Corporate Value Improvement Award

UNITED ARROWS LTD. (Code 7606)

UNITED ARROWS LTD. (the Company) is a specialty fashion retailer that strives to set new standards of Japanese lifestyle, focusing on trend-conscious and high quality products. The Company’s mainstay businesses includes UNITED ARROWS, BEAUTY&YOUTH UNITED ARROWS, and UNITED ARROWS green label relaxing, each of which has a product lineup of clothing and miscellaneous lifestyle goods for men and women. CHROME HEARTS, a brand of silver accessories, leatherwear and others, is also one of the Company’s key businesses. The Company’s medium-term business strategy for fiscal year ending March 31, 2014 has three points: 1) reinforcing existing businesses to build a solid earnings base, 2) developing new sales channels such as commercial spaces within airports, railway station buildings, and service and parking areas along expressways, and 3) uncovering fresh business opportunities in new fields. With this strategy, the Company will create and provide value that helps enrich customers’ lives.

Eisai Co.,Ltd.　(Code 4523)

Eisai Co., Ltd. is a research-based pharmaceutical company that discovers, develops and markets products worldwide. Guided by its corporate mission of “giving first thought to patients and their families, and to increasing the benefits that health care provides,” all Eisai employees aspire to meet the various needs of global health care as representatives of a “human health care (hhc) company” that is capable of making a meaningful contribution under any health care system. In addition, Eisai continuously strives to enhance corporate governance. As part of its effort, Eisai adopted a company-with-committees system and has 7 independent outside directors in its 11-member board. In terms of financial strategies, Eisai conducts business which is aimed at creating corporate value using key performance indicators (KPI) such as ROE, equity spread, and DOE (dividend on equity).

HOYA CORPORATION (Code 7741)

HOYA, since its foundation in 1941 as a manufacturer specialized in optical glass in Japan, has been providing sophisticated products with high quality and enhanced value. Today, HOYA is active worldwide in two business segments: The Life Care segment deals eyeglass lenses, contact lenses, intraocular lenses for cataract surgery and medical endoscopes. The Information Technology segment handles key components for semiconductor, FPD and PC industry such as mask blanks, photomasks, and magnetic glass disks for HDD, we also supply optical lenses and lens modules for digital cameras and CD/DVD player. HOYA Group comprises of over 100 subsidiaries and over 30,000 people worldwide with the revenue of 376.9bn(yen) *　in the year ended 31st Mar 2012: (* all operations – including discontinued operations) We continue to maximize corporate value by developing new products and markets with technical excellence and M&A aiming for greater market share and profitability.

Marubeni Corporation (Code 8002)

With 9 branch offices in Japan and 120 in 67 countries as well as a network across 430 companies, Marubeni Corporation is engaged in multifaceted business in a wide range of fields such as food, textiles, materials, paper and pulp, chemicals, energy, metal, machinery, finance, logistics, IT-related business, and development and construction. Their business activities involve import-export (including trades across foreign countries), domestic transactions, various service operations, domestic and overseas investments, and resource development.
In accordance with its corporate creed, "Sei (Fairness), Shin (Innovation), and Wa (Harmony)", the Marubeni group is proudly committed to contributing to social and economic development and preserving the global environment by conducting fair and upright corporate activities. At the same time, the company continues to build on its efforts to become a partner which exceeds the expectations of all its stakeholders.

Mitsubishi Corporation (Code 8058)

Mitsubishi Corporation (MC) is a global integrated business enterprise that develops and operates businesses across virtually every industry including industrial finance, energy, metals, machinery, chemicals, foods, and environmental business.
MC’s current activities are expanding far beyond its traditional trading operations as its diverse business ranges from natural resources development to investment in retail business, infrastructure, financial products and manufacturing of industrial goods.
With over 200 Offices & Subsidiaries in approximately 90 countries worldwide and a network of over 500 group companies, MC employs a multinational workforce of nearly 60,000 people.