Notice of Acquisition of Shares through Buyout Fund

We are pleased to announce that the buyout fund that Mizuho Capital Partners is commissioned to manage has acquired shares of Nissei Limited through a special purpose company.

Over the more than 60 years since its establishment, Nissei Limited has, as a group, expanded into selling goods such as industrial machinery, materials and chemicals, and information and communications equipment as a trading company; manufacturing, sales, and maintenance operations for mechanical parking systems; manufacturing and sales operations for freeze dryers and related equipment; and development and maintenance operations for information and communications equipment such as computers and related systems.

Mizuho Capital Partners will aim to cooperate with the management of Nissei Limited and its group companies to further increase the corporate value of Nissei Limited.

[Outline of Nissei Limited]

Name	Nissei Limited
Address	1–18–17 Nishi–shimbashi, Minato–ku, Tokyo
Business	Selling industrial machinery and other items
Established	December 1953
Capital	450 million yen
Sales	29.4 billion yen (year ended March 2018; non–consolidated)

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Telephone Number for Inquiries about this Matter
Planning and Management Group
Mizuho Capital Partners Co., Ltd.
03–3284–1632

Important Information
This news release is for information purposes only; its intention is not to recommend or solicit investment or to provide investment advice.