Translation of the Japanese press release

JAFCO Co., Ltd. (Ticker: 8595) Contact: Investor Relations 1-5-1 Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku Tel: 03-5223-7073

Tokyo 100-0004 Japan ir@jafco.co.jp

http://www.jafco.co.jp

August 9, 2017

Announcement Regarding Cancellation of Treasury Stock

JAFCO Co., Ltd. (the "Company") announced that its Board of Directors approved a resolution at the board meeting held today to cancel the treasury stock in accordance with the provisions of Article 178 of the Companies Act as shown below:

  1. Type of shares to be cancelled Common stock of the Company

  2. Number of shares to be cancelled

    15,744,336 shares (32.6% of the total outstanding shares before cancellation)

  3. Date of cancellation August 18, 2017

[Reference]

  1. Number of shares before cancellation (as of August 9, 2017) Total outstanding shares: 48,294,336 shares

    Of which, treasury stock: 17,363,123 shares (36.0% of the total outstanding shares)

  2. Number of shares after cancellation

Total outstanding shares: 32,550,000 shares

Of which, treasury stock: 1,618,787 shares (5.0% of the total outstanding shares)

Note: The above numbers of treasury stock do not include less-than-one-unit shares purchased or sold by the Company on or after August 1, 2017.

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