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Aegis Group plc today is expected to make known the acquisition of 75 percent of Strategic Planners International, an independent media specialist.
The Tokyo-based company will be renamed Carat SPI Ltd. and become part of Group Carat BV, a subsidiary of Britain-based Aegis that is located in the Netherlands. Carat SPI be-comes the thirteenth Carat office in Asia, after locations such as Hong Kong, Beijing and Singapore.
SPI was founded in 1995 by executives formerly with Bates Japan, including Kim Walker, Tsuneo Honda and Akira Murayama.
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