

(Billions of Yen)

Sales Operating profit

Sales

19.2

19.2

15.8

16.9

13.7

13.8

15.9

17.4

Q1/FY16 Q2

Q4 Q1/FY17

Q1/FY16 Q2

Q3

Q4 Q1/FY17

(Billions of Yen)

Sales

16.8

35.7

4.9

5.3

5.6

6.0

6.3

2.8

2.9

3.1

Q1/FY16 Q2

Q3

Q4 Q1/FY17

Q1/FY16 Q2

Q3

Q4 Q1/FY17

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Consolidated Quarterly Net Sales and Operating Profit

(Net Sales in Billions of Yen)

(Operating Profit in

Billions of Yen)

350

35

300

30

250

25

200

20

150

Japan

earthquake

15

100

Thai

floods

10

50 Lehman crisis

Structural reform

5

0

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1

FY08 FY09 FY10 FY11 FY12 FY13 FY14 FY15 FY16

0

-25.4

US GAAP

IFRS

25

-50

-5

400 Net Sales (LHS) Operating profit (RHS)40

Vision 2020: Pursuing Both Strong Growth with Profit and Financial Soundness

Targeting operating profit ratio of 15% and ROE of 18% while sustaining and improving financial soundness

(Billions of Yen)

1,500

49.1%

1,200

42.3%

900

Shareholders' equity ratio

Shareholders' equity (LHS) Shareholders' equity ratio (RHS)

ROE (RHS)

Operating profit ratio (RHS)

60%

54.9%

55.4%

50.5%

847.3

745.0763.0

(%)

65%

60%

55%

50%

45%

The three elements for ROE improvement

  • Net profit on sales

  • Total asset turnover

    41.3%

  • Financial leverage

600

300

Operating profit ratio

0

15.0%

16.3%

ROE

9.2%

13.9%13.7%

340.3355.3

8.9%

297.1

11.2%

10.7%

370.2

415.7

2.5%

518.0

12.1% 12.0% 11.9%

9.7% 10.8% 10.0%

2.0%

13.9%

11.7%

47.5%

46.2%

44.4%

18%

20%

15%

15%

10%

5%

0%

FY08 FY09 FY10 FY11 FY12 FY13 FY14 FY15 FY16 FY20

(Target)

US GAAP IFRS

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