2016ANNUAL REPORT

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Corporate Philosophy

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Vision

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A History of Challenges

Continuing to take on new challenges and embrace change without fear. Driving business forward through exhaustive debate. This is the SoftBank Group’s DNA.

The view is different when you challenge yourself

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1996 Acquired Ziff-Davis Publishing Company, U.S. publisher of PC WEEK magazine and provider of leading-edge information on the PC industry.

19811982 Entered the publishing business.

Launched Oh! PC and Oh! MZ, monthly magazines introducing PCs and software by manufacturer.

Established SoftBank Japan.

Commenced operations as a distributor of packaged software.

1994 Acquired events division from Ziff Communications Company of the U.S. through SoftBank Holdings Inc.

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1996

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1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 FY

(Note) Accounting standard: JGAAP up to fiscal 2012; IFRSs from fiscal 2013 onward. * Net income attributable to owners of the parent.

Established Yahoo Japan through joint investment with Yahoo! Inc. in the U.S.

Began to develop into an Internet company at full scale.

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2000s2004 Consolidated JAPAN TELECOM (currently SoftBank Corp.).

Entered the fixed-line telecommunications business.

2006 Consolidated Vodafone K.K. (currently SoftBank Corp.). Entered the mobile communications business.

2001 Launched Yahoo! BB comprehensive broadband service.

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2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 FY

SoftBank Corp.Operating income (Fixed-line business)*

SoftBank Corp.Operating income(Mobile Communications)*

2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 FY(Note) Accounting standard up to fiscal 2011: JGAAP; from fiscal 2012 onward: IFRSs.* Fiscal 2006–2011: Mobile Communications segment operating income. Fiscal 2012–2014: Mobile Communications segment income.

(Note) Accounting standard up to fiscal 2011: JGAAP; from fiscal 2012 onward: IFRSs.* Fixed-line business: Broadband Infrastructure segment + Fixed-line

Telecommunications segment.

Made full-scale entry into the telecommunications business.

Contributed to faster, more affordable telecommunications services in Japan.

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Entered the telecommunications business in the U.S., which exceeds Japan in both population and GDP, aiming to turn around the Sprint business by leveraging experience and expertise developed in Japan.

2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 FYForecast

Consolidated Sprint (U.S.), entered the U.S. telecommunications market.2013

SprintAdjusted EBITDA(U.S. GAAP)

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Global development

1994 Established SoftBank Holdings Inc. in the U.S. to gather information on Internet-related companies with a view to strategic investments.

2000 Invested in Alibaba.com Corporation (currently Alibaba Group Holding Limited, “Alibaba”).

2013 Acquired shares in Supercell Oy (Finland) and consolidated it.

2014 Acquired shares in Brightstar Corp. (U.S.) and consolidated it.

Invested in Indonesia’s PT Tokopedia, India’s ANI Technologies Private Limited (Ola), India’s Jasper Infotech Private Limited (Snapdeal), and Singapore’s GrabTaxi Holdings Pte Ltd (currently Grab Inc.)

2015 Invested in China’s Travice Inc. (currently Xiaoju Kuaizhi Inc.), South Korea’s Forward Ventures, LLC (Coupang), and U.S.-based Social Finance, Inc.

2016 Procured total of US$10 billion by monetizing some of the shares in Alibaba.Sold all shares of Supercell Oy for US$7.3 billion.

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Accelerated strategic Internet-related investment.

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