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SBI HOLDINGS, INC. (Incorporated in Japan with limited liability) (Stock code: 6488) Proposed record date in connection with the payment of final dividend for the year ending 31 March 2012 and entitlement to vote at the 2012 Annual General Meeting

This announcement is made pursuant to Rule 13.66(1) of the Rules Governing the Listing of
Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited.
(1) Subject to the approval and confirmation of the Board of Directors of the Company at a meeting to be held and announced in advance in accordance with Rule 13.43, the final dividend for the year ended 31 March 2012, if any, will be payable to (a) shareholders on the Shareholder Register in Japan on Saturday, 31 March 2012; and (b) Hong Kong Depositary Receipt ("HDR") holders on the HDR Register in Hong Kong on Friday, 30
March 2012;
(2) The right to instruct the Depositary or its nominee to attend and vote at the 2012 Annual General Meeting of the Company under the terms of the Deposit Agreement will be granted to HDR holders on the HDR Register in Hong Kong on Friday, 30 March 2012;
(3) Any person who has acquired HDRs registered on the HDR register in Hong Kong but who has not lodged the HDR transfer with Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited at Shops 1712-1716, 17th Floor, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen's Road East, Wan Chai, Hong Kong should do so before 4:30 p.m. (Hong Kong time) on Friday, 30 March
2012 in order to receive the final dividend for the year ending 31 March 2012, if any, and right to instruct the Depositary or its nominee to vote at the 2012 Annual General Meeting of the Company under the terms of the Deposit Agreement; and
(4) No application for conversion of Depositary Receipts will be processed by the HDR Registrar, Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited, during the period from Thursday, 29 March 2012 (Hong Kong time) to Friday, 30 March 2012 (Hong Kong time). Accordingly, the latest time for lodging any conversion notice of Depositary Receipts in order to be eligible to instruct the Depositary or its nominee to attend and vote at the 2012 Annual General Meeting and to receive the final dividend, if any, as a holder of Depositary Receipts is at the close of business on Wednesday, 28 March 2012 (Hong Kong time), and for lodging any conversion application with the HDR Registrar, Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited in Hong Kong, by no later than
4:30 p.m. (Hong Kong time) on Wednesday, 28 March 2012.
Japan, 14 March 2012
On behalf of the Board

SBI Holdings, Inc. Yoshitaka Kitao

Chief Executive Officer

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.