(Translation)

Regulations on Handling of Shares, etc. of Hitachi, Ltd.

Established:

October 29, 1951

Amendment:

February 1, 1963

April 1, 1967

January 1, 1970

November 28, 1974

September 30, 1982

June 27, 1991

June 26, 1998

September 24, 1999

March 24, 2000

October 1, 2001

June 1, 2002

April 1, 2003

June 26, 2003

June 24, 2004

July 20, 2004

June 27, 2006

November 26, 2007

January 5, 2009

May 18, 2009

January 6, 2010

April 1, 2012

January 12, 2016

October 1, 2018

September 1, 2022

July 1, 2024

Chapter I General Provisions
Article 1. (Purpose)
Handling of exercise of voting rights and other rights of shareholders and other procedures relating toshares and stock acquisition rights shall be governed by the provisions established by the Japan Securities
Depository Center, Inc., which is the book entry organization (furikae kikan) (“JASDEC”), and by any
securities companies, etc. that are the account management institutions (koza kanri kikan) (including any
account management institution at which the Company opens a special account; each, a “Securities Company,etc.”) as well as these Regulations in accordance with the provision of the articles of incorporation of theCompany.
Article 2. (Administrator of the shareholders’ register)
The Company’s administrator of the shareholders’ register and the place where it conducts relatedtransfer work shall be as follows:
Administrator of the shareholders’ register:Tokyo Securities Transfer Agent Co., Ltd.
11, Kanda Nishikicho 3-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
Place where it conducts related transfer work:
Head Office of Tokyo Securities Transfer Agent Co., Ltd.
11, Kanda Nishikicho 3-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
Preparing and keeping the shareholders’ register and stock acquisition rights’ register of the Companyand other administrative matters relating to these documents shall be entrusted to the administrator of theshareholders’ register provided for in the preceding paragraph.
Article 3. (Procedure for applications and notifications)
Procedures relating to applications, notifications, etc. under these Regulations shall, except for theprocedures provided for in the next paragraph and Chapter 5, be made to either of the account management
institutions provided for in the following items in accordance with the categories in the following items:
1.
If the procedure relates to shares recorded in the trading account (furikae koza) opened by ashareholder himself, to the account management institution at which that trading account has
been opened; or2.
If the procedure relates to shares recorded in the special account (tokubetsu koza) opened by
the Company, to the account management institution of the special account.
Any application, notification, etc. relating to dividend payment unable to be received or conveyed byany of the account management institutions provided for in the preceding paragraph, and any other mattersregarding which the Company delegates administrative work to the administrator of the shareholders’ register,
shall be made to the administrator of the shareholders’ register.
Article 4. (Identification for applications, and notifications)
If an application, notification, etc. under these Regulations is made by a shareholder through aSecurities Company and JASDEC, the Company handles that application, notification, etc. as if they are madeby the shareholder himself.
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A shareholder shall, if directly making any application, notification, etc. under these Regulations to theCompany or the administrator of the shareholders’ register, attach thereto a document identifying suchshareholder; provided, however, that this shall not apply where such application, notification, etc. isconsidered by the Company to be made by the actual person.
In relation to an application, notification, etc. mentioned in the preceding paragraph, in the case suchapplication, notification, etc. is made by a legal representative of a shareholder, certification of proxy shall besubmitted; and in the case consent to such application, notification, etc. by a statutory assistant (hosa nin) or a
statutory coadjutor (hojo nin) is required, certification of their consent shall be submitted.
The provisions of the first and second paragraphs of this Article apply mutatis mutandis to the legal
representative of a shareholder, statutory assistant and statutory coadjutor.
Article 5. (Reckoning of Business Days)
As used in these Regulations, a “Business Day” means a day other than any day on which JASDEC is
not open for business.

Chapter II

Registration or Record on the Shareholders’ Register

Article 6. (Registration or Record on the Shareholders’ Register)
The Company shall, upon receiving a general shareholders’ notice from JASDEC, register or recordmatters, in accordance with the details of that notice, in the shareholders’ register.
The Company shall, upon receiving a notice from JASDEC of changes to any address, name or othernotified matters, change the registered or recorded matters in the shareholders’ register in accordance with thedetails of that notice.
In addition to the preceding two paragraphs, the Company shall register or record matters in theshareholders’ register in relation to issue of shares or other matters provided for under laws or ordinances.

