Kazuo Kobayashi

Part of Yonex Co., Ltd., Yonex Corp. is a world leader in golf, tennis, and badminton equipment. Yonex takes the game as seriously as its customers do and is based in Torrance, CA. The company is driven by technology and constantly explores new materials, designs, and innovative ways of improving the game.

Part of Yonex Co., Ltd., Yonex U.K. Ltd. is a British company that manufactures and supplies sporting equipment. The company is based in London, UK. The company was founded in 1987. Keiichiro Yanagi has been the CEO of the company since 1996.

Part of Yonex Co., Ltd., Yonex GmbH is a German company that sells tennis, badminton, and golf equipment. The company is based in Willich, Germany and was founded in 1989.

Yonex Sports (China) Co., Ltd. is a Chinese company that manufactures products for various sports.

Part of Yonex Co., Ltd., Yonex Canada Ltd. is a Canadian company that wholesales sporting goods. The company is based in Calgary, Canada.

UBS Securities Japan Co., Ltd. (UBS-SJ) is part of the investment banking division and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Switzerland-based UBS AG (SWX: UBSN; NYSE: UBS). Located in Tokyo, the firm was established in 1988. The firm's culture emphasizes cross-business cooperation with fellow subsidiaries both in Japan and globally, combining the reach of a global group with local knowledge and insight. One of the largest securities operations in Japan, UBS-SJ provides investment products and services to Japanese institutional and corporate clients, as well as to foreign investors doing business in Japan. The firm's business is organized in three departments: FIRC (fixed income, rates and currencies), equity and investment banking. The investment banking division specializes in large-cap mergers and acquisitions, performing market research and analysis of M&A deals from a global perspective. The equity department is research-oriented and covers an extensive universe of large-cap Japanese firms. They also cover small- and mid-cap equity, and have specialist expertise in the automobile, auto parts, machinery and pharmaceutical sectors. Services provided to corporate clients include assistance with IPOs, block trades, convertible bonds, and warrants.

PRIME LINK Co., Ltd. is engaged in the management and operations of franchise chain stores with interests in food and restaurant businesses. PRIME LINK was established in 1995 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Mitsufuji Corp. manufactures a silver plated yarn that has electric field, electro static discharge, anti-bacterial, and thermal effects. Its products include AGposs, hamon, RFID tags and apparels. The company was founded by Fujini Mitera in May 1956 and is headquartered in Kyoto, Japan.