Telerent Leasing Corporation Launches New Healthcare Equipment Finance Division:

(April 2, 2007) Telerent Leasing Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of ITOCHU International Inc., announced the formation of its TLC HealthCare Finance division to provide equipment acquisition financing services to the healthcare marketplace. TLC HealthCare Finance will complement Telerent"s existing financing and healthcare businesses. Telerent maintains a strong presence with hospitals through TeleHealth Services, the largest provider of televisions and communications systems to U.S. hospitals.

Based in Freehold, New Jersey, TLC HealthCare Finance provides various equipment financing programs to include equipment leasing, rental programs, software, and systems financing to physicians, medical practices, imaging centers, ambulatory surgery centers, extended care facilities and hospital customers throughout the U.S. TLC HealthCare Finance has broad flexibility to customize programs for particular needs of clients, and to establish private-label financing programs with selected vendors.

George Fleming, CEO of Telerent Leasing Corporation commented, "TLC HealthCare Finance builds on Telerent"s 50 years of providing financial services to the U.S. hospitality and healthcare industries. We have chosen the leadership team for this division on the basis of their experience in healthcare, their customer commitment, and their creativity in meeting customer requirements. TLC HealthCare Finance allows us to serve our traditional hospital customers with a new assortment of financial services, and to reach new customers providing critical healthcare services such as diagnostic imaging."

TLC HealthCare Finance provides healthcare financing programs with a focus on digital imaging and archiving systems in physician offices, medical practices, imaging centers, ambulatory surgery centers, extended care facilities and hospital customers throughout the U.S. It is a division of Telerent Leasing Corporation.

TeleHealth Services is the nation"s leading provider of integrated display solutions for the healthcare market: bedside internet access, patient and staff video-on-demand education systems, hospital-grade televisions and accessories, education and entertainment content, and design, installation, maintenance and financing services. It is a division of Telerent Leasing Corporation, which has been headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina, since its founding in 1957. Telerent itself is a wholly-owned subsidiary of ITOCHU International, Inc., a U.S. company based in New York City.