FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Notice regarding Submitting Amendment Statement of Tender Offer Notificationfor Shares of Aloka Co., Ltd. by SubsidiaryTokyo, November 17, 2010 --- Hitachi, Ltd. (NYSE: HIT / TSE: 6501; ―Hitachi‖) today announced thatHitachi Medical Corporation (TSE:6910; ―the company‖), a subsidiary of Hitachi, which had
announced acquiring shares of Aloka Co., Ltd. (TSE:7704) through a tender offer on November 8, 2010,
announced that the company today submitted Amendment Statement of Tender Offer Notification to theKanto Local Finance Bureau in Japan pursuant to Article 27-8, Paragraph 2 of the Financial Instruments
and Exchange Act as attached.

About Hitachi, Ltd.
Hitachi, Ltd., (NYSE: HIT / TSE: 6501), headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, is a leading global electronics
company with approximately 360,000 employees worldwide. Fiscal 2009 (ended March 31, 2010)
consolidated revenues totaled 8,968 billion yen ($96.4 billion). Hitachi will focus more than ever on theSocial Innovation Business, which includes information and telecommunication systems, powersystems, environmental, industrial and transportation systems, and social and urban systems, as well as
the sophisticated materials and key devices that support them. For more information on Hitachi, please
visit the company's website at http://www.hitachi.com.
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November 17, 2010
To our shareholders:Company:

Hitachi Medical Corporation

Representative:

Kazuyoshi Miki, President and Director(Code 6910; First Section of Tokyo Stock
Exchange)

Inquiries to:

Norifumi

Katsukura,Vice

President

andExecutive Officer and General Manager(Tel: (03) 3526-8880)

Notification regarding Submitting Amendment Statement of Tender Offer Notification for Shares of Aloka Co., Ltd.
Hitachi Medical Corporation announced acquiring shares of Aloka Co., Ltd. (Code 7704; Tokyo Stock Exchange, the―Aloka‖) through a tender offer (the ―Tender Offer‖) on November 8, 2010, and hereby gives notice that we submitted today
Amendment Statement of Tender Offer Notification to the Kanto Local Finance Bureau in Japan as follows pursuant to theprovisions of Article 27-8, Paragraph 2 of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act.

Contents of Amendment Statement
Amendment Statement is submitted on account of occurrence of the matters which should be amended are on the Tender
Offer Notification dated November 9, 2010 which was filed by Hitachi Medical Corporation. The contents of amendment areas follows;- Descriptions of Major Shareholders of Aloka based upon the Second Quarterly Report of the 87th term dated November 12,2010 filed by Aloka. Amended parts are underlined.

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Major Shareholders(Before Amendment)

Name

Nisshinbo Holdings Inc.

Hitachi Medical Corporation

Goldman Sachs International(standing proxy: GoldmanSachs Japan Co., Ltd.)

Japan Radio Co., Ltd.

New Japan Radio Co., Ltd.

Number of shares
held (thousands)

Address

As of March 31, 2010
Percentage of the numberof shares held to total
number of issued shares(%)

31-11, Nihonbashi Ningyocho 2-chome,
41,20014.53

35,00012.34

27,2079.59

20,0007.05

18,0006.34

13,915

4.90

10,062

3.54

9,981

3.52

Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo

5,011

1.76

22-1 Mure 6-chome, Mitaka-shi, Tokyo

4,141

Chuo-ku, Tokyo
14-1 Sotokanda 4-chome, Chiyoda-ku,
Tokyo
133 Fleet Street London EC4A 2BB,U.K.
(Roppongi Hills Mori Tower, 10-1
Roppongi 6-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo)
1-1, Shimorenjaku 5-chome Mitaka-shi,
Tokyo
3-10,

Nihonbashi

Yokoyamacho,Chuo-ku, Tokyo
The Master Trust Bank of

11-3

Hamamatsucho

Japan, Ltd. (trust account)

Minato-ku, Tokyo

2-chome,Caledonian House, 69 Drive, PO BOX
G.A.S. (Cayman) Limited

1043 GT, Georgetown, Grand Cayman,(standing proxy: Credit Suisse Cayman Island
Securities (Japan) Limited)(Izumi Garden Tower, 6-1 Roppongi
1-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo)

