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is a Japanese video game developer and a subsidiary of Sega Holdings. ==History== Index Corporation was originally founded on 1 September 1995, as a mobile content service provider and expanded into one of Japan's most successful companies, with acquisitions into several communications and entertainment ventures, including the anime studio Madhouse, game companies Atlus and Interchannel, and major movie studio Nikkatsu. It also made inroads into numerous worldwide ventures, including the United States, United Kingdom and France, where it owned the football club Grenoble Foot 38, which, upon Index's acquisition, achieved promotion to Ligue 1.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Grenoble Foot 38 celebrates the long awaited opening of its new professional soccer stadium, `Stade des Alpes` )〕 Up to 2013, Index Corporation had sold most of its subsidiaries. In June 2013, following investigations for fraud, Index Corporation was forced to file for civil rehabilitation bankruptcy. On November 9 2010, Index Holdings (株式会社インデックス・ホールディングス) announced its renaming to Index Corporation (株式会社インデックス), to be confirmed on the 15th shareholders meeting on 25 November 2010, effective on 1 December 2010.〔(商号変更および定款一部変更に関するお知らせ )〕 On June 27, 2013, following an investigation for fraud,〔http://www.siliconera.com/2013/06/27/atlus-parent-company-files-for-bankruptcy/〕 Index Corporation filed for civil rehabilitation bankruptcy due to a debt consisting of 24.5 billion yen.〔http://www.screwattack.com/news/atlus-parent-company-has-filed-bankruptcy〕〔( Atlus Games' Index Corporation Files for Civil Rehabilitation Bankruptcy )〕〔(民事再生手続開始の申立てに関するお知らせ )〕 On September 18, 2013, it was reported that Sega Sammy Holdings had won a bid to acquire Index for 14 billion yen. Sega Sammy Holdings denied taking over Index Corporation at first,〔( Nikkei: Sega Sammy to Buy Out Atlus Games' Index Corporation )〕 however it announced later that day that Index Corporation would sell the digital game business, contents and solution business, and amusement business to Sega Dream Corporation (株式会社セガドリーム), a subsidiary of Sega Corporation established on 2013-09-05, effective on 2013-11-01. The sales covered fixed assets and intellectual property assets of the announced operations, which included Atlus Holding, Inc. (parent company of Index Digital Media, Inc.), Tiger Mob Limited, Index Corp (Thailand) Ltd., Mobi Town Ltd. However, liabilities including interest-bearing debts would not be taken over.〔〔(株式会社インデックスの事業譲受けに関する契約締結について )〕〔(株式会社インデックスの事業譲受けに関する契約締結について )〕 On November 1, 2013, Sega announced that it will rename its subsidiary, Sega Dream Corporation, to Index Corporation (株式会社 インデックス). On February 18, 2014, Sega and Index Corporation announced the separation of Index Corporation's contents and solution businesses into a new subsidiary under the name 'Index Corporation' (株式会社インデックス), while renaming the 'old' Index Corporation and its remaining digital game business division into 'Atlus' (株式会社アトラス), effective on April 1, 2014. The new Atlus would also include the foreign subsidiary Index Digital Media, Inc., which would be renamed to Atlus U.S.A., Inc. at the effective establishment day of the new Atlus.〔(会社分割（新設分割）及び商号変更に関するお知らせ )〕〔(連結子会社の会社分割（新設分割）及び商号変更に関するお知らせ )〕 On May 28, 2014, Masami Ochiai, Chairman of the former Index Corporation, and his wife Yoshimi Ochiai, president of the company, were arrested by the Tokyo District Public Prosectors Office on suspicion of falsifying stock reports for the company.〔2014-05-28, (インデックス会長らを逮捕 粉飾決算の疑い ), Nikkei〕〔2014-05-28, (Index chairman Ochiai arrested over false earnings report ), Mainichi Shimbun〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Index Corporation」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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