News Releases

02/24/2010

Hitachi and Hitachi Plant Technologies Announce Making Hitachi Plant Technologies a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Hitachi via a Share Exchange

Tokyo, February 24, 2010 – Hitachi, Ltd. (NYSE: HIT/TSE: 6501, “Hitachi”) and Hitachi Plant Technologies, Ltd. (TSE: 1970, “Hitachi Plant Technologies”) have today decided to conduct a share exchange with Hitachi as the wholly owning parent company and Hitachi Plant Technologies as the wholly owned subsidiary (the “Share Exchange”) and have concluded a share exchange agreement (the “Share Exchange Agreement”).

Both companies plan to implement the Share Exchange without obtaining approval by resolution at a General Meeting of Shareholders, with Hitachi using a simplified share exchange (kani kabushiki kokan) procedure pursuant to Article 796, Paragraph 3 of the Companies Act, and Hitachi Plant Technologies using a summary share exchange (ryakushiki kabushiki kokan) procedure pursuant to Article 784, Paragraph 1 of the Companies Act.

Hitachi Plant Technologies shares are scheduled for delisting on March 29, 2010 (with a final trading date of March 26, 2010) prior to the effective date of the Share Exchange (April 1, 2010).