2000 The former Hitachi Cable News Release
Contains information disclosed through the Tokyo Stock Exchange Timely Disclosure Network (TDnet) and the Osaka Securities Exchange Electronic Disclosure Network (ED-NET).
Notice of Purchase of its Own Shares through a Market
In accordance with Article 3 of the Law Concerning Exceptions to the Commercial Code Relating to the Procedure for Cancellation of Shares, the Company purchased its own shares on the market for the acquisition thereof to cancel the same by appropriation of profit. Hence, notice is hereby given as follows.
Description
| 1. Purchase period: | From February 1, 2000 to February 14, 2000 |
| 2. Number of shares purchased: | 1,683,000 shares |
| 3. Aggregate purchase price: | 1,192,978,000. yen - |
| 4. Method of purchase: | Purchase at the Tokyo Stock Exchange |
| *Class of shares to be acquired: | Shares of common stock, with par value, of the Company |
| * Total number of shares to be acquired: | (Not exceeding)4,000,000 share |
| * Aggregate acquisition price of shares: | (Not exceeding)2,400,000,000. yen - |
| *Total number of shares to be purchased and cancelled as provided for in the Articles of Incorporation of the Company: | 37,000,000 shares |
| *Total number of shares purchased after the date on which the provision of the Articles of Incorporation of the Company was set forth: | 1,683,000 shares |