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 2005
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 15, 2005 regarding the year-end dividend for fiscal 2004. |
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 18, 2005 |
By | /s/ Takashi Hatchoji | ||
| Takashi Hatchoji | ||||
| Senior Vice President and Executive Officer | ||||
Hitachi Announces the Year-end Dividend for Fiscal 2004
Tokyo, March15, 2005 — Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE:6501 / NYSE:HIT) today announced a plan for the year-end dividend for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2005 as follows. The plan will be finally authorized at a meeting of the Board of Directors to be held in the middle of May 2005 after the statutory audit of the financial statements etc. under the Commercial Code of Japan.
Plan for the year-end dividend for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2005
5.5yen per share*
*The Company intends to pay the year-end dividend on May 23, 2005.
| Reference: | Dividends for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2004 | |
| Interim dividend: 3.0 yen per share | ||
| Year-end dividend: 5.0 yen per share | ||
| Dividends for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2005 | ||
| Interim dividend: 5.5 yen per share | ||
| Year-end dividend: 5.5 yen per share |
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