Notice of Establishment of “RISA Corporate Solution Fund”

Sep 29th, 2006

RISA Partners today announced the establishment of RISA Corporate Solution Fund: a new-concept corporate value improvement fund that comprehensively maximizes RISA Partners’ strengths. The fund’s total sum is at 10 billion yen, but due to anticipated support from our investors, we are aiming now at 20 billion yen. The business execution will be conducted by our 100% subsidiary company Sakikage Investments. Inc.

RISA Partners has been providing financially-sound solutions to numerous enterprises via establishments and managements of corporate restructuring funds through alliances with regional and public financial institutions. We are also providing specific solutions such as real estate market upward mobilization and limited liability reduction, comprehensively utilizing strong investment tactics in real estate and loan credit, as well as advisory tactics in due diligence and corporate restructuring consulting.

Nowadays, we have expanded our services to providing solutions not only in business revitalization, but also in growth acceleration, corporate reorganization, business succession, buy-outs and all other solutions that accommodate today’s needs.

This fund shall strengthen our ability to provide these solutions and contribute to many businesses to grow by using domestic equity and debt as investment outlets.

So far, RISA Partners has been developing collaborative investment projects in large and medium real estate with major foreign investors on a large scale, as well as working on proprietary investments in real estate and loan credit, but our business assets have certainly increased due to the establishment of this particular fund.