Notice on Business Alliance with Nagano Bank

Nov 24th, 2006

RISA Partners, its 100% subsidiary company RIFAS Inc., and RISA Loan Servicing, Inc. today concluded to enter into an alliance with Nagano Bank (President: Seiji Tanaka) on corporate recovery.

In April of 2005, Nagano Bank started the “Sixth Long-Term Management Plans” as a part of their efforts to establish a solid financial affairs foundation and to be a trusted bank from the region. Furthermore, the bank will form a management support team and execute exit finances using DIP finances and syndicated loans in order to proactively develop corporate restructuring methods.

Currently, RISA Partners is working with over 50 regional financial institutions from Hokkaido to Okinawa on corporate alliances and fund establishments. Furthermore, corporate restructuring fund establishments and management with public and private sectors are taking place in Ehime, Saitama, Okinawa and Chiba prefectures. We view this alliance to be the reflection of appraisal on our vigorous efforts in corporate advisory arena. In addition, this is the first alliance with a Nagano-headquartered financial institution RISA Partners has established and is expected to strengthen our network in the Koushin-etsu area.

Fully utilizing our wide range of financial institutions network and maximizing on our know-how on corporate advisory services we accumulated, RISA Partners will continue to further vitalize regional economy.

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