TC-Lease. the46th. Business Report. To our shareholders Further Growth after Record Earnings for Six Consecutive Fiscal Years ASEAN

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1 Securities Code: 8439 Shareholder information Mailing address For inquiries Agencies for notices and other inquiries (change in address, change in methods of receiving dividends, etc.) Receiving unpaid dividends Notes Shareholders holding accounts with securities companies, etc. Securities companies, etc., managing your accounts Shareholders not holding accounts with securities companies, etc. (Shareholders holding special accounts) Izumi, Suginami-ku, Tokyo Japan Mizuho Trust & Banking Co., Ltd. Stock Transfer Agency Department Telephone: (toll free only in Japan) (available every day from 9: to 17: local time, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and national holidays) Website address: The head office, nationwide branches or Planet Booths (booths placed within Mizuho Bank, Ltd.) of Mizuho Securities Co., Ltd. The head office or nationwide branches of Mizuho Trust & Banking Co., Ltd. (Services are not available at Trust Lounges.) The head office or nationwide branches of Mizuho Trust & Banking Co., Ltd. / The head office or nationwide branches of Mizuho Bank, Ltd. (Only agency service is available at Mizuho Securities Co., Ltd.) To request a payment statement, please contact the mailing address, telephone number or agencies for notices and other inquiries stated in the right column, Shareholders holding special accounts. Shares registered with our special accounts cannot be traded, except for the purpose of sale or additional purchasing of less-than-one-unit shares. An account must be opened at a securities company, etc. to conduct a transfer of shares. TC-Lease Business Report the46th For the Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 215 From April 1, 214 to March 31, 215 To our shareholders Further Growth after Record Earnings for Six Consecutive Fiscal Years Overseas expansion continues TC-Letter from Overseas ASEAN Special feature The Diversity of TC-Lease Empowerment of Women FUJISOFT Bldg., 3 Kanda-neribeicho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Japan

2 To our shareholders Further Growth after Record Earnings for Six Consecutive Fiscal Years Operating Asset by Operating Segment and Ordinary Income International Business 9% Automobile Financing 3% Specialty Financing 12% President & CEO Shunichi Asada Please tell us about the financial results for the fiscal year ended March 31, 215. Since its merger in April, 29, the Group is steadily improving its business performance. At the end of March 215, our balance of operating assets including International Business 4% March 31, 29 Operating Assets 2,118.2 billion 29.3 Ordinary Income 22.3 billion Equipment Leasing 81% Automobile Financing 13% Specialty Financing 26% Note: Figure for the year ended March 31, 29 is based on the simple sums of values recorded by the former Century Leasing System, Inc. and Tokyo Leasing Co., Ltd. business guarantees totaled 2,914.2 billion yen, which is 1.4 times the total as of March 31, 29. Ordinary income was 6.7 billion yen, increasing 2.7 times from the fiscal year ended March 31, 29, and achieved new record for the sixth consecutive fiscal year. Net income was 34.1 billion yen, also achieving another new record for the fourth consecutive fiscal year. Our market capitalization increased by a factor of around six, from 64. billion yen on April 1, 29, at the time of the merger, to billion yen at the end of March 215. Please tell us about the initiatives for the fiscal year ended March 31, 215. To help understand the state of our company, I will explain our initiatives in four operating segments. In Equipment Leasing, we distinguish ourselves from the competition by providing high value-added service, which takes advantage of our customer base March 31, 215 Operating Assets 2,914.2 billion Ordinary Income 6.7 billion Equipment Leasing 52% of around 25, corporate customers. We established Orico Business Leasing, Co., Ltd. through a joint venture with Orient Corporation in April of this year, and started offering vendor leasing business. In Specialty Financing, an area expected to grow in the future, we jointly established aircraft leasing companies in the U.S. and Ireland with CIT Group Inc., which has the sixth highest share in the world in the aircraft leasing industry, and built up a business base in the primary market for aircrafts. In the solar power generation business of Kyocera TCL Solar LLC, 2 power plants with a capacity of approximately 4 MW are in operation across Japan as of the end of March 215, and is expected to be one of the largest businesses in the industry within the next few years. In the Automobile Financing, automobile leasing industry major company Nippon Car Solutions Co., Ltd., Nippon-Rent-A-Car Service, Inc., one of Japan s main car rental companies, and Orico Auto Leasing Co., Ltd., Japan s only company specializing in leasing