A 2017 announcement that Tradeworks, a Japanese goods company, had signed a Pokémon licence with ShoPro for a line of travel goods

How it’s built

1. Read from the listed parent company's release, dated 22 February 2017, which names ShoPro as the licence counterparty and does not name TPC.

What we assumed

Nothing. The figure is used as published.

Sanity check

It is one of only two Japanese licensees found naming a counterparty; the other, Takara Tomy, also names ShoPro in its securities filings.

Where it comes from

The line in the source

株式会社トレードワークスは、株式会社小学館集英社プロダクション（本社:東京都千代田区）とライセンス契約を締結し、人気キャラクター「ポケットモンスター」がデザインされたトラベル雑貨製品「gowell」の販売を開始する

In English

Listed-company release naming ShoPro as the licence counterparty; names no TPC. Note 2017, not current; release body © line is in a PDF attachment not read.