| HITACHI HOME | UP | SEARCH | HITACHI

News Release ^
^
^
^

September 9, 1999

Hitachi Announces Semi-Annual Dividend for the Fiscal Year Ending March 2000

Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE: 6501) today announced that the company decided to pay the following 
semi-annual dividend for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2000, at the Board of Directors 
meeting convened today.  The record date for the dividend is September 30, 1999 in Japan. 

- Semi-annual dividend for the fiscal year ending March 2000
(from April 1, 1999 to March 31, 2000)
3 yen per share

- Reference: Dividends paid for the fiscal year ending March 1999
Semi-annual dividend:	-
Year-end dividend:	5.5 yen per share


WRITTEN BY Secretary's Office
All Rights Reserved, Copyright (C) 1999, Hitachi, Ltd.