Tokyo, January 30, 2014 -- Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE: 6501; “Hitachi”) and Hitachi Medical Corporation (TSE: 6910; “Hitachi Medical”) today announced that they have determined the method for making Hitachi Medical a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hitachi to be a share exchange with Hitachi as the wholly-owning parent company and Hitachi Medical as the wholly-owned subsidiary (the “Share Exchange”). Details of the Share Exchange including the exchange ratio, the effective date and the status following the Share Exchange, etc. will be announced when they are finalized.
