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Hitachi Announces Interim Dividend for Fiscal 2004 (PDF Type, 10 kByte)

September 15, 2004

Hitachi Announces Interim Dividend for Fiscal 2004

Tokyo, September 15, 2004 — Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE:6501 / NYSE:HIT) today announced that the Company decided on the interim dividend for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2005, at a Board of Directors meeting convened today.

Interim dividend for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2005
5.5 yen per share

Reference:
Dividends paid for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2004
Interim dividend: 3.0 yen per share Year-end dividend: 5.0 yen per share

About Hitachi Ltd.

Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE: 6501 / NYSE:HIT), headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, is a leading global electronics company, with approximately 326,000 employees worldwide. Fiscal 2003 (ended March 31, 2004) consolidated sales totaled 8,632.4 billion yen ($81.4 billion). The company offers a wide range of systems, products and services in market sectors, including information systems, electronic devices, power and industrial systems, consumer products, materials and financial services. For more information on Hitachi, please visit the company’s website at http://www.hitachi.com.