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About Mitsubishi Corporation Capital ( MCC ): 1. We are a boutique house specializing in providing alternative investment services The primary focus of MCC is to provide a wide range of alternative investment products and services to institutional investors across Japan. As part of its proprietary investment activities, Mitsubishi Corporation, MCC s parent company, has been actively engaged in a variety of alternative investments, typically via such investments vehicles as hedge funds and private equity (PE) funds since the late 1980 s. Through such investment activities, Mitsubishi Corporation has successfully developed expertise, know-how, personal contacts within the industry, and a capability to source and evaluate superior managers with respect to alternative investments. This asset of Mitsubishi Corporation, which may be referred to as "alternative investment culture, was passed on to MCC at its establishment in 1999 and continues to flourish and grow today. On the back of such an alternative investment culture, we, at MCC, are committed to serve our client institutional investors by sourcing and offering superior hedge funds and PE funds as well as serving investors with investment products and services seeking a new frontier of alternative investments. 2. We offer clients investment opportunities backed by businesses of a General Trading Company ( Sogo-Shosha ) Being a General Trading Company ( GTC or Sogo-Shosha ) which engages in all-round commercial and industrial trading and investment business, Mitsubishi Corporation, our parent company, is equipped with extensive expertise and intelligence in the field of commodities. Given this advantage, MCC places a special emphasis on providing clients with investment opportunities associated with the commodity markets. Also, Mitsubishi Corporation has been carrying out various investments in business assets as well as physical assets in the course of its operation as a GTC. Taking advantage of these activities, MCC has accepted the challenge of selecting business assets and physical assets with excellent investment potentialities and providing investors with high-value added products based upon such assets through the innovative use of financial engineering and structuring techniques as well as securitization approaches, to meet the clients needs. We, MCC, believe that providing such unique investment services that are backed by the expertise of a GTC will lead to the fulfillment of expectations by our client investors. 3. We are conducting all four businesses as a licensed financial institution As a registered financial instruments firm, MCC is conducting all four businesses: First Financial Instruments Business, Second Financial Instruments Business, Investment Managements Business, and Investment Advisory and Agency Business, with which, we are endeavouring to offer a wide range of investment services to our clients to meet their various needs and requirements. 2
Unique Product Lineup Commodity-related Products Commodity Funds One of the strengths of a General Trading Company is, needless to say, in the field of commodities. Taking full advantage of such a strength, Mitsubishi Corporation has developed its proprietary commodity index called MCCI International Commodity Index ( MCCI Index ). MCC has developed offshore unit trusts tracking the MCCI Index passively, and offered to institutional investors in Japan either on a private-placement or public-offering basis. The fund is managed by Global SWAN Asset Management Ltd (MCC s UK subsidiary). Multi Manager Funds Drawing on the strength of its expertise in the area of commodity futures and other futures markets, Mitsubishi Corporation group is also actively involved in the Commodity Pool Operator ( CPO ) business through overseas subsidiaries. MINERVA ALTERNATIVE STRATEGIES, INC., U.S. subsidiary manages a "Multi Manager Fund, an offshore fund composed of selected investment programs managed by North American and European Commodity Trading Advisors ( CTAs ) and investment managers specializing in commodities, both with outstanding track records. MCC is marketing the Muliti Manager Fund to investors in Japan. 3
Unique Product Lineup Hedge Funds, PE Funds and Funds of Funds Hedge Funds In the area of hedge funds, MCC has been offering and distributing to Japanese investors a number of select hedge funds as well as fund of hedge funds which comprise superior investment programs managed by prominent U.S., European and Asian hedge fund managers, MCC has a business partnership with eminent overseas investment management companies. The hedge funds and fund-ofhedge-funds products that we offer to investors cover a wide range of hedge fund strategies from multistrategy to long/short equities. PE Funds Acting as a distributor and a private placement agent in Japan, we offer a series of PE funds, managed by competent PE fund managers worldwide as well as by our group companies. For example we provide infrastracture funds to invest in infrastructure assets over the world, health care funds aiming at rehabilitating health care-related businesses, turn around funds which aim for high returns by regenerating companies, venture capital funds which invest in privately held companies, and funds of funds which consist of some PE funds. In addition, as a licensed investment adviser, we invest in these funds, based on discretionary investment advisory agreements. Among our group asset management companies involved with PE funds are Alternative Investment Capital Ltd., Millennia Venture Partners Co., Ltd., Works Capital Inc., and MC Capital Asia Pacific Ltd. 4
