News Release
Mitsubishi Estate February 22, 2001


Transfer of Fixed Assets Announced


Mitsubishi Estate Co., Ltd. announced today that, in accordance with a decision made in the board of directors meeting held earlier in the day, the Mitsubishi Soken Building in Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, is to be placed into a trust and the real estate trust beneficiary certificate issued be transferred to MRB Investment, established on March 1, 2001 for the purpose of liquidating assets. The transfer takes place as part of asset liquidation in the reorganization of company’s asset portfolio for the purpose of expediting redevelopment of the Marunouchi District. Details of the transfer are as follows.

 
Building Location: 2-3-6, Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Land Area: 3,441 square meters (including roadway area to be built under city planning)
Building Type: Steel-framed reinforced-concrete,15 floors aboveground/two floors underground
Building Floor Space: 26,675 square meters
Construction Completed: July 1970
Transfer Price: 27,261 million yen
Profit from Transfer: 21,173 million yen
Buyer: MRB Investment Co., Ltd., Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Representative Director: Kenichi Nakagawa
Trustee: Sumitomo Trust & Banking Co., Ltd.
 
Gain from the transfer will be posted as extraordinary profit in the financial statements for the term ending March 2001. The gain was factored into the company’s projected business results (non-consolidated and consolidated) announced November 22, 2000.