Japan Trustee Services Bank,Ltd. (trust account)
J.P. Morgan Clearing
Corp-Sec (standing proxy:Citibank Japan, Ltd.)
Aloka Group Employees’
Shareholding Association

8-11 Harumi 1-chome, Chuo-ku, Tokyo

3-14

Higashishinagawa

2-chome,2

1.46

Total—184,517

65.08Notes:
1. The Target holds 994,561 of its own shares (3.50%), but the Target has been excluded from the above major shareholders.
2. The SFP Value Realization Master Fund Limited, which was a major shareholder at the end of the 85th fiscal year, is nolonger a major shareholder as of the end of the 86th fiscal year.
3. Copies of Large Shareholding Reports dated April 5, 2010 were sent from Nisshinbo Holdings Inc. and its joint holder
New Japan Radio Co., Ltd., and reports stating that they are holding the following shares as of March 31, 2010 have been
received, but the Target has not been able to confirm the actual number of shares held by those shareholders as of the endof the period, so they have not been included in the above major shareholders.

Number ofName

Address or Location of Headquarters

Shares Held(hundredshares)

Nisshinbo Holdings Inc.

New Japan Radio Co., Ltd.

31-11, Nihonbashi Ningyocho 2-chome,Chuo-ku, Tokyo
3-10, Nihonbashi Yokoyamacho, Chuo-ku,
Tokyo

Percentage of thenumber of shares
held to total numberof issued shares (%)

51,20018.06

18,000

6.35

4. Copies of Large Shareholding Reports dated April 5, 2010 were sent from the SFP Value Realization Master Fund
Limited and its joint holders G.A.S. (Cayman) Limited and Managed Account Investments SPC, and reports stating thatthey are holding the following shares as of March 31, 2010 have been received, but the Target has not been able toconfirm the actual number of shares held by those shareholders as of the end of the period, so they have not been includedin the above major shareholders.

NameThe SFP Value Realization MasterFund LimitedAddress or Location of Headquarters

Number ofPercentage of theShares Held

number of shares(hundredheld to total numbershares)of issued shares (%)

16,532

5.83

10,063

3.55

5,011

1.77

c/o M&C Corporate Services Limited, PO Box
309GT, Ugland House, South Church Street,George Town, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands
Caledonian House, 69 Dr. Roy’s Drive. P.O

G.A.S. (Cayman) Limited

Box 1043GT, George Town, Grand Cayman,Cayman Islands

Managed Account Investments, SPC

Queensgate House, P.O. Box 1234, South

3Church Street, KY1-1108, Grand Cayman,Cayman Islands
5. The table above (including Notes 1 through 4) has been prepared in accordance with the securities report of the 86th term
filed by the Target on June 30, 2010.
6. Copies of Large Shareholding Reports dated May 11, 2010 were sent from the SFP Value Realization Master Fund
Limited and its joint holders G.A.S. (Cayman) Limited and Managed Account Investments SPC in the first quarter of the87th fiscal year, and reports stating that they are holding the following shares as of April 28, 2010 have been received, but
the Target has not been able to confirm the details entered in the shareholder registry, so they have not been included as
beneficial shareholders of the Target.

NameAddress

Number ofPercentage of theShares Held

number of shares(hundredheld to total numbershares)of issued shares (%)

20,152

7.11

4,324

1.53

3,811

1.34

c/o M&C Corporate Services Limited, PO Box
The SFP Value Realization Master

309GT, Ugland House, South Church Street,

Fund Limited

George Town, Grand Cayman, Cayman
Islands, British West Indies
Caledonian House, 69 Dr. Roy’s Drive. P.O

G.A.S. (Cayman) Limited

Box 1043GT, George Town, Grand Cayman,Cayman Islands, British West Indies
Queensgate House, P.O. Box 1234, SouthManaged Account Investments, SPC

Church Street, KY1-1108, Grand Cayman,Cayman Islands

7. The table above (including Note 6) has been prepared in accordance with the quarterly report of first quarter of the 87thterm filed by the Target on August 13, 2010.
8. Large Shareholding Reports dated July 16, 2010 were filed by the SFP Value Realization Master Fund Limited and its
joint holders G.A.S. (Cayman) Limited and Managed Account Investments SPC, and it was reported that they are holding
the following shares as of July 9, 2010, but the Target has not been able to confirm the details entered in the shareholder
registry, so they have not been included as effective shareholders of the Target.

