SoftBank Group Corp. ANNUAL REPORT What about corporate data?

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1 SoftBank Group Corp. ANNUAL REPORT What about corporate data?

SoftBank Group Corp. ANNUAL REPORT 2015 194 Corporate Data Stock Information Glossary Corporate Data As of March 31, 2015 Corporate name SoftBank Corp.

2 SoftBank Group Corp. ANNUAL REPORT Corporate Data Stock Information Glossary Corporate Data As of March 31, 2015 Corporate name SoftBank Corp.* Founded September 3, 1981 Corporate headquarters Higashi-shimbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo Organizational Structure As of July 1, 2015 General Meeting of Shareholders Internal Audit Telephone number Representative Masayoshi Son, Chairman & CEO Board of Directors CEO / COO Office Corporate Strategy & Development Common stock Subsidiaries billion 769 (of which 621 are overseas) Chairman & CEO Legal Accounting Associates 120 (of which 70 are overseas) President & COO Executive in charge Internal Control Number of employees 202 (consolidated basis: 66,154) Main business Independent auditor Pure holding company Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC Our official social media accounts (Japanese only) Facebook Our official page Audit & Supervisory Board Audit & Supervisory Board Members Audit & Supervisory Board Office Executive in charge Tax Management Finance Group Management Investor Relations Human Resources General Administration Corporate Communications Ustream Our relay channel Brand Management Information System Other official accounts * On July 1, 2015, SoftBank Corp. changed its name to SoftBank Group Corp. Executive in charge Global Business Synergies Global Business Sprint

3 SoftBank Group Corp. ANNUAL REPORT Corporate Data Stock Information Glossary Stock Information As of March 31, 2015 Shareholder registrar Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation Stock exchange registration Tokyo Stock Exchange, First Section Stock code 9984 Number of shares Shares authorized Shares issued Number of shareholders 253,089 3,600,000,000 shares 1,200,660,365 shares (including 11,463,275 of treasury stock) Distribution of Ownership Among Shareholders Principal Shareholders Name Number of Shares Held (Thousands) Percentage of Total Shares Issued (%) Masayoshi Son 231, JP MORGAN CHASE BANK , The Master Trust Bank of Japan, Ltd. (Trust Account) 61, Japan Trustee Services Bank, Ltd. (Trust Account) 44, STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY 25, THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON SA/NV 10 13, STATE STREET BANK WEST CLIENT TREATY , SoftBank Corp.* 11, CHASE MANHATTAN BANK GTS CLIENTS ACCOUNT ESCROW 11, CBNY-GOVERNMENT OF NORWAY 11, Top 10 shareholders 507, (Note) All numbers of shares held by The Master Trust Bank of Japan and Japan Trustee Services Bank are held as part of trust operations. * On July 1, 2015, SoftBank Corp. changed its name to SoftBank Group Corp. (%) Stock Price and Trading Volume (Yen) 10,000 (Yen) 25, ,000 8,000 22,500 20, ,000 17,500 6,000 15, ,000 12,500 4,000 10, Foreign institutions and individuals Individuals and others Financial institutions Other companies Financial instrument firms Government and public bodies FYE 3,000 2,000 1,000 7,500 (Million shares) CY 0 Stock price (left) Nikkei 225 (right) Trading volume (right) (Note) Stock prices are average prices for each month and trading volumes are average volumes for each month.

