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SBI HOLDINGS, INC. (Incorporated in Japan with limited liability) (Stock code: 6488) Proposed record date in connection with the payment of final dividend for the year ending 31 March 2014 and entitlement to vote at the 2014 Annual General Meeting

This announcement is made pursuant to Rule 13.66(1) of the Rules Governing the Listing of
Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited.
(1) Subject to the approval and confirmation of the Board of Directors of the Company at a meeting to be held and announced in advance in accordance with Rule 13.43, the final dividend for the year ending 31 March 2014, if any, will be payable to (a) shareholders on the Shareholder Register in Japan and (b) Hong Kong Depositary Receipt ("HDR") holders on the HDR Register in Hong Kong, on Monday, 31 March 2014;
(2) The right to instruct the Depositary or its nominee to attend and vote at the 2014 Annual General Meeting of the Company under the terms of the Deposit Agreement will be granted to HDR holders on the HDR Register in Hong Kong on Monday, 31 March 2014;
(3) Any person who has acquired HDRs registered on the HDR register in Hong Kong but who has not lodged the HDR transfer with Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited at Shops 1712-1716, 17th Floor, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen's Road East, Wan Chai, Hong Kong should do so before 4:30 p.m. (Hong Kong time) on Monday, 31
March 2014 in order to receive the final dividend for the year ending 31 March 2014, if any, and right to instruct the Depositary or its nominee to vote at the 2014 Annual
General Meeting of the Company under the terms of the Deposit Agreement; and
(4) No application for conversion of Depositary Receipts will be processed by the HDR Registrar, Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited, during the period from Tuesday, 25 March 2014 to Monday, 31 March 2014. Accordingly, the latest time for lodging any conversion notice of Depositary Receipts in order to be eligible to instruct the Depositary or its nominee to attend and vote at the 2014 Annual General Meeting and to receive the final dividend, if any, as a holder of Depositary Receipts is at the close of business on Monday, 24 March 2014 (Hong Kong time), and for lodging any conversion application with the HDR Registrar, Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited in Hong Kong, by no later than 12:00 noon (Hong Kong time) on Monday, 24
March 2014.
On behalf of the Board

SBI Holdings, Inc. Yoshitaka Kitao

Representative Director,

President & Chief Executive Officer

Japan, 7 March 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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