To whom it may concern:

February 2, 2017

Company Name: Hitachi Metals, Ltd. Name of Representative: Hideaki Takahashi President and Chief Executive Officer

(Code: 5486; First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange)

Contact: Tatsuya Minami General Manager, Corporate Communications Dept.

(Telephone: +81-3-6774-3077)

Hitachi Metals Changes Representative Executive Officers and Executive Officers

Hitachi Metals, Ltd. hereby announces several personnel changes involving representative executive officers and executive officers decided at a board of directors meeting on February 2, 2017.

  1. Content of personnel changes
    1. Representative Executive Officers (As of April 1, 2017)

      New Title

      Name

      Current Position (As of February 2, 2017)

      Representative Executive Officer; President and Chief Executive Officer; Director

      Akitoshi Hiraki

      Vice President and Representative Executive Officer; General Manager, Technology, Research & Development Division; General Manager, Corporate Quality Assurance Division; Director

      Representative Executive Officer; Senior Vice President and Executive Officer

      Kenichi Nishiie

      Vice President and Executive Officer; General Manager, Human Resources & General Administration Division; General Manager, Procurement & Value Engineering for Customers Division

      Representative Executive Officer

      Hiroaki Nishioka

      Deputy General Manager, Finance Division

      Executive Officer

      Masahiro Otsuka

      Representative Executive Officer;

      General Manager, Corporate Management Planning Division; General Manager, Corporate Export Regulation Office

      Chairperson of the Board

      Hideaki Takahashi

      Representative Executive Officer, President and Chief Executive Officer; Director

    2. Executive Officers (As of April 1, 2017)
    3. New Title

      Name

      Current Position (As of February 2, 2017)

      Vice President and Executive Officer

      Masato Hasegawa

      Executive Officer; President, High-Grade Functional Components Company; Deputy General Manager, Corporate Export Regulation

      Office

      Executive Officer

      Katsuro Sasaka

      Director & President, Hitachi Metals (China), Ltd.

      Executive Officer

      Koji Sato

      General Manager, Yasugi Works

      Executive Officer

      Naohiko Tamiya

      Representative Director & President Hitachi, Ltd.

      Deputy General Manager, Human Resources Division

      Hitachi Institute of Management Development.

      Executive Officer

      Tomoyuki Hatano

      Director & President & CEO Hitachi Metals America, Ltd.

    4. Date of assumption

      April 1, 2017

    5. Retiring executive officers (As of March 31, 2017)
    6. Name

      Current Position (As of February 2, 2017)

      Hideaki Takahashi

      Representative Executive Officer

      President and Chief Executive Officer; Director

      Hiroyuki Okada

      Vice President and Executive Officer; Chief Financial Officer; General Manager, Finance Division; General Manager, Information Systems Division

      Masashi Aisa

      Executive Officer; General Manager, Corporate Sales & Marketing Division; General Manager, Eastern Japan Regional Office

      Takehisa Seo

      Executive Officer; President, High-Grade Metals Company; Deputy General Manager, Corporate Export Regulation Office

      (For Reference)

      Executive officers As of April 1, 2017

      Akitoshi Hiraki

      Representative Executive Officer President and Chief Executive Officer

      Kenichi Nishiie

      Representative Executive Officer

      Senior Vice President and Executive Officer

      General Manager, Corporate Management Planning Division

      Hiroaki Nishioka

      Representative Executive Officer Chief Financial Officer

      General Manager, Finance Division

      Masato Hasegawa

      Vice President and Executive Officer President, Functional Components Company*1

      Deputy General Manager, Corporate Export Regulation Office

      Ryouji Akada

      Executive Officer

      President, Magnetic Materials Company

      Deputy General Manager, Corporate Export Regulation Office

      Masahiro Otsuka

      Chairman & President Hitachi Metals (China), Ltd.

      Katsuro Sasaka

      Executive Officer

      Deputy General Manager, Corporate Management Planning Division

      Koji Sato

      Executive Officer

      President, Specialty Steel Company*1

      Deputy General Manager, Corporate Export Regulation Office

      Shigekazu Suwabe

      Executive Officer

      General Manager, Information Systems Division General Manager, Corporate Quality Assurance Division

      Deputy General Manager, Technology, Research & Development Division

      Naohiko Tamiya

      Executive Officer

      General Manager, Human Resources & General Administration Division Chief Compliance Officer

      Eiji Nakano

      Executive Officer

      General Manager, Technology, Research & Development Division

      Tomoyuki Hatano

      Executive Officer

      Director & President & CEO Hitachi Metals America, Ltd.

      Kazuya Murakami

      Executive Officer

      President, Cable Materials Company

      Deputy General Manager, Corporate Export Regulation Office

      *1 We will change the name from High-Grade Metals Company to Specialty Steel Company and from High-Grade Functional Components Company to Functional Components Company on April 1, 2017. These are already announced on January 31, 2017.

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