Annual Report 2012

In fiscal 2010, the Nippon Express Group launched the“Nippon Express Group Corporate Strategy 2012 – TowardsNew Growth,” a three-year medium-term management planunderpinned by the basic strategy, “Growth as a GlobalLogistics Company.” Unfortunately, we were impacted bynumerous external factors in fiscal 2011, including the GreatEast Japan Earthquake, flooding in Thailand and the Europeandebt crisis. Nevertheless, Nippon Express was able toaggressively penetrate key regions while strengthening salessystems able to provide comprehensive logistics proposalsand one-stop services. Moreover, thanks to our steady marketdevelopment efforts, we were able to gain a foothold in newbusiness fields and reached the next growth stage.In fiscal 2012, the final year of the current medium-termmanagement plan, we will shift Nippon Express towards atruly global business model that eliminates all barriersbetween our domestic and overseas business bases, salessystems, products and services.Caution Regarding Forward-Looking StatementsThis annual report contains information about forward-lookingstatements related to such matters as the Company’s plans,strategies and business results. These forward-lookingstatements represent judgements made by the Companybased on information available at present and are inherentlysubject to a variety of risks and uncertainties. The Company’sactual activities and business results could differ significantly dueto changes, including changes in the economic environment,business environment, demand and exchange rates.NIPPON EXPRESS Annual Report 20121