Development of Real Estate Funds and other Securitized Products Real Estate Funds MC group companies handle a wide spectrum of real estate investment vehicles which includes J-REITs managed by Mitsubishi Corp.-UBS Realty Inc., and a series of private placement real estate investment funds managed by Diamond Realty Management Inc., which invests in a diverse range of real estate such as rental housing, commercial establishments and logistics facilities. MCC also handles the private placement of such real estate investment funds managed by Diamond Realty Management Inc. Asset Finance Products / Securitized Products Collaborating with relevant divisions and entities within the group, MCC is also seeking to offer Asset Finance Products and Securitized Products that are targeted to and backed by business assets and physical assets. The target business or physical assets for this purpose can be anything that Mitsubishi Corporation, a leading General Trading Company, usually handles, including renewable energy, environmental credits, transportation equipment, infrastructure as well as digital contents. As an attempt to provide unique and attractive investment opportunities to investors, MCC is seeking for assets with promising investment potentialities, with which MCC is developing and structuring attractive asset finance products and securitized products to offer to our clients. Image of Asset Finance Products and Securitized Products Securitization Cash Flow Senior Debt Mezzanine Business assets and real assets (Commercial real estate, Lease assets of airplane, Forests, Pipelines etc) Equity 5
(as of Oct. 1st, 2008) Kishimoto Bldg. 1F, 2-1, Marunouchi 2-Chome, Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo 100-0005, Japan Telephone : +81-3-3218-4300 Fax : +81-3-3218-4309 URL : www.mc-cap.com Date established : February 12 th, 1999 Capital : JPY 5,000,000,000 (100% owned by Mitsubishi Corporation) Representative directors: President & CEO: Nobuo Oya Executive Vice President: Akira Sakuma Number of employees : 42 Business line : Financial Instruments Businesses - First Financial Instruments Businesses - Second Financial Instruments Businesses - Investment Management Businesses - Investment Advisory and Agency Businesses Registration No.: Director of the Kanto Local Finance Bureau (Kinsho) No.176 Member Associations : Japan Securities Dealers Association Subsidiaries : Global SWAN Asset Management Ltd. (UK) MCC Asset Management (Cayman) Ltd. (Cayman islands) MINERVA ALTERNATIVE STRATEGIES, INC.(USA) Hibiya Ave. MY PLAZA MC Bldg. (under construction) Yurakucho TUMI Marunouchi Naka-dori Ave. MUFG TOKIA Chiyoda-Line Nijyubashi-mae Sta. Kishimoto Bldg. COACH MC Bldg. Marunouchi Bldg. Nippon Yusen Bldg. JR Tokyo Sta. Marunouchi Mouth Non-Reliance on the Document - Risk Disclosure Statement: We are a registered financial instruments firm. This document is not intended to recommend any sale or purchase of securities in any jurisdiction in which such sale or purchase would be illegal. It is also not intended to solicit any particular act. The purpose of this document is to provide clients of Mitsubishi Corporation Capital with information of a general nature. This neither constitutes a recommendation, nor considers any specific investment objective, financial condition or requirement of any individual clients. In taking any investment action on the basis of any opinion or recommendation in this document, you should take into consideration in advance whether taking such an action suits your particular situation and are advised to consult a specialist if necessary. As we are not offering any tax or legal advice, we would suggest that you should consult your own tax or legal counsel as to any investment that you consider making. Although this document was prepared on the basis of information deemed reliable, we do not represent that it is accurate, complete and/or updated; please therefore pay attention not to rely on this document based on such an understanding. Any opinion contained herein represents our opinion that is the latest only as of the date specified in this document. Reproduction and Redistribution: Notwithstanding any conflicting descriptions in this document, you (and your employees, representatives and any other agents) may, without being subject to any restrictions imposed by Mitsubishi Corporation Capital, disclose to any party whatsoever the U.S. federal tax and state tax treatments and tax structure with respect to your trading, as well as any and all materials provided to you in connection with the said tax treatment and tax structure (including tax opinions and tax analysis), except for those necessary to comply with applicable securities laws.