Preliminary Earnings Figures for Fiscal 2025

(Press release on April 17, 2026) (English translation for reference purposes only)

Listed on: Tokyo Stock Exchange (Prime Section) (Stock code: 8624) President & Representative Executive Officer: Mr. Hirofumi Tamada Enquiry to: Mr. Takatoshi Kawai, Manager of Public Relations Office

Tel: 03-4346-4512

The following are our preliminary earnings figures for fiscal 2025 (fiscal year ended March 31, 2026), as compared with the actual result for fiscal 2024. The final earnings figures for fiscal 2025 are scheduled to be released on April 28, 2026.

1. Preliminary earnings figures on a consolidated basis (in millions of yen with figures less than a million yen rounded down, except for per-share figures):

   Since financial instruments-trading business is highly susceptible to volatile factors in the market, we do not give a guidance on prospective earnings before the end of our quarterly or annual business term.

   Although the above-mentioned preliminary earnings figures were prepared on the basis of

   our reasonable judgment at this point of time, there is a possibility that they may differ from the final earnings figures scheduled to be released on April 28, 2026.

2. Reasons for differences between preliminary earnings figures for fiscal 2025 and actual earnings figures for fiscal 2024

During the period, shift to "Stock Type Business Model" made a further progress with the outstanding balances of find-wrap accounts and investment trust funds rising smoothly, contributing to rises in fees on such stable revenue sources as beneficiary certificates and other

types of commissions. Thus, operating revenue registered a corresponding increase.

Consequently, operating profit, current profit and net income attributable to owners of parent recorded respectively their substantial increases from the actual year-earlier figures.

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