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SBI HOLDINGS, INC. (Incorporated in Japan with limited liability) (Stock code: 6488) Trading Halt and Inside Information

At the request of SBI Holdings, Inc. (the "Company"), trading in its Hong Kong depositary receipts will be halted with effect from Wednesday, 5 February 2014 at 1:00 p.m., pending the Company's release of its quarterly results for the nine months ended 31 December 2013.

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

Representative Director,

President & Chief Executive Officer

Japan, 5 February 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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