Chuokeizai-Sha, Inc. agreed to acquire Co2 Inc. from Minoru Hasegawa and three other individual shareholders.

Chuokeizai-Sha Holdings Inc is a Japan-based company engaged in publishing business that publishes and sells specialized books and magazines related to corporate management and other fields, as well as publishing related business about advertising contract agent. The publishing business is engaged in the planning, editing, production and sale of books, magazines, and mooks, as well as the planning and production of corporate PR magazines and newsletters. The publishing related business is engaged in advertising agency contract business for media mainly in the fields of tax and accounting, as well as the planning and production of corporate product catalogs and sales promotion brochures. The Company is also engaged in the storage, loading & unloading, inventory management of publications, as well as the management and leasing of real estate.