We, ACKG Ltd., have just made first step toward a new stage of growth. We are established as a holding company of Oriental Consultants, Co., Ltd and other operating companies aiming to enforce smoother business.

Oriental Consultants, Co., Ltd. was established on December 1957. At the inception, when Japan was enjoying a period of rapid economic growth, Oriental Consultants Co., Ltd. had provided designing service of bridges, roads and so on that supported economic growth. Since its establishment, it continues to provide high quality of service and in response to customer's needs and satisfaction.

Nowadays, we expand our consulting business globally, and business areas are not only related to infrastructure, but also disaster prevention and risk management, social welfare, education, corporate management, etc. Besides, the individual operating companies of ACKG offer a comprehensive range of services other than those above.

With the globalization of the economy, social structures throughout the world have also experienced wrenching change. And also, it is need that ability to implement larger scale of business than we offered previously. In respond to these, under the corporate philosophy, "Creation of affluent life and dream for people all over the world", ACKG promise to provide high quality service by responding to change of social and economical environment quickly and flexibly.

To become a global group that offers one-stop services to satisfy the diversification of people's needs, with the spirit to challenge a wider range of services, we will implement the following business strategies.

*Expansion of domain identity
-Expansion of orders received by enhancing quality and sophistication of existing skills and techniques.
- Development of skills, technologies and products by utilizing the group's comprehensive strength
- Expansion of orders received in management area.

*Increase of profitability
- Restructuring of design and back-office functions
- Utilizing human resources among group companies

*Reinforcement of management base
- Development of human resources, improvement of personnel system across group companies
- Integration and efficiency of accounting management system
- Enhancement of group's compliance and governance.
- Development and promotion of corporate social responsibility (CSR)
- Enhancement of business continuity management (BCM)

We would appreciate your continued support for the years to come.

Akihiko Hirotani (President)

Securities symbol: ACKG
Securities code: 2498 (JASDAQ)