automobiles for individuals, now manage a total of around 54, vehicles as of the end of March 215, and possess an industry-leading scale. As for the initiatives in International Business, we have expanded our business through joint ventures and alliances with leading banks and companies in various regions. Especially in China, we have established Tong-Sheng Finance Leasing Co., Ltd. in Suzhou, starting our automobile leasing business in the country. In the rapidly developing ASEAN region, we are further accelerating expansion of our business such as by investing in a leasing subsidiary of BPI, the oldest and one of the largest banks in the Philippines. Moreover, in March, we acquired shares of CSI Leasing, Inc., the largest independent leasing company in the United States specializing in ICTrelated equipment leasing and made it an equitymethod affiliate. Please tell us about the forecast of consolidated results for the fiscal year ending March 31, 216, and return to shareholders. In the fiscal year ending March 31, 216, with our past initiatives contributing to profit growth from the top line, and through cost controls on interest expenses and selling, general and administrative expenses, total revenues are projected to increase 3.1% year on year to 91. billion yen, ordinary income is forecasted to grow 5.5% year on year to 64. billion yen, and net income attributable to owners of parent to rise 6.9% year on year to 36.5 billion yen. As for dividends, the Group plans to pay full-year dividends for the fiscal year ended March 31, 215 of 65 yen per share, up 13 yen year on year, and for the fiscal year ending March 31, 216, we plan to further increase annual dividends by 5 yen to 7 yen per share. ROE, which we have placed as one of our most important management indicators, remained at a high level of 12.5% in the fiscal year ended March 31, 215, and in addition to being selected for the JPX- Nikkei Index 4. We were also selected as a Competitive IT Strategy Company in May, which is jointly selected by the Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry and the Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. In addition, we have appointed two External Directors from the current fiscal year. Both of these Directors are highly independent External Directors, and we believe that they will contribute to strengthening of governance of the Group. In the future, we will not restrict ourselves to leasing, but approach business from a higher perspective, and further expand our business fields while strengthening earning capabilities to generate sustainable growth to meet the expectations of all our stakeholders. 1 2

3 Consolidated Financial Information Assets and Liabilities (As of March 31, 215) Cash on hand and in banks 7,56 Operating assets 2,865,593 (Operating assets including business guarantees: 2,914,195) Other assets 215,718 Consolidated Statements of Income (Summary) (Amounts less than one million yen have been omitted.) Total assets 3,151,871 Fiscal Year 213 From April 1, 213 to March 31, 214 (millions of yen) Fiscal Year 214 From April 1, 214 to March 31, 215 Revenues 828, ,976 Lease 77, ,749 Installment sales 86,768 81,841 Finance 19,938 22,921 Others 14,368 19,464 Costs 731, ,298 Gross profit 97, ,678 SG&A expenses 45,912 65,235 Operating income 51,416 58,443 Non-operating income and expenses 3,751 2,225 Ordinary income 55,167 6,668 Extraordinary income and losses (96) (961) Net income 33,5 34,132 (Millions of yen) Interest-bearing debts 2,419,856 Other liabilities 395,478 Net assets 336,537 Main Features on Assets and Liabilities Operating Assets 2,914.2 billion yen (including business guarantees) The balance of operating assets for the fiscal year under review increased 1.1% from the end of the previous fiscal year to 2,914.2 billion yen, due to joint ventures with leading companies in Specialty Financing and increase in transaction with non-japanese clients in International Business. Main Features on Consolidated Statements of Income Ordinary income 6.7 billion yen Net income 34.1 billion yen As for profits and losses, ordinary income increased 5.5 billion yen to 6.7 billion yen, net income increased 1.1 billion yen to 34.1 billion yen from the previous fiscal year due to such factors as increase in revenues and profits of Nippon Car Solutions Co., Ltd. Corporate Profile Company name Century Tokyo Leasing Corporation (Abbreviation: TC-Lease) Address FUJISOFT Bldg., 3 Kanda-neribeicho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Japan Company Chairman & Co-CEO Toshihito Tamba Representative President & CEO Shunichi Asada Founded July 1, 1969 Capital amount 34.2 billion yen Number of 4,113 (Consolidated) Employees 1,23 (Non-consolidated) Major Affiliates (As of April 1, 215) Domestic Nippon Car Solutions Co., Ltd. Orico Auto Leasing Co., Ltd. Nippon Rent-A-Car Service, Inc. Fujitsu Leasing Co., Ltd. IHI Finance Support Corporation S.D.L Co., Ltd. TCI Finance Corporation ITEC Leasing Co., Ltd. Orico Business Leasing Co., Ltd. TC Property Solutions Corporation TRY, Inc. TC Agency Corporation Overseas Century Tokyo Leasing China Corporation Century Tokyo Factoring China Corporation Century Tokyo Leasing (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. Century Tokyo Capital (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. PT. Century Tokyo Leasing Indonesia TISCO Tokyo Leasing Co., Ltd. HTC Leasing Co., Ltd. Century Tokyo Leasing (USA) Inc. TC Aviation Capital Ireland Limited TC-CIT Aviation U.S., Inc. TC-CIT Aviation Ireland Limited President Tokyo Corporation Tong-Sheng Finance Leasing Co., Ltd. BPI Century Tokyo Lease & Finance Corporation CSI Leasing, Inc. GA Telesis, LLC 3 4

