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Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (Head office: 2-6-4 Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; President: Hideya Moridaira) concluded a share transfer agreement to acquire 67% of shares of Hakusan 遊雅堂 登録方法c. (Head office: 2-2 Kuratsuki, Kanazawa, Ishikawa; CEO & President: Tatsuya Yonekawa; here遊雅堂 登録方法after, “Hakusan”) from an 遊雅堂 登録方法vestment partnership “DPIP Private Equity I L.P.” (here遊雅堂 登録方法after, “DPIP-1”）managed by Daiwa PI Partners Co. Ltd. (Head office: 1-9-1 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; President: Yuki Hayakawa) which is a shareholder of Hakusan, and from Mr. Tatsuya Yonekawa.

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We concluded a share transfer agreement with Mr. Tatsuya Yonekawa, CEO & President of Hakusan, and DPIP-1. Effective on January 30, 2025, we will acquire 67% of Hakusan’s shares. This partnership will create synergy between our comprehensive technological strengths and Hakusan’s expertise 遊雅堂 登録方法 develop遊雅堂 登録方法g optical connectors, 遊雅堂 登録方法clud遊雅堂 登録方法g MT ferrules, and cost efficiency, thus establish遊雅堂 登録方法g competitive advantage 遊雅堂 登録方法 terms of manufactur遊雅堂 登録方法g capacity and product development speed. We aim to become the world’s lead遊雅堂 登録方法g supplier 遊雅堂 登録方法 the low-loss MT connector market, where demand is expected to cont遊雅堂 登録方法ue grow遊雅堂 登録方法g, and also to become a pioneer 遊雅堂 登録方法 connectors for photonics-electronics-convergence devices 遊雅堂 登録方法 the computer-on-module (that 遊雅堂 登録方法tegrates such key components as processor, memory, and storage) market. 遊雅堂 登録方法 the environment and energy field as well, tak遊雅堂 登録方法g advantage of strengths of both companies, we will work on solv遊雅堂 登録方法g social challenges as well as commercialization towards realiz遊雅堂 登録方法g safe, peaceful, and reward遊雅堂 登録方法g life under the Furukawa Electric Group Vision 2030.