Chapter III Various Notifications
Article 7. (Notification of name and address)
A shareholder or his legal representative shall, through the Securities Company, etc. and JASDEC,notify the Company of the name and address of the shareholder. The same shall apply in case of a changeoccurring in these matters.
Article 8. (Notification of provisional address or agent of shareholder residing abroad)A shareholder residing in a foreign country or his legal representative shall, through the Securities
Company, etc. and JASDEC, designate a provisional address or appoint an agent in Japan, and shall notify theCompany of such address or agent. The same shall apply in case of a change occurring in these matters.
Article 9. (Notification of legal representative)
With respect to a legal representative such as a person exercising parental power (shin ken) or a2

guardian (ko ken), etc., a notification of the name, address and other necessary matters of the legal
representative shall be made through the Securities Company, etc. and JASDEC. The same shall apply incase of a change occurring in these matters.
Article 10. (Notification of representative for jointly owned shares)
With respect to a representative for jointly owned shares, a notification of the name, address and othernecessary matters of the representative for jointly owned shares shall be made through the Securities
Company, etc. and JASDEC. The same shall apply in case of a change occurring in these matters.
Article 11. (Notification of representative of a corporation)
With respect to a shareholder as a corporation, a notification of the corporation’s representative’s nameand position shall be made through the Securities Company, etc. and JASDEC. The same shall apply in caseof a change occurring in these matters.
Article 12. (Notification to designate deposit account for dividend transfer)With respect to a deposit account (yokin koza) or savings account (chokin koza) for receiving dividends,
a notification of the account shall be made through the Securities Company, etc. and JASDEC. The same
shall apply in case of a change occurring in this matter.
Article 13. (Application of provisions to registered pledgee)
The provisions of Article 4 and this Chapter shall apply to registered pledgees.

Chapter IV Less-than-One-Unit Shares
Section 1. Number of Shares Per Unit
Article 14. (Number of shares per one unit)
The number of shares per one unit of shares of the Company shall be 100 shares.
Section 2. Purchase of Less-than-One-Unit Shares
Article 15. (Application for Purchase of less-than-one-unit shares by shareholder)
In a case where any shareholder makes to the Company an application for the purchase ofless-than-one-unit shares (an “Application for Purchase”), the application shall be made, through theSecurities Company, etc. and JASDEC, to the Company in accordance with the provisions of JASDEC.
The Application for Purchase mentioned in the preceding paragraph shall come into effect at the time
the notice of the Application for Purchase arrives, from JASDEC, at the place where the administrator of theshareholders’ register conducts related transfer work.
Article 16. (Purchase price of less-than-one-unit shares with respect to Application for Purchase)
The purchase price of less-than-one-unit shares with respect to an Application for Purchase shall be the3amount obtained by multiplying the purchase price per share fixed in accordance with the next paragraph ofthis Article by the number of less-than-one-unit shares with respect to the Application for Purchase.
The purchase price per share of the less-than-one-unit shares with respect to an Application forPurchase shall be the price per share in the last ordinary transaction of the Company’s shares on the Tokyo
Stock Exchange on the day on which the Application for Purchase came into effect under the second
paragraph of the preceding Article and if there is no ordinary transaction of the Company’s shares on this day
shall be the price per share in the first ordinary transaction thereafter on the same Exchange.
Article 17. (Payment of the purchase price for less-than-one-unit shares with respect to Application forPurchase)
The purchase price for the less-than-one-unit shares with respect to an Application for Purchase shallbe paid on the fourth Business Day after the day following the day on which the purchase price wasdetermined under the preceding Article; provided, however, that in a case where the purchase price per sharementioned in the second paragraph of the preceding Article is a price cum dividend relating to distribution, etc.
of surplus or a price cum right relating to a stock split, etc., the purchase price shall be paid on or before therecord date or allotment date concerned.
Article 18. (Transfer of less-than-one-unit shares with respect to Application for Purchase)
The less-than-one-unit shares with respect to an Application for Purchase shall be transferred to theCompany’s account on the day on which the payment procedure for the purchase price under the preceding
Article is completed.
Section 3. Sale of Less-than-One-Unit Shares
Article 19. (Application for Additional Purchase of less-than-one-unit shares by shareholder)
In a case where any shareholder makes to the Company an application for the sale of the number ofless-than-one-unit shares that will, together with such less-than-one-unit shares, constitute a full unit of shares(an “Application for Additional Purchase”), the application shall be made, through the Securities Company,etc. and JASDEC, to the Company in accordance with the provisions of JASDEC.
The Application for Additional Purchase mentioned in the preceding paragraph shall come into effectat the time the notice of the Application for Additional Purchase arrives, from JASDEC, at the place where theadministrator of the shareholders’ register conducts related transfer work.
Article 20. (Restriction on application for additional purchase)
In a case where the aggregate number of less-than-one-unit shares with respect to Application forAdditional Purchase on the same day exceeds the number of shares owned by the Company for sale upon
Application for Additional Purchase, all of the Application for Additional Purchase made on that day shall notcome into effect.
In a case where the number of shares owned by the Company for sale upon Application for Additional
Purchase falls below 10,000 shares, the Company shall suspend accepting any new Application for Additional
Purchase for the period from the Business Day immediately following that day to the day on which thenumber of shares owned by the Company for that purpose reaches 50,000 shares or more.
4Article 21. (Period of suspension of acceptance of Application for Additional Purchase)
The Company shall, every year, suspend the acceptance of any Application for Additional Purchase forthe periods from the tenth Business Day prior to the respective dates provided for in the following items tothose provided dates in the following items respectively:
1.
March 31;2.
June 30;
3.
September 30; and4.
December 31.
Notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, if the Company or JASDEC considers it necessary, theCompany may fix a period of suspension of acceptance of Application for Additional Purchase.
Article 22. (Additional purchase price of less-than-one-unit shares with respect to Application for AdditionalPurchase)
The additional purchase price of less-than-one-unit shares with respect to an Application for Additional
Purchase shall be an amount obtained by multiplying the additional purchase price per share fixed inaccordance with the next paragraph of this Article by the number of less-than-one-unit shares with respect tothe Application for Additional Purchase.
The additional purchase price per share of the less-than-one-unit shares with respect to an Applicationfor Additional Purchase shall be the price per share in the last ordinary transaction of the Company’s shares on
the Tokyo Stock Exchange on the day on which the Application for Additional Purchase came into effectunder the second paragraph of Article 19 and if there is no ordinary transaction of the Company’s shares onthat day shall be the price per share in the first ordinary transaction thereafter on the same Exchange.
Article 23. (Receipt of additional purchase price of less-than-one-unit shares with respect to Application forAdditional Purchase)
The Company shall, through the Securities Company, etc., receive an additional purchase price ofless-than-one-unit shares with respect to an Application for Additional Purchase on the third Business Day
after the Business Day following the day on which the additional purchase price was determined under thefirst paragraph of the preceding Article; provided, however, that in a case where the additional purchase priceper share mentioned in the second paragraph of the preceding Article is a price cum dividend relating todistribution, etc. of surplus or a price cum right relating to a stock split, etc., the Company shall receive theadditional purchase price on or before the record date or allotment date concerned.
Article 24. (Transfer of less-than-one-unit shares with respect to Application for Additional Purchase)
The Company shall request for a transfer of shares to be sold by the Company to a trading
account of a shareholder who has made an Application for Additional Purchase for those shares, on
the date that the Company recognizes the additional purchase price has been transferred to thedesignated Company’s bank account.

