PRESS RELEASE
February 3, 2020

KIX International Friendship Dragon Boat Festival
receives Sports Promotion Award
Kansai Airports is delighted to announce that it has been granted the Sports Promotion Award in
the 2020 Kansai Sports Support Organization awards program, in recognition of its long-standing,strong commitment to an annual airport event—KIX International Friendship Dragon Boat Festival.
The awards program has been newly established by the Union of Kansai Governments and theKansai Economic Federation to recognize organizations contributing to sports promotion andrevitalization of local economies.
A dragon boat is a soft sport that anyone can enjoy regardless of age or gender. In the race,
teams of ten to twenty paddlers, a drummer and a steerer compete against each other. The
game has been drawing growing attention as an athletic event and will become an official sport
in the World Masters Games 2021 Kansai.
The dragon boat festival—which has now become one of the three biggest dragon boat festivals
in Japan—was first organized in 2004 to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the opening ofKansai International Airport (KIX). The event is attended not only by local residents andemployees of Kansai Airports but also by strong teams from in- and outside Japan that look todevelop paddling skills. Kansai Airports Group has been actively participating in the tournament,
forming about ten teams with members including the CEO and officers.
Kansai Airports will continue to organize events like the Dragon Boat Festival to contribute tosports promotion and economic revitalization in the Kansai region.

Award ceremony, January 31
From left: Kansai Airports CEO Yoshiyuki Yamaya, Mr. Masayoshi Matsumoto, Chairman of Kansai Economic
Federation

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Planning & Administration
TEL: +81-72-455-2201

Kansai Airports was established by a consortium made up of VINCI Airports and ORIX Corporation as its coremembers. Kansai Airports took over the operations of Kansai International Airport (“KIX”) and Osaka
International Airport (“ITAMI”) from New Kansai International Airport Company (“NKIAC”) and has been
operating the two airports since April 1, 2016.
Kansai Airports Kobe, Kansai Airports’ wholly-owned subsidiary, took over the operations of Kobe Airport(“KOBE”) from Kobe City and started its business as an operating company on April 1, 2018.
Under the concept of “One Kansai Airports Group”, Kansai Airports group strives to continuously improve its
services for all airport guests through appropriate investments and efficient operations, with safety and security
being the top priority. Kansai Airports group aims to maximize the potential of the three airports, for the benefitof the communities they serve.
For more information, please visit：http://www.kansai-airports.co.jp/en/

Kansai Airports
Location

1-banchi, Senshu-kuko kita, Izumisanoshi, Osaka

Shareholders

ORIX 40%,VINCI Airports 40%,
Other investors 20%1

Company
Representatives

Representative Director and CEO:Yoshiyuki Yamaya
Representative Director and Co-CEO: Benoit Rulleau

Business Scope

Operation and management services, etc. of Kansai International Airport and Osaka
International Airport

Kansai Airports Kobe
Location

1-ban, Kobe-kuko, Chuo-ku, Kobe-shi,
Hyogo

Shareholder

Company
Representatives

Representative Director and CEO: Yoshiyuki Yamaya
Representative Director and Co-CEO: Benoit Rulleau

Business Scope

Operation and management services, etc. of Kobe Airport

Kansai Airports 100％

ORIX Corporation (TSE: 8591; NYSE: IX) is an opportunistic, diversified, innovation-driven global powerhousewith a proven track record of profitability. Established in 1964, ORIX at present operates a diverse portfolio ofbusinesses in the operations, financial services, and investment spaces. ORIX’s highly complementary businessactivities span industries including: energy, private equity, infrastructure, automotive, ship and aircraft, realestate and retail financial services. ORIX has also spread its business globally by establishing locations in a totalof 37 countries and regions across the world. Through its business activities, ORIX has long been committed tocorporate citizenship and environmental sustainability. For more details, please visit our website:
http://www.orix.co.jp/grp/en/

VINCI Airports, as the leading private airport operator in the world, manages the development and operation of
46 airports located in France, Portugal, the United Kingdom, Sweden, Serbia, Cambodia, Japan, the UnitedStates, Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, Chile and Brazil. Served by around 250 airlines, VINCI Airports' network
handled 240 million passengers in 2018.
Through its expertise as a comprehensive integrator, VINCI Airports develops, finances, builds and operates
airports, leveraging its investment capability, international network and know-how to optimize the management
and performance of existing airport infrastructure, facility extensions and new-build construction projects. In
2018, its annual revenue for managed activities amounted to €3.6 billion, for consolidated revenue of €1.6billion.
More comprehensive information is available on www.vinci-airports.com
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ASICS Corporation; Iwatani Corporation; Osaka Gas Co., Ltd.; Obayashi Corporation; OMRON Corporation; The Kansai Electric Power Company, Incorporated; KintetsuGroup Holding Co., Ltd.; Keihan Holdings Co., Ltd.; Suntory Holdings Limited; JTB Corp.; Sekisui House, Ltd.; Daikin Industries, Ltd.; Daiwa House Industry Co., Ltd.;Takenaka Corporation; Nankai Electric Railway Co., Ltd.; NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE WEST CORPORATION; Panasonic Corporation; Hankyu Hanshin Holdings,Inc.; Rengo Co., Ltd.; The Senshu Ikeda Bank, Ltd.; Kiyo Holdings, Inc.; The Bank of Kyoto, Ltd.; THE SHIGA BANK，LTD.; The Nanto Bank, Ltd.; Nippon Life Insurance
Company; Mizuho Bank, Ltd.; Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Limited; MUFG Bank, Ltd.; Resona Bank, Limited; and the Private Finance Initiative Promotion Corporation ofJapan.