Simon P. Rigney

FIL Investments (Japan) Ltd. (FIJ) is the wholly-owned investment management subsidiary of FIL Japan Holdings KK, ultimately held by FIL Ltd., a Bermuda company that serves as the holding company for the FIL group of companies. Headquartered in Tokyo, FIJ was founded in 1986 and provides discretionary investment advisory services to Japanese and international institutional accounts, mutual funds and other pooled investment vehicles.

Macquarie Capital Securities (Japan) Ltd. (MCS-J) is a securities brokerage firm and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Macquarie International Investments, which in turn is a subsidiary of Macquarie Bank Ltd. (SY: MBL), based in Australia. Established in 2004 following the acquisition of the Asian equity division of ING Groep NV (NYSE: ING) by Macquarie, MCS-J provides trading and financial analysis services to Japanese and overseas institutions as well as hedge funds. The firm specializes in Japanese equity, economic research, fundamental research at the company level, quantitative analysis, information on infrastructure funds and other funds, equity derivatives and structured products. They also act as intermediary for Macquarie Bank in the equity-linked notes private placement market. The firm's analysts research themes including Japanese reflation, global industries and Asian technologies. MCS-J is located in Tokyo, and operates in close cooperation with Macquarie sales teams in London, Geneva, Frankfurt, New York and Boston.

HK Investments provides investment research. The American company was founded by Patrick Hansen.

Rowland Asset Management KK is an independent investment adviser headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. Founded in 2015, the firm offers asset management services to private and institutional clients.