News Releases

Appointment of Name for New Integrated Company
to Run ICT System Engineering Business
and New President

Tokyo, March 8, 2013 – Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE: 6501) and its wholly owned two subsidiaries operating Hitachi's Information & Telecommunication Systems Company related businesses, Hitachi Information & Communication Engineering, Ltd. and Hitachi Computer Peripherals Co., Ltd., today announced the appointment of name for new integrated company to run ICT System Engineering Business, which will be formed by the merger of Hitachi Information & Communication Engineering and Hitachi Computer Peripherals on April 1, 2013, and also announced the appointment of new president.

New Company Name

Hitachi Information & Telecommunication Engineering, Ltd.

Overview of New Company

Headquarters	Nishi-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa
Businesses	Development, design, manufacturing, sale and repair of products related to ICT systems such as servers, storage and networks Development, design, manufacturing and sale of ICT equipment, ICT systems, software, and production facilities and equipment, and provision of ancillary services, etc.
Representative	Minoru Kosuge, President
Capital Stock	1,000 million yen
Employees	Approximately 3,600
Shareholder (Shareholding)	Hitachi, Ltd. (100%)

Biography of New President

Minoru Kosuge

Date of Birth	February 13, 1958
Education	March, 1980	Graduated from Faculty of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
Business Experience	April 2012	President of Hitachi Information & Communication Engineering, Ltd.
	April 2010	Chief Operating Officer of Platform Business, Information & Telecommunication Systems Company, Hitachi, Ltd.
	April 2009	President of Hitachi Information & Telecommunication Systems Global Holding Corporation
	May 2007	Chief Executive Officer of Hitachi Data Systems Corporation
	March 2003	General Manager of Disk Array Systems Division, Information & Telecommunication Systems Group, Hitachi, Ltd.
	April 1980	Joined Hitachi, Ltd.(Odawara Works)

About Hitachi, Ltd.

Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE: 6501), headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, is a leading global electronics company with approximately 320,000 employees worldwide. Fiscal 2011 (ended March 31, 2012) consolidated revenues totaled 9,665 billion yen ($117.8 billion). Hitachi will focus more than ever on the Social Innovation Business, which includes information and telecommunication systems, power systems, environmental, industrial and transportation systems, and social and urban systems, as well as the sophisticated materials and key devices that support them. For more information on Hitachi, please visit the company's website at http://www.hitachi.com.