To whom it may concern:

January 4, 2017

Company Name: Hitachi Capital Corporation Representative: Seiji Kawabe, President & CEO

(Securities Code: 8586) Company Name: Mitsubishi UFJ Lease & Finance Company Limited Representative: Tadashi Shiraishi, President & CEO

(Securities Code: 8593) Company Name: The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. Representative: Takashi Oyamada, President & CEO

Announcement of the Incorporation the Open Financial Platform to Provide Support for the Japanese Infrastructure Industry

Hitachi Capital Corporation, Mitsubishi UFJ Lease & Finance Company Limited and The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. hereby announce that have incorporated Japan Infrastructure Initiative Kabushiki Kaisha (English name: Japan Infrastructure Initiative Company Limited) as the open financial platform to provide financial support for export of the Japanese infrastructure industry that announced on December 1, 2016, Today.

Profile of the new company (Japan Infrastructure Initiative Kabushiki Kaisha)

(1)

Name

Japan Infrastructure Initiative Kabushiki Kaisha

English name: Japan Infrastructure Initiative Company Limited

(2)

Address

2-1-1, Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo

(3)

Representative title,

name

President & CEO Naoki Nishida

(4)

Business description

Providing funds, including equity or mezzanine financing, and other services for infrastructure projects, mainly to Japanese

equipment manufacturers, engineering companies, or the like

(5)

Amounts of Capital

and others

¥20,000 MM

(¥10,000 MM in Capital and ¥10,000 MM in Capital Reserve)

(6)

Founded

January 4, 2017

(7)

Capital contribution ratio

Hitachi Capital Corporation

47.55%

Mitsubishi UFJ Lease & Finance Company

Limited

47.55%

The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd.

4.9%

* The release dated December 1, 2016

"Announcement of the Decision to Incorporate the Open Financial Platform to Provide Support for the Japanese Infrastructure Industry"

http://www.hitachi-capital.co.jp/hcc/ir/pdf/20161201eng.pdf

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