---

Page 7

"Our supply chain

We have approximately 830 trade suppliers (of which 40 are Hitachi

Group companies) that supply either complete products or components

of our products. Many of these suppliers are headquartered in:

China

Germany

Hong Kong

India

Japan

Poland

Saudi Arabia

Singapore

Switzerland

Thailand

Turkey

United Kingdom

USA

Austria

Belgium

Bulgaria

Canada

China

Croatia

Czechia

Denmark

Estonia

Finland

France

Germany

Greece

Hong Kong

Hungary

India

Ireland

Israel

Italy

Japan

Jordan

Lithuania

Netherlands

Norway

Poland

Portugal

Romania

Russian Federation

Singapore

Slovenia

South Africa

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

Turkey

Ukraine

United Arab Emirates

United Kingdom

USA

We have approximately 1640 further suppliers (of which 66

are Hitachi Group companies) which are categorised as non-trade.

They supply everything used for our operations that is not a product

or product component. Most of these suppliers are"