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Unicom Group Holdings Inc & Cluster Investment	Update Date: 12/07/08
Date Announced: 11/20/08
Value (million $USD): 1.1 million U.S. Dollar 102.0 million Japanese Yen

Status: Completed

TRANSACTION DETAILS
Date Announced	11/20/08
Date Originally Announced	11/26/08
Format	Acq. Part. Int.	Acquisition techniques	Open Market Purchase; Financial Acquiror
Attitude	Friendly	Agency	n/a
Value	1.1 million U.S. Dollar 102.0 million Japanese Yen	Advisor Fees	n/a

SYNOPSIS
JAPAN - Cluster Investment raised its stake to 11.29% from 7.96%, by acquiring 3.33% stake, or 0.4 mil ordinary shares outstanding, in Unicom Group Holdings Inc, a commodity broker, for 255 Japanese yen ($ 2.711 US) in cash per share, or a total value of 102 mil yen ($ 1.085 mil), in a open market transaction.

TARGET
Name	Unicom Group Holdings Inc (Jasdaq : 8744)
Industries	Offices of holding companies, nec
City	Tokyo
State	n/a
Nation	Japan
Incorporated in	n/a
Public Status	Public
Business Description	Unicom Group Holdings Inc, formerly known as Nihon Unicom Corp, is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. The Group's principal activity is the trading of commodity futures as a broker and dealer at seven commodity exchanges in Japan. It handles agricultural products, precious metals, petroleum and rubber and other commodities, option transactions, overseas funds and currency margin trading. The company was founded in 1958.
Advisors	NULL
Target Sales	122.9 million U.S. Dollar 12.28 billion Japanese Yen

ACQUIROR
Name	Cluster Investment
Industries	Management consulting services
City	Chuo-Ku, Tokyo
State	n/a
Nation	Japan
Incorporated in	n/a
Public Status	Private
Business Description	Cluster Investment, headquartered in Tokyo, provides consulting services.
Advisors	NULL
Acquiror Sales	n/a

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