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Notice regarding the issuance of stock acquisition rights (tax-qualified stock options)


SoftBank Technology Corp.

At the Board of Directors meeting held on August 23, 2017, based on the provisions of Articles 236, 238, and 240 of the Companies Act, the Company will issue stock acquisition rights as follows to the Company's employees. I would like to inform you that we have decided to do so.

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1. Reasons for issuing stock acquisition rights

Our company has a management policy of ``achieving significant growth,'' and has actively promoted hiring of employees and making our company a subsidiary through M&A.
By granting stock acquisition rights to our employees, who have increased through the promotion of these growth strategies, we will further increase their motivation and morale to contribute to improving consolidated performance, and share the interests of stock price fluctuations with our shareholders. We will continue to.

2. Guidelines for issuance of stock acquisition rights

(1) Persons to whom stock acquisition rights will be allotted and number of stock acquisition rights to be allotted
1,270 units for 27 employees of our company
Please note that the number of eligible persons listed above is the planned number at the time of publication of this notice and is subject to change. Furthermore, the above number of allotted stock acquisition rights indicates the upper limit of the number of stock acquisition rights to be issued, and may decrease depending on the number of applications, etc.

(2) Type and number of shares subject to stock acquisition rights
The type of stock for which the Stock Acquisition Rights (referring to the Stock Acquisition Rights issued based on the Issuance Guidelines; the same shall apply hereinafter) shall be the Company's common stock, and the number thereof (hereinafter referred to as the "Number of Target Shares") shall be , 100 shares (The total number of shares subject to the Stock Acquisition Rights shall initially be 127,000 shares.)
In addition, if the Company conducts a stock split or stock consolidation after the date of allotment of stock acquisition rights, the number of applicable shares shall be adjusted using the following formula. However, such adjustment shall only be made for the number of eligible shares of the Stock Acquisition Rights that have not been exercised at the time. If the adjustment results in a fraction less than one share, it shall be rounded down.

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In addition, if the Company issues shares or disposes of treasury stock at a price lower than the market value (excluding public capital increases conducted as market price issues and issuance of shares upon exercise of stock acquisition rights), the Company may In the event of an exchange or stock transfer (hereinafter collectively referred to as a "merger, etc."), a gratis allotment of shares, or other cases in which it is appropriate to adjust the number of eligible shares, the Company will do so within a reasonable range. The number of eligible shares may be adjusted.

(3) Total number of stock acquisition rights to be issued
1,270 pieces
However, if the scheduled allottee described in (1) above loses his/her status as an employee of the Company on the date of allotment of stock acquisition rights, or if the total number of applications for the scheduled number of share acquisition rights does not reach the total number stated above, The total number of Stock Acquisition Rights to be issued shall be the total number of applications.

(4) Amount to be paid in exchange for stock acquisition rights
No payment of money shall be required. Please note that the fact that stock acquisition rights are granted as incentive compensation and does not require payment of money does not constitute advantageous issuance.

(5) Value of assets to be contributed upon exercise of stock acquisition rights
The purpose of the contribution made upon the exercise of the Stock Acquisition Rights is cash, and the amount invested per Stock Acquisition Right upon the exercise of the Stock Acquisition Rights shall be the price per share determined by the following (hereinafter referred to as "Exercise Rights"). The amount calculated by multiplying the number of eligible shares by the number of shares.
The exercise price shall be the average closing price of the Company's common stock on Tokyo Stock Exchange on each day of the month preceding the month in which the stock acquisition rights are allotted (excluding days on which no transactions are concluded), and shall be less than 1 yen. Round up the fraction. However, if the amount is lower than the closing price of ordinary trading of the Company's common stock on Tokyo Stock Exchange on the day of allotment of the Stock Acquisition Rights (if there is no trading on that day, the closing price of the immediately preceding day), the latter price shall apply. .
If the Company's shares are split or reversed after the date of allotment of the Stock Acquisition Rights, the exercise price will be adjusted using the following formula, and any fractions less than 1 yen resulting from the adjustment will be rounded up.

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In addition, if the Company issues shares or disposes of treasury stock at a price lower than the market price after the date of allotment of the Stock Acquisition Rights (excluding public capital increase conducted as market price issue and issuance of shares due to exercise of Stock Acquisition Rights), , the exercise price will be adjusted using the following formula, and any fractions less than 1 yen resulting from the adjustment will be rounded up.
In addition, the "number of issued shares" is the number obtained by subtracting the number of treasury shares held by the company from the total number of issued shares of the company, and in the case of disposal of treasury shares, the "number of newly issued shares" in the following formula. shall be read as "Number of treasury shares disposed of," and "Number of increased shares due to new issuance" shall be read as "Number of shares disposed of."

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In addition, if the Company conducts a merger, etc. after the allotment date of the Stock Acquisition Rights, if the Company conducts a gratis allotment of shares, or in other cases where it is appropriate to adjust the exercise price, the Company shall exercise the Stock Acquisition Rights within a reasonable range. Prices may be adjusted.

(6) Allotment date of stock acquisition rights
September 7, 2017

(7) Matters regarding stock acquisition rights certificates related to stock acquisition rights
The Company will not issue stock acquisition rights certificates related to the stock acquisition rights.

(8) Matters regarding increased capital and capital reserves when issuing shares upon exercise of stock acquisition rights
The amount of increase in capital when issuing shares due to the exercise of stock acquisition rights shall be one-half of the maximum increase in capital, etc. calculated in accordance with Article 17, Paragraph 1 of the Corporate Accounting Regulations. If this results in a fraction less than 1 yen, round it up. The remaining amount shall be included in capital reserves.

(9) Period during which stock acquisition rights can be exercised
The period during which the Stock Acquisition Rights can be exercised (hereinafter referred to as the "Exercise Period") is from September 1, 2019 to August 31, 2023.

(10) Conditions for exercising stock acquisition rights

(11) Matters regarding acquisition of stock acquisition rights

(12) Restrictions on acquisition of stock acquisition rights through transfer
Transfer of the Stock Acquisition Rights requires approval by resolution of the Company's Board of Directors.

(13) Handling of stock acquisition rights in the event of organizational restructuring
In the event that the Company conducts a merger (limited to cases in which the Company ceases to exist as a result of the merger), absorption-type company split, incorporation-type company split, stock exchange, or stock transfer (hereinafter collectively referred to as "organizational restructuring actions"), the organization On the effective date of the Restructuring Act, the Stock Acquisition Rights Holders will, in each case, be registered as a stock company listed in Article 236, Paragraph 1, Item 8, A to E of the Companies Act (hereinafter referred to as the "Reorganized Company"). Stock acquisition rights will be delivered based on the following conditions. However, this is limited to cases where the absorption-type merger agreement, incorporation-type merger agreement, absorption-type split agreement, incorporation-type split plan, stock exchange agreement, or stock transfer plan stipulates that the stock acquisition rights of the reorganized company will be delivered in accordance with the following conditions: shall be taken as a thing.

(14) Application deadline
September 6, 2017

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Contact information for inquiries from media regarding this matter

○ SoftBank Technology Corp. Corporate Planning Division Corporate Planning Department
Email: sbt-ir@tech.softbank.co.jp