4 Financial Highlights Summary of Financial Results Balance of operating assets including business guarantees increased billion yen to 2,914.2 billion yen from the end of the previous fiscal year mainly due to such factors as steady growth in leasing and financing of aviation and shipping, as well as overseas subsidiaries. Ordinary income and net income reached new record highs, for the sixth and the fourth consecutive fiscal year respectively, due to increase in revenues and profits of Nippon Car Solutions Co., Ltd. ROA (Return of ordinary income to total assets) (%) % Keeping above 2% ROE (Return of net income to equity) 12.5% (%) Industry top Balance of operating assets 2,914.2 billion yen 3,5 3, 2,5 2, 1,5 1, 5 Net income 34.1 billion yen Equipment Leasing Specialty Financing Automobile Financing International Business 2, , , , , , , Note: Graph figures include business guarantees billion yen up 2, ,546. 2, billion yen up Ordinary income 6.7 billion yen 5.5 billion yen up Net income per share yen (Yen) yen up Equity billion yen Note: Equity does not include subscription rights to shares and minority interests. 4.5 billion yen up Note: Average ROE of the listed leasing companies excluding Century Tokyo Leasing Corporation as of March 31, 215 is 8.1% Market capitalization billion yen Forecast of consolidated results for fiscal year ending March 31, 216 Revenues 91. billion yen (YoY 3.1% up) Operating income 62. billion yen (YoY 6.1% up) Sixfold from the point of merger Merger (29.4) Net income per share yen (YoY 23.1yen up) Annual dividends 7 yen (YoY 5yen up) Ordinary income 64. billion yen (YoY 5.5% up) Net income attributable to owners of parent 36.5 billion yen (YoY 6.9% up) Dividend payout ratio 2.2 % (YoY.1point up) 5 6

5 Looking back on Apr. Aug. Aug. Oct. Mar. Mar. Pick Up! P1 Issued the seventh and the eighth unsecured corporate bond Decided to acquire stakes in Suzhou New District Furui Leasing Co., Ltd., a new leasing company established by Suzhou governmentaffiliated company in China and make it an equity-method affiliate Announced construction of the world's largest floating solar power plant by Kyocera TCL Solar LLC Note: World s largest floating solar power plant in terms of output (as of August 29, 214) Announced aircraft joint venture with CIT Group Inc. in the U.S. Established TC-CIT Aviation U.S., Inc. in the U.S. and TC-CIT Ireland Limited in Ireland. Announced to establish a joint venture named Orico Business Leasing Co., Ltd., with Orient Corporation Included CSI Leasing, Inc., a leading independent equipment leasing company in the U.S. into the Company s scope of consolidation as an equity-method affiliate Mar. TISCO Tokyo Leasing Co., Ltd., a local affiliate in Thailand issued baht-denominated unsecured bonds in Thai market Opening ceremony held in February Apr. 4 May 5 Jun. 6 Jul. 7 Aug. 8 Sep. 9 Oct. 1 Nov. 11 Dec. 12 Jan. 1 Feb. 2 Mar. 3 May Included TISCO Tokyo Leasing Co., Ltd., a local subsidiary in Thailand, into the Company s scope of consolidated subsidiary Looking back on Signing ceremony Sep. Decided to acquire shares of an affiliated leasing company of Bank of the Philippine Islands (present name BPI Century Tokyo Lease & Finance Corporation), one of the largest banks in the Philippines Nov. Issued the ninth and the tenth unsecured corporate bond Feb. Pick Up! P9 Decided to acquire shares of local affiliates of Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd. in Thailand and Indonesia, and entered into the vendor financing business for construction machinery Members of HTC Leasing Co., Ltd. Feb. TISCO Tokyo Leasing Co., Ltd., acquired automobile leasing business in Thailand from Mitsui Bussan Automotive (Thailand) Co., Ltd., a consolidated subsidiary of Mitsui & Co., Ltd. 7 8

