SBI : Listing of Sihanoukville Autonomous Port in Cambodia with SBI Royal Securities Serving as Its Lead Manager

June 8, 2017 SBI Holdings, Inc. (TOKYO: 8473)

SBI Holdings, Inc. (Head office: Minato-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director, President and CEO: Yoshitaka Kitao) hereby announces that with SBI Royal Securities Plc. (Head office: Phnom Penh, Cambodia; Chairman: Eiichiro So; "SBI Royal Securities"), a Cambodian securities business subsidiary, serving as a lead manager, Sihanoukville Autonomous Port, which operates "Sihanoukville Port" the only deepwater port in Cambodia, was granted the authorization for the initial public offering (IPO) and has listed on the Cambodia Securities Exchange on June 8, 2017.

Over the years, the Japanese government and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) have been contributing to develop Sihanoukville Port, whose market share is 73.0% as an international port in Cambodia. In accordance with the IPO, Sihanoukville Autonomous Port secured USD 27 million and will enhance functions of the port, as well as promote development of such land transport infrastructures, including roads and railways, which will connect the manufacturing bases and ports. As a strategic investor, JICA got 54.0% of the newly issued shares and has become the second largest shareholder (shareholding ratio: 13.5%) following the Ministry of Economy and Finance of Cambodia (shareholding ratio: 75.0%).

SBI Royal Securities, which served as a lead manager for the IPO of Sihanoukville Autonomous Port, is the only Japanese full-service general brokerage firm in Cambodia that has obtained a full license for the securities business from the Cambodian government. Sihanoukville Autonomous Port is the second firm listed after Phnom Penh SEZ Co., Ltd for which SBI Royal Securities served as the lead manager. In Cambodia, Sihanoukville Autonomous Port is the fifth company to be listed, and the Cambodian capital market is still in the development stage. SBI Royal Securities will continue promoting its services related to initial public offerings, including lead manager services. It will also provide a bridge with overseas investors for selling subscription shares by using the overseas network of the SBI Group, and make economic and financial contributions to Cambodia.

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