20 December, 2018

For immediate release

ADK Acquires Shares in d-rights Inc.
To strengthen its contents business,
ADK made d-rights a wholly owned subsidiary

At a board of directors meeting held on December 14, 2018, ASATSU-DK INC.
(headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo; President & CEO: Shinichi Ueno) acquired all the d-rights
Inc. shares held by Mitsubishi Corporation, passed a resolution to make d-rights a wholly
owned subsidiary, and announced on December 20 that the transfer of those shares wascomplete.
１．Reason for Acquisition
Since “EightMan” started broadcasting in 1963, ADK has developed content business andbuilt its success by involving in a number of TV animation programs and live-action films. Our
involvement has been evolved from planning and creating animation programs tomerchandising of animation characters, utilizing them in sales & promotion activities, and tomusical theaters and live events. We have recently stepped up our efforts in on-line
distribution of Japanese anime titles to overseas markets where the number of fans isgrowing, along with e-commerce capability to promote anime-related goods.
d-rights, on the other hand, specializes in video picture production (animation and liveactin), rights management and overseas sales with strong capabilities in producing content
projects and established overseas network. Beyblade series, in particular among titles thatd-rights was involved in rights management and overseas sales, has enjoyed a mega hit not
only at home but abroad, mainly in the North America and Europe.
In 2015, ADK acquired 816 shares from Mitsubishi Corporation (51% of the voting rights)
to make d-rights a subsidiary, but has now decided to acquire all the shares owned by
Mitsubishi Corporation and make d-rights a wholly owned subsidiary. From January 2019,
ADK will transition to a holding company structure with ADK Holdings functioning as a pureholding company. In the ADK Group, d-rights will become one of the main animationcompanies in ADK’s animation business, which is centered around ADK Emotions Inc.

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２．Profile of d-rights Inc.
(1)

Company named-rights Inc.

(2)

Address

8-6, 2-Chome, Nishishinbashi, Minatoku-ku, Tokyo(3)

Representative

President, Shuji Wada
Diversely producing content from planning of original(4)

Business line

characters, animation and game, Web to production anddevelopment(5)

Capital

80 million yen (as of October, 2018)(6)

Establishment

December 1, 1988

Major shareholders(7)

and shareholding
ratio

ASATSU-DK INC.

51.0％

Mitsubishi Corporation

49.0％

3. Profile of Mitsubishi Corporation(1)

Company name

Mitsubishi Corporation(2)

Address

3-1, Marunouchi 2-Chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo(3)

Representative

President & CEO, Takehiko Kakiuchi
Global integrated business enterprise that develops andoperates business across virtually every industry including(4)

Business line

industrial finance, energy, metals, machinery, chemicals,
foods, and environmental business(5)

Capital204,446 million yen (as of the end of September, 2018)(6)

Establishment

April 1, 1950.

4. The number of acquired shares and pre-and-post acquisition ownership status

(1)

(2)

(3)

The number of shares
held before transfer

816 shares(the number of voting rights: 816)
(the ratio of voting rights：51.0%)

The number of

784 sharesacquired shares(the number of voting rights: 784)

The number of shares
held after transfer

1,600 shares(the number of voting rights: 1,600)(the ratio of voting rights: 100.0%)

Contact: Kaori Nakajima
2Office of Corporate Communications
TEL. +81-3-6830-3855
Email adkpr@adk.jp

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