6 TC-Letter from Overseas Expanding Our Business Field ASEAN Enhancing our advance into ASEAN Network beyond Asia ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) Basic data Member countries Population Nominal GDP Amount of trade Thailand Indonesia Malaysia Singapore Philippines Brunei Vietnam Myanmar Cambodia Laos (1 countries) Approximately 63 million Approximately USD 2.4 trillion Approximately USD 2.5 trillion Approximately 15% of total trade amount in Japan Source: World Bank, IMF, Ministry of Finance Japan, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan (213 statistics) ASEAN Today ASEAN is planning to establish ASEAN Economic Community at the end of 215. With a single market, common public policy, equitable economic development, and integration into the global economy as its pillars, ASEAN Economic Community plans to promote free movement of goods, people, and services, and enable the progress of step-by-step advanced economic integration, enhancing the competitiveness of ASEAN as a whole. Following our inclusion of Thai subsidiary TISCO Tokyo Leasing Co., Ltd. as a consolidated subsidiary in May 214, and our expansion of business into the Republic of the Philippines through investment in BPI Leasing Corporation (present BPI Century Tokyo Lease & Finance Corporation) announced in September 214, we acquired shares in local vendor financing subsidiaries held by the Hitachi Construction Machinery Group in the Kingdom of Thailand (hereinafter Thailand ) and the Republic of Indonesia (hereinafter Indonesia ), and entered into the vendor financing business for construction machinery with Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd. (hereinafter HCM ). We will further expand our business domain through the joint business with HCM, the leading construction machinery manufacturer, in the two largest ASEAN markets of Thailand and Indonesia. In addition, in Thailand, our consolidated subsidiary TISCO Tokyo Leasing Co., Ltd. inherited lease vehicles and lease receivables from MITSUI & CO., LTD. s consolidated subsidiary Mitsui Bussan Automotive (Thailand) Co., Ltd. We will continue to expand our business opportunities in the ASEAN region which is expected to grow, and further develop the Group s International Business by strengthening our business base. TC-Lease acquired 35% share of the U.S. major independent leasing company CSI Leasing, Inc. (hereinafter CSI ), making it an equity-method affiliate. CSI is the largest independent leasing company in the U.S., engaging primarily in ICT-related equipment (hereinafter IT equipment ). CSI operates through 4 offices in the U.S. and in over 3 countries worldwide, and conducts sales of IT equipment and refurbishing businesses in 9 locations in North America through its wholly owned subsidiaries in the U.S. and Canada. The global IT equipment leasing market is expected to continue its CSI Leasing Sales Offices growth with the effect of rapid advances in technologies and expanding range of use. In particular, the world s largest US$69 billion US market is projected to grow at an annual rate of 4.7%. Through this capital participation, TC-Lease (with the largest market share in the Japanese IT equipment leasing market) intends to expand its IT equipment leasing business globally with CSI as a strategic partner. Overview of the New Companies Name HTC Leasing Co., Ltd. P.T. Hexa Finance Indonesia Location of Head Office Bangkok, Thailand Jakarta, Indonesia Paid-in Capital Percentage of Shareholders Business THB1 million (approximately JPY4 million) TC-Lease 19% TISCO Tokyo Leasing Co., Ltd. 51% HITACHI Construction Machinery Group 3% IDR3 billion (approximately JPY2, 8 million) TC-Lease 2% ITOCHU Group 5% HITACHI Construction Machinery Group 3% Captive sales finance business of Hitachi Construction Machinery products Over 7 offices in 32 countries Overview of CSI Leasing Name CSI Leasing, Inc. Year of Establishment 1972 Location of Head Office St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. Total Assets US$1,594 million (approximately JPY19 billion) 9 1

7 Special feature: The Diversity of TC-Lease Empowerment of Women Diversity of human resources, one of the keywords of the Abenomics growth strategy, Empowering human resources. This article introduces TC-Lease s initiatives towards empowerment of women in the business, and the voice of active female employees in the TC-Lease Group. In 27, we acquired a Kurumin Certification based on the Act on Advancement of Measures to Support Raising Next-Generation Children (also known as Child-raising Support Act) and have worked to improve a life-work balance support system tailored to employee s life events, including childbirth, parenting, and nursing care. In order to adapt to the coming changes in the society, such as a shrinking workforce due to declining birthrate and Members of Diversity Promotion Office aging population, and to promote diversity, we established the Diversity Promotion Office within the Personnel Division on April 1, 215. While fostering a corporate culture in which individual employees with diverse abilities and personalities can work regardless of their gender or nationality, the Office works to promote empowerment of female and foreign employees, support career building and skill development, and improve work-life balance support. Especially with the empowerment of female employees, we are conducting recruiting activities with the goal of increasing ratio of recruitment of new female graduates to 3% or more. We will also implement stratified training for skill development after joining the Company and work-career