History | Index Holdings

2009/03	Capital increase of 4.0 billion yen through private placement of shares to Ochiai Associates K. K. and 5.0 billion yen to be raised via a subsidiary’s capital increase through private placement
2008/09	Business alliance established with Saudi Arabian investment company Basil Holding.
2008/08	French professional football team Grenoble Foot 38 promoted to French Ligue 1.
2008/02	Index Holding makes a third party allocation of shares worth 2.5 billion yen to TOMY COMPANY,LTD.
2007/11	Masami Ochiai becomes Chairman & President of Index Holdings
2007/06	Index Holdings subsidiary NetIndex publicly lists shares on the Jasdaq Securities Exchange
2006/12	Susumu Tsubaki becomes President of Index Holdings
2006/11	Gaming company ATLUS becomes an Index Holdings subsidiary	[134kb]
2006/06	Index becomes a holding company. Company name changes to Index Holdings
2006/03	Wonderphone, a leading mobile video distribution company, is acquired by Index Multimedia, a European based Index Group company	[143kb]
2005/12	Index makes a third party allocation of shares worth 18.6 billion yen to 14 companies including Promise Co., Ltd., Hakuhodo Inc., and TV Tokyo
2005/06	WAM CHINA, a leading mobile content provider with exclusive media ties in the Chinese market, becomes an Index subsidiary
2005/05	Index makes a third party allocation of shares worth 20.5 billion yen to 7 companies, including key Tokyo based commercial broadcasting networks
2005/04	A capital alliance is formed with the leading toy manufacturer Takara Co., Ltd.
2005/03	Skyinfo Telecom Technology Co., Ltd, one of the largest mobile content providers in China, becomes an Index subsidiary
2005/03	123 Multimedia (now Index Multimedia), a European based Index subsidiary, is listed on the Euronext
2004/11	Gakken Index, a joint venture between Gakken Co., Ltd., and Index, is established
2004/11	TeMo Inc., a joint company between Index and 5 Tokyo based television broadcasting stations, is established
2004/10	Index forms a business alliance with Grenoble City in France, and makes a capital investment in the city's professional football team, GRENOBLE FOOT 38
2004/08	123 Multimedia (now Index Multimedia), one of the largest European mobile content providers, becomes an Index subsidiary
2004/06	Index Okinawa Corporation, a joint venture between Index, Okinawa Electric Power Company, Inc., and three Okinawa based broadcasting stations, is established
2004/06	Honda Electron Co., Ltd. (now Net Index) becomes an Index subsidiary
2004/02	Index launches a consulting business for certification and protection of personal information on mobile sites in partnership with Japan Engineer Federation, an operator of "TRUSTe"
2004/02	MADHOUSE Ltd. becomes an Index subsidiary
2004/01	Haiku (France), and Mobliss (USA), two leading mobile content companies, become Index subsidiaries
2003/10	Index develops Bowlingual for use on Vodafone
2003/08	Index makes a third party allocation of new stocks worth 2.3 billion yen to companies including Mitsubishi Corporation and Takara Corp.	[35kb]
2003/04	Index is selected as a J-Stock on the JASDAQ market
2003/02	Index makes a third party allocation of new stocks worth 400 million yen to Dentsu Inc. and NEC Corporation
2002/12	Masami Ochiai becomes Chairman. Yoshimi Ogawa becomes President
2002/09	“Bowlingual,” a dog language interpreting device, is released with Takara Corp.
2002/06	Index makes a third party allocation of new stocks worth 1.2 billion yen to 10 companies including Fuji Television Network, TV Asahi Corporation, Panasonic Mobile Communications, Daiichikosho Co., and Toei Co.
2001/03	Head office is moved to Carrot Tower, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo
2000/08	Index makes a third party allocation of new stocks worth 1.1 billion yen to 13 companies including Mitsubishi Corporation, Fuji Television Network, TV Asahi Corporation, and Takara Corporation Head office is moved to Meguro-ku, Tokyo
1999/02	NTT DoCoMo starts i-mode: Index launches “The God of Love”
1997/10	Index enters the content business, targeting mobile phone terminals
1997/09	Company name changes officially to Index Corporation
1995/09	Index is founded in Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo