FY2005 First Half Financial Results(2005/10/28)

Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., today announced financial results for the first half of the fiscal year ending March 31, 2006.
Net revenues amounted to 4.491 trillion yen (US $41.01 billion, euro 32.95 billion) in the April-to-September period, up 12.1% compared with a year ago. Operating profit totaled 411.5 billion yen (US $3.76 billion, euro 3.02 billion), up 2.0%, while Nissan’s operating profit margin came to 9.2%. Ordinary profit amounted to 395.6 billion yen (US $3.61 billion, euro 2.90 billion), down 1.4%. In the six months through September, net income after tax totaled 230.7 billion yen (US $2.11 billion, euro 1.69 billion), down 3.4% compared with the same period last year due to one-time charges in the first quarter. The charges related to a change in Japanese accounting standards for the treatment of fixed assets and the introduction of Nissan’s defined contribution pension plan.
The initial financial forecasts for fiscal year 2005 remain unchanged.