One of Japan’s Largest Rooftop Mega-Solar Projects to Commence Operation

TOKYO, Japan - August 1, 2016 - ORIX Corporation ("ORIX"), a leading integrated financial services group, announced today that it is starting a rooftop mega-solar project, with a capacity of 2.75 MW. The project is one of the largest rooftop mega-solar power generation installed at an individual logistics facility in Japan. ORIX will rent rooftop space at I MISSIONS PARK SAKAI which was jointly developed by Itochu Corporation ("Itochu") and Mapletree Investments Pte Ltd. ("Mapletree").

ORIX's solar power generation business involves its renting the roofs of warehouses, commercial stores, factories, and other facilities owned by its customers, and installing solar power systems on them to generate electricity. I MISSIONS PARK SAKAI is the second logistics facility jointly developed by Itochu and Mapletree, and installed with ORIX's rooftop solar power generation system, followed its predecessor project I MISSIONS PARK NODA(*). Together, these facilities have the capacity for 4.31 MW of solar power.

ORIX is currently developing its rooftop solar power projects across 375 sites with more than 100 MW of capacity secured in Japan (among which, 171 sites with a total of 85 MW of capacity are already in operation).

ORIX will continue to expand rooftop solar power generation at logistics warehouses, commercial stores, and factories, both those already built and those under construction, to increase the added value of those buildings and enhance facility-owners' profitability.

¹ Calculation based on consumption of 3,600 kWh a year per household.
Source: Electricity Statistics Information, The Federation of Electric Power Companies of Japan

■ I MISSIONS PARK SAKAI solar power generation site

(*) Overview of I MISSIONS PARK NODA solar power generation project

² Calculation based on consumption of 3,600 kWh a year per household.
Source: Electricity Statistics Information, The Federation of Electric Power Companies of Japan

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ORIX Corporation
Corporate Planning Department
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About ORIX:
ORIX Corporation (TSE: 8591; NYSE: IX) is a financial services group which provides innovative products and services to its customers by constantly pursuing new businesses. Established in 1964, from its start in the leasing business, ORIX has advanced into neighboring fields and at present has expanded into the lending, investment, life insurance, banking, asset management, automobile-related, real estate and environment and energy-related businesses. Since its first overseas expansion into Hong Kong in 1971, ORIX has spread its business globally by establishing locations in a total of 37 countries and regions across the world. Moving forward, ORIX aims to contribute to society while continuing to capture new business opportunities. For more details, please visit our website: http://www.orix.co.jp/grp/en/

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