Name

The SFP Value Realization MasterFund Limited

Address

Number ofPercentage of theShares Held

number of shares(hundred

held to total numbershares)of issued shares (%)

20,182

7.12

c/o M&C Corporate Services Limited, PO Box
309GT, Ugland House, South Church Street,George Town, Grand Cayman, Cayman

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Name

Address

Number ofPercentage of theShares Held

number of shares(hundred

held to total numbershares)of issued shares (%)

1,439

0.51

3,811

1.34

Islands, British West Indies
Caledonian House, 69 Dr. Roy’s Drive. P.O
G.A.S. (Cayman) Limited

Box 1043GT, George Town, Grand Cayman,Cayman Islands, British West Indies
Queensgate House, P.O. Box 1234, SouthManaged Account Investments, SPC

Church Street, KY1-1108, Grand Cayman,Cayman Islands

9. The Target plans to file the Second Quarterly Report of the 87th term during the Tender Offer Period.

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(After Amendment)

Name

Nisshinbo Holdings Inc.

Hitachi Medical Corporation

Goldman Sachs International(standing proxy: GoldmanSachs Japan Co., Ltd.)

Japan Radio Co., Ltd.

New Japan Radio Co., Ltd.

Number of shares
held (thousands)

Address

As of March 31, 2010
Percentage of the numberof shares held to total
number of issued shares(%)

31-11, Nihonbashi Ningyocho 2-chome,
41,20014.53

35,00012.34

27,2079.59

20,0007.05

18,0006.34

13,915

4.90

10,062

3.54

9,981

3.52

Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo

5,011

1.76

22-1 Mure 6-chome, Mitaka-shi, Tokyo

4,141

—

184,517

Chuo-ku, Tokyo
14-1 Sotokanda 4-chome, Chiyoda-ku,Tokyo
133 Fleet Street London EC4A 2BB,U.K.
(Roppongi Hills Mori Tower, 10-1
Roppongi 6-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo)
1-1, Shimorenjaku 5-chome Mitaka-shi,Tokyo
3-10,

Nihonbashi

Yokoyamacho,Chuo-ku, Tokyo

The Master Trust Bank of

11-3

Hamamatsucho

Japan, Ltd. (trust account)

Minato-ku, Tokyo

2-chome,Caledonian House, 69 Drive, PO BOX
G.A.S. (Cayman) Limited

1043 GT, Georgetown, Grand Cayman,(standing proxy: Credit Suisse Cayman Island
Securities (Japan) Limited)(Izumi Garden Tower, 6-1 Roppongi
1-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo)

Japan Trustee Services Bank,
Ltd. (trust account)
J.P. Morgan Clearing
Corp-Sec (standing proxy:Citibank Japan, Ltd.)

8-11 Harumi 1-chome, Chuo-ku, Tokyo

3-14

Higashishinagawa

2-chome,Aloka Group Employees’
Shareholding AssociationTotal

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1.46

65.08

Notes:1. The Target holds 994,561 of its own shares (3.50%), but the Target has been excluded from the above major shareholders.
2. The SFP Value Realization Master Fund Limited, which was a major shareholder at the end of the 85th fiscal year, is nolonger a major shareholder as of the end of the 86th fiscal year.
3. Copies of Large Shareholding Reports dated April 5, 2010 were sent from Nisshinbo Holdings Inc. and its joint holder
New Japan Radio Co., Ltd., and reports stating that they are holding the following shares as of March 31, 2010 have been
received, but the Target has not been able to confirm the actual number of shares held by those shareholders as of the endof the period, so they have not been included in the above major shareholders.

Number ofName

Address or Location of Headquarters

Shares Held(hundredshares)

Nisshinbo Holdings Inc.

New Japan Radio Co., Ltd.

31-11, Nihonbashi Ningyocho 2-chome,
Chuo-ku, Tokyo
3-10, Nihonbashi Yokoyamacho, Chuo-ku,
Tokyo

Percentage of thenumber of shares
held to total numberof issued shares (%)

51,20018.06

18,000

6.35

4. Copies of Large Shareholding Reports dated April 5, 2010 were sent from the SFP Value Realization Master Fund
Limited and its joint holders G.A.S. (Cayman) Limited and Managed Account Investments SPC, and reports stating thatthey are holding the following shares as of March 31, 2010 have been received, but the Target has not been able toconfirm the actual number of shares held by those shareholders as of the end of the period, so they have not been includedin the above major shareholders.

