Our president, Mr. Kikawa, presents a speech at an IR meeting sponsored by Nikkei Radio Broadcasting Corporation

Mr. Kikawa, the president of Hitachi Construction Machinery, is active in making appearances in investor relations programs to provide information to shareholders and investors. At the Hitachi Construction Machinery IR Meeting, sponsored by Nikkei Radio Broadcasting Corporation in Otemachi, Tokyo, on November 8, 2008, he explained the accounts settlement of the second quarter of fiscal year to end in March 2009 and business conditions and plans by region.

The enthusiasm of the investors at the meeting was such that many of them had started queuing up at the reception before the meeting started. The way the investors earnestly listened to his presentation made us feel their interest in and expectations of us. In the time for questions, many queries were made about our response to the recent, drastic changes in the economy, and forecasts, including the effect of foreign exchange rates and measures against the volatile conditions. His response to each of the questions helped the investors to understand our current situation and remove doubts.