ORIX Trust & Banking Corporation

ORIX Corporation was established on April 17, 1964 in Osaka, Japan as Orient Leasing Co., Ltd. by three trading companies and five banks that include Nichimen, Nissho and Iwai (presently Sojitz Corporation), the Sanwa Bank (presently Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc.), Toyo Trust & Banking (presently Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Bank Corporation), the Industrial Bank of Japan and Nippon Kangyo Bank (presently Mizuho Bank, Ltd., Mizuho Holdings, Inc.), and the Bank of Kobe (presently Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation). The company's name was changed to ORIX Corporation in 1989. ORIX began operations with a 13-member staff, including current Chairman and CEO Yoshihiko Miyauchi, who at the time had just recently learned the leasing business through a cooperative arrangement with U.S. Leasing International Inc. in the United States. ORIX's initial expansion occurred during the period of sustained economic growth in Japan during the 1960s and lasted through to the early 1970s. During this time, strong capital spending by the corporate sector fueled demand for equipment, and led to the first wave of newly established leasing companies in Japan. Under the leadership of the late Tsuneo Inui, who served as President from 1967 to 1980, ORIX capitalized on the growing demand in this period by expanding its portfolio of leasing assets. In addition, our marketing strategy shifted from a focus on using the established networks of the trading companies and other initial shareholders, to one that concentrated on independent marketing as the number of branches expanded. In April 1970, we listed our shares on the second section of the Osaka Securities Exchange, which at the time was the fastest listing of any company in Japan, and in February 1973 our shares were listed on the first sections of the Tokyo and Nagoya Stock Exchanges and the Osaka Securities Exchange.

Address: Tanaka Kogyo Bldg, 7-2, Kabutocho, Nihonbashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 103-0026, Japan

Phone: +81 3 3660 6551
FAX: +81 3 3660 6099