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SBI HOLDINGS, INC. (Incorporated in Japan with limited liability) (Stock code: 6488) Date of Board Meeting

The board of directors (the "Board") of SBI Holdings, Inc. (the "Company") hereby announces that a meeting of the Board of the Company will be held on Wednesday, 5 February 2014 at
10:00 a.m. (Japan time) / 9:00 a.m. (Hong Kong time) at Izumi Garden Tower 20th Floor, 1-6-1, Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan for the purpose of considering and approving the quarterly results of the Company for nine months ended 31 December 2013 and transacting any other business.
On behalf of the Board SBI Holdings, Inc. Yoshitaka Kitao Representative Director,
President & Chief Executive Officer
Japan, 21 January 2014
As of the date of this announcement, the executive Directors are Mr Yoshitaka Kitao, Mr Taro Izuchi, Mr Takashi Nakagawa, Mr Tomoya Asakura, Mr Shumpei Morita, Mr Noriaki Maruyama 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.

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