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For Immediate Release

HI Licenses 3D Rendering Engine to Chinese Company TCL

HI CORPORATION (head office: Meguro-ku, Tokyo; President & CEO: Kazuo Kawabata; hereinafter "HI") announced today that it has concluded an agreement with first-ranked Chinese mobile handset manufacturer TCL Mobile Communication Co., Ltd. (hereinafter "TCL") for HI to license "Mascot Capsule Engine Micro3D Edition" (hereinafter "Micro 3D Edition") to TCL for embedding into TCL's mobile handsets.

TCL is a Chinese mobile device manufacturer under local ownership with the largest market share in China. The agreement recently reached between HI and TCL calls for HI to supply TCL a one-year license to embed Micro 3D Edition in mobile handsets which TCL will produce in China for sale in domestic and overseas markets. Consequently, mobile handsets capable of operating 3D content will be supplied to Chinese and overseas markets in the near future, resulting in market expansion for 3D content throughout the world. The first handset model embedded with Micro 3D Edition under this license was released for sale at the end of January, with successive model releases planned ahead.