Nomura Real Estate Office Fund, Inc. (NOF)(URL: http://www.nre-of.co.jp/english/)(TOKYO:8959), a Japanese office building real estate investment trust (J-REIT), announced that Nomura Real Estate Asset Management Co., Ltd. ("NREAM"), a licensed investment trust management company retained by NOF to provide asset management services, has approved, at the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders held today, to merge with Nomura Real Estate Investment Management Co., Ltd. ("NREIM") and Nomura Real Estate Capital Management ("NRECM"), as announced in the "Notice Concerning the Asset Management Company's Merger and Change of Business Name," released on July 6, 2011.

1. Decided Matters

The matters stated below have been decided on at NREAM's Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders held today.

    (1)   Approval of merger
(2) Change in Articles of Incorporation
Change in business name, establishment of board of statutory auditors, addition in business operations, etc.

2. Changes in Officers

The proposal of a new director and two new auditors at NREAM's Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders, scheduled to be held on October 1, 2011, was decided on at the Board of Directors meeting held today, as stated below.

    (1)   Officers scheduled to assume office (as of October 1, 2011)
Makoto Haga, Senior Managing Director
Takahiko Nagaki, Statutory Auditor
Shigeaki Yoshioka, Statutory Auditor (part-time)
(2) Officers scheduled to resign (as of September 30, 2011)
Masatomi Natsume, Director

3. New Structure (as of October 1, 2011)

The Officers and their respective titles after the merger are stated below.

 

Title   Name
President & CEO Yoji Kurihara
Executive Vice President & COO Eiji Enomoto
Executive Managing Director & CFO Hiroyuki Kimura
Senior Managing Director, Legal & Compliance, Internal Audit Nobuyuki Hamada
Senior Managing Director, Head of Fund Management Division Atsushi Ogata
Senior Managing Director, Head of Investment Management Division Makoto Haga
Senior Managing Director, Chief Investment Officer, Private Funds III & IV Akira Morinaga
Statutory Auditor Takahiko Nagaki
Statutory Auditor (part-time) Shigeaki Yoshioka
Statutory Auditor (part-time)   Mitsuharu Sato
 

4. Changes in Important Employees

Due to the changes in structure, changes in important employees have been determined at NREAM's Board of Directors meeting held today, as mentioned below.

 

Title   Name
Head of Fund Management Division Atsushi Ogata
Head of Client Relations & Marketing Division Eiji Enomoto
Head of Investment Management Division Makoto Haga
Head of Finance & Accounting Division Hiroyuki Kimura
Chief Investment Officer, NOF *1 Kenji Tsuga
Chief Investment Officer, NRF *2 Masatomi Natsume
Chief Investment Officer, NPR *3 Seiji Nakamura
Chief Investment Officer, Private Funds I Kenichi Okuda
Chief Investment Officer, Private Funds II Tatsuo Isshiki
Chief Investment Officer, Private Funds III & IV Akira Morinaga
Head of Fund Management Department Takashi Kataoka
Head of Client Relations & Marketing Department Motomi Uki
Head of Acquisitions Department Joji Yamada
Head of Asset Management Department Ken Kirihara
Head of Finance Department Masato Yamauchi
Head of Accounting Department Akira Ochi
Head of Legal & Compliance Department   Nobuaki Kawanishi
*1 "NOF" refers to Nomura Real Estate Office Fund, Inc.
*2 "NRF" refers to Nomura Real Estate Residential Fund, Inc.
*3 "NPR" refers to Nomura Real Estate Private REIT, Inc.
 

NOF will report these changes pursuant to the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law, Building Lots and Buildings Transaction Business Law, and other applied laws and regulations.

Please refer to the original news release for the complete information.
http://www.nre-of.co.jp/site/file/tmp-dJLCp.pdf

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NOMURA OFFICE FUND, INC.(NOF) is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange(J-REIT) with the securities code number 8959, managed by Nomura Real Estate Asset Management Co., Ltd. (NREAM) within the Nomura Real Estate Group. The NOF Portfolio consists of office buildings located in the three major metropolitan areas and government-designated cities, etc.

Executive Director: Yuichi Maruko

*Asset Management Company (AM Company): Nomura Real Estate Asset Management Co., Ltd.

*President and Chief Executive Officer of the AM Company: Atsushi Ogata

Nomura Real Estate Asset Management Co., Ltd.
Kenji Tsuga, +81-3-3365-0507
General Manager
Office Management Division