Hidetoshi Yanagihara

Asset Management One USA (AMONE USA) is a registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm is the US division of the Asset Management One Group, a global investment management group headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. AMONE USA was founded in 1994 as Dai-Ichi Life Investment Management Co. Ltd. The firm has since been renamed to DLIBJ Asset Management USA, Inc. in 2000 and to DIAM USA, Inc. in 2008. In October 2016, the name was changed to Asset Management One USA, Inc., following the integration their parent company, DIAM Co., Ltd., Asset Management Division of Mizuho Trust Bank, Mizuho Asset Management, and Shinko Asset Management under the new name of Asset Management One Co. Ltd. ( AMONE JAPAN). AMONE USA offers discretionary and non-discretionary investment advisory services to institutional clients, employee benefit plans, corporations and pooled investment vehicles (primarily offshore trusts for Japanese investors).

Asset Management One Co., Ltd. (AMO) is a Japanese global investment management firm which was founded in 2002 as a joint venture between the Dai-ichi Life Holdings, Inc. (49%) and the Industrial Bank of Japan (IBJ), now the Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. (51%). The firm changed their name to Asset Management One Co. Ltd. in 2016 when DIAM Co., Ltd., the asset management division of Mizuho Trust & Banking Co., Ltd., Mizuho Asset Management Co., Ltd., and Shinko Asset Management Co., Ltd. merged. Headquartered in Tokyo, AMO offers discretionary and non-discretionary investment advisory services to pension funds, public funds, financial institution, institutional clients, and corporate clients. They are a responsible investor and signatory to the UN Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI).

HFT Investment Management Co., Ltd. (HFT) is an independent asset management firm which was founded in 2003 as a joint venture between Fortis Investments Asia (now BNP Paribas Investment Partners) and Haitong Securities, following a strategic alliance agreement signed in 2001. The firm was formerly known as Fortis Haitong Investment Management Co., Ltd. and changed their name to HFT Investment Management Co., Ltd. in 2010. Headquartered in Shanghai, HFT manages mutual and institutional funds for retail and institutional investors in China including corporate pension schemes. They also service foreign investors such as European pension funds through the firm's Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor portfolios.

Mizuho Securities Co., Ltd. (Broker) (Mizuho Securities-Broker) is the brokerage division of Mizuho Securities Co. Ltd., ultimately owned by Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. (TYO: 8411; NYSE: MFG) in Japan. The firm was originally founded in 1917 and is headquartered in Tokyo with a network of offices throughout Japan as well as overseas representation through Mizuho entities or strategic partners (in Great Britain, Switzerland, the US, Hong Kong, Mainland China, South Korea, Singapore and India). Mizuho Securities-Broker provides enhanced equity and fixed income execution services for their clients who includes private individuals in Japan, domestic and foreign institutions, non-financial companies, financial institutions and public corporations in the securities and investment banking fields.

Part of Citigroup, Inc., Citibank (China) Co., Ltd. is a financial institution based in Beijing, China. The Chinese company provides a range of financial services including credit cards, debit cards, deposits, housing loans, insurance, and investment management. Citibank (China) Co. offers credit card installment payment services and provides tips on safe credit card usage. The company also offers structured investment products that use a variety of financial instruments for investment and provide 100%% principal protection at maturity. Citibank (China) Co. was founded in 2007, and the CEO is Yu Hua Lin.