Impress Group Company Profile

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1 Impress Group Company Profile Impress Holdings, Inc. August 2015

2 Impress Group Impress Group is a leading media group consisting of a holding company, Impress Holdings, Inc. and 11 operating companies. Focusing our business area in IT, Music, Design, and Nature/Outdoor, each operating company develops its business utilizing its expertise. Published more than 650 new titles of books / magazines and achieved 200 mil page views/month in 2014.

3 Group Overview Established: April 1992 Founder/Senior Corporate Advisor: Keiichiro Tsukamoto President & CEO: Akio Sekimoto Business Activities: Publishing / Digital Publishing and related operations Sales :(FY2014) Market Capitalization: (Impress Holdings, Inc. TSE 9479) Shareholders Equity: billion Yen (approx. US$ 84.6 million) billion Yen (approx. US$ million) (as of March 31, 2015) 7.07 billion Yen (approx. US$ 58.9 million) (as of March 31, 2015) Employees: 498 (as of March 31, 2015)

4 Impress Group Companies M d N Rittor Music Music Related Publishing Design & DTP Related Publishing Web Design Planning & Production Impress Consumer & Business Media in Print & Digital Marketing Conference Partnership Publishing I AD Impress Technology Beijing Impress Group Singapore Marketing, Ad Sales, DTP, Web Design, Translation Impress Holdings Holding Company Impress Professional Works Admin Service Company Yama-kei Publishers Mountaineering, Travel & Nature Related Publishing I C E IT Consulting & Solution Services on Digital Comic Digital Contents Authoring Services Kindai Kagaku Sha Mathematic Statistics and Computer Science Book Publishing Impress R&D Digital First Next Publishing Style us Women s Viral Marketing

5 Impress Group Media IT Related Publishing IT Related Web News Music Related Publishing White Papers Controlled Media for IT Professionals Purchase Support Services for Music Players Mathematical Statistics Publishing Women s Viral Marketing Nature and Outdoor Related Publishing Mountaineering News Web Services Design Related Publishing Design Related Web News Calendars Web Services for Mobile Devices

6 Impress Holdings, Inc. (TSE, code: 9479) Address: Kanda Jinbo-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Tel: +81-(0) Fax: +81-(0) Inquiry/Contact Established: April 1, 1992 Capital: 5.3 billion Yen Board of Directors: Akio Sekimoto, President / CEO Akihiro Yamate, Director / CFO Natsuo Karashima, Director / CAO Masahiro Kitagawa, Director Takamasa Maeda, Outside Director Takashi Sasaki, Senior Corporate Auditor Yutaka Suzuki, Corporate Auditor Kenichi Onishi, Outside Corporate Auditor Shinya Matsumoto, Outside Corporate Auditor Activities: Planning of Group Management and Financial Strategy Impress Professional Works, Inc. Established: July 1, 2014 Capital: 30 million Yen President: Akio Sekimoto, President Activities: Administration and Supporting of Sales / Logistics Impress Corporation Established: October 1, 2004 Capital: 90 million Yen Chairman: Yonekazu Tsuchida President: Akio Sekimoto Activities: Consumer & Business Media Publishing / Digital Publishing, On-line media, Conference, and Publishing of Partner Publishers

7 IAD, Inc. Established: October 1, 2013 Capital: 30 million Yen President: Akio Sekimoto Activities: Marketing & Ad Sales and Web Design Impress Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd. 英 普 麗 斯 ( 北 京 ) 科 技 有 限 公 司 Incorporated in People s Republic of China Established: September 26, 2006 Capital: 30 million Yen President: Shinya Kurata, Activities: Software Development, Web Design, Translation, and Business Consulting Rittor Music, Inc. Established: April 10, 1978 Capital: 100 million Yen President: Yutaka Komori Activities: Music Related Magazine/Book Publishing and Digital Publishing MdN Corporation Established: January 2, 1992 Capital: 50 million Yen President: Isao Fujioka Activities: DTP & Web Design Related Magazine/Book Publishing, Digital Publishing, and Web Design Impress Group Singapore Pte. Ltd. Incorporated in Singapore Established: June 30, 2014 Capital: S$ 300,000- President: Shinya Kurata Activities: Marketing & Ad Sales and Web Design Yama-Kei Publishers Co., Ltd. Established: April 30, 1940 Capital: 97.5 million Yen President: Akio Sekimoto Activities: Mountaineering, Outdoor & Nature Related Publishing and Digital Publishing

