Shinsei Bank : Notice regarding Selection of "Standard Market" as a New Market Segment

N E W S R E L E A S E

For Immediate Release

Company Name: Shinsei Bank, Limited

Name of Representative: Hideyuki Kudo

President and CEO

(Code: 8303, TSE First Section)

Notice regarding Selection of "Standard Market" as a New Market Segment

Tokyo (Tuesday, December 28, 2021) --- Shinsei Bank, Limited ("the Bank") announces that its Board of Directors resolved today that the Bank will select the "Standard Market" as a new market segment of the Tokyo Stock Exchange ("TSE") which will start as of April 4, 2022. The Bank will proceed with procedures related to the application for the selection of the new market segment in accordance with the schedule determined by the TSE.

As announced before, SBI Holdings, Co., Ltd. holds 47.77% of the voting rights of the Bank, including the portion indirectly held by its wholly owned subsidiary, SBI Regional Bank Holdings Co., Ltd. as of December 17, 2021. As a result, the Bank selected the "Standard Market" as a new market segment considering the decline in the " Tradable Share Ratio," which is one of the Listing Requirements.

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