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Company Profile Company History Corporate Name DIGITAL GARDEN Inc. May 1998 Established in Shinagawa, Tokyo President Shinichi Adachi May 2006 Relocated the head office, expanded edit suite and Established May 15th, 1998 built a sound suite Capital 300,000,000 yen Increased Capital to 60,000,000 yen Employees 158(as of April 2019) October 2006 Affiliation with Japan Post Production Association Average Age 29.9 (JPPA) Services 1. Planning and creating video contents February 2007 Affiliation of supporting member with Japan Ad. 2. Planning and creating CGI Contents Production Companies Association (JAC) 3. Editorial of video contents August 2007 Affiliation of supporting member with All Japan 4. Data transfer of digital contents Radio & Television Commercial Confederation 5. Planning, developing, selling, delivering and importing/ (ACC) exporting softwares 6. Type II carriers October 2008 Business partnership with Company 3 and Method 7. Relevant services of the above Studios Head Office Hiroo MTR bldg. 3F, Ebisu 2-36-13, Shibuya-ku, August 2010 Expansion of head office on 2F Tokyo, Japan 150-0013 MA and edit suite (flame and smoke) Phone +81-3(5791)2215 October 2012 Launched a new suite for color grading Facsimile +81-3(5791)2245 January 2013 Company 3 colorists start working at Digital PLAZA Hiroo PLAZA Bldg. 7F, Hiroo 5-6-6, Shibuya-ku, Garden Inc. Tokyo, Japan 150-0012 September 2013 Capital 300,000,000 yen (Capital increase) Phone +81-3(5791)5885 Relocated the CGI Department and office space to Facsimile +81-3(5791)5886 PLAZA office URL www.dgi.co.jp Expansion of edit suites (flame) and a sound suite Major Clients AOI Pro. Inc. (PLAZA office) NHK Enterprises, Inc. October 2015 Expansion of the edit suites and a sound suite ENGINE FILM INC. (Head office) GEEK PICTURES INC. Digital Shooting Division was established DAINICHI. CO., LTD February 2016 Business partnership with The Moing Picture TAIYO KIKAKU co., ltd. Company (MPC) London Fuze (division for planning and creating contents) TYO Inc. January 2018 Dentsu Creative X Inc. was established Information Services International-Dentsu, Ltd. April 2018 Expansion of head office on 4F ROBOT Communications Inc. and more (Based on the kana syllabary order) Banks Mizuho Bank, Ltd. (Gotanda Branch) Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Limited (Nihombashi Sales Division) Stockholders AOI Pro. Inc. 70% DAINICHI. CO., LTD 30%.

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