TOKYO, Jan. 5, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- A couple of wholly-owned subsidiaries of the Company have decided to dissolve and liquidate, and as a result, the Company will book an extraordinary loss as follows.

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1. Details of Subsidiaries



    Name                     Shinra Technologies, Inc.        Shinra Technologies Japan Co., Ltd.

                             (a wholly-owned subsidiary       (STI's wholly-owned subsidiary)

                               of the Company, "STI")
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    Address           225 W. 34th Street, Suite 2008          6-27-30, Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku

                      New York, NY 10122, U.S.A.              Tokyo 160-8430, Japan
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    Representative    Yoichi Wada                             Yoichi Wada

                      Director, President and Secretary       President and Representative Director
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    Incorporated      March 18, 2014                          August 20, 2014
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    Scope of Business Cloud platform business                 Cloud platform business
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    Capital           US$10.00                                JPY50 million

                      (Paid-in capital: US$15 million)        (Paid-in capital: JPY80 million)
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    Reason of the      STI, as a cloud platform operator, has
     Dissolution       been trying to raise funds necessary
                       for further business operations from
                       third party investors.  However, STI
                       has found no prospective investors at
                       this point, and therefore has to
                       discontinue its business.                                                  -
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    Estimated Date of
     Completion of
     Liquidation      March 31, 2019                          June 30, 2016
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2. Influence on the Company's Consolidated Financial Results

The Company will book an extraordinary loss of approximately 2 billion yen in the consolidated financial results for fiscal year ending March 31, 2016.

(Out of the above-mentioned amount, the Company has already posted a Loss on Liquidation of Subsidiaries and Affiliates of approximately 1.1 billion yen in the consolidated financial results for the six-month period ended September 30, 2015.)



    Company:        SQUARE ENIX HOLDINGS CO., LTD.

                    (Code: 9684, Tokyo Stock Exchange)

    Representative:  Yosuke Matsuda, President and
                     Representative Director

    Contact:         Michihiro Sasaki, General Manager,
                     Corporate Planning

                    Tel (03) 5292-8000

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