Mar 23, 2020
Hitachi Chemical Co., Ltd.

Hitachi Chemical Company, Ltd. (the 'Company') announces that, with respect to a tender offer by HC Holdings K.K. (the 'Offeror') for the common shares of the Company as publicized in the 'Announcement of Opinion regarding the Planned Commencement of the Tender Offer for the Shares of Hitachi Chemical Company, Ltd. by HC Holdings K. K.' dated December 18, 2019 (such a tender offer, the 'Tender Offer'), the Company received a notice on March 16, 2020 that the Offeror is going to commence the Tender Offer on March 24, 2020 as the commencement date of the Tender Offer, and accordingly the Company resolved again on March 23, 2020, by resolution under Article 370 of the Companies Act (Act No. 86 of 2005, as amended) (written resolution in lieu of resolution at a meeting of the board of directors), that the Company would express its opinion supporting the Tender Offer and recommend the Company's shareholders to tender their shares in the Tender Offer.

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