July 31, 2020

To whom it may concern

Z Holdings Corporation Kentaro Kawabe President and CEO Stock Code: 4689

SoftBank Corp.

Ken Miyauchi

President & CEO

Stock Code: 9434

Integration of Financial Service Brands in the Z Holdings Group and

Changes in the Trade Names of Consolidated Subsidiaries

Z Holdings Corporation ("ZHD"), Z Financial Corporation ("ZF") and SoftBank Corp. ("SB") have decided to integrate the names of the six financial business firms under their arms, and the names of their services to "PayPay" brand. This will take effect sequentially from the fall of 2020. Regarding the change of company names, each of the six financial business firms have resolved at their board meetings to change their trade names on the condition that the "Partial Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation" will be approved at their respective meetings of the shareholders. Details are as follows.

1. Background to changes in trade names

PayPay Corporation, funded by Yahoo Japan Corporation ("Yahoo! JAPAN") which is one of the core firms of ZHD, provides a smartphone payment service named "PayPay". The service is rapidly growing to be used by many users, and its cumulative users exceeded 30 million (as of end of June 2020).

Since last year, Yahoo! JAPAN has bolstered its ties with "PayPay" by introducing "PayPay" payment in its online services, providing benefits such as "PayPay Bonus Lite", launching e-commerce services named "PayPay Flea Market" and "PayPay Mall", etc. As a result, Yahoo! JAPAN has captured "PayPay" users that are rapidly increasing, and has expedited the growth of its commerce business.

In hopes that a familiar name will encourage users to use our services with affection, we have decided to integrate the names of the companies and services to the "PayPay" brand to strengthen the ties with "PayPay" in financial services such as banking, credit card, and insurance, provided by the financial firms under the arms of ZHD and SB, and to grow our finance business.

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2Changes in the names of the financial business firms and services

From fall 2020, we plan to sequentially change the names of the six financial business firms under the arms of ZHD and SB, and the names of the services provided by these companies to names with the "PayPay" brand or to begin providing new services with the "PayPay" brand. The changes in the names of the companies are subject to the approval in the shareholders meetings of the respective companies, and approval, etc. from government agencies, if needed.

Current name

New name

Name of company

Name of service

Name of company

Name of service

YJ Card

Yahoo! JAPAN Card

PayPay Card

PayPay Card

Corporation

Corporation

Yahoo! JAPAN Card (to be

continued)

The Japan Net

The Japan Net Bank

PayPay Bank

PayPay Bank

Bank, Limited

Corporation

One Tap BUY Co.,

One Tap BUY

PayPay Securities

PayPay Securities

Ltd.

Corporation

Y's Insurance Inc.

Yahoo! JAPAN Insurance

PayPay Insurance

PayPay Insurance

Service Corporation

YJFX, Inc.

YJFX!

PayPay FX

PayPay FX

Corporation

Astmax Asset

Yjam

PayPay Asset

PayPay Investment Trust

Management, Inc.

Management

Corporation

3. Future financial business

The group companies of ZHD provide users with numerous platforms in search, e-commerce, payment, travel and others, which promote user actions such as "search", "purchase", "pay" and "reserve". ZHD aims to enhance its "Scenario finance initiative", whereby it proposes the financial product that best fits the needs when users initiate actions in the platforms provided by ZHD. In January 2020, ZHD began providing "YAHUOKU! Warranty" which allows users to subscribe to an insurance in one stop when they purchase items in YAHUOKU!

The implementation of the "Scenario finance initiative" will increase users' convenience in their purchase of financial products and when applying to the products. In the ZHD Group, this will strengthen its sales of financial products as well as increase the appeals of its e-commerce platforms, etc. that provide these services.

In addition, by strengthening the ties with "PayPay" we plan to introduce ZHD Group's financial services such as loan and insurance in PayPay app. This will help realize PayPay's "Super app initiative", which aspires to make the users' lives richer and more convenient.

Please note that we plan to conduct various promotional measures together with the integration of service brands from this fall, including the promotional measure for PayPay Card.

Throughout the entire group, ZHD and ZF will aspire to deliver user-friendly and convenient financial services to our users, and to largely grow our financial business.

