Our company shall use the personal information it acquires (excluding those obtained from (2) to (5) below) for the following purposes.

• The execution of the services related to M&A intermediation and advisory services, business valuation services, and management consulting which Our company, and our group (including consolidated subsidiaries and equity method affiliates stated in our securities reports, etc.) undertake, the performance of the services that Our company and our group are able to undertake, as well as ancillary services related to these (hereinafter referred to as "Provided services").
• Consultation, receipt of applications, sending of materials, responses to inquiries, and communications related to Provided services, as well as seminars and other projects operated by or involving Our company and our group.
• Management of the execution and termination of various contracts, as well as the post-merger management after the termination of transactions by Our company and our group.
• Appropriate and smooth provision of Provided services.

Our company will use personal information obtained from directors, employees and applicants for employment for the following purposes.

• Recruitment and selection activities of Our company and our group.
• Business and employment management and communication with directors, officers and employees (including informal employment offers and retirees) of Our company and our group.

Our company shall use personal information obtained from shareholders for the following purposes. (specified personal information shall be used within the scope of laws and regulations)

• Administration of shareholders and exercise of rights and performance of obligations under the Companies Act and other laws and regulations
• To provide various benefits to shareholders in relation to their status as shareholders
• Implementation of various measures to facilitate relations with shareholders
• Responding to inquiries, etc.
• To appropriately carry out business management operations as our group.

In addition to the purposes described in (1) through (3) above, we use the personal information we collect (excluding information collected in accordance with (3) above) for the following purposes.

• To provide information on the services of Our company, and our group, and Our company and our group business partners
• To promote and educate the public on M&A and succession of business of Our company and our group
• Public relations and investor relations activities of Our company and our group
• Joint use of personal information specified in Paragraph 5
• To appropriately carry out the business management operations of our group, including the identification and management of various risks
• Our company will handle personal information entrusted to us by other businesses or entities within the necessary scope for the performance of the entrusted tasks. We will use or handle this information only to the extent required for the completion of the entrusted tasks.

Principles when acquiring personal information directly

We will acquire personal information through legal and fair means.

Principles regarding the handling of personal information in the case of outsourcing

Our company will strictly manage the personal information obtained through the entrusted tasks and the personal information entrusted to us for handling. We will use or handle this information only within the scope of the purposes explicitly stated at the time of acquisition and the purposes defined in point Ⅱ.
We will maintain the confidentiality of personal information and stipulate and comply with the method of handling personal information at the end of the contract.

Principle of Outsourcing Business to Third Parties

During our business operations, we may entrust the handling of personal information to third-party entities with whom we have imposed a duty of confidentiality within a reasonable scope. Our company and our group etc., will enter contracts regarding the handling of personal information with such entities and will exercise appropriate supervision over them.

Items of personal information to be shared

Name, address, date of birth, gender, telephone number, e-mail address, name of the company where the person works or holds shares, corporate information regarding the company, position, interests, and other information that can identify a specific individual.

Scope of joint users

• Our group
• Third parties who provide services or plan seminars, etc. jointly with Our company or our group (including the person who introduced you to Our company when you applied for the service)

Purpose of use

• Purposes of use of personal information as described in”Ⅱ.
• To perform M&A intermediation and advisory services, corporate valuation services, management consulting services, and other services incidental thereto, which are performed jointly with the joint users described in (2) above.
• Provision of services and planning of seminars, etc., as described in (2)(ii) (including confirmation of application information with the introducer in cases where the introducer is notified at the time of application).

Name and address of the party responsible for the management of personal information, as well as the name of the representative

Our company
(Please refer to Our company overview on our website for our address and the name of our representative.)
https://www.nihon-ma.co.jp/groups/information.html