RNS Number:5760S
NEC Corporation
27 November 2003


                                                               November 27, 2003



                            NEC to Sell Fixed Asset


At the meeting of the Board of Directors of NEC Corporation ("NEC") held on
November 25, 2003, it was resolved that NEC will sell its fixed asset by using
securitization scheme as follows.


1. Reason for the sale


NEC is reorganizing its laboratories and plants located in the Metropolitan area
for the purpose of strengthening its research and technology development
structure and increasing efficiency of its assets. As part of such
reorganization, NEC determined to sell the land and buildings of its Yokohama
Plant.


2. Descriptions of the asset to be sold


        1) Description of the asset and location:
           Land (131,625.25 square meters) and buildings located on 4035-1, Azayabumae, Ikebe-cho,
           Tsuzuki-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa, Japan

        2) Book value: (Approximately) 6,200 million yen

        3) Sales price: 18,400 million yen

        4) Current condition: NEC's plant


3. Outline of the purchaser



NEC will sell the asset concerned by using securitization scheme in which NEC
trusts its asset to a trust company and sell its beneficiary's trust interest
gained by such trust. The outline of the trust company and the purchasers of
beneficiary's trust interest are as follows:


        (1) Trust company

        1) Name: The Sumitomo Trust and Banking Company, Limited
        2) Address of Head Office: 5-33, Kitahama 4-chome, Chuo-ku, Osaka, Japan
        3) President: Atsushi Takahashi
        4) Stated Capital: 287,015 million yen (As of March 31, 2003)
        5) Major Shareholders:

               The Master Trust Bank of Japan, Ltd. (Trust Account) (6.57%)
               Japan Trustee Services Bank, Ltd. (Trust Account) (6.29%)
               Sumitomo Life Insurance Company (2.28%)
               Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (2.16%)
               UFJ Trust Bank Limited (Trust Account A) (1.68%)

        6) Major Business: Trust bank business

        7) Relationship with NEC:
               Capital relationship (As of March 31, 2003):
               Number of shares of this trust company held by NEC: 20,052 thousand shares
               Number of shares of NEC held by this trust company: 20,354 thousand shares

             Despatch of directors and officers: None
             Trade relationship: Sales and provision of each other's products and services


        (2) Purchasers of beneficiary's trust interest

        1)

        a) Name: Yugen Kaisha Kamoi Properties
               (Special purpose company incorporated by Mitsui Fudosan Co.,Ltd.)
        b) Address of Head Office: 1-20, Nihombashimuromachi 3-chome, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
        c) President: Akira Sugai
        d) Stated Capital: 3 million yen (As of November 12, 2003)
        e) Relationship with NEC: None


        2)
        a) Name: Yugen Kaisha M.E.T. Yokohama Kamoi Kaihatsu
               (Special purpose company incorporated by Meiho Enterprise Co., Ltd.)
        b) Address of Head Office: 2-3, Marunouchi 3-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan
        c) President: Ryutaro Uchiyama
        d) Stated Capital: 3 million yen (As of November 18, 2003)
        e) Relationship with NEC: None



4. Schedule for the sale


        November 25, 2003:    Resolved by the Board of Directors of NEC
        November 27, 2003:    Resolved by the Board of Directors of Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd.
        November 27, 2003:    Contract to be concluded
        December 18, 2003:    The property to be transferred (tentative date)



NEC will relocate its divisions which use its Yokohama Plant to "Tamagawa
Renaissance City office building B", which is currently under construction
(planned to be completed in January 2005) in its Tamagawa Plant. NEC plans to
rent the buildings in its Yokohama Plant from the Sumitomo Trust and Banking
Company, Limited, which NEC trusts such buildings to, till May 2005 when the
relocation to Tamagawa Renaissance City will be completed.



5. Effect on the financial results forecasts



In line with the sale of the asset concerned, NEC expects to post approximately
12.2 billion yen on a non-consolidated basis and approximately 10.0 billion yen
on a consolidated basis, as extraordinary profits for the fiscal year ending
March 31, 2004. The profits generated by the sale above have been reflected in
NEC's consolidated and non-consolidated financial results forecasts announced on
October 23, 2003.

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