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SBI HOLDINGS, INC.

(Incorporated in Japan with limited liability)

(Stock code: 6488) OVERSEAS REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENT

This announcement is made pursuant to Rules 13.10B of the Rules Governing the Listing of
Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited.

Please refer to the attached copy of the Announcement.

On behalf of the Board

SBI Holdings, Inc. Yoshitaka Kitao

Representative Director,

President & Chief Executive Officer

Japan, 24 April 2014

As of the date of this announcement, the executive Directors are Mr. Yoshitaka Kitao, Mr. Takashi Nakagawa, Mr. Tomoya Asakura, Mr. Shumpei Morita and Mr. Peilung Li, the non-executive Directors are Mr. Masato Takamura, Mr. Hiroshi Tasaka and Mr. Teruhide Sato and the independent non-executive Directors are Mr. Masaki Yoshida, Mr. Kiyoshi Nagano, Mr. Keiji Watanabe, Mr. Akihiro Tamaki and Mr. Masanao Marumono.

24 April 2014
SBI Holdings, Inc. (TOKYO: 8473 / Hong Kong: 6488)

Resignation of Executive Director

SBI Holdings, Inc. (hereinafter the "Company") hereby announces that Mr. Taro Izuchi, Director, Senior Executive Vice President and COO of the Company, has passed away and resigned from Director on 16 April 2014.
1. Name
Taro Izuchi
2. Date of Birth
22 March 1957 (passed away at the age of 57)
3. Date of Demise
16 April 2014
4. Cause of Death
Brain tumor
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