Hitachi Kokusai Electric Inc. (hereinafter, "our company"; head office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan; President and Chief Executive Officer: Manabu Shinomoto) is currently accelerating the global deployment of video and wireless network systems in order to achieve the goals set for the Medium-term Management Plan "HK-AV10".

In order to strengthen our broadcasting transmitter business in North America, our company has decided to reorganize Comark Communications LLC (Southwick, Massachusetts, U.S.). In June of 2014 our company invested in Comark Communications LLC and they became an equity method affiliate, this will make Comark Communications LLC a consolidated subsidiary of Hitachi Kokusai Electric America, Ltd.(New York, U.S.), wholly owned company of our company (hereinafter, "Hitachi Kokusai America"). In addition, the corporate name will be changed to Hitachi Kokusai Electric Comark LLC (hereinafter, "Hitachi Kokusai Comark"), and the sales and maintenance businesses of broadcasting transmitters and codecs that are handled by the Midwest office of Hitachi Kokusai America (Elgin, Illinois, U.S.) will be integrated into Hitachi Kokusai Comark.

Through this reorganization, we will change the drive of our business system from exportations to global networking. As a result, we will expand our global business by manufacturing locally, and then connecting each region together to form a global network.

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