Kazuyoshi Kimura

Nikko Cordial Corp. provides investment banking, securities underwriting and related financial services. It also offers asset management, merchant banking, venture capital, research and online brokerage services (called Nikko Beans). Nikko Cordial services as a holding company. The company was founded in April, 1944 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Koki Holdings Co. Ltd. engages in the manufacture and sale of power tools, outdoor power equipment, and life-science instruments. It operates through the following segments: Power Tools and Centrifuges & Processing Equipment. The Power Tools segment provides metalworking, woodworking, cordless and construction power tools; pneumatic tools, woodworking machines, outdoor power equipment, gardening tools, household power tools, dust collectors, measure laser tools and accessories. The Centrifuges & Processing Equipment segment provides ultracentrifuges, high-speed refrigerated centrifuge, micro centrifuge, and large-scale continuous flow ultracentrifuge equipment. The company was founded in 1918 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Citigroup Global Markets Japan, Inc. (CGM-JP) is a wholly-owned broker/dealer subsidiary of Citigroup Japan Holdings GK, ultimately held by Citigroup, Inc. (NYSE: C) in the US. Previously known as Nikko Citigroup Ltd., the firm was founded in 1999 as a joint venture between US-based Citigroup and Nikko Securities, based in Japan. Headquartered in Tokyo, CGM-JP provides brokerage services to governmental institutions, financial institutions, multinational corporations and institutional investors. Their sales and trading, distribution and research capabilities span a broad range of asset classes, currencies, sectors and products including equities, commodities, credit, futures, foreign exchange (FX), emerging markets, G10 rates, municipals, prime finance and securitized markets.

Ant Capital Partners Co. Ltd. (ACP), formerly known as Nikko antfactory, is a private equity firm headquartered in Tokyo. ACP was founded in 2000.