Makoto Sonobe

Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. provides securities exchange services. The company also provides securities that support fund management and capital raising for users both at home and abroad. It has offices in North America, Europe, and Asia. The company was founded in April 1949 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

MUFG Bank Ltd. engages in the business of financial services. It provides commercial banking, trust banking, securities, credit cards, consumer finance, asset management, leasing and others. The company was founded on August 15, 1919 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Asset Management One Co., Ltd. (AMO) is a Japanese global investment management firm which was founded in 2002 as a joint venture between the Dai-ichi Life Holdings, Inc. (49%) and the Industrial Bank of Japan (IBJ), now the Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. (51%). The firm changed their name to Asset Management One Co. Ltd. in 2016 when DIAM Co., Ltd., the asset management division of Mizuho Trust & Banking Co., Ltd., Mizuho Asset Management Co., Ltd., and Shinko Asset Management Co., Ltd. merged. Headquartered in Tokyo, AMO offers discretionary and non-discretionary investment advisory services to pension funds, public funds, financial institution, institutional clients, and corporate clients. They are a responsible investor and signatory to the UN Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI).

ICJ, Inc. engages in the development and management of electronic proxy voting platform. The ICJ platform provides Japanese language voting platform with Japanese content for local Japanese investors, as well as enhanced timeliness for release of meeting agendas in English. It also extends voting deadlines closer to the meeting date, provides consolidated voting capability, and access to meeting materials. The company was founded in July 2004 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Founded in 2015, Banque de Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd. is a subsidiary of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. The company provides other information services and is based in London, UK.