25 April 2011

Tokyo, April 25, 2011 --- Hitachi, Ltd. (NYSE:HIT / TSE:6501) today announced director candidates in accordance with a decision taken at a meeting of Nominating Committee convened today, and is subject to approval at Hitachi’s Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders in June 2011.

1. Director Candidates <Proposed at Hitachi’s Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders in June 2011> [* New]

<Chairman of the Board>

  • Takashi Kawamura, currently Chairman of the Board

<Outside Director>

  • Yoshie Ota, currently Outside Director
  • Mitsuo Ohashi, currently Outside Director, Advisor of Showa Denko K.K.
  • *Nobuo Katsumata, currently Chairman, Member of the Board of Marubeni Corporation
  • Tohru Motobayashi, currently Outside Director, Lawyer, Partner, Ihara & Motobayashi

<Director>

  • Isao Ono, currently Director, Chairman of the Board of Hitachi Solutions, Ltd.
  • *Stephen Gomersall, currently Chairman of the Board of Hitachi Europe Ltd. (Group Chairman for Europe)
  • Tadamichi Sakiyama, currently Director
  • Masaharu Sumikawa, currently Director, Chairman of the Board of Hitachi Plant Technologies, Ltd.
  • Hiroaki Nakanishi, currently Director, Representative Executive Officer and President
  • Michiharu Nakamura, currently Director
  • *Takashi Hatchoji, currently Deputy General Manager of Hitachi Group Headquarters for Post-earthquake Reconstruction and Redevelopment, Chairman of the Board of Hitachi America, Ltd. (Group Chairman for the Americas)
  • Takashi Miyoshi, currently Director, Representative Executive Officer, Executive Vice President and Executive Officer

2. Resigning Directors

  • Akihiko Nomiyama, currently Outside Director, Honorary Executive Consultant, JX Holdings, Inc.
  • Kenji Miyahara, currently Outside Director, Honorary Advisor, Sumitomo Corporation

3. Biography of New Director Candidates

Nobuo Katsumata

1. Date of BirthDecember 5, 1942
2. Education
March, 1966Graduated from the faculty of economics, Keio University
3. Business Experience
April, 2008Chairman, Member of the Board of Marubeni Corporation
April, 2003President & CEO, Member of the Board of Marubeni Corporation
April, 2001Senior Vice President, Director of Marubeni Corporation
April, 1999Corporate Vice President, Director of Marubeni Corporation
June, 1996Director of Marubeni Corporation
April, 1966Joined Marubeni-Iida Co., Ltd. (currently Marubeni Corporation)

Stephen Gomersall

1. Date of BirthJanuary 17, 1948
2. Education
June, 1970Graduated from Stanford University, MA in International Studies
May, 1969Graduated from Queens’ College Cambridge, BA in Modern Languages
3. Business Experience
April, 2011Chairman of the Board of Hitachi Europe Ltd. (Group Chairman for Europe)
October, 2006Senior Vice President and Executive Officer, Chief Executive for Europe, Chairman of the Board of Hitachi Europe Ltd.
November, 2005Chief Executive for Europe, Chairman of the Board of Hitachi Europe Ltd.
October, 2004Chief Executive for Europe of Hitachi, Ltd.
July, 2004Retired Ambassador to Japan
July, 1999Ambassador to Japan
April, 1994Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations
September, 1970Joined Foreign and Commonwealth Office, UK

Takashi Hatchoji

1. Date of BirthJanuary 27, 1947
2. Education
March, 1970Graduated from the Department of Commerce, Hitotsubashi University
3. Business Experience
April, 2011Deputy General Manager of Hitachi Group Headquarters for Post-earthquake Reconstruction and Redevelopment, Chairman of the Board of Hitachi America, Ltd. (Group Chairman for the Americas)
April, 2009Representative Executive Officer, Executive Vice President and Executive Officer, General Manager of Supervisory Office for Business Infrastructure, Hitachi Group Chief Environmental Strategy Officer, General Manager of Supervisory Office for Product Environmental Information
December, 2007President and Director of Hitachi Research Institute, Ltd., Hitachi Group Chief Environmental Strategy Officer of Hitachi, Ltd.
June, 2007President and Director of Hitachi Research Institute, Ltd.
April, 2007Director of Hitachi Research Institute, Ltd.
April, 2006Representative Executive Officer, Executive Vice President and Executive Officer, General Manager of Compliance Division
April, 2004Senior Vice President and Executive Officer,
General Manager of Hitachi Group‐Legal and Corporate Communications, Hitachi Group Headquarters, Compliance Division and Invention Management Division
June, 2003Vice President and Executive Officer, General Manager of Legal and Corporate Communications and Corporate Auditing
April, 2003General Manager of Legal and Corporate Communications and Corporate Auditing
April, 2002Chief Operating Officer and Chief Technology Officer of Information &Telecommunication Systems Group, General Manager of Business Solution Systems Division
April, 2001General Manager of Business Solution Systems Division, System Solutions
November, 1997General Manager of Corporate Planning & Development Office, Hitachi, Ltd., Executive Vice President of Hitachi Research Institute, Ltd.
February 1995Department Manager of Business Development Department, Industrial Processing Division
April, 1970Joined Hitachi, Ltd.

About Hitachi, Ltd.

Hitachi, Ltd., (NYSE: HIT / TSE: 6501), headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, is a leading global electronics company with approximately 360,000 employees worldwide. Fiscal 2009 (ended March 31, 2010) consolidated revenues totaled 8,968 billion yen ($96.4 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.

Contacts

Japan
Masanao Sato
Hitachi, Ltd.
+81-3-5208-9324
masanao.sato.sz@hitachi.com

U.S.
Mickey Takeuchi
Hitachi America, Ltd.
+1-914-333-2987
masayuki.takeuchi@hal.hitachi.com