playing to our strengths annual report 2006 year ended march 31 24 14 nishi shimbashi 1 chome minato ku tokyo 105 8717 japan tel 81 3 3504 7111 fax 7123 url www hitachi hitec com contact public relations & investor group secretary s office 5138 e mail ir nst this is printed on recycled paper in hig h t echnologies corporatio n repor information corporate data as of date establishment april 12 1947 paid capital 7 938 million number employees 9 974 high technologies total common 137 738 730 shares issued and outstanding stock exchange listings first section osaka securities shareholders meeting june independent auditors ernst young shinnihon 8 260 transfer agent co ltd the 4 2 marunouchi chiyoda 100 0005 share price volume thousands 000 0 40