Seiwa Holdings Inc. (Headquarters: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture, Representative Director: Yuta Nomiyama, hereinafter "the Company"), a business succession platform specializing in the manufacturing industry that continuously conducts M&A for SMEs lacking successors and enhances value through its unique mechanisms, has completed the business succession of Oba Painting Industry Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture, Representative Director: Ryoichi Oba, hereinafter "Oba Painting Industry"). Oba Painting Industry Co., Ltd. (Factory: Fukuroi City, Shizuoka Prefecture) Background and Objectives One of the main businesses of our group is surface treatment of metal products, primarily cation electrodeposition coating and electroplating, supplying products to a wide range of fields such as semiconductor manufacturing equipment, automobiles, and machine tools. Oba Painting Industry Co., Ltd., based in Shizuoka Prefecture, is a specialized manufacturer of metal product painting and assembly that handles a variety of painting technologies in-house, including cation electrodeposition coating, electrostatic coating, powder coating, and heat-resistant coating. While the company has a stable customer base for four-wheel, two-wheel, home appliance, and general-purpose parts, it faced the challenge of lacking a successor. Under our group's business succession platform, we will inherit its technology and employment, aiming for the continuation and further development of its business. Expected Synergies By welcoming Oba Painting Industry into our group, we anticipate the following synergies: Cation electrodeposition coating, like electroplating, is a surface treatment technology that utilizes electricity. There are many commonalities in quality control and production management. By integrating the company into our group, we can share improvement know-how between both businesses, enhancing technical capabilities and profitability. By combining electro-galvanizin