Masatoshi Wakasugi

SBI Shinsei Bank Ltd. engages in the business of banking services. It operates through the following segments: Institutional Business, Global Market and Individual Business. The Institutional Business segment provides corporate and syndicated loans, acquisition finance, ship finance, healthcare finance, finance for startups, private equity, renewable energy finance, real estate non-recourse finance, project finance and rehabilitation finance services. The Global Market segment provides financial products and services for financial institutions, foreign exchange, derivatives, and other capital markets. The Individual Business segment provides unique products that are not offered by any other bank such as comprehensive accounts, home mortgages, investment trusts, unsecured personal loans, shopping credit cards and loans secured by real estate. The company was founded in December 1952 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

UBS Securities Japan Co., Ltd. (UBS-SJ) is part of the investment banking division and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Switzerland-based UBS AG (SWX: UBSN; NYSE: UBS). Located in Tokyo, the firm was established in 1988. The firm's culture emphasizes cross-business cooperation with fellow subsidiaries both in Japan and globally, combining the reach of a global group with local knowledge and insight. One of the largest securities operations in Japan, UBS-SJ provides investment products and services to Japanese institutional and corporate clients, as well as to foreign investors doing business in Japan. The firm's business is organized in three departments: FIRC (fixed income, rates and currencies), equity and investment banking. The investment banking division specializes in large-cap mergers and acquisitions, performing market research and analysis of M&A deals from a global perspective. The equity department is research-oriented and covers an extensive universe of large-cap Japanese firms. They also cover small- and mid-cap equity, and have specialist expertise in the automobile, auto parts, machinery and pharmaceutical sectors. Services provided to corporate clients include assistance with IPOs, block trades, convertible bonds, and warrants.

RENOWN INC. engages in the planning, manufacture, and sale of apparels and general merchandise. Its brands include ad addenda, Aquascutum, arnold palmer, arnold palmer timeless, bgr, C'est Privee, CHARGE, COMFORT INDEX, CONTENTS, D'URBAN, element of SIMPLE LIFE, ensuite, EX-CLUB, HIROKO KOSHINO FEMME, HIROKO KOSHINO HOMME, HIROKO KOSHINO homme collection, Il Regalo, INTERMEZZO, JEFF BANKS, KENT & CURWEN, Kinloch Anderson, LANVIN COLLECTION, LESTERA, LOURPHYLI, and others. The company was founded in 1902 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Ito-Yokado SHC Co., Ltd. operates superstores, convenience stores and restaurants primarily in Japan, China, Canada and the United States. It stores offer consumer goods and sell various food, apparel and household goods. The company was founded in 1948 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.