1000 or more Sales (consolidated) as of the End of the From ¥100 billion to less than ¥1 trillion Previous Fiscal Year From 10 to less than 50 End of the Previous Fiscal Year Policy on Measures to Protect Minority Shareholders in Conducting Transactions with Controlling Shareholder ― Other Special Circumstances which may have Material Impact on Corporate Governance In order to ensure that the transparency of our governance and the interests of our stakeholders are not compromised, our group established the Management Advisory Committee in July 2008, and had been building a system to check our business, borrowing, and personnel relationships with Mizuho Financial Group ( Mizuho FG ).