4. Consolidated subsidiaries of ZHD

  1. Change in the trade name of YJ Card Corporation
    Outline of consolidated subsidiary

Present trade name

YJ Card Corporation

Location

3-4-2,Hakata-ekimae,Hakata-ku,Fukuoka-shi, Fukuoka

Name

and title

of

Satoshi Ando, President and Representative Director

representative

Description of business

Credit card, card loan, credit guarantee business

Capital

JPY 100 million (As of March 31, 2020)

Parent

company

and

Yahoo Japan Corporation 100%

shareholding ratio

  • New trade name PayPay Card Corporation
  • Conditions to the change

Approval of the "Partial Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation" at YJ Card Corporation's meeting of the shareholders.

  • Date of the board of directors resolution in regards to the change in the trade name July 31, 2020; the date of change in trade name will be notified when determined.

(2) Change in the trade name of The Japan Net Bank, Limited

  • Outline of consolidated subsidiary

Present trade name

The Japan Net Bank, Limited

Location

2-1-1,Nishi-shinjuku,Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo

Name

and title

of

Tomohito Takusari, President and Representative Director

representative

Description of business

Banking business

Capital

JPY 37,250 million (As of March 31, 2020)

Parent

company

and

Z Financial Corporation 46.6%

shareholding ratio

  • New trade name PayPay Bank Corporation
  • Conditions to the change

Approval of the "PartialAmendment to theArticles of Incorporation" at The Japan Net Bank, Limited's meeting of the shareholders, and approval, etc. from government agencies.

  • Date of the board of directors resolution in regards to the change in the trade name July 31, 2020; the date of change in trade name will be notified when determined.
  1. Change in the trade name of Y's Insurance Inc.
    Outline of consolidated subsidiary

Present trade name

Y's Insurance Inc.

Location

1-3, Kioicho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo

Name

and title

of

Tatsuya Yamamoto, President and CEO

representative

Description of business

Life/Non-life insurance agency business

Capital

JPY 30 million (As of March 31, 2020)

Parent

company

and

Yahoo Japan Corporation 60%

shareholding ratio

  • New trade name

PayPay Insurance Service Corporation

  • Conditions to the change

Approval of the "Partial Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation" at Y's Insurance Inc.'s meeting of the shareholders.

  • Date of the board of directors resolution in regards to the change in the trade name July 30, 2020

(4) Change in the trade name of YJFX, Inc.

  • Outline of consolidated subsidiary

Present trade name

YJFX, Inc.

Location

1-3, Kioicho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo

Name

and title

of

Yoshifumi Matsumoto, President CEO

representative

Description of business

Financial instruments business

Capital

JPY 490 million (As of March 31, 2020)

Parent

company

and

Yahoo Japan Corporation 100%

shareholding ratio

  • New trade name PayPay FX Corporation
  • Conditions to the change

Approval of the "Partial Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation" at YJFX, Inc.'s meeting of the shareholders.

  • Date of the board of directors resolution in regards to the change in the trade name July 29, 2020
  1. Change in the trade name of Astmax Asset Management, Inc. Outline of consolidated subsidiary

Present trade name

Astmax Asset Management, Inc.

Location

1-1, Kanda Nishiki-cho,Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo

Name and title of

Daigo Akemaru, President and Representative Director

representative

Description of business

Financial instruments business

Capital

JPY 95 million (As of March 31, 2020)

Parent company and

Yahoo Japan Corporation 50.1%

shareholding ratio

  • New trade name

PayPay Asset Management Corporation

  • Condition to the change

Approval of the "Partial Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation" at Astmax Asset Management, Inc.'s meeting of the shareholders.

  • Date of the board of directors resolution in regards to the change in the trade name July 31, 2020; the trade name is scheduled to be changed on March 8, 2021.

5Consolidated subsidiary of SB

(1) Change in the trade name of One Tap BUY Co., Ltd.

  • Outline of consolidated subsidiary

Present trade name

One Tap BUY Co., Ltd.

Location

6-10-1, Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo

Name

and title

of

Masaaki Uchiyama, CEO Representative Director, President

representative

Description of business

Securities business

Capital

JPY 5,175 million (As of July 31, 2020)

Parent

company

and

SoftBank Corp. 66.1%

shareholding ratio

  • New trade name

PayPay Securities Corporation

  • Conditions to the change

Approval of the "Partial Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation" at One Tap BUY Co., Ltd.'s meeting of the shareholders.

  • Date of the board of directors resolution in regards to the change in the trade name July 29, 2020

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