IR Japan Holdings Inc.

Former President Shiro Tsuruno established IR Japan Inc. as Japan's first IR specialized company

Started supporting the planning and creation of annual reports for listed companies

Former President Shiro Terashita joined the company, initiating Japan's first investigation into foreign and domestic institutional shareholders

Launched Japan's first SR (Shareholder Relations / voting rights exercise support) consulting business

Established Japan's first standing proxy and custodian network

Built Japan's first buy-side network

Built Japan's first analyst network

Registered as an honorary international participant of the Council of Institutional Investors in the United States

Opened Japan's first IR/SR specialized office in New York

Built Japan's first hostile takeover monitoring radar, 'Stock Watch'

Launched IR site for individual shareholders, 'Shareholder Plaza'

Established in Ota Ward, Tokyo with capital of 10 million yen (for MBO of the former IR Japan Inc.)

Established IR Japan Holdings Corporation for the purpose of MBO of the former IR Japan

Decided at an extraordinary general meeting to move the head office to Minato Ward, Tokyo

Fully acquired the former IR Japan Inc. through share exchange

Merged with the former IR Japan Inc., with the surviving company renamed IR Japan Inc.

Merged with the former IR Japan for the purpose of streamlining management resources; the surviving company changed its trade name

Listed on the JASDAQ (Standard) of Osaka Securities Exchange

Registered as a Type 1 Financial Instruments Business Operator, 'Kanto Finance Bureau Director (Kinsho) No. 2624'

Started securities agency business

Listed on Tokyo Stock Exchange JASDAQ (Standard) (due to the integration of Osaka Securities Exchange's cash market)

Listed on Tokyo Stock Exchange JASDAQ (Standard)

IR Japan delisted from Tokyo Stock Exchange JASDAQ (Standard) and relocated its head office from Minato Ward, Tokyo to Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda Ward

IR Japan established the company through a sole share transfer method: the company's common stock listed on Tokyo Stock Exchange JASDAQ (Standard)

IR Japan delisted from Tokyo Stock Exchange JASDAQ (Standard) following the establishment of the parent company

Relocated the head office from Minato Ward, Tokyo to Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo

Establishment

Transitioned to a company with an Audit and Supervisory Committee

Changed market to Tokyo Stock Exchange Second Section

Obtained TOKYO PRO Market J-Adviser qualification

Established 'Marunouchi Office' in Marunouchi, Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo

Succeeded the back-office business from I-R Japan to BCS through company split

Established I-R Business Consulting Staff Inc. as a wholly owned subsidiary of I-R Japan

Designated as a stock on Tokyo Stock Exchange First Section

Registered as a Type 1 Financial Instruments Business Operator (business specified under Article 2, Paragraph 8, Item 9 and Item 2 of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act)

Registered change of Type 1 Financial Instruments Business Operator

Established a wholly owned subsidiary, JOIB Corporation, in Marunouchi, Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo (currently a consolidated subsidiary)

Established JOIB Corporation in Marunouchi, Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo (currently a consolidated subsidiary)

Established JOIB Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary, in Marunouchi, Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo

Transitioned to the Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime Market

Established IR J Business Consulting Staff Corporation (BCS) as a wholly owned subsidiary in Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo

Established IR J Business Consulting Staff Corporation as a wholly owned subsidiary in Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo (currently a consolidated subsidiary)

Transferred back-office business from IR Japan to BCS through company split