Hitachi Metals : Changes Representative Executive Officers and Exective Officers

January 31, 2020

To whom it may concern:

Company Name: Hitachi Metals, Ltd.

Name of Representative: Koji Sato

President and Chief Executive Officer

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

Contact: Tatsuya Minami

General Manager, Corporate Communications Dept.

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 January 31, 2020.

1. Content of personnel changes

(1) Representative Executive Officers (As of April 1, 2020)

New Title and Position	Name	Current Title and Position
(As of January 31, 2020)
Representative Executive Officer;		Representative Executive Officer;
	Senior Vice President and Executive Officer;
Chairperson and Chief Executive	Mitsuaki Nishiyama
CFO; General Manager of Finance Group,
Officer
	Hitachi, Ltd.

(2) Executive Officers (As of April 1, 2020)

New Title and Position	Name	Current Title and Position
(As of January 31, 2020)
Executive Officer;
Deputy General Manager, Advanced		General Manager, Electric Wire & Cable
Components and Materials Division;	Kenji Minegishi	Business Unit, Advanced Components and
General Manager, Electric Wire &		Materials Division
Cable Business Unit

1. Date of assumptionApril 1, 2020
2. Retiring executive officers (As of March 31, 2020)

Name	Current Titel and Position (As of January 31, 2020)
Ryoji Akada	Executive Officer; Chairperson & President, Hitachi Metals (China), Ltd.
Norio Uemura	Executive Officer; Deputy General Manager, Advanced Components and
Materials Division; General Manager, Power Electronics Materials Business Unit
Tomoyuki Hatano	Executive Officer; Director, President & CEO, Hitachi Metals America, Ltd.

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(For Reference)

Executive officers of Hitachi Metals, Ltd.

As of April 1, 2020

Title	Name	Duty	Position
Representative	Mitsuaki	Overall	Chief Executive Officer
Executive Officer,
Nishiyama	Management
Chairperson
Representative		Overall
Executive Officer,	Koji Sato	Chief Operating Officer
Operations
President
Vice President and		In charge of	Chief Financial Officer;
Hiroaki	General Manager, Finance Division;
Representative	Corporate
Nishioka	Deputy General Manager, Management Transformation
Executive Officer	Administration
	Office
Vice President and	Naohiko	In charge of	General Manager, Human Resources & General
Corporate	Administration Division;
Executive Officer	Tamiya
Administration	Chief Risk Management Officer
			General Manager, Advanced Components and Materials
Vice President and	Kazuya	In charge of	Division;
Executive Officer	Murakami	Business	Deputy General Manager, Corporate Export Regulation
			Office
Vice President and	Hiroshi	In charge of	General Manager, Advanced Metals Division;
Deputy General Manager, Corporate Export Regulation
Executive Officer	Watanabe	Business
Office
	Shigekazu	In charge of	Deputy General Manager, Advanced Components and
Executive Officer	Materials Division;
Suwabe	Business
	General Manager, Magnetic Materials Business Unit
Executive Officer	Toru	In charge of	Deputy General Manager, Advanced Metals Division;
Taniguchi	Business	General Manager, Automotive Casting Business Unit
		In charge of
Executive Officer	Masato	Technology and	General Manager, Technology, Research & Development
Hasegawa	Corporate	Division
		Administration
Executive Officer	Kenji Hirano	In charge of	Deputy General Manager, Advanced Metals Division;
Business	General Manager, Yasugi Works
		In charge of	General Manager, Corporate Management Planning
	Hisaki	Division;
Executive Officer	Corporate
Masuda	Deputy General Manager, Management Transformation
	Administration
		Office
	Kenji	In charge of	Deputy General Manager, Advanced Components and
Executive Officer	Materials Division;
Minegishi	Business
	General Manager, Electric Wire & Cable Business Unit
Executive Officer	Toru	In charge of Sales	General Manager, Business Activity & Marketing Division
Yamamoto

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