Monex : Notice of the Year-end Dividend for the Fiscal Year Ending March 31, 2018

Notice of the Year-end Dividend for the Fiscal Year Ending March 31, 2018

TOKYO, May 22, 2018 - Monex Group, Inc. ("the Company") announces that the following payment of dividends for the Fiscal Year Ending March 31, 2018 was resloved at the Board of Directors meeting in accordance with Article 47 of the Articles of Incorporation.

1.Particulars of dividend

Dividend results per share

2. Background

The Company calculated the year-end dividends for FYE March 31, 2018 in consideration of share buyback and interim dividend during this fiscal year, with a target of a 100% total return ratio* as a percentage of net income attributable to owners of the Company. As a result, the total return ratio of this fiscal year is 100.3%.

We have revised the shareholder distribution policy and changed the total return ratio to target at 75% on a multi-year basis, Please refer to our press release "Revision of Shareholder Distribution Policy" dated on April 26, 2018.

* Total return ratio = (total dividends paid + total amount of share buyback) /net income attributable to owners of the Company

This material is an English translation of a Japanese announcement made on the date above. Although the Company intended to faithfully translate the Japanese document into English, the accuracy and correctness of this English translation is not guaranteed and thus you are encouraged to refer to the original Japanese document. This translation was made as a matter of record only and does not constitute an offer to sell or to solicit an offer to buy securities in the U.S.