Name

The SFP Value Realization MasterFund Limited

Address or Location of Headquarters

Number ofPercentage of theShares Held

number of shares(hundredheld to total numbershares)of issued shares (%)

16,532

5.83

10,063

3.55

5,011

1.77

c/o M&C Corporate Services Limited, PO Box
309GT, Ugland House, South Church Street,George Town, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands
Caledonian House, 69 Dr. Roy’s Drive. P.O

G.A.S. (Cayman) Limited

Box 1043GT, George Town, Grand Cayman,Cayman IslandsQueensgate House, P.O. Box 1234, SouthManaged Account Investments, SPC

Church Street, KY1-1108, Grand Cayman,Cayman Islands

75. The table above (including Notes 1 through 4) has been prepared in accordance with the securities report of the 86th term
filed by the Target on June 30, 2010.
6. Copies of Large Shareholding Reports dated May 11, 2010 were sent from the SFP Value Realization Master Fund
Limited and its joint holders G.A.S. (Cayman) Limited and Managed Account Investments SPC in the first quarter of the87th fiscal year, and reports stating that they are holding the following shares as of April 28, 2010 have been received, but
the Target has not been able to confirm the details entered in the shareholder registry, so they have not been included as
beneficial shareholders of the Target.

NameAddress

Number ofPercentage of theShares Held

number of shares(hundred

held to total numbershares)of issued shares (%)

20,152

7.11

4,324

1.53

3,811

1.34

c/o M&C Corporate Services Limited, PO Box
The SFP Value Realization Master

309GT, Ugland House, South Church Street,

Fund Limited

George Town, Grand Cayman, Cayman
Islands, British West Indies
Caledonian House, 69 Dr. Roy’s Drive. P.O

G.A.S. (Cayman) Limited

Box 1043GT, George Town, Grand Cayman,Cayman Islands, British West Indies
Queensgate House, P.O. Box 1234, SouthManaged Account Investments, SPC

Church Street, KY1-1108, Grand Cayman,Cayman Islands

7. The table above (including Note 6) has been prepared in accordance with the quarterly report of first quarter of the 87th
term filed by the Target on August 13, 2010.
8. Large Shareholding Reports dated July 16, 2010 were filed by the SFP Value Realization Master Fund Limited and its
joint holders G.A.S. (Cayman) Limited and Managed Account Investments SPC, and it was reported that they are holding
the following shares as of July 9, 2010, but the Target has not been able to confirm the details entered in the shareholder
registry, so they have not been included as effective shareholders of the Target.

NameAddress

Number ofPercentage of theShares Held

number of shares(hundred

held to total numbershares)of issued shares (%)

20,182

7.12

1,439

0.51

c/o M&C Corporate Services Limited, PO Box
The SFP Value Realization Master

309GT, Ugland House, South Church Street,

Fund Limited

George Town, Grand Cayman, Cayman
Islands, British West Indies

G.A.S. (Cayman) Limited

Caledonian House, 69 Dr. Roy’s Drive. P.O

8NameAddress

Number ofPercentage of theShares Held

number of shares(hundred

held to total numbershares)of issued shares (%)

3,811

1.34

Box 1043GT, George Town, Grand Cayman,Cayman Islands, British West Indies
Queensgate House, P.O. Box 1234, SouthManaged Account Investments, SPC

Church Street, KY1-1108, Grand Cayman,Cayman Islands

9. The Target filed the Second Quarterly Report of the 87th term dated November 12, 2010 with the Kanto Local Finance
Bureau in Japan, and Major Shareholders are as follows.

Name

Nisshinbo Holdings Inc.

Hitachi Medical Corporation

As of September 30, 2010
Percentage of the number
Number of sharesof shares held to total
held (thousands) number of issued shares(%)

Address
31-11, Nihonbashi Ningyocho 2-chome,
Chuo-ku, Tokyo(standing proxy: GoldmanSachs Japan Co., Ltd.)

Japan Radio Co., Ltd.

New Japan Radio Co., Ltd.

