■Current trade name and name after the change

Current name: HDE, Inc.
Name after the change: HENNGE K.K.

■Planned date of the change

February 1st, 2019
* If the change is approved at the annual general meeting of shareholders to be held on December 25th, 2018, we plan to change our trade name on February 1st, 2019.

■About the new trade name

The Japanese word hennge refers to the transformation and subsequent appearance of a person, animal, god, or Buddha. The word also refers to various other types of changes in appearance. In these turbulent times, we want to use ever-evolving technologies as a tool to enjoy helping people facing the challenges of all kinds of changes without fearing those changes ourselves. As an IT company born in Japan, we want to bring excitement to the world. We have chosen to call our company "HENNGE" as a symbol of our commitment. The new company name denotes transformation, changes, and the resulting challenges.

■New logo

■About the new logo

The new logo's design combines the letter H (the first letter of HENNGE) with the shape of a change-triggering big bang as it expands. The logo was designed by positioning four circles to the top, bottom, left, and right so that they touch each other and then taking the central circular portion. The logo expresses our resolve and wish to extend our reach from the center of the circle (Japan) to the continents of the world in order to build a relationship (GOEN) ― five (GO) circles (EN) ― with everyone there.

■About our website

We plan to change our URL in line with the change in our trade name.
・Before the change: https://www.hde.co.jp/
・After the change：https://www.hennge.com/

■About our website

We also plan to change the following service names along with the change in our trade name:
・HDE One-> HENNGE One
・HDE OTP Generator -> HENNGE OTP Generator
・HDE Secure Browser-> HENNGE Secure Browser

About HDE, Inc.

Guided by the philosophy of the liberation of technology, we pursue independent technologies as well as new technologies suitable for the times in order to develop services that bridge the gap between technology and reality ahead of other companies.
Trade name: HDE, Inc.
Representative Director & Chief Executive Officer: Kazuhiro Ogura
URL: https://www.hde.co.jp/

Contact information for inquiries concerning this press release

HDE, Inc.
Corporate Communication Office Division
Person in charge: Yuya Yamamoto
Tel：03-6415-3660