[English Translation]

To Whom It May Concern:

October 12, 2017

Company Name : Sompo Holdings, Inc.

Representative : Kengo Sakurada, Group CEO, Representative Director, President and Executive Officer

(Stock Code: 8630, the first section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange)

Announcement of Completion of Share Buybacks

(Share buybacks in accord with articles of incorporation provisions set pursuant to Article 165, paragraph 2, of the Companies Act)

Sompo Holdings, Inc. (the "Company") announced the progress of share buybacks in September 2017 on October 2, 2017. Today, the Company announces the progress of share buybacks in October 2017 under the resolution by its Board of Directors on May 19, 2017 in accord with Article 156 of the Companies Act applied pursuant to Article 165, paragraph 3 of the Companies Act.

The Company announces the completion of share buybacks under the resolution by the Board of Directors on May 19, 2017.

The progress of share buybacks in October 2017

  1. Class of shares Common stock of the Company

  2. Total number of shares repurchased 6,581,900 shares

  3. Total price of shares repurchased ¥29,076,526,300

  4. Period (on the basis of execution date) October 1, 2017 － October 11, 2017

  5. Method of repurchase Open-market transactions on the Tokyo Stock Exchange

(For reference)

  1. Details of the resolution approved at the Board of Directors' meeting held on May 19, 2017

    1. Class of shares Common stock of the Company

    2. Potential total number 18,966,666 shares (upper limit)

      (4.81% of issued and outstanding shares (net of treasury stock))

    3. Total price ¥56,900,000,000 (upper limit)

      (Upper limits are ¥56.2 billion for the shareholder return and

      ¥0.7 billion for the treasury stock for delivery, respectively)

    4. Period May 22, 2017 － November 16, 2017

    5. Cumulative total number and price of the Company's share buybacks under the resolution above

      1. Total number of shares repurchased 12,878,400 shares

      2. Total price of shares repurchased ¥56,899,619,700

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