Marubeni Corporation

May 25, 2012

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Marubeni Corporation Company Summary

Founded in 1858, Marubeni Corporation (TSE: 8002) is one of the largest Japanese trading companies. The company's operations encompass domestic, import/export, offshore trade and investment activities ranging from the development of natural resources to the retail marketing of finished products. The company conducts these operations through a worldwide business network of 124 offices in 74 countries. For the year ended 31 March 2005, Marubeni's consolidated gross sales were US$74.2 billion with net profit of US$385 million.

COMPANY DATA

	Headquarters	1-4-2, Ohtemachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8088 JAPAN

	Telephone	+81-3-3282-2111

	President	Nobuo Katsumata

	Principal Sector	Int'l Trade

	Principal Industry	Foods

	Established	1949

	Listed	1949

	Sales	JPY 7,905.6 Bn (March 2004)

	Employees	2,643

	Homepage	www.marubeni.com

Key Developments: Marubeni Corporation

	Australian Bauxite Limited (ASX:ABZ) Announce 28 Metre Thick High Grade Bauxite Discovered at Taralga, NSW JAN 30, 2012 08:37 - Article Views: 799 Emerging bauxite exploration and development company, Australian Bauxite Limited (ASX:ABZ) has received laboratory results from its December 2011 drilling campaign at Taralga near Goulburn, southern NSW. Results from hole TG626 at Mt Rae and several nearby holes confirmed the discovery of the company's thickest high-grade bauxite intersection - possibly one of the thickest bauxite intersections in Australia.

	Asian Activities Report for January 18, 2012: DeNA (TYO:2432) Works with NetDragon Websoft (HKG:0777) to Develop Mobile Social Games for the Chinese Market JAN 18, 2012 12:00 - Article Views: 1,486 Asian Activities Report for January 18, 2012 includes: DeNA Co., Ltd. (TYO:2432), Japan's leading social gaming platform operator, and NetDragon Websoft Inc. (HKG:0777), a leading online game developer and mobile internet platform operator in China, have agreed to form a joint venture in the first quarter of 2012 to develop and operate mobile social games for the Chinese market; Mitsubishi Materials Corporation (TYO:5711), Furukawa Co., Ltd. (TYO:5715), Dowa Holdings Co.,Ltd. (TYO:5714), and Marubeni Corporation (TYO:8002) have announced the extended mine of life for their jointly invested Huckleberry copper project in Canada; Goldwin Inc. (TYO:8111), Japan-based manufacturer of highest quality authentic sportswear and equipment says that it will invest 1,800,000 Swiss Franc to establish a wholly-owned subsidiary in Switzerland.

	Asian Activities Report for January 5, 2012: Titans (HKG:2188) Won Outstanding Contribution Enterprise Award 2011 in Zhuhai, China JAN 5, 2012 13:00 - Article Views: 1,428 Asian Activities Report for January 5, 2012 includes: China Titans Energy Technology Group (HKG:2188) says that its subsidiary Zhuhai Titans Automatic Technology has received an Outstanding Contribution Enterprise Award from the local government of Hengqin New Area, Zhuhai City, China; CK Life Sciences (HKG:0775) has signed an agreement to acquire Australia-based Peaty Trading Group and its related assets for approximately A$31 million; Marubeni Corporation (TYO:8002) says that its subsidiary Marubeni Access is now providing international IP-VPN service, named VECTANT Global IP-VPN to Japanese companies' overseas subsidiaries; Toray Industries Inc. (TYO:3402) has restructured its research and development bases in Shanghai and Nantong, China.

	Asian Activities Report for December 15, 2011: DeNA (TYO:2432) and Alibaba Cloud Computing to Form Strategic Alliance in China DEC 15, 2011 11:00 - Article Views: 1,201 Asian Activities Report for December 15, 2011 includes: DeNA Co., Ltd. (TYO:2432) has agreed to form a strategic alliance with Alibaba Cloud Computing to provide DeNA's Mobage social gaming platform to consumers and developers in China; Marubeni Corporation (TYO:8002) has agreed to acquire a 40% equity interest in APT Allgas Energy Pty Ltd; Japan Airlines and WestJet Airlines (TSE:WJA), a low-cost airline in Canada have signed a codeshare agreement which will place the "JL" flight indicator on WestJet-operated flights between Vancouver And six Canadian cities - Calgary, Edmonton, Kelowna, Montreal, Toronto and Winnipeg, from December 15, 2011; Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd. (TYO:4005) and Nabaltec AG (ETR:NTG) of Germany have been in discussions about collaborating on their Alumina and Aluminum Trihydroxide businesses.

	Australian Bauxite Limited (ASX:ABZ) Radio Interview - High Grade Bauxite Resource and Strategic MOU with Marubeni (TYO:8002) OCT 17, 2011 10:45 - Article Views: 994 Australian Bauxite Limited (ASX:ABZ) advises that it has released a webcast with CEO Ian Levy.

	Australian Bauxite Limited (ASX:ABZ) Concludes Memorandum of Understanding with Marubeni Corporation (TYO:8002) for Goulburn-Taralga Bauxite Project Pre-Feasibility Study OCT 6, 2011 09:14 - Article Views: 1,104 Australian Bauxite Limited (ASX:ABZ) (ABx) and Marubeni Corporation (TYO:8002) (Marubeni) have concluded a Memorandum of Understanding to jointly conduct a pre-feasibility study in relation to the Goulburn-Taralga bauxite project located in New South Wales, Australia.

	Australian Market Report of June 24, 2010 JUNE 24, 2010 09:30 - Article Views: 3,865 Australian shares fell for a second straight session on Thursday as investors were disappointed with the US existing home sales data and not expecting any inspiring results from new home sales. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index lost 72.2 points, or 1.6 per cent, to 4486.1 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index was off 71.9 points, or 1.6 per cent, at 4509.4.

	Alinta Energy (ASX:AEJ) Received a Number of Bids JUNE 23, 2010 15:10 - Article Views: 3,762 Alinta Energy Group (ASX:AEJ), formerly known as Babcock & Brown Power, said it has received a number of indicative, non-binding, confidential bids while the power generator is in the process of the restructure of its finance facilities. These bids include bids for both whole of business and parts of the business.

	Asian Markets Overview of February 10 FEB 10, 2010 13:30 - Article Views: 4,392 Asian shares are expected to remain rising after a rebound in most markets yesterday. On Tuesday China's Shanghai Composite rose 0.5%, Taiwan's Taiex surged 2% and South Korea's Kospi added 1.1%. Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index gained 1.2% spurred by Swiss banking major UBS's return to profit.

	Asian Markets Report of December 11 DEC 11, 2009 13:30 - Article Views: 5,762 Asian stocks mostly Friday moved higher at opening after the strong economic figures from the US boosted investor confidence. Today the focus will be on a series of economic data of China. The nation's key official figures on industrial production, CPI, and retail sales are due out later in the day.