Notice on Business Alliance with Kagoshima Bank

Sep 25th, 2006

RISA Partners, its 100% subsidiary company RIFAS Inc., and RISA Loan Servicing, Inc. today concluded to enter into an alliance with Kagoshima Bank (President: Fuminao Nagata) on corporate restructuring.

Kagoshima Bank is the largest regional financial institution in Kagoshima Prefecture and holds the entire prefecture as the client base. In April of 2005, Kagoshima Bank announced the establishment of the “Third Management Strategy Plans” and has been developing various activities as the region’s righteous central financial institution. Proactively setting up corporate advisory support for their clients such as the Management Examination and Guidance Group and the “Rescue Team,” the bank is well known for its vigorous efforts on their clients’ management reforms.

Currently, RISA Partners is working with over 50 regional financial institutions from Hokkaido to Okinawa on business 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. 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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