July 21, 2016

Establishment of ‘Internet Bank Project Launch Office’;
Appointment of Aozora Trust Officers

GMO Internet, Inc.
GMO CLICK Holdings, Inc.
Aozora Bank, Ltd.
Aozora Trust Bank, Ltd.

GMO Internet, Inc.
GMO CLICK Holdings, Inc.
Aozora Bank, Ltd.
Aozora Trust Bank, Ltd.

GMO Internet, Inc. (CEO and Representative Director Masatoshi Kumagai; Head Office: Tokyo) (‘GMO Internet’), GMO CLICK Holdings, Inc. (‘GMO CLICK HD’) and, Aozora Bank, Ltd. (President and CEO: Shinsuke Baba; Head Office: Tokyo) (‘Aozora’) today announced that the Bank, and Aozora Trust Bank, Ltd. (‘Aozora Trust’)have commenced preparations for the launch of a joint venture Internet bank, in accordance with a capital and business alliance announced on June 24, 2016, as well as a newly-executed capital alliance agreement announced separately today. As part of preparations, the parties established an ‘Internet Bank Project Launch Office’ within Aozora Trust on July 1, 2016. The parties have also appointed officers to Aozora Trust, under which the Internet bank will be jointly operated, as below.

Appointment of Aozora Trust Officers

Directors (as of June 29, 2016)

Name	Position	Main Concurrent Position
Masaya Onagi	Director and Chairman	--
Masaki Yamagata	Director and President (Reappointment)	--
Tomoki Onishi	Director, General Manager of Risk Management Division (Reappointment)	--
Shinji Murabe	Director, General Manager of Internet Bank Project Launch Office	--
Hideto Oomi	Director (Part-time)	Executive Officer, Aozora
Akio Sato	Director (Part-time)	Attorney, Sato Sogo Law Office

Audit & Supervisory Board (‘ASB’) Members (as of June 29, 2016)

Name	Position	Main Concurrent Position
Jun Tajima	ASB Member	--
Hirokazu Takino	ASB Member (Part-time)	ASB Member, Aozora Securities Co., Ltd. (Part-time)
Masashi Yasuda	ASB Member (Part-time)	Deputy CEO, GMO Internet
Tatsuki Yamamoto	ASB Member (Part-time)	Director and Executive Officer, GMO CLICK

Newly-Appointed Directors (as of July 21, 2016)

Name	Position	Main Concurrent Position
Hideyuki Takashima	Director (Part-time)	Chairman and Representative Executive Officer, GMO CLICK
Masato Mano	Director (Part-time)	Executive Officer, Aozora

Overview of GMO Internet

1	Name	GMO Internet, Inc.
2	Location	26-1 Sakuragaoka-cho, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
3	Representative	Masatoshi Kumagai, Founder and Group CEO
4	Operations	Internet infrastructure, online advertising and media, Internet securities, mobile entertainment
5	Capital	5 billion yen (As of March 31, 2016)
6	Established	May 24, 1991
7	Total assets	560.8 billion yen (As of March 31, 2016)

Overview of GMO CLICK Holdings

1	Name	GMO CLICK Holdings, Inc.
2	Location	20-1 Sakuragaoka-cho, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
3	Representative	Hiroyasu Kito, President and Representative Executive Officer
4	Operations	Financial holding company
5	Capital	374 million yen (As of March 31, 2016)
6	Established	January 4, 2012
7	Consolidated total assets	455.9 billion yen (As of March 31, 2016)

Overview of Aozora Bank

1	Name	Aozora Bank, Ltd.
2	Location	3-1 Kudan-Minami 1-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
3	Representative	Shinsuke Baba, President and CEO
4	Operations	Banking services
5	Capital	100 billion yen (As of March 31, 2016)
6	Established	April 1, 1957
7	Consolidated total assets	4,592.9 billion yen (As of March 31, 2016)

Overview of Aozora Trust Bank

1	Name	Aozora Trust Bank, Ltd.
2	Location	3-1 Kudan-Minami 1-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
3	Representative	Masaki Yamagata, Director and President
4	Operations	Banking, trust services
5	Capital	5.4 billion yen (As of March 31, 2016)
6	Established	February 28, 1994
7	Total assets	6.8 billion yen (As of March 31, 2016)

Note : Capital is 8.8 billion yen (as of July 20, 2016), following Aozora Trust’s third party allocation of new shares on June 29, 2016.

Press Inquiries

GMO Internet,Inc　　　：Atsuko Fukui・Aki Hosoda Group Investor/Public Relations Department 03-5456-2695 GMO CLICK Holdings, Inc.：Junko Suzuki・Tsukasa Osawa Corporate Planning Department 　03-6221-0183
Aozora Bank, Ltd.　　　：Tatsuhiro Nawa, Business Strategy Division 03-5212-9252Aozora Trust Bank, Ltd. ：Seishi Iwamoto, Customer Service Office　 03-3221-8011

For more information
July 21, 2016

GMO CLICK Holdings Executes Capital Alliance for Joint Venture Internet Bank with Aozora Trust Bank

http://ir.gmo.jp/en/pdf/irlibrary/disclose_info20160721_e.pdf

Press Inquiries

Establishment of ‘Internet Bank Project Launch Office’; Appointment of Aozora Trust Officers

Establishment of ‘Internet Bank Project Launch Office’;
Appointment of Aozora Trust Officers