NEC Makes Additional Contribution to the Employee Retirement Benefit Trust and Posts Extraordinary Loss

*** For immediate use April 27, 2012


Tokyo, April 27, 2012 - NEC Corporation (NEC; TSE: 6701) announced today an  additional contribution to the employee retirement benefit trust through the contribution of a portion of shares that NEC holds in Renesas Electronics Corporation (Renesas; TSE: 6723) in order to reinforce the strength of NEC's pension financing.

After making the contribution, NEC will continue to have voting rights for the Renesas shares that are contributed to the employee retirement benefit trust. There will be no change to NEC's relationship with Renesas, which will continue to be an NEC affiliate accounted for by the equity method.

1. Date of trust establishment
       May 1, 2012


2. Number of shares to be contributed
       57.1 million shares


3. Change in number of shares and voting right ratio
   

   Stock Name	Number of Shares		Voting Right Ratio
   	Before Change	After Change	Before Change	After Change
   Renesas Shares    NEC    Benefit Trust	Thousand Shares 69,696 78,200	Thousand Shares 12,596 135,300	% 16.71 18.75	% 3.02 32.44
   Total	147,896	147,896	35.46	35.46



4. Employee retirement benefit trust amount at establishment
       JPY 27 billion (approximate)


5. Extraordinary loss
   Due to this contribution of Renesas shares to the retirement benefit trust, NEC will recognize a consolidated extraordinary loss of approximately 5.0 billion yen for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2013 as loss on the contribution of securities to the retirement benefit trust.


6. Effect on NEC's business results
   The loss from this contribution of shares to the retirement benefit trust has been factored into the consolidated financial forecasts for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2013, disclosed on April 27, 2012.

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