New Appointment of Directors & Officers

April 19, 2010

Nikon Corporation (KARIYA, Michio, President, Tokyo) announces that the board of directors decided today its recommendation for new appointments of Directors and Officers to be proposed to the ordinary General Shareholders' Meeting on the coming June 29, 2010 and the Board of Directors Meeting to follow it.

1.Promoting Director Nominees

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Proposed title	Name	Current title
Representative Director, Chairman of the Board	KARIYA, Michio	Representative Director, President, Member of the Board, CEO and COO
Representative Director, President, Member of the Board	KIMURA, Makoto	Representative Director, Member of the Board & Executive Vice President, President of Imaging Company

2.New Director Nominees

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Proposed title	Name	Current title
Director, Member of the Board & Executive Officer	OKAMOTO, Yasuyuki	Executive Officer, President & CEO, Nikon Inc.
Director, Member of the Board	HIGUCHI, Koukei	Counsellor, Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance Co., Ltd.

3.Promoting Officer Nominee

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Proposed title	Name	Current title
Director, Member of the Board & Executive Officer	HASHIZUME, Norio	Director, Member of the Board & Operating Officer, General Manager of Financing & Accounting Department

4.New Officer Nominees

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Proposed title	Name	Current title
Operating Officer	SHIMODA, Osamu	General Manager of Corporate Planning Department

5.Retiring Director

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Current title	Name
Director, Member of the Board	KONO, Shunji

6.Retiring Officers

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Current title	Name
Operating Officer	HASHIMOTO, Teruo
Operating Officer	OKAJIMA, Masaaki
Teruo HASHIMOTO will be nominated as Counselor. Masaaki OKAJIMA will be nominated as Counselor.

The information is current as of the date of publication. It is subject to change without notice.