News Release

Merger of ORIX Eco Services and Funabashi Eco Services

Apr 01, 2013

TOKYO, Japan - April 1, 2013 - ORIX Eco Services Corporation and Funabashi Eco Services Corporation have announced that they will merge as of today. The merged company will be called ORIX Eco Services Corporation and the president will be Kotaro Maroyama.

ORIX Eco Services was established in 1998 as the ORIX Group's environmental services business division. It provides Regional Recycling Systems for the collection, reuse and recycling of end-of-lease ORIX Group assets, and equipment and facilities no longer needed by companies, as well as other support for proper recycling. Meanwhile, Funabashi Eco Services joined the ORIX Group in 2008, and has been providing industrial waste collection and transportation, and intermediate waste processing services, mainly in Funabashi City, Chiba Prefecture.

The merger announced today is aimed at enhancing services for customers by improving management efficiency and expanding business through the integration of the two companies' business activities.

New Company / ORIX Eco Services Corporation*
Business Activities Trading of recycled metals and other resources, collection and transportation of industrial waste, intermediate waste processing, recycling and related consulting services
Merger Date April 1, 2013
Representative Kotaro Maroyama
Address ORIX Shiba 2-chome Building, 2-14-5 Shiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo
Capital 60 million yen
URL http://www.orix.co.jp/eco/Open Link in New Window(In Japanese)

(*) Because of approvals under Japan’s Waste Management and Public Cleansing Law, Funabashi Eco Services will be the surviving company from the merger and will change its name to ORIX Eco Services Corporation on the merger date.

Company Profiles  (As of March 31, 2013)
Company ORIX Eco Services Corporation Funabashi Eco Services Corporation
Business Activities Waste recycling consultation,
environmental management support services
Industrial waste collection and transportation, intermediate waste processing
Established April 1, 1998 November 6, 2009
Headquarters ORIX Shiba 2-chome Building, 2-14-5 Shiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo 16-1, Nishiura 2-chome, Funabashi-shi, Chiba Prefecture
Representative Yuichi Nishigori Kotaro Maroyama
Capital 400 million yen 60 million yen
Shareholder ORIX Corporation (100%) ORIX Corporation (100%)

Contact Information
ORIX Corporation, Corporate Planning Department
TEL : +81-3-5419-5042 / Fax : +81-3-5419-5901
URL : http://www.orix.co.jp/grp/en/

About ORIX
ORIX Corporation (TSE: 8591; NYSE: IX) is an integrated financial services group based in Tokyo, Japan, providing innovative value-added products and services to both corporate and retail customers. With operations in 28 countries and regions worldwide, ORIX’s activities include corporate financial services, such as leases and loans, as well as automobile operations, rental operations, real estate, life insurance, banking and loan servicing. For more details, please visit our website at:  http://www.orix.co.jp/grp/en/

These documents may contain forward-looking statements about expected future events and financial results that involve risks and uncertainties. Such statements are based on our current expectations and are subject to uncertainties and risks that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause such a difference include, but are not limited to, those described under “Risk Factors” in the Company’s annual report on Form 20-F filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and under “4. Risk Factors” of the “Summary of Consolidated Financial Results” of the “Consolidated Financial Results April 1, 2011– March 31, 2012.”

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