8 ICE Inc. Established: February 20, 2006 Capital: 100 million Yen President: Masahiro Kitagawa Activities: Consulting & IT Solution for Digital Comic Digital Contents Authoring Services Style us Corporation Established: October 8, 2013 Capital: 55 million Yen President: Aya Iwasaki Activities: Women s Viral Marketing Kindai Kagaku Sha Co., Ltd. Established: May 7, 2004 (founded in August 21, 1959) Capital: 20 million Yen President: Toru Koyama Activities: Mathematical Statistics and Computer Science Book Publishing Impress Business Development LLC Established: May 10, 2011 Representative Member: Impress Holdings, Inc. Executive Officer: Akio Sekimoto Activities: Group Project Management Impress R&D Established: July 1, 2008 Capital: 15.1 million Yen President: Masanobu Iseri Activities: Digital Generated Next-Generation Publishing Contact Us from Here

9 Impress Corporation Established: October 1, 2004 Capital: 90 million Yen Chairman: Yonekazu Tsuchida President: Akio Sekimoto Activities: Impress Corporation provides quality information contents to variety of users; from learners to CIO level executives, through prints, web sites and events. Marketing and publication distribution with partner publishers are also part of its business. The news site; "Impress Watch" delivers daily specialized information on IT and digital commodities, and boast the highest domestic access rate in this genre. Brands: Books & Magazines Media dekiru Series, dekiru.net Digital Camera Magazine, GANREF DOS/V Power Report Online News Media Impress Watch Enterprise Media & Event IT Leaders Web-tan Forum, Net Shop Forum Smart Grid News Letter Think IT Find IT IDC Guide Impress Research Contact Us

10 IAD, Inc. Impress Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd. Impress Group Singapore Pte. Ltd. IAD, Inc. Impress Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd. Impress Group Singapore Pte. Ltd. Incorporated in Japan Incorporated in PRC Incorporated in Singapore Established: October 1, 2013 Established: September 26, 2006 Established: June 30, 2014 Capital: 90 million Yen Capital: 30 million Yen Capital: S$300,000- President: Akio Sekimoto President: Shinya Kurata President: Shinya Kurata Activities: Asian Business Group supports sales and marketing activities of Japanese companies in Asian countries through its "Japan quality" distinguished editorial and production power. Sales promotion leaflets and web sites for digital camera manufacturers are offered in 6 Asian languages. Contact Us

11 Rittor Music, Inc. Established: April 1, 1978 Capital: 100 million Yen President: Yutaka Komori Activities: Rittor Music publishes books, magazines and DVDs to support all levels of music players and creators from amateurs to professionals, and produces websites, videos and events for all music lovers, in the areas of music and musical instruments. Focusing on monthly magazines; "Guitar Magazine" and "Sound & Recording Magazine", the company provides accurate, easy-to-understand, and meaningful contents both in prints and digital. Brands: Guitar Magazine Rhythm & Drums Magazine Keyboard Magazine Ukulele Magazine Digimart Bass Magazine Sound & Recording magazine Acoustic Guitar Magazine Percussion Magazine Contact Us

12 MdN Corporation Established: January 2, 1994 Capital: 50 million Yen President: Isao Fujioka Activities: MdN delivers information that is indispensable wherever graphic design or visual art are being produced for publishing, web sites, or events. Focusing on the magazine "MdN", which was launched in 1989 to provide information to graphic designers, the company publishes specialized books, magazines and web sites that are ideal for learning design. Brands: MdN Magazine MdN Design Interactive Contact Us

13 Yama-Kei Publishers Co., Ltd. Established: April 30, 1940 Capital: 97.5 million Yen President: Akio Sekimoto Activities: Beginning with the high-end magazine named "Yama to Keikoku" (Mountains and Valleys), first published in 1930, Yama-Kei Publishers has produced books, magazines, and DVDs specialized in nature and various outdoor activities such as mountaineering, climbing and hiking for more than 80 years. In addition to print media, Yama-kei Publishers has launched its digital media services; Yamakei Online, Climbing-net and Mountain Sports Network. Brands: Yama to Keikoku Magazine, Yamakei Online Yamakei Weekly Newsletter Wandervogel Magazine Rock & Snow Magazine Climbing-net Mountain Sports Network Contact Us

14 ICE, Inc. Established: February 20, 2006 Capital: 100 million Yen President: Masahiro Kitagawa Activities: ICE provides a variety of IT solutions required for e-books businesses. The business focuses on e-book content production, sales and advertising; has grown to become a core company in the Group s e-book business with its contractor works and original label "impress Quickbooks". Brands: impress Quickbooks Contact Us

15 Impress R&D Established: July 1, 2008 Capital: 15.1 million Yen President: Masanobu Iseri Activities: Impress R&D operates a cross-media publishing business through its creative "Next Publishing Method". Next Publishing Method enables fully digital editorial works as digital-first publishing and P.O.D.; print on demand, zero inventory print publishing. Brands: Next Publishing On Deck Web Magazine NDL Antiquarian book POD Aozora Bunko POD Contact Us