To whom it may concern,

November 30, 2016

Company Name: Seven & i Holdings Co., Ltd. Representative: Ryuichi Isaka

President & Representative Director (Code No. 3382/First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange)

Notice Regarding Reorganization of Real Estate Development and Management System

Seven & i Holdings Co., Ltd. ("the Company") announced today that it has reorganized its real estate development and management system to promote effective use of the Seven & i Group's real estate holdings. Details of the reorganization are as follows.

  1. Purpose of the Reorganization

    The Company aims to realize the medium- to long-term enhancement of its enterprise value and achieve sustainable growth by strengthening its role and function as a holding company, providing support and guidance for operating companies, and promoting an optimal allocation of resources under the new management team approved at the 11th Annual Shareholders' Meeting held on May 26, 2016.

    On October 6, 2016, the Company announced a three-year medium-term plan starting from the fiscal year ending February 28, 2018. For Ito-Yokado Co., Ltd. and Sogo & Seibu Co., Ltd., the Company has decided to actively incorporate a real estate redevelopment perspective as they require structural reforms and it continues to be difficult for them to earn profit which exceeds capital costs solely by operating their stores alone.

    The Company has reformed its organization to enable its fixed assets in term of real estate available for redevelopment to be managed and effectively utilized across the Group and will engage in redevelopment of commercial facilities and multipurpose facilities designed to meet to local needs.

  2. Overview of the Reorganization

    (1) Reform the organization into a real estate management company wholly owned by the Company Make Ito-Yokado Co., Ltd.'s wholly owned subsidiary Mall & SC Development Inc. into a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company to make use of its expertise, licenses, permits, registrations, and so forth.

    (2Change of company name

    The company's name will be changed from "Mall & SC Development Inc." to "Seven & i Create Link., Ltd.. " to promote internal and external recognition of its future role as the entity in charge of overall real estate management for the Group.

    (3Launch of new organization

    While the new organization will take over the organization structure and employees of Mall & SC Development Inc., it will also incorporate the Group's human resources to promote real estate

    redevelopment and structural reforms. To reflect these changes, a new Business Solution Division will be established and a New Business Development Division will be established to promote new business format development in the Tokyo metropolitan area.

  3. Schedule

    November 1, 2016

    Resolution on the Company's policy for Group organizational reforms

    November 8, 2016

    Resolution to transfer Mall & SC Development Inc. shares to the Company passed at an extraordinary shareholders' meeting of Ito-Yokado Co., Ltd. All shares of Mall & SC Development Inc. distributed as a qualified dividend-in-kind

    (Effective date: November 30, 2016)

    November 30, 2016

    Resolution to change the company name passed at an extraordinary shareholders' meeting of Mall & SC Development Inc.

    (Effective date: November 30, 2016)

    A conceptual diagram of the overall reorganization process is as follows

  4. Overview of New Company

    (1)

    Company name

    Seven & i Create Link., Ltd.

    (Formerly Mall & SC Development Inc.)

    (2)

    Head office location

    8-8, Nibancho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo

    (3)

    Name of representative

    Yoshihiro Kondo

    (4)

    Main businesses

    Retail facility development, leasing, management, and operation, etc. Real estate purchase and sale, leasing, brokerage, survey, and consulting

    (5)

    Capital

    ¥622,500,000

    (6)

    Reorganization date

    November 30, 2016

    (7)

    Fiscal year-end

    February

    (8)

    Shareholder composition

    Seven & i Holdings Co., Ltd. 100.0%

  5. Future Outlook

The reorganization will have no effect on the Company's consolidated financial results for the fiscal year ending February 2017, but they are expected to contribute to the Company's profits over the medium and long terms.

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