Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank, Limited (DKB) was established in 1971 from the merger of the Dai-Ichi Bank, Ltd. and the Nippon Kangyo Bank, Ltd., and is one of Japan's leading banking institutions with a strong position in domestic retail and corporate markets. DKB has a client base consisting of approximately twelve million individuals and 100,000 business enterprises in Japan. The bank provides a broad range of commercial and investment banking services through its domestic network of 315 branches, 37 sub-branches and five agencies, 17 overseas offices, two sub-offices and 15 representative offices as well as 50 consolidated subsidiaries. Loan interest income accounted for 57% of fiscal 2000 revenues; other interest income, 23% and non-interest income, 20%. In September 2000 the bank is to form a comprehensive financial group, Mizuho Financial Group, together with Fuji Bank, Ltd.(C392B0590) and Industrial Bank of Japan, Ltd.(C392B0120) by setting up a holding company, Mizuho Holdings, Inc.