SBI Holdings Inc : Suspension of Trading

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited and The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited take no responsibility for the contents of this announcement, make no representation as to its accuracy or completeness and expressly disclaim any liability whatsoever for any loss howsoever arising from or in reliance upon the whole or any part of the contents of this announcement.

SBI HOLDINGS, INC. (Incorporated in Japan with limited liability) (Stock code: 6488) Suspension of Trading

At the request of SBI Holdings, Inc. (the "Company"), trading in its Hong Kong depositary receipts will be suspended with effect from Tuesday, 31 January 2012 at 9:00 a.m., pending the Company's release of its quarterly results for the nine months ended 31 December 2011.

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

Chief Executive Officer

Japan, 31 January, 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.