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Hitachi Capital Corporation

Being selected "Morningstar Socially Responsible Investment Index (MS-SRI)"

Tokyo,February 13, 2018, Hitachi Capital Corporation(TSE: 8586) (President & CEO: Seiji

Kawabe, "Hitachi Capital") has been selected as "Morningstar Socially Responsible Investment Index (MS-SRI)" on January 4,2018.

Morningstar Socially Responsible Investment Index (MS-SRI) is the first socially responsible investment index in Japan. Morningstar Japan K.K. selects 150 companies from approximately 4,000 listed companies in Japan by assessing their social responsibility, and converts their stock prices into the index.

Hitachi Capital set in our Mission "to be conscientious of the global environment and aim to become a 'Social Values Creating Company' that provides new values to realize social development and richer life for people."*1 Hitachi Capital will continuously contribute to solve social issues and development via ESG*2 management through pursuing to create social values.

*1 The report dated October, 2017 "Hitachi Capital Report 2017"

http://www.hitachi-capital.co.jp/hcc/english/company/csr_download.html

*2 environment, social and governance

■ Other indices Hitachi Capital selected by its ESG practices

FTSE Russell

MSCI

"FTSE4Good Index Series"

"2017 Constituent MSCI Japan ESG

"FTSE Blossom Japan Index"

Select Leaders Index"

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