4 February 2014

Tokyo, February 4, 2014 – Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE:6501) today announced director candidates in accordance with a decision taken at a meeting of Nominating Committee convened today, subject to approval at Hitachi’s Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders in June 2014.

1. Director Candidates [* New]

Proposed at Hitachi’s Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders in June 2014
Note: Director Candidates are listed in Japanese alphabetical order of surname within each grouping.

<Outside Director>

Nobuo Katsumata, currently Outside Director of Hitachi, Ltd., Senior Corporate Advisor of Marubeni Corporation

Cynthia Carroll, currently Outside Director of Hitachi, Ltd., Non-Executive Director of BP plc. (UK)

Sadayuki Sakakibara, currently Outside Director of Hitachi, Ltd., Chairman of the Board and Representative Member of the Board, Toray Industries, Inc.

George Buckley, currently Outside Director of Hitachi, Ltd., Chairman of Arle Capital Partners Limited (UK)

Harufumi Mochizuki, currently Outside Director of Hitachi, Ltd., President and Representative Director of Tokyo Small and Medium Business Investment & Consultation Co., Ltd.

Philip Yeo, currently Outside Director of Hitachi, Ltd., Chairman of SPRING Singapore

*Hiroaki Yoshihara, former Vice Chairman of KPMG International

<Director>

Hiroaki Nakanishi, currently Director, Representative Executive Officer and President of Hitachi, Ltd.

Takashi Hatchoji, currently Director of Hitachi, Ltd., Chairman of the Board of Hitachi America, Ltd.

*Toshiaki Higashihara, currently Senior Vice President and Executive Officer of Hitachi, Ltd.

Takashi Miyoshi, currently Director of Hitachi, Ltd.

*Nobuo Mochida, currently Representative Executive Officer, Executive Vice President and Executive Officer of Hitachi, Ltd.

Each Committee will be composed of the following members (Chair Underlined)
Nominating CommitteeNobuo Katsumata, Sadayuki Sakakibara,
Harufumi Mochizuki, Hiroaki Nakanishi
Audit CommitteeTakashi Miyoshi, Nobuo Katsumata,
Harufumi Mochizuki, Hiroaki Yoshihara, Nobuo Mochida
Compensation CommitteeHarufumi Mochizuki, Nobuo Katsumata,
Sadayuki Sakakibara, Toshiaki Higashihara

2. Retiring Directors

Takashi Kawamura, currently Chairman of the Board of Hitachi, Ltd.

Yoshie Ota, currently Outside Director of Hitachi, Ltd.

Tohru Motobayashi, currently Outside Director of Hitachi, Ltd., Attorney at law, Partner of Ihara and Motobayashi

Michijiro Kikawa, currently Director of Hitachi, Ltd., Chairman of the Board of Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.

Stephen Gomersall, currently Director of Hitachi, Ltd., Deputy Chairman of Hitachi Europe Ltd.

3. Biography of New Director Candidates

Hiroaki Yoshihara

3. Professional Experience:
1. Date of Birth:February 9, 1957
2. Education: 
March, 1979Graduated from Osaka University, Bachelor of Science in Economics
June, 2008Member of the Board of Directors (Outside Director), Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
October, 2003Vice Chairman and Global Managing Partner, KPMG International (Retired in April, 2007)
October, 1997The Board Member, KPMG LLP
July, 1996National Managing Partner, the Pacific Rim Practice, KPMG LLP
November, 1978Joined Peat Marwick Mitchell & Co.

Toshiaki Higashihara

3. Professional Experience:
1. Date of Birth:February 16, 1955
2. Education: 
September, 1990Master of Science in Computer Science, Boston University
March, 1977Graduated from Faculty of Engineering,
The University of Tokushima
April, 2013Senior Vice President and Executive Officer
President &CEO of Infrastructure Systems Group and Infrastructure Systems Company, Hitachi, Ltd.
April, 2012Vice President and Executive Officer, Vice President and Executive Officer of Infrastructure Systems Group, General Manager of Water Environment Solutions Division, Hitachi, Ltd.
April, 2011Vice President and Executive Officer, in charge of Industrial & Social Systems Business, Hitachi, Ltd.
June, 2010President and Representative Director of Hitachi Plant Technologies, Ltd.
April, 2010Representative Executive Officer, President and Chief Executive Officer of Hitachi Plant Technologies, Ltd.
April, 2008President of Hitachi Power Europe GmbH
April, 2007Vice President and Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer of Power Systems Group, Hitachi, Ltd.
April, 2006Chief Operating Officer of Information & Telecommunication Systems Group, Hitachi, Ltd.
April, 2004General Manager of Information & Control Systems Division, Information & Telecommunication Systems Group, Hitachi, Ltd.
October, 2001General Manager of Public Utility and Energy Industry Information Systems Division, Information & Control Systems Division, System Solutions Group, Hitachi, Ltd.
August, 2000Senior Manager of Public Utility and Energy Industry Information Systems Design Department, Information & Control Systems Division, Power & Industrial Systems Group, Hitachi, Ltd.
April, 1999Senior Manager of Transportation Systems Design Department, Omika Industrial Systems Division, Power & Industrial System Group, Hitachi, Ltd.
April, 1977Joined Hitachi, Ltd.

Nobuo Mochida

3. Professional Experience:
1. Date of Birth:April 1, 1947
2. Education: 
March, 1970Graduated from Faculty of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
October, 2013Representative Executive Officer, Executive Vice President and Executive Officer, Head of MONOZUKURI & Quality Assurance, Hitachi, Ltd.
August, 2012Representative Executive Officer,
Executive Vice President and Executive Officer,
Project Leader of Production Cost Transformation Project, Smart Transformation Project Initiatives Division, Hitachi, Ltd.
Chairman of the Board of Hitachi Metals, Ltd.
April, 2010Representative Executive Officer,
Executive Vice President and Executive Officer,
General Manager of Corporate Quality Assurance Division and Supervisory Office for MONOZUKURI, Deputy General Manager of Supervisory Office for Business Infrastructure, Hitachi, Ltd.
Chairman of the Board of Hitachi Metals, Ltd.
June, 2006Director, Representative Executive Officer, President and Chief Executive Officer of Hitachi Metals, Ltd.
June, 2005Vice President and Executive Officer of Hitachi Metals, Ltd.
Director, Vice President and Executive Officer of NEOMAX Co., Ltd.
June, 2004Director, Vice President and Executive Officer of NEOMAX Co., Ltd.
April, 2004Vice President and Director of NEOMAX Co., Ltd.
October, 2002Managing Officer, President of Magnetic Materials Company, Hitachi Metals, Ltd.
October, 2001President of Magnetic Materials Company, Hitachi Metals, Ltd.
April, 1999General Manager of Kumagaya Magnetic Works, Hitachi Metals, Ltd.
April, 1970Joined Hitachi Metals, Ltd.

About Hitachi, Ltd.

Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE: 6501), headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, is a leading global electronics company with approximately 326,000 employees worldwide. The company’s consolidated revenues for fiscal 2012 (ended March 31, 2013) totaled 9,041 billion yen ($96.1 billion). Hitachi is focusing more than ever on the Social Innovation Business, which includes infrastructure systems, information & telecommunication systems, power systems, construction machinery, high functional material & components, automotive systems and others.
For more information on Hitachi, please visit the company's website at http://www.hitachi.com .

Press Contacts:

Japan

Yoji Maruo
Hitachi, Ltd.
+81-3-5208-9324

USA

Mickey Takeuchi
Hitachi America, Ltd.
+1-914-333-2987