4 SoftBank Group Corp. ANNUAL REPORT Corporate Data Stock Information Glossary Glossary This glossary offers definitions for terms used in this report. The glossary terms are divided into business-related, technical-related, and financial-related sections, and are listed alphabetically. Business-related Terms Mobile Communications Segment (SoftBank Mobile (currently SoftBank Corp.)) ARPU (Average Revenue Per User) Average Revenue Per User per month (rounded to the nearest 10). ARPU = (data-related revenue + basic monthly charge, voice-related revenues, etc.) / number of active subscribers Data-related revenue: packet communication and flat-rate charges, basic monthly Internet connection charges, content-related revenues, etc. Basic monthly charge and voice-related revenues: basic monthly usage charges, voice call charges, revenues from incoming calls, device warrantee services, advertising, etc. Revenues from incoming calls: interconnection charges received from other operators for voice calls from their customers on their network to SoftBank mobile phones as a charge for the services provided in the SoftBank Mobile (currently SoftBank Corp.) service area. Calculation of ARPU excludes revenues and subscribers related to communication modules. ARPU in the fourth quarter of every fiscal year includes the impact of revision of interconnection charges. Churn rate Churn rate (average monthly churn rate) = number of churn / number of active subscribers (rounded to the nearest 0.01%) Number of churn: the total number of subscribers that churned during the relevant period. Handsets shipped Handsets shipped (sold) to dealers. Includes the number of handsets sold to customers at stores operated by SoftBank Mobile (currently SoftBank Corp.) and the SoftBank ONLINE SHOP. Number of units sold The total number of new subscriptions and handset upgrades. Sales commissions Sales commission paid to dealers per new subscription and handset upgrade. Upgrade rate Upgrade rate (average monthly upgrade rate) = number of upgrades / number of active subscribers (rounded to the nearest 0.01%) Number of upgrades: the total number of upgrades during the relevant period. Sprint Segment ABPU (Average Billings Per User, Sprint platform) Average Billings Per User per month (rounded to the nearest $.01) ABPU = (service revenue + equipment billings) / number of active subscribers Equipment billings: the sum of installment billings under the installment billing program and lease fees under the leasing program. ARPU (Average Revenue Per User, Sprint platform) Average Revenue Per User per month (rounded to the nearest $.01). ARPU = service revenue / number of active subscribers Churn rate (Sprint platform) Churn rate (average monthly churn rate) = number of deactivations / number of active subscribers (rounded to the nearest 0.01%) Deactivations: the total number of subscribers that churned during the relevant period. The number of deactivations excludes the number of subscribers who switch between prepaid and postpaid. Nextel platform Wireless service operated on Integrated Digital Enhanced Network (iden), which Sprint acquired in conjunction with its acquisition of Nextel Corporation in Shut down in June Sprint platform Sprint-operated CDMA and LTE networks. This excludes the Nextel / iden network and the subscribers / network acquired through transactions with U.S. Cellular and Clearwire. Fixed-line Telecommunications Segment SoftBank Hikari An optical fiber service based on the wholesale fiber-optic connection of NTT East and NTT West with speeds of up to 1 Gbps provided by SoftBank BB (currently SoftBank Corp.). Yahoo! BB ADSL A combination of ADSL connection service and ISP (Internet Service Provider) service offered by SoftBank BB (currently SoftBank Corp.). Yahoo! BB hikari with FLET S An ISP service offered by SoftBank BB (currently SoftBank Corp.) as a package with NTT East and NTT West FLET S Hikari Series fiber-optic connection.

5 SoftBank Group Corp. ANNUAL REPORT Corporate Data Stock Information Glossary Technical-related Terms AXGP (Advanced extended Global Platform) A wireless communication standard that further accelerates the PHS-based mobile broadband standard XGP. WCP has built a network using AXGP, which is highly compatible with TD-LTE. SoftBank Mobile (currently SoftBank Corp.) received the loan of this network as an MVNO and uses it to provide services under the name SoftBank 4G. Carrier aggregation A wireless communication technology for aggregating multiple carriers (radio transmission waves) together to achieve faster communication speeds. Carrier aggregation of the 20 MHz bandwidth and the 10 MHz bandwidth within the 2.5 GHz band of subsidiary WCP, has achieved download speeds of up to 165 Mbps. In addition, SoftBank Mobile (currently SoftBank Corp.) plans to use carrier aggregation of the 900 MHz and 2.1 GHz bandwidths to achieve download speeds of up to Mbps. LTE (Long Term Evolution) A wireless communication standard that builds on the third-generation (3G) mobile phone standard. LTE achieves higher communication speeds than 3G, and makes highly efficient use of spectrum. There are two LTE systems: FDD (Frequency Division Duplex) and TDD (Time Division Duplex). The FDD system assigns uplink and downlink communications to a pair of different bandwidths, and is referred to as FDD-LTE. The TDD system uses the same bandwidth for both uplink and downlink, switching the communication time between uplink and downlink, and is referred to as TD-LTE. A faster and more advanced successor of LTE, LTE-Advanced is a fourth generation (4G) high-speed wireless communication standard, capable of downlink speeds of more than 1 Gbps under certain system configurations. MIMO (Multiple Input Multiple Output) A wireless communication technology of using multiple communication streams on both the transmitter and the receiver to achieve a pseudo wide bandwidth. The technology is used to give higher user speeds on wireless communication standards such as Wi-Fi and LTE. Sprint is gradually implementing this technology in an 8T8R (eight transmitters, eight receivers) configuration on its 2.5 GHz band base stations. MVNO (Mobile Virtual Network Operator) A mobile communications service provider that borrows its mobile network from another company. PHS (Personal Handy-phone System) A wireless communication standard that uses the 1.9 GHz band. The standard is noted for high-quality sound, low-level electromagnetic radiation, and low-power consumption. VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) A technology for converting a speaker s voice into finely sampled digital data packets and transmitting these via the Internet. VoLTE (Voice over LTE) A technology for enabling voice calls using VoIP over an LTE network. Financial-related Terms Debt / equity ratio Debt / equity ratio = interest-bearing debt / equity attributable to owners of the parent (total shareholders equity) EBITDA EBITDA = (from fiscal 2004 onward) net sales cost of sales selling, general and administrative expenses + depreciation and amortization (for fiscal 2003) net sales cost of sales selling, general and administrative expenses + interest income and dividends + depreciation and amortization EBITDA margin EBITDA margin = EBITDA / net sales Free cash flow Free cash flow = cash flows from operating activities + cash flows from investing activities Interest coverage ratio Interest coverage ratio = EBITDA / finance cost (interest expense) Net debt / equity ratio Net debt / equity ratio = net interest-bearing debt / equity attributable to owners of the parent (total shareholders equity) Net interest-bearing debt Net interest-bearing debt = interest-bearing debt cash position Interest-bearing debt (JGAAP): short-term borrowings + commercial paper + current portion of corporate bonds + corporate bonds + long-term debt. Lease obligations are excluded. For fiscal 2009 and fiscal 2010, this excludes the corporate bonds (WBS Class B2 Funding Notes, issued by J-WBS Funding K.K.) with a face value of 27.0 billion acquired by the Company during fiscal 2009 that were issued under the whole business securitization scheme associated with the acquisition of Vodafone K.K. Cash position: cash and cash equivalents + short-term investments recorded as current assets. For fiscal 2010 this excludes Yahoo! Inc. shares that were held by a subsidiary in the U.S. Net interest-bearing debt / EBITDA multiple Net interest-bearing debt / EBITDA multiple = net interest-bearing debt / EBITDA Net interest-bearing debt: until fiscal 2011, net interest-bearing debt is calculated as the sum of interest-bearing debt and finance leases under JGAAP. EBITDA: EBITDA for fiscal 2013 is calculated by adding the annualized Sprint segment s EBITDA (aggregated amount from July 11, 2013 to March 31, 2014) to the remaining segments EBITDA. Ratio of equity attributable to owners of the parent to total assets (equity ratio) Ratio of equity attributable to owners of the parent to total assets (equity ratio) = equity attributable to owners of the parent / total assets ROA ROA = net income attributable to owners of the parent (net income) / average total assets for the period ROE ROE = net income attributable to owners of the parent (net income) / average equity attributable to owners of the parent (total shareholders equity) for the period (Note) Items where terminology differs between JGAAP and IFRSs are presented together, with JGAAP shown within brackets.

The SoftBank Group s History 1980s 1990s

The SoftBank Group s History 1980s 1990s 146 1980s 1990s Establishment (Distribution and publishing of bundled software for PCs). Strategic investment in Internetrelated companies in the U.S. Identification of Yahoo! Inc. in the U.S. as a potential