UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION The official press release is in Japanese.

Company Name: FinTech Global Incorporated

Representative:

Nobumitsu Tamai, President and CEO

Stock Listing:

Tokyo Stock Exchange Mothers Section

Stock Code:

8789

Inquiries:

Takashi Senda, Senior Executive Officer

Tel:

+81-3-5733-2121

Notice concerning investment recovery through sale of land adjacent to Metsä project site

November 20, 2017-FinTech Global Incorporated (hereafter, "FGI" and "the Company") decided today to recover investment through the sale of land adjacent to the Metsä project site using a securitization scheme. The sale agreement has been signed, and the Company provides details below.

Details

  • 1. Summary

    It is FGI's policy on Metsä project site to utilize securitization to take real estate off the balance sheet and thereby improve the efficiency of its investment while keeping risk to the absolute minimum. The Company has been involved in activities at the Metsä site since the previous fiscal year and now intends to collect proceeds of ¥250 million through securitization of land adjacent to the Metsä project site.

    The buyer of the land is a special purpose company formed to facilitate the securitization process. FGI will be entrusted by the company to handle private placement activities and intends to take an equity stake of no more than 5% to put into a silent partnership. In addition, FinTech Asset Management, an FGI subsidiary, plans to sign an arrangement transaction contract with the company for management of the real estate.

  • 2. Schedule

    Date of internal decision

    November 20, 2017

    Signing of sales agreement

    November 20, 2017

    Payment

    By December 15, 2017 (planned)

    3. Impact on business results

    Through the sale of land and the provision of real estate management services, FGI expects to book revenue of ¥257 million on a consolidated basis and ¥250 million on a nonconsolidated basis in fiscal 2018 and operating income of ¥196 million on a consolidated basis and ¥189 million on a nonconsolidated basis. The recovered ¥250 million will be carefully distributed to Metsä, corporate investment and asset investment activities as capital to promote growth.

Note that the Board of Directors decided at its meeting on September 22, 2017, to change the purpose for owning this piece of property, and the property was transferred from property, plant and equipment, where it was booked in fiscal 2016, to real estate for sale.

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