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As described briefly below, Hitachi Cable has decided to appoint a new Executive Officer.

1. Appointment of New Executive Officer (as of April 1, 2010)

New position Name Current position (as of February 4, 2010) Senior Executive Managing Officer (newly appointed) Koichiro Nishikawa Senior Vice President and Executive Officer, Hitachi, Ltd.

2. Brief career history of incoming Executive Officer Koichiro Nishikawa

Home prefecture	Osaka Prefecture
Date of birth	July 12, 1947
Education	March 1970	Graduated from the University of Tokyo Faculty of Law
	June 1975	MBA, Harvard University
Brief career history	April 1970	Joined Hitachi, Ltd.
	August 1995	Appointed Vice President, Hitachi America, Ltd.
	April 1999	Appointed General Manager, Business Development Office, Hitachi, Ltd.
	April 2001	Appointed General Manager, Global Business Development Division, Hitachi, Ltd.
	April 2003	Appointed General Manager, Business Development, Hitachi, Ltd.
	June 2003	Appointed Executive Officer General Manager, Business Development, Hitachi, Ltd.
	January 2006	Appointed Vice President and Executive Officer in charge of business development, Hitachi, Ltd.
	April 2007 -present	Senior Vice President and Executive Officer in charge of business development, Hitachi, Ltd.
	Mr. Nishikawa will step down as Senior Vice President and Executive Officer of Hitachi, Ltd. effective March 31, 2010.
* Note: Other changes in Hitachi Cable's Executive Officers will be announced on February 25, 2010.