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Advantage Partners, LLP announced on August 6, 2014 that the Fund IV series of funds served by Advantage Partners, LLP reached an agreement to sell United Entertainment Holdings Co., Ltd., the parent company of United Cinemas Co., Ltd. (“UC”), a cinema complex chain, to a special purposes vehicle (Lawson HMV Entertainment United Cinemas Inc.) managed by Lawson HMV Entertainment, Inc. (“Lawson HMV”) , a 100% subsidiary of major convenience store chain, Lawson Inc. (“Lawson”, 2651 TSE ).

About Lawson

• Company Name
  Lawson Inc.
• Representative
  President and CEO
  Genichi Tamatsuka
• Business Description
  Convenience store franchise chain
• Location
  East Tower, Gate City Osaki 11-2, Ohsaki 1-chome, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo Corporate
• Website
  http://www.lawson.co.jp/index.html

About Lawson HMV

• Company Name
  Lawson HMW Entertainment, Inc..
• Representative
  President and Representative Director
  Ken Sakamoto
• Business Description
  Entertainment arm of the Lawson Group Location 6F East Tower, Gate City Osaki 11-2, Ohsaki 1-chome, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo
• Corporate Website
  http://www.lhe.lawson.co.jp/

About UC

• Company Name
  United Cinemas Co., Ltd.
• Representative
  President and Representative Director
  Yoshihiko Muto
• Business Description
  Cinema complex chain operator
• Location
  Izumi Akasaka Building 2-22-24, Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo
• Corporate Website
  http://www.unitedcinemas.jp/index.html

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