ORIX Corporation agreed to acquire Santoku Senpaku Co., Ltd.

ORIX Corporation is a financial services group organized around 9 business divisions: - life insurance (19.3% of net sales); - corporate financial services (17.6%): leasing and rental of automobiles, IT-related and technological equipment; - development, management and promotion of real estate assets (15.5%); - private equity investment (15.3%); - asset and investment fund management in Europe (8.8%); - capital markets and investment banking in the United States (6.4%); - finance and investment banking in Asia and Australia (5.9%); - retail banking and consumer finance (3.4%); - aircraft and ship leasing and financing (1.5%). The balance of net sales (6.3%) relates to energy and environmental activities (renewable energy production, electricity distribution, sale of solar panels and electricity storage systems, recycling and waste management).