design training for career development support, and we intend to appoint more women with the will and the ability to managerial and executive positions in the future. In fiscal year 215, as part of our enhancement of work-life balance support, we have established and are advancing a new action plan in order to obtain Platinum Kurumin Certification*, the advanced level of Kurumin Certification. With the aim of becoming a company where diverse human resources can realize their potential, we would like to continue to implement various measures. Deputy General Manager of Diversity Promotion Office Masato Kosaki * Following the revision of the Act on Advancement of Measures to Support Raising Next- Generation Children, the certification started from fiscal year 215. Childcare leave for male employees and others are mandated as part of Platinum Kurumin Certification, and TC-Lease aims to obtain the certification by 217. TC-Lease WOMEN Yufu Ooya Deputy General Manager of Lease-Navi Division TC-Lease WOMAN 2 A female manager I am responsible for the management of the Vendor Lease Sales Group composed of 6 general staff members, 1 assistant, and 4 temporary employees, for a total of 11 staff members, within the Lease-Navi Division. As a manager, I try to manage the group with an eye on the balance of each employee s personality and level of growth, and depending on an employee, I would delegate a job to my subordinates or think of solutions to a problem together with them. Regardless of your gender, in order to gain the recognition from your peers and step up to a management position, I think it is important that you do not draw a line limiting your own ability, but face challenges head on. So many of my customers, superiors, colleagues, and subordinates have helped me to get this far. No matter how busy you get, you must realize that many people are always supporting you and you must never forget to show your gratitude toward them. Balancing career and parenting In order to take care of my sons, ages 2 and 4, I make use of the reduced working hour system and leave work at 4:3 PM. In the Corporate Business Department I, where I belong to, 4 women works in shorter hours for parenting. All members of the department have high aspirations, and we work hard together to reach our goals, regardless of our work hours. I m really blessed to have a work environment where I can concentrate on such a fulfilling job. As a mother working in a company, it s hard to say there is an adequate environment yet, with the shortage of nursery schools for sick children and the challenge of starting elementary school, but I feel that society is definitely moving in the right direction to make it easier for mothers to work. In the current environment, I hope to steadily learn what I can, and continue building my career without getting impatient. I m pressed for time every day, but working hard on my job with the help of the great power my children give me. Oktaviani N Director of PT. Century Tokyo Leasing Indonesia (CTI) TC-Lease WOMAN 1 TC-Lease WOMAN 3 From overseas office Eiko Yoshii General staff at Business Division IV I never had an experience in the financial industry before, and after I joined CTI it has opened my horizon especially in the financial industry. The financial industry is interesting and yet challenging for me with the different regulations in each country, the different financial structure and scheme to accommodate the customer needs. I used to work with a multicultural corporation but working for a Japanese Company is beyond my expectation -- I learned a lot the valuable values from the corporate culture and the Japanese culture. Since I was the first employee at CTI, CTI for me is just like my own baby. We are like a big family which will grow together -- from Zero to Hero, to pursue further expansion as a comprehensive financial services enterprise

8 Introduction of External Directors Corporate Governance Together Shareholder with our shareholderscommunications At the 46th Annual General Meeting of Shareholders held on June 25, one External Director was newly appointed, bringing the number of External Directors in the Company to two. In appointing an External Director, we value the ability to bear the burden of objectively monitoring the Company s management, based on highly specialized knowledge and broad insight into finance and economics, and a wealth of experience in corporate management and others. The Company requests both Directors to execute their business as persons in position of supervising the Company s management from an independent point of view. Yoshinori Shimizu Born February 9, 1948 Akio Nakamura Born July 21, 1955 Newly elected Dividends Our policy on dividends As a general rule, Century Tokyo Leasing Corporation distributes dividends to its shareholders twice a year (interim and full year-end dividends). As for our dividend policy, we view the long-term and stable return of profits to shareholders as its basis, and also intend to improve the dividend