To Whom It May Concern:

August 24, 2016

Company Name : Sompo Japan Nipponkoa 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 Japan Nipponkoa Holdings, Inc. (the "Company") announced the progress of share buybacks in July 2016 on August 1, 2016. Today, the Company announces the progress of share buybacks in August 2016 under the resolution by its Board of Directors on May 20, 2016 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 20, 2016.

The progress of share buybacks in August 2016

  1. Class of shares Common stock of the Company

  2. Total number of shares repurchased 3,416,400 shares

  3. Total price of shares repurchased ¥11,155,550,700

  4. Period (on the basis of execution date) August 12, 2016 (Fri.) August 23, 2016 (Tue.)

  5. Method 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 20, 2016

    1. Class of shares Common stock of the Company

    2. Potential total number 16,750,000 shares (upper limit)

      (4.14% of issued and outstanding shares (net of treasury stock))

    3. Total price ¥33,500,000,000 (upper limit)

    4. Period May 23, 2016 (Mon.) November 17, 2016 (Thu.)

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

      1. Total number of shares repurchased 10,366,500 shares

      2. Total price of shares repurchased ¥33,499,966,700

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