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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 Rule 13.10B of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The
Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited.

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On behalf of the Board SBI Holdings, Inc. Yoshitaka Kitao Representative Director,

President & Chief Executive Officer

Japan, 27 December 2013

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.

27 December 2013
SBI Holdings, Inc. (TOKYO: 8473 / Hong Kong: 6488)

Notice on Approval for the New Listing of Acucela, a Portfolio Company of the SBI Group's Fund, on the Mothers Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange

Acucela Inc. (Head Office: Seattle, Washington, U.S.; President, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer: Ryo Kubota; "Acucela"), a clinical-stage biotechnology company that specializes in ophthalmic diseases, in which the SBI Group holds 16.9% (22.8% on a fully diluted basis) of shares as the second largest shareholder, obtained approval for listing on the Mothers market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange as of 27 December 2013.
Accordingly, Acucela is scheduled to be listed on 13 February 2014.
The SBI Group regards IT, biotechnology, and environment and energy as the core fields of the future growth industries, and has achieved an abundant track record in investment and incubation of venture companies in these fields. The Group will continue to proactively focus on developing Japan's next-generation growth industries and increasing the corporate value of the portfolio venture companies.
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Outline of Acucela
Acucela Inc. (http://www.acucela.com/), established in Seattle in 2002, is a clinical-stage biotechnology company that specializes in discovering and developing novel therapeutics to treat and slow the progression of sight-threatening ophthalmic diseases impacting millions of individuals worldwide. Acucela focuses on developing oral products based on its proprietary visual cycle modulation, or VCM, compounds to address a variety of retinal diseases, primarily age-related macular degeneration, or AMD, diabetic retinopathy, or DR, and diabetic macular edema, or DME, and potentially Stargardt disease, retinitis pigmentosa and retinopathy of prematurity. In addition, Acucela is working on the development of therapeutic agent to treat glaucoma.
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