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SBI HOLDINGS, INC. (Incorporated in Japan with limited liability) (Stock code: 6488) Date of Board Meeting

The board of directors (the "Board") of SBI Holdings, Inc. (the "Company") hereby announces that a meeting of the Board of the Company will be held on Thursday, 26 April 2012 at 10:00 a.m. (Japan time) / 9:00 a.m. (Hong Kong time) at Izumi Garden Tower 20th Floor, 1-6-1, Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan for the purpose of considering and approving the annual results and, if any, payment of dividends of the Company for the financial year ended 31 March
2012 and transacting any other business.
On behalf of the Board SBI Holdings, Inc. Yoshitaka Kitao

Chief Executive Officer

Japan, 12 April 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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