Komori
Business alliance8698Monex Group,Inc.Financials (excluding banks)

Notice Regarding KDDI Corporation’s Equity Investment in Coincheck Group N.V. and Business Alliance Between Coincheck, Inc. and KDDI Corporation

KDDI will subscribe to newly issued shares of Coincheck Group N.V. and hold a 14.9% stake, establishing a capital relationship. In addition, Coincheck and KDDI will collaborate to expand digital asset services across the au ecosystem and develop a non-custodial wallet business through a joint company.

Worth reading
65In focus
0–100. This measures how worthwhile something is to read, not how good or bad the company is.
Direction
Improvement
Direction inferred from the company’s description.
Scale
65063256.48
Dollar
Wording
Conditional
How definitive the wording is.

Agreements reached under this partnership

Capital and Business Alliance
8698Monex Group,Inc.
Alliance partnerKDDI Corporation
Details of the alliance
  1. 1

    Create opportunities for more users to access digital assets in their daily lives through various services within the au ecosystem

  2. 2

    Link with services such as au Jibun Bank and Ponta points

  3. 3

    Establish a new company, au Coincheck Digital Assets Co., Ltd., together with KDDI and au Financial Holdings

  4. 4

    Promote the non-custodial wallet business

These are items that the documents state the two companies will work on. The lines above and below represent arrangements between the two companies.

Capital and personnel relationships

This indicates whether the companies will do more than work together, such as holding each other’s shares or seconding personnel (capital and business alliance).

14.90%Our ownership stake in the partner’s shares
Number of shares acquired28,536,516 shares (14.9% voting rights ownership)
Acquisition price$65,063,256.48
Ownership ratioKDDI (50.1%), Coincheck (40.0%), au Financial Holdings (9.9%)
Overview of the joint ventureName au Coincheck Digital Assets Co., Ltd. / Location Minato-ku, Tokyo / Business Description Planning, development and operation of non-custodial wallets and digital finance-related services / Capital Contributions ¥100 million / Ownership ratio KDDI (50.1%), Coincheck (40.0%), au Financial Holdings (9.9%)
About the partner
Business DescriptionTelecommunications business
LocationShinjuku-ku, Tokyo
Share capital¥141.852 billion (as of 31 March 2025)
Net Sales¥5.835525 trillion (fiscal year ended March 2025)
Operating profit¥1.087468 trillion (fiscal year ended March 2025)
Impact on Business Performance

The impact of this transaction on the Company's consolidated results for the fiscal year ending March 2027 will be immaterial.

Date of board resolution11 May 2026 (CCG), 12 May 2026 (Coincheck)Contract Date12 May 2026Alliance start date12 May 2026Share Acquisition Date and Payment DateJune 2026 (scheduled)
Agreements reached under this partnership
ItemDetails
Name of alliance partnerKDDI Corporation
Alliance partner's business activitiesTelecommunications business
Alliance partner's locationShinjuku-ku, Tokyo
Alliance partner's capital¥141.852 billion (as of 31 March 2025)
Alliance partner's net sales¥5.835525 trillion (fiscal year ended March 2025)
Alliance partner's operating income¥1.087468 trillion (fiscal year ended March 2025)
Type of allianceCapital and Business Alliance
Details of the allianceCreate opportunities for more users to access digital assets in their daily lives through various services within the au ecosystem, Link with services such as au Jibun Bank and Ponta points, Establish a new company, au Coincheck Digital Assets Co., Ltd., together with KDDI and au Financial Holdings, Promote the non-custodial wallet business
Number of shares acquired28,536,516 shares (14.9% voting rights ownership)
Acquisition price$65,063,256.48
Shareholding ratioNot disclosed → 14.9%
Overview of the joint ventureName au Coincheck Digital Assets Co., Ltd. / Location Minato-ku, Tokyo / Business Description Planning, development and operation of non-custodial wallets and digital finance-related services / Capital Contributions ¥100 million / Ownership ratio KDDI (50.1%), Coincheck (40.0%), au Financial Holdings (9.9%)
Ownership ratioKDDI (50.1%), Coincheck (40.0%), au Financial Holdings (9.9%)
Date of board resolution11 May 2026 (CCG), 12 May 2026 (Coincheck)
Contract Date12 May 2026
Alliance start date12 May 2026
Share Acquisition Date and Payment DateJune 2026 (scheduled)
Impact on Business PerformanceThe impact of this transaction on the Company's consolidated results for the fiscal year ending March 2027 will be immaterial.
Items this document does not state (5)
Dispatch of directors and officersContract PeriodNumerical targets under the allianceShareholding PolicyChange in major shareholders

These are items the company does not state in this document. We do not leave them blank, nor fill them in from other sources or by inference.

The reasons the company gives

The company's own explanation, not something inferred from the numbers.

To leverage KDDI's customer base of more than 30 million people, strengthen CCG's financial flexibility, and work with KDDI to expand Japan's digital asset market.

How to read this page

This is not the documentKomori reads the disclosure the company filed and writes this summary. Figures are as stated by the company and are not audited.
Weight is not a verdictIt measures how much this changes what the company had already told the market. It is not a view on the shares.
Corrections happenIf the company reissues this disclosure, the page is rebuilt from the corrected version and the revision number moves up.
Notice Regarding KDDI Corporation’s Equity Investment in Coincheck Group N.V. and Business Alliance Between Coincheck, Inc. and KDDI Corporation | Monex Group,Inc. (8698) timely disclosure | Komori