Hiroshi Kawahara

Qualicaps Co., Ltd. manufactures and markets hard gelatin and HPMC capsules, capsule filling equipment, and sealing machinery. Its products include pharmaceutical and health food capsules, capsule filling machines, capsule filling machine auger type, capsule weight inspection machine, laser imprinting system, and tablet imprinting machine. The company was founded on April 26, 1965 and is headquartered in Yamatokoriyama, Japan.

Carlyle Japan Asset Management YK (Carlyle Japan Asset Management) is a private equity subsidiary of The Carlyle Group LP (Global Private Equity) founded in 2000. The firm is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

AvanStrate, Inc. engages in the manufacture and sale of glass substrates for Thin-Film-Transistor (TFT) color liquid crystal displays (LCDs). It offers LCD glass substrates which are used in LCD televisions, LCD monitors for personal computers, mobile phones, touch panels, and three-dimensional televisions. The company was founded on May 21, 1991 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Part of The Carlyle Group Inc., Carlyle Japan LLC is a Japanese company that provides investment advice. The company is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Simplex, Inc. engages in the acquisition and retention of share certificates. It provides consulting, system development, maintenance and operations to financial institutions to enable revenue generation through the use of sophisticated technologies. The company was founded on September 16, 1997 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Money Square Holdings, Inc. engages in the management planning of its group companies that offers foreign exchange margin trading services, investment advisory and agency businesses. It also provides market making, entrustment, brokerage, consulting, and client support services for foreign exchange trading and option transactions. The company was founded on October 10, 2002 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.