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whole or any part of the contents of this announcement.

SBI HOLDINGS, INC.

(Incorporated in Japan with limited liability)

(Stock code: 6488) OVERSEAS REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENT

This announcement is made pursuant to Rule 13.09(2) of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock
Exchange of Hong Kong Limited.

Please refer to the attached copy of the Announcement.

On behalf of the Board SBI Holdings, Inc. Yoshitaka Kitao

Chief Executive Officer

Japan, 29 March 2012

As of the date of this announcement, the executive Directors are Mr Yoshitaka Kitao, Mr Taro Izuchi, Mr Takashi Nakagawa, Mr Kenji Hirai, Mr Tomoya Asakura, Mr Takashi Okita, Mr Noriaki Maruyama, Mr Shumpei Morita, Mr Shinji Yamauchi, Mr Makoto Miyazaki, Mr Yoshimi Takahashi and Mr Masaki Takayanagi, the non-executive Directors are Mr Yasutaro Sawada, Mr Hiroyoshi Kido, Mr Noriyoshi Kimura and Mr Hiroshi Tasaka and the independent non-executive Directors are Mr Masaki Yoshida, Mr Kiyoshi Nagano, Mr Keiji Watanabe, Mr Takeshi Natsuno and Mr Akihiro Tamaki.

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SBI Holdings, Inc. (TOKYO: 8473 / Hong Kong: 6488) March 29, 2012

Notice Regarding Transfer of Shares of SBI VeriTrans, a Subsidiary of SBI Holdings

SBI Holdings, Inc. (head office: Minato-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director and CEO: Yoshitaka Kitao; hereinafter referred to as "SBI Holdings") announced today that at its Board meeting held on March 29, 2012, the Board passed a resolution to transfer all shares of SBI VeriTrans Co., Ltd. (head office: Minato-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director and COO: Takashi Okita; hereinafter referred to as "SBI VeriTrans") to Wheel, Inc. (head office: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo; President and CEO: Kaoru Hayashi; hereinafter referred to as "Wheel"), a consolidated subsidiary of Digital Garage, Inc. (head office: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo; President and CEO: Kaoru Hayashi; hereinafter referred to as "Digital Garage")
Details concerning the transaction are provided below.
Details of the Transfer
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