Parent company information

Maruwa Co Ld
08 June 2007

                                                                     8 June 2007

MARUWA CO., LTD.

3-83 Minamihonjigahara-cho, Owariasahi-city, Aichi-pref., 488-0044 JAPAN


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                           Parent Company Information



1. Corporate name and other matters of parent company of MARUWA CO., LTD.
('MARUWA')
Parent company       Attribute                    Ratio of shareholder voting Stock exchange on which the
                                                  right held by the parent    shares the parent company
                                                  company                     issues are listed
K Maruwa Co., Ltd.   In case the listed company             30.51%                       None
('K Maruwa')         is a related company of
                     other companies, one of such
                     other companies



2. Position of the listed company in the corporate group, and relationships
between the parent company and other companies in the group in trading,
personnel and capital

i) Additional posts of the directors
Position                   Name             Position at the parent company  Reason
Representative director    Sei Kanbe        Representative director of      Requested by the parent
                                            K Maruwa                        company
Auditor                    Koji Chujo       Auditor                         Requested by the parent
                                                                            company

Only 2 persons listed above out of the 5 directors and 3 auditors of MARUWA have
additional posts at the parent company.



ii) Restrictions, risks and merits concerning the parent company due to the
belonging to the group which includes the parent company, and influences to
management and operation concerning relationships with the parent company and
the other companies of the group in trading, personnel and capital.

  There is no connection between the business operations of MARUWA group and the
business of K Maruwa Co., Ltd, which mainly engages in the supportive activities
for a foundation for promoting arts and culture, and loan business on real
property while there were the transaction of fixed assets and a rent payment
between MARUWA and K Maruwa for the fiscal 2007 (1 April 2006 - 31 March 2007).



iii) Policy to ensure stable independency and measures for it if there is any
restrictions, risks and merits concerning the parent company due to the
belonging to the group which includes the parent company, and influences to
management and operation concerning relationships with the parent company and
the other companies of the group in trading, personnel and capital.

  The situation that the directors of MARUWA have additional positions at K
Maruwa does not prevent our management from being independent.  The trading with
K Maruwa gives no influence to our operations.



iv) Conditions to ensure stable independence from the parent company

The independence of MARUWA is secured without any operational restrictions by K
Maruwa.



3. Trading with the parent company

  There was no significant transaction between MARUWA and K Maruwa.

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