August 8, 2019
For Immediate Release
Real Estate Investment Trust Securities Issuer
Star Asia Investment Corporation
Representative: Atsushi Kato, Executive Officer(Code: 3468)
Asset Management Company
Star Asia Investment Management Co., Ltd.
Representative:
Atsushi Kato
President and CEO
Contact:
Akiko Kanno
Director and CFO
TEL: +81-3-5425-1340

LPGK Withdraws Petition Filed Seeking Permission to Inspect and Take Copies ofthe Meeting Minutes of the Board of Officers of Sakura Sogo REIT

Star Asia Investment Corporation (“SAR”) and Star Asia Investment Management Co., Ltd., the asset manager
for SAR (the “Asset Manager”), received a notice today from Lion Partners GK (“LPGK”, Representative Director:
Toru Sugihara), an affiliate of Star Asia Group. LPGK is the largest unitholder of Sakura Sogo REIT Corporation(“SSR”) holding 5.1% of the total investment units of SSR (as of August 6, 2019/on a trade basis). Details are asfollows:
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LPGK withdraws petition seeking permission to inspect and take copies of meeting minutes of the board ofofficers of SSR.
Regarding the petition filed by LPGK seeking permission to inspect and take copies of the meeting minutesof the board of officers of SSR (hereinafter referred to as the “Relevant Petition”) which was disclosed in thepress release dated July 4, 2019 entitled “Lion Partners Files Petition with Tokyo District Court Seeking
Injunction Given Illegal Acts Conducted by the Executive Director of Sakura Sogo REIT (“SSR”). Also Takes
Other Further Actions to Protect and Defend the Best Interests of SSR Unitholders”, LPGK and SSR havereached amicable settlement, and LPGK has received copies of the parts of the meeting minutes which it
believed to be particularly important, and therefore the Relevant Petition has been withdrawn. The copies ofthe meeting minutes disclosed today will be reviewed by LPGK, and if any matters are found which should bedisclosed in the future, such disclosure will be made as necessary and in a timely manner.

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Reference Information
Please also refer to the following press releases for further information.
May 10th, 2019
Notice Concerning Proposal for Merger between Sakura Sogo REIT
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Investment Corporation and Star Asia Investment Corporation
May 10th, 2019
Supplementary Explanatory Material Regarding Today’s Timely Disclosure (1)2~Proposal Material from the Star Asia Group to all unitholders of Sakura Sogo
REIT Investment Corporation~May 10th, 2019
Supplementary Explanatory Material Regarding Today’s Timely Disclosure (2)3~Explanatory Material to all unitholders of Star Asia Investment Corporation~

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June 28th, 2019
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July 