Nakano Shoten Co., Ltd cancelled the acquisition of 9.7% stake in WDB Holdings Co., Ltd. from Toshimitsu Nakano.

WDB HOLDINGS CO., LTD. is a company mainly engaged in the manpower dispatching business. The Company operates in two business segments. The Human Resource Service segment is engaged in the work of client customers mainly through temporary staffing and contracting contracts. The CRO (Contract Research Organization) business segment acts on and supports experimental work in basic research of pharmaceuticals, quasi-drugs, cosmetics and development work after clinical trial. The other business is engaged in the contracted manufacture of organic chemicals, as well as the product development and sale, and the research of the aquaculture and breeding of clams, fishes and algae, among others.