COMPANY PROFILE

HISTORY
 

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

   

2007/06

Core Standard established by Index Holdings

   

2007/04

IndexCreate established by Index Holdings and the Promise Group

   

2007/03

ZINGA established by Index Holdings and Cybozu

   

2006/12

Susumu Tsubaki becomes President of Index Holdings

   

2006/11

Gaming company ATLUS becomes an Index Holdings subsidiary

   

2006/09

TechIndex Corporation is established following the merger of Index Solutions Corporation and Three-A-Systems Co., Ltd.

   

2006/08

Interchannel-Holon Inc. is established following the merger of Interchannel, Ltd. and Holon

   

2006/06

Index becomes a holding company. Company name changes to Index Holdings

   

2006/04

Index Music, a music production and sales company, is established

   

2006/03

Wonderphone, a leading mobile video distribution company, is acquired by Index Multimedia, a European based Index Group company

   

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

   

2005/10

Index Global Rights Management Corporation (IGR), a joint venture company between Sojitz Corporation and Index, is established

   

2005/09

Nikkatsu Corporation movie studios becomes an Index subsidiary

T2i Entertainment Co., Ltd, a joint venture between TAKARATOMY and Index, is established

   

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

2006 FIFA World Cup (TM) video image distribution rights are secured for domestic use via the Internet and mobile handsets in Japan

   

2005/04

Mercuro Inc., a join venture company between Index and Fuji Television Network, Inc., is established

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

   

2005/01

GEO-BB, a joint venture between Index and GEO Co., Ltd., is established

   

2004/12

123 Multimedia (now Index Multimedia), a European based Index subsidiary, is listed on the Euronext

IMAGICA Corp., an Index Group company, forms a capital alliance with TOYO COMMUNICATIONS

Index invests in Yarosa Entertainment B.V. (Holland)

   

2004/11

Gakken Index, a joint venture between Gakken Co., Ltd., and Index, is established

TeMo Inc., a joint company between Index and 5 Tokyo based television broadcasting stations, is established

Index forms a capital alliance with THREE-A SYSTEMS Co., Ltd., a consolidated subsidiary of Gakken Co., Ltd.

   

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

Business alliance formed with eBANK Corporation, a specialized online bank, to offer mobile services

   

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

Honda Electron Co., Ltd. (now Net Index) becomes an Index subsidiary

   

2004/03

NEC Interchannel, Ltd. (now Interchannel-Holon) becomes an Index subsidiary

   

2004/02

Connect Technologies Corporation, an Index affiliate, is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Mothers market

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"

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

An agreement is reached with Disney to deliver mobile content in the Chinese market

   

2003/08

Index makes a third party allocation of new stocks worth 2.3 billion yen to companies including Mitsubishi Corporation and Takara Corp.

   

2003/07

Index invests in Gakken Co.

   

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

gBowlingual,h 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.

   

2001/11

China Index/Xiamen Index Information Technology is established

   

2001/09

Streaming Media Communications (now TechIndex Corporation) becomes an Index subsidiary

   

2001/05

Magazine publisher, Nouvelle gout Corporation (now Index Communications) is established

   

2001/03

Head office is moved to Carrot Tower, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo

Index is listed on JASDAQ (code: 4835)

   

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

   

2000/05

Connect Corporation (now Connect Technologies Corporation), developer of Java-compliant application software, is established

   

2000/03

USA Index Corporation (Los Angeles), is acquired by Index

   

1999/02

NTT DoCoMo starts i-mode: Index launches gThe God of Loveh

   

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