FORM 6-K
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of March 2011
Commission File Number 1-8320
Hitachi, Ltd.
(Translation of registrant’s name into English)
6-6, Marunouchi 1-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8280, Japan
(Address of principal executive offices)
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This report on Form 6-K contains the following:
| 1. | Press release dated March 25, 2011 regarding filing of amendment registration statement of tender offer notification by subsidiary |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
| Hitachi, Ltd. | ||||
| (Registrant) | ||||
| Date March 25, 2011 |
By | /s/ Toshiaki Kuzuoka | ||
| Toshiaki Kuzuoka | ||||
| Vice President and Executive Officer | ||||
Notification regarding
Filing of Amendment Registration Statement of Tender Offer
Notification by Subsidiary
Tokyo, March 25, 2011 — Hitachi, Ltd. (NYSE: HIT / TSE: 6501; “Hitachi”) today announced that Hitachi Transport System Ltd. (TSE: 9086; “the company”), a subsidiary of Hitachi, which had announced acquiring shares of VANTEC Corporation (TSE:9382) through a tender offer on March 9, 2011, announced that the company today submitted Amendment Registration Statement of Tender Offer Notification to the Kanto Local Finance Bureau in Japan pursuant to Article 27-8, Paragraph 2 of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act as attached.
About Hitachi, Ltd.
Hitachi, Ltd., (NYSE: HIT / TSE: 6501), headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, is a leading global electronics company with approximately 360,000 employees worldwide. Fiscal 2009 (ended March 31, 2010) consolidated revenues totaled 8,968 billion yen ($96.4 billion). Hitachi will focus more than ever on the Social Innovation Business, which includes information and telecommunication systems, power systems, environmental, industrial and transportation systems, and social and urban systems, as well as the sophisticated materials and key devices that support them. For more information on Hitachi, please visit the company’s website at http://www.hitachi.com.
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Attached
[Translation]
March 25, 2011
To whom it may concern:
| Company name: | Hitachi Transport System, Ltd. | |||
| Representative: | Takao Suzuki President and Chief Executive Officer | |||
| (Code: 9086, First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange) | ||||
| Contact: |
Noriaki Kakino Head of Human Resources & Business Support Office (Tel: +81-3-5634-0307) | |||
Notification regarding
Filing of Amendment Registration Statement of Tender Offer Notification
Hitachi Transport System, Ltd. (the “Company”) hereby notifies that the Company filed an amendment registration statement of tender offer notification dated March 25, 2011, under the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act (the “Act”), Article 27-8, Paragraph 2, to the Director-General of the Kanto Local Finance Bureau regarding the tender offer (the “Tender Offer”) of (a) the common stock of Vantec Corporation (Code: 9382, First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange) (the “Target”) and (b) the share options (the “Share Option(s)”) the issuance of which was resolved at the shareholders’ meeting of the former Vantec Corporation (the former Vantec Corporation was subsequently dissolved as a result of an absorption-type merger with Vantec Group Holdings Corporation; hereinafter referred to as the “Former Vantec”) held on June 25, 2004, and the rights and obligations of which were succeeded by Vantec Holdings Corporation through a share exchange with the Former Vantec on March 25, 2005, and then succeeded by the Target through a share transfer undertaken by Vantec Holdings Corporation on March 1, 2006, regarding which the Company had made an announcement on March 9, 2011.
This amendment is not to change the conditions, etc. of the purchase, as defined in the Act, Article 27-3, Paragraph 2, Item 1.
Note
Contents of Amendment Registration Statement of Tender Offer Notification
(Amended portions shown with underlines)
Part V [State of Target]
| 3 | [State of Shareholders] |
| (2) | [Number of shares owned by major shareholders and officers] |
(Before the Amendment)
| (ii) | [Officers] |
(Omitted)
(After the Amendment)
| (ii) | [Officers] |
(Omitted)
| (Note 7) | According to the “Notification regarding Resignation of Company Auditor” announced by the Target on March 25, 2011, the Target accepted an offer from Jiro Oishi to resign as a full-time company auditor of the Target, and the date of his resignation will be March 31, 2011. Please refer to the press release for details. |
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(Reference) Outline of the Tender Offer
| 1. | Name of the Target |
Vantec Corporation
| 2. | Period for Tender Offer (Period for Tender Offer planned at the time of the filing) |
From Thursday, March 10, 2011 to Tuesday, April 19, 2011 (Twenty-eight (28) business days)
| 3. | Purchase Price of the Tender Offer |
| (1) Common stock: | 233,500 yen per share | |
| (2) Share options: | One (1) yen per option | |
| 4. | Number of Shares, etc. to be Purchased |
| Number of shares to be purchased |
Minimum number planned to be purchased |
Maximum number planned to be purchased | ||
| 233,144 (shares) |
123,991 (shares) | — (shares) |
(Note) The details of the Tender Offer are as stated in the Company’s press release announced on March 9, 2011 titled “Notification regarding Commencement of Tender Offer of Shares, etc. of Vantec Corporation.”
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