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NEC Electronics Announces Executive Personnel Changes


KAWASAKI, Japan, April 27, 2004 -
NEC Electronics Corporation today announced the following changes in its Board of Directors and Board of Corporate Auditors, effective June 25, 2004.

| Joining the Board of Directors |
| Hideto Goto |
Senior Vice President* |
| Toshio Nakajima |
President, NEC Electronics America, Inc.* |
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| Resigning from the
Board of Directors |
| Kyoji Yamamoto |
Executive Vice President*
(Plans to assume advisory role after resigning from the Board) |
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| Joining the Board of
Corporate Auditors |
| Norio Tanoue |
Executive Advisor, NEC Solutions (America), Inc.* |
| Keiji Suzuki |
Senior Vice President* |
| Shigeo Matsumoto |
Executive Vice President and Member of the Board, NEC Corporation* |
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| Resigning from the
Board of Corporate Auditors |
| Jiro Takashima |
(Plans to assume advisory role after resigning from the Board) |
| Akio Kurosaka |
(Plans to assume advisory role after resigning from the Board) |
| Yasuo Matoi |
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| * Indicates position currently held. |
Brief biographies for the five executives joining NEC Electronics' Board of Directors and Board of Corporate Auditors are as follows:
| Hideto Goto |
| 2002 |
Senior Vice President, NEC Electronics
Senior Vice President, NEC Electron Device |
| 1998 |
Managing Director, NEC Semiconductors (UK) Ltd. |
| 1970 |
Joined NEC Corp.
B.S. Tokyo University, Physical Engineering Department |
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| Toshio Nakajima |
| 2002 |
President and CEO, NEC Electronics America, Inc. |
| 2001 |
President and CEO, NEC Electronics (now NEC Electronics America, Inc.) |
| 2000 |
General Manager, First System LSI Division, NEC Electron Device |
| 1996 |
General Manager, System Micro Division, NEC Corp. |
| 1970 |
Joined NEC Corp.
B.S. Kyoto University, 2nd Electrical Engineering Department |
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| Norio Tanoue |
| 2003 |
Executive Advisor, NEC Solutions (America), Inc. |
| 2000 |
President, NEC Technologies, Inc. (now NEC Solutions (America), Inc.) |
| 1996 |
Vice Chairman, Packard Bell NEC, Inc. |
| 1995 |
Vice President, NEC Corp. |
| 1988 |
General Manager, Overseas Computer Business Promotion Division, NEC Corp. |
| 1965 |
Joined NEC Corp.
B.S. Kyoto University, Economics Department |
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| Keiji Suzuki |
| 2002 |
Senior Vice President, NEC Electronics |
| 2000 |
General Manager, System ULSI Development Division, NEC Electron Device |
| 1994 |
General Manager, System LSI Development Promotion Division, NEC Corp. |
| 1970 |
Joined NEC Corp.
M.S. Tokyo Institute of Technology, Electrical Engineering Department |
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| Shigeo Matsumoto |
| 2000 |
Executive Vice President and Member of the Board, NEC Corp. |
| 1999 |
Executive Vice President and Member of the Board, NEC Corp. |
| 1996 |
Senior Vice President and Member of the Board, NEC Corp. |
| 1991 |
Associate Senior Vice President and Member of the Board, NEC Corp. |
| 1990 |
General Manager, 1st Controller Division, NEC Corp. |
| 1963 |
Joined NEC Corp.
B.S. Tokyo University, Economics Department |

About NEC Electronics Corporation
NEC Electronics worldwide specializes in semiconductor products encompassing advanced technology solutions for the high-end computing and broadband networking markets, system solutions for the mobile handsets, PC peripherals, automotive and digital consumer markets, and platform solutions for a wide range of customer applications. NEC Electronics Corporation has 25 subsidiaries worldwide including NEC Electronics America, Inc. (www.am.necel.com) and NEC Electronics (Europe) GmbH (www.ee.nec.de). In addition to marketing, selling and supporting NEC Electronics products to customers in their respective regions, NEC Electronics America and NEC Electronics Europe also operate local manufacturing facilities in Roseville, California, and Ballivor, Ireland, respectively. Additionally, NEC Electronics America is the exclusive North American sales and marketing channel of NEC AM-LCD and PDP modules. For additional information about
NEC Electronics worldwide, visit www.necel.com. NEC Electronics Corporation is a wholly owned subsidiary of NEC Corporation (NASDAQ: NIPNY) (FTSE: 6701q.l), one of the world's leading providers of Internet, broadband network and enterprise business solutions.
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