FCE ＜9564＞ announced on the 17th that it will absorb and merge its subsidiary FCE Process & Technology (hereinafter PAT). Note that the merger will be a simple absorption merger targeting wholly owned subsidiaries.

Starting last year, FCE began considering dissolving the pure holding company structure through methods such as mergers and acquisitions of its subsidiaries FCE Education (scheduled to be absorbed and merged on 2024/7/1), FCE Training Company (2024/4/4/1), PAT, FCE Publishing (2024/1/1 merger), and Dining Edge International (2023/11/1 merger) around the middle of the 2024/9 fiscal year . It was decided to absorb and merge PAT, which is a subsidiary of the company and sells “RPA Robo-Pat DX,” with the aim of further promoting growth strategies and improving the efficiency of management resources by advancing a group-integrated management system.

Merger resolution The Board of Directors will meet on 2024/6/17, the merger agreement will be signed on 2024/6/17, and the merger date (effective date) will be 2024/8/1.