(Roppongi Hills Mori Tower, 10-1

7.14

20,0007.05

18,0006.34

14,595

5.14

8,437

2.97

4,226

1.49

1-1, Shimorenjaku 5-chome Mitaka-shi,
Tokyo
3-10,

Nihonbashi

Yokoyamacho,Chuo-ku, Tokyo

Minato-ku, Tokyo

Shareholding Association

20,266

Roppongi 6-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo)

Japan, Ltd. (trust account)

Aloka Group Employees’

12.34

U.K.

11-3

Ltd. (trust account)

35,000133 Fleet Street London EC4A 2BB,

The Master Trust Bank ofJapan Trustee Services Bank,

18.05

14-1 Sotokanda 4-chome, Chiyoda-ku,
Tokyo

Goldman Sachs International

51,200Hamamatsucho

2-chome,8-11 Harumi 1-chome, Chuo-ku, Tokyo

22-1 Mure 6-chome, Mitaka-shi, Tokyo

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RBC DEXIA INVESTORSERVICES BANK A/C DUB
NON RESIDENT／DOMESTIC RATE
(standing proxy: Standard
Chartered Bank TokyoBranch)
Mizuho Bank, Ltd.

14, PORTE DE FRANCE, L-4360
ESCH-SUR-ALZETTEGRANDDUCHY OF LUXEMBOURG(Sanno Park Tower 21st floor 2-11-1
Nagata-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo)

4,200

1.48

1-1-5,
Tokyo

4,000

1.41

179,924

63.46

Uchisaiwaicho,

Chiyoda-ku,—Total

10. The Target holds 994,720 of its own shares (3.50%), but the Target has been excluded from the above major shareholders.
11. Copies of Large Shareholding Reports (Amendment Statement) filed as of July 16, 2010 by the SFP Value Realization
Master Fund Limited and its joint holders G.A.S. (Cayman) Limited and Managed Account Investments SPC were sent,
and we were reported that they are respectively holding the following shares as of July 9, 2010, but the Target has notbeen able to confirm the above in the shareholder registry as of the end of the second quarter of the 87th fiscal year.
Contents of Amendment Statement are as follows.

NameAddress

Number ofPercentage of theShares Held

number of shares(hundredheld to total numbershares)of issued shares (%)

20,182

7.12

1,439

0.51

3,811

1.34

25,4328.97

c/o M&C Corporate Services Limited, PO Box
The SFP Value Realization Master

309GT, Ugland House, South Church Street,

Fund Limited

George Town, Grand Cayman, Cayman
Islands, British West Indies
Caledonian House, 69 Dr. Roy’s Drive. P.O

G.A.S. (Cayman) Limited

Box 1043GT, George Town, Grand Cayman,Cayman Islands, British West Indies
Queensgate House, P.O. Box 1234, SouthManaged Account Investments, SPC

Church Street, KY1-1108, Grand Cayman,Cayman Islands

Total—-End-(Reference) Overviews of Tender Offer
1.

TargetAloka Co., Ltd.

2.

Tender Offer Period (Initial Period of the Tender Offer in the Registration)
From November 9, 2010 (Tuesday) to December 27, 2010 (Monday) (both inclusive) (33 business days)

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3.

Purchase Price of the Tender Offer
1,075 yen per share of common stock4.

Number of Shares to Be Purchased

Number of Shares to be Purchased

Minimum Number of Shares to be
Purchased

Maximum Number of Shares to bePurchased

23,855,900 shares– shares– shares

Notes:The details of Tender Offer are as per our press release ―Notification regarding Commencement of Tender Offer for Shares ofAloka Co., Ltd.‖ of November 8, 2010.

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Solicitation Regulations
The purpose of this Press Release is to publicly announce the Tender Offer and this Press Release has not been
prepared for the purpose of soliciting sales. If you offer to sell your shares, please make that offer at your own
judgment after reading the Tender Offer Explanatory Statement regarding the Tender Offer. This Press Release does
not constitute a solicitation for offers to sell or purchase securities or any partial solicitation, and this Press Release (orany part of this Press Release) or the fact that this Press Release has been distributed is not grounds for any contract
pertaining to the Tender Offer, and this Press Release may not be relied upon when executing any contract.
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to purchase or sell shares with respect to the Tender Offer.

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Information contained in this news release is current asof the date of the press announcement, but may be subject
to change without prior notice.
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