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Chapter V Exercise of Rights of Shareholders
Section 1. Request for Delivery of Paper-based Documents and Statement of Objections
Article 25. (Request for delivery of paper-based documents and statement of objections)
Requests for delivery of paper-based documents containing the information provided electronically inthe materials including reference documents for the General Meeting of Shareholders as provided in Article325-5, Paragraph 1 of the Companies Act of Japan (“Requests for Delivery of Paper-based Documents”) andstatements of objections as provided in Paragraph 5 of the same article shall be made in writing; provided,
however, that in a case where Requests for Delivery of Paper-based Documents are made through Securities
Company, etc. or JASDEC, they shall be made as stipulated by the Securities Company, etc. or JASDEC,respectively.
Section 2. Method of Exercising Rights of Minority Shareholders, etc.
Article 26. (Method of exercising rights of minority shareholders, etc.)
If a shareholder exercises directly to the Company, without going through the Securities Company, etc.
and JASDEC, the rights of minority shareholders, etc. provided for in Article 147, Paragraph 4, of the Law
Concerning Central Clearing of Bonds, Shares and Other Securities of Japan , the shareholder shall,
upon advance application of the individual shareholder notice to JASDEC through the Securities Company,etc., exercise the rights in writing.
Section 3. Exercise of Voting Rights by Electromagnetic Method
Article 27. (Website for the exercise of voting rights)
Voting rights of the Company by an electromagnetic method shall be exercised on the “Website for theExercise of Voting Rights (http://www.tosyodai54.net)” on the Internet.
Article 28. (Voting right exercise code and password)
Upon exercise of voting rights on the “Website for the Exercise of Voting Rights,” the voting right
exercise code and password notified to each shareholder shall be entered.
Article 29. (Identification)
The Company shall treat any person who correctly enters his voting right exercise code and password
on the “Website for the Exercise of Voting Rights” as the true shareholder.
Article 30. (Payment for communication charges, etc.)
The shareholders shall pay for the communication charges and connection fees to be incurred by accessto the “Website for the Exercise of Voting Rights.”
Article 31. (Treatment of double voting)If voting rights are exercised both in writing and by an electromagnetic method, only the voting rights
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by an electromagnetic method shall be treated as having been exercised.

Chapter VI

Special Account

Article 32. (Account management institution of special account)
The account management institution of the special account opened by the Company is as follows.
Account management institution:
Tokyo Securities Transfer Agent Co., Ltd.
11, Kanda Nishikicho 3-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
Place where it conducts related transfer work:
Head office and branches throughout the country of Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank,
Limited
Article 33. (Request for transfer from special account)
If a shareholder transfers shares recorded in the special account into his trading account opened inother Securities Company, etc., the shareholder shall request the account management institution of the special
account provided for in the preceding Article for the transfer.

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