payout ratio upon realizing sustainable income growth. Century Tokyo Leasing Corporation will strive to enhance its corporate value while endeavoring to strengthen its capital, and work for further returns of profits to its shareholders. (Yen) Having revised the dividend plan of the beginning of the period, raising 13 yen per share on full-year basis /3 213/3 214/3 215/3 216/3 (forecast) Career summary Career summary April 1989 Professor, Faculty of Commerce and Management, Hitotsubashi University April 1978 Joined the Ministry of Finance April 2 Professor, Graduate School of Commerce and Management, Hitotsubashi University April 25 Director-General, Fukuoka Regional Taxation Bureau, National Tax Agency April 23 Vice President, Hitotsubashi University April 26 Deputy Director-General (Debt Management), Financial Bureau, May 24 President, Japan Society of Monetary Economics Ministry of Finance April 27 Deputy Director-General (Fiscal Investment and Loan Program, May 28 Director, Japan Society of Monetary Economics National Property), Financial Bureau, Ministry of Finance May 21 Executive Director, Japan Society of Monetary Economics July 29 Director-General, Osaka Regional Taxation Bureau, National Tax July 21 Advisor of the Company Agency October 21 Director and Vice President, The Mont Pelerin Society July 21 Director-General, Financial Bureau, Ministry of Finance April 211 Honorary Professor, Hitotsubashi University (current position) October 211 Chairman, Sompo Japan Research Institute Inc. (current position; June 211 External Director of the Company (current position) now called Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Research Institute Inc.) June 212 External Director, Nisshinbo Holdings Inc. (current position) March 213 Special Partner, Tanabe & Partners (current position) June 215 External Director of the Company (current position) Breaking News Orico Business Leasing Co., Ltd. Started Its Operation Overview of the New Company Shareholder special benefit plan Guidance on the shareholder special benefit plan To express our gratitude toward shareholders for their support, we are offering original QUO Cards to shareholders under the shareholder special benefit plan (time of offering: the cards are delivered after the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders held in June each year). In addition, the content of shareholder special benefit plan is set to be more appealing to those who intend to hold the shares over the medium- to long-term period. *A holding period of two or more years refers to shareholders who have been on the shareholder register of the Company at the end of March and September each year for five or more consecutive times, with the same shareholder identification numbers. TC-Lease Selected as Competitive IT Strategy Company (Yen) 1, 8, 6, 4, 2, 6, 4, 2, 8, 6, 2, year 2 years* Holding period The longer you hold the Company's shares, the more benefits you receive! 1 or more but less than 1, shares 1, or more but less than 3, shares 3, or more shares Attractive benefit contents directly relating to number of shares held and period of years Orico Business Leasing Co., Ltd., a vendor lease joint venture with Orient Corporation (Orico) which was announced its establishment on March 9, 215, started its operation in April. Vendor leases have been developed primarily for small- and medium-sized enterprises seeking to install equipment and machinery involving relatively small sums of money. Vendor leases now account for about 2 percent of the total value of all leasing transactions in Japan, which is approximately 5.2 trillion yen. Orico Business Leasing aims to contribute to growth of Japanese economy by providing vendor lease programs which supports capital investment of small- and medium-sized enterprises by integrating TC-Lease s extensive leasing capabilities with Orico s expertise in the credit business. Name: Orico Business Leasing Co., Ltd. Representatives: Chairman & Co-CEO, Representative Director Masahiko Shishido President & CEO, Representative Director Yoshiteru Kimura Investments: 48 million yen Shareholders: TC-Lease (5%) Orient Corporation (5%) TC-Lease has been selected as a Competitive IT Strategy Company designation jointly promoted by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE). The designation selects from the companies that are engaged in competitive IT strategies and actively deploying IT to stimulate innovation in management and boost competitiveness. For the first designation, 18 companies were selected from 3,5 companies listed on Tokyo Stock Exchange. TC-Lease was recognized for its early efforts to devote in IT equipment leasing, its innovative businesses, and positive impact to the industry. TC-Lease will continue to utilize IT to provide services that enhance customer convenience and alleviate burdens associated with office work so that it can grow alongside its customers and contribute to society as a comprehensive financial services enterprise that continually challenges itself