Shinsei Cobel Lease Co., Ltd.

Established Kansai Steel Lease Co., Ltd. at 4-2-15 Iwaya Nakacho, Nada-ku, Kobe, funded by Kobe Steel Co., Ltd. and Kansai Steel Trading Co., Ltd.

Opening of Tokyo Branch

Opening of Kakogawa Sales Office

Opening of Nagoya Branch Office

Opening of Kanmon Branch Office

Relocated headquarters to 2-10-26 Wakihama-machi, Chuo-ku, Kobe

Opened Fukuoka Sales Office and renamed Nagoya Branch Office to Sales Office

Opened Osaka Branch, Kobe Branch, and renamed Kakogawa Sales Office to Branch

Relocated headquarters and Kobe Branch to 4-2-2 Kumoi-dori, Chuo-ku, Kobe

Opened Sendai Sales Office, renamed Fukuoka Sales Office to Kyushu Branch, and opened Mooka Branch Office

Opening of Hiroshima Branch Office

Nagoya Office renamed to Branch

Niigata Office opened

Headquarters and Kobe Branch relocated to 2-10-26 Wakihama-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe

Sendai Office renamed to Branch, Niigata Office closed, Hiroshima Branch Office renamed to Office

Rename Sendai Office to Branch.

Discontinue Niigata Office.

Rename Hiroshima Branch Office to Office.

Central Lease Co., Ltd. (now Mitsubishi HC Capital Co., Ltd.) acquired 80% of our shares

Hokuriku Branch Office opened

Sapporo and Takamatsu Branch Offices opened

Move Osaka Branch into Headquarters.

East Japan Sales Division, Headquarters Sales Division, West Japan Sales Division established; Kobe Branch renamed to Headquarters Sales Division; Osaka Branch moved within headquarters (August) and renamed to Kansai Branch

Establish East Japan Sales Department, Headquarters Sales Department, and West Japan Sales Department.

Rename Kobe Branch to Headquarters Sales Department.

Rename Osaka Branch to Kansai Branch.

Hokuriku Branch Office closed

Sapporo Branch Office renamed to Office, Kanmon Branch Office renamed to Nagafu Office, Hiroshima Office closed

Rename Sapporo Branch Office to Office.

Rename Kanmon Branch Office to Nagafu Office.

Discontinue Hiroshima Office.

East Japan Sales Division, Headquarters Sales Division, West Japan Sales Division closed; First Sales Division, Construction Machinery Sales Division established; Tokyo Branch, Kansai Branch closed; Kakogawa Branch renamed to Office

Discontinue East Japan Sales Department, Headquarters Sales Department, and West Japan Sales Department.

Establish First Sales Department and Construction Machinery Sales Department.

Discontinue Tokyo Branch and Kansai Branch.

Rename Kakogawa Branch to Office.

Headquarters, First Sales Division, Construction Machinery Sales Division relocated to current location

Hiroshima Office opened, Nagafu Office closed

Mooka Branch Office closed

Hiroshima Office renamed to Hiroshima Construction Machinery Sales Office

Showa Lease Co., Ltd. acquired 80% of our shares from Mitsubishi UFJ Lease Co., Ltd. (now Mitsubishi HC Capital Co., Ltd.)

First Sales Division and Construction Machinery Sales Division reorganized; Headquarters Sales Division, Tokyo Sales Division, Hiroshima Branch established

The company name was changed from Kansai Steel Lease Co., Ltd. to Newborn Cobell Lease Co., Ltd.

Cobell Group Sales Division established

Kyushu Branch renamed to Fukuoka Branch

Relocate Kakogawa Office to its current location.

Rename Sapporo Office to Sapporo Branch.

Relocate Tokyo Sales Department to its current location.

Establish Mooka Office.