February 22, 2018 PRESS RELEASE Mitsubishi Estate Co., Ltd.

Mitsubishi Estate scores a try to become the Sponsor of 2018 Title Sponsor! ~ ~ Mitsubishi Estate Super Rugby

Mitsubishi Estate Company Limited (MEC) is proud to announce that it has become the 2018 Super Rugby Title Sponsor. This title sponsorship is designated for the home games of the , the team to represent in the Super Rugby where 15 teams from 5 countries (Japan, , , Republic of , and ) go head to head.

Season opener for the Sunwolves will be held on February 24th at Prince Chichibu Memorial Stadium in against the , the defending champion of the Australian Conference. The Sunwolves will have eight home games (six games in Tokyo, scheduled to be held one game in and one game to be decided). Under this sponsorship, MEC’s company logo will appear various locations at the game venues.

The players of the Sunwolves show the country pride and courage through their relentless hard work and unyielding fighting spirit, which coincide with MEC’s basic principles cultivated through enriching urban lives in the form of real estate developments under the brand slogan of “Forever Taking on New Challenges”.

Through this sponsorship, MEC hopes to contribute to the overall success of Super Rugby together with other Japanese sponsors.

Super Rugby, which will open its 2018 season at the end of February 2018 and the games will be broadcasted internationally. The Sunwolves (Home: Prince Chichibu Memorial Stadium, Tokyo) joined the league in 2016 as a representative of Japan.