Notice on Establishment of Gifu SME Support Fund Investment Limited Partnership

Mar 31st, 2008

RISA Partners, Inc. announces that together with the Organization for Small & Medium Enterprises and Regional Innovation, Japan (SMRJ) and thirteen financial institutions in Gifu Prefecture, it has formed “Gifu SME Support Fund Investment Limited Partnership” (total fund amount: 2 billion yen; hereafter, the “Fund”). The Fund will be a joint public and private sector initiative for supporting the corporate restructuring of regional SMEs.

The business affairs of the Fund will be conducted by Gifu Revital K.K., a wholly-owned subsidiary of RISA Partners.

Following Ehime, Saitama, Okinawa and Chiba Prefectures, this is the fifth regional SME corporate restructuring fund invested by the SMRJ for which RISA Partners is taking part in the fund management. This brings the amount of all the funds combined to 13 billion yen.

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