FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Ricoh Company, Ltd., and Consolidated Subsidiaries For the Years Ended March 31, 1997 and 1998 Millions of yen Per Share Data (in yen and dollars): Net income Basic Diluted Cash dividends, applicable to the year At Year-End: Total assets Shareholders’ investment % Change 1998 1998/1997 1998 1997 For the Year: Net sales Domestic Overseas Net income Thousands of U.S. dollars ¥1,316,072 821,004 495,068 28,922 ¥ 1,403,348 831,339 572,009 30,131 $10,631,424 6,298,023 4,333,402 228,265 6.6% 1.3 15.5 4.2 ¥ ¥ $ 0.34 0.31 0.08 1.8% 6.2 -8.3 $12,579,515 3,598,523 0.9% 12.3 44.16 38.95 12.00 ¥ 1,644,896 422,923 44.97 41.35 11.00 ¥ 1,660,496 475,005 Notes: (1) Overseas sales include sales of foreign subsidiaries and export sales to unaffiliated foreign customers. See Note 17 to the consolidated financial statements. (2) All dollar figures above and elsewhere in this report refer to U.S. currency. Yen amounts have been translated into U.S. dollars, for the convenience of the reader, at ¥132=$1. Billion is used in the American sense of one thousand million. NET SALES AND RETURN ON SALES NET INCOME NET INCOME PER SHARE OF COMMON STOCK Basic 1500 5 1,403.3 50 35 1,316.1 28.9 1200 4 1,113.0 41.35 33.55 21.9 900 600 1.8 2.0 2.2 2.1 0 1995 1996 1997 (Billions of Yen, %) 3 21 2 14 18.6 1998 1 7 0 0 31.21 28.54 30 26.43 20 14.61 14.47 9.5 1.0 1994 38.95 40 28 44.97 44.16 30.1 1,020.3 968.3 300 Diluted 10 0 1994 1995 1996 1997 (Billions of Yen) 1998 1994 1995 1996 (Yen) 1997 1998 1