Announcement of Changes in Management, Personnel and Organization
TOKYO, June 21, 2017 - Monex Group, Inc. (“the Company”) hereby announces changes in management,personnel and organization of its group companies named below:
Monex Group, Inc.
Monex, Inc.
Trade Science Corporation
Monex-Saison-Vanguard Investment Partners, Inc.

I. Monex Group, Inc.
1. Appointment of New Executive Officer
The Company will newly appoint an Executive Officer by resolution of the first meeting of its boardof directors to be held after its 13th annual general meeting of shareholders on June 24, 2017.
New Executive Officer candidate for appointment (Effective June 24, 2017):
Nozomi Takasaki(Current position: Senior Executive Director)[Name on family register:Nozomi Banno][Supplementary Information] Management of the Company
Responsibilities of Executive Officers(Effective June 24, 2017 at the closure of the first meeting of the board of directors of the Company to beheld after its 13th annual general meeting of shareholders.)
NameTitle
Responsibilities
Other important positions in the group
Oki
Representative - Chief Executive Officer- Chairman and Managing Director,
MatsumotoExecutiveMonex, Inc.
Officer &- Chairman of the Board of Directors,President
TradeStation Group, Inc.
Koichi
Executive- Chief Operating Officer- Senior Executive Director, Monex,
TatenoOfficer- Co- Chief Financial
Inc.
Officer- Director, TradeStation Group, Inc.
- Overall management- Representative Director & President,- Asia-Pacific Segment
Japan Growth Investments Alliance- Kaizen
Inc.
SatoshiExecutive- Co- Chief Financial- Executive Director, Monex, Inc.
Hasuo
Officer
Officer- Representative Director, Monex- Financial controls
Finance Corporation
ToshihikoExecutive- Japan Segment- Representative Director & President,
KatsuyaOfficerMonex, Inc.
Kiminori
Executive- Japan Segment- Representative Director & Deputy
KanekoOfficer
President, Monex, Inc.
TakashiExecutive- Chief Strategic Officer- Director & Chief Strategic Officer,Oyagi
Officer- US Segment
TradeStation Group, Inc.
John
Executive- US Segment- Director & President, TradeStation
Bartleman
OfficerGroup, Inc.
Shoji
Executive- Chief Quality Officer- Managing Director, Monex, Inc.
Kuwashima
Officer- Human resources- Quality- Corporate communications- Information security

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Name
HisashiTanaamiTitle
Executive
Officer

YukoSeimei

Executive
Officer

Masaki
UedaNozomi
TakasakiExecutive
Officer
Executive
Officer

Responsibilities- Chief Administrative
Officer- Internal controls- Relationship management- Planning- Monex Ventures, Inc.
- Trade Science Corporation- Monex-Saison-Vanguard
Investment Partners, Inc.
- Monex Zero
- Monex Zero
- Co-Chief Administrative
Officer- Internal controls- Corporate Secretary

Other important positions in the group- Managing Director& Vice Chairman,
Monex, Inc.
- Senior Executive Director, Monex,
Inc.
- Representative Director, Monex
Ventures, Inc.
- Representative Director,
Monex-Saison-Vanguard Investment
Partners, Inc.
- Senior Executive Director, Monex,
Inc.

-2. Organizational Change
In order to pursue designing innovative ways of managing money and support everyone’s investment
and economic needs, as stated in its business principles, the Company will newly establish Monex
Zero Office effective July 1, 2017.

3. Personnel Change
Effective July 1, 2017Name

New Position

Current Position

Atsushi Iida

General Manager,Monex Zero Office-2II. Monex, Inc.
Monex, Inc. decided to change its management, personnel and organization effective July 1, 2017 as
described below so as to achieve greater growth of its customer base.

1. Management Changes
Effective July 1, 2017Name

New Position

Current Position

Nozomi Takasaki

Senior Executive Director-Harumi Katsumata

Executive Director-Yasuyuki Kotera

Executive Director

General Manager,
Human Resources Department

2. Organizational Changes
Monex, Inc. will make the following organizational changes effective July 1, 2017.
- Newly establish “Public Relations Office.”- Split Sales Division into two organizations to form “Sales Division” and “Customer Services
Division.” “Hachinohe Contact Center,” “Nihonbashi Contact Center” and “Client AccountDepartment” will be removed from the Sales Division and placed under the Customer Services
Division.
3. Personnel Changes
Effective July 1, 2017
Name
Takuya Yamanaka

Junya Matsuoka

Terumitsu Kanai

Yuichi Miyamoto

New Position

Current Position

Managing Director & Senior
Executive Director
Head of Customer Services
DivisionManaging Director & Executive
Director
Head of Sales Division &General Manager,
Marketing Department,
Sales Division
Senior Executive Director
General Manager,
Client Account Department,
Customer Services Division
General Manager,
Public Relations Office3

Managing Director & Senior
Executive Director
Head of Sales Division
Managing Director & Executive
Director
General Manager,
Marketing Department,Sales Division

Senior Executive Director-NameNew Position

Current Position

Tomomitsu Moriyama

General Manager,
Human Resources Department

General Manager,
Client Account Department,
Sales Division

Masanao Ihara

General Manager,
Quality Management Office,Operations Division-Name

New Position

Current Position

Koichi Kato(Retirement)

Managing Director

III. Trade Science Corporation
1. Director Change
Effective June 16, 2017

IV. Monex-Saison-Vanguard Investment Partnership, Inc.
1. Director Change
Effective June 16, 2017Name

New Position

Current Position

Tomoshige Nakamura

Chairman and Managing Director

ChairmanContacts:

Yumi Matsuzaki
Public Relations, CEO OfficeMonex Group, Inc.
+81-3-4323-8698
Atsushi Demoto
Investor Relations, Financial Control Department
Monex Group, Inc.
+81-3-4323-8698

This material is an English translation of a Japanese announcement made on the date above. Although the Company intended
to faithfully translate the Japanese document into English, the accuracy and correctness of this English translation is notguaranteed and thus you are encouraged to refer to the original Japanese document. This translation was made as a matter ofrecord only and does not constitute an offer to sell or to solicit an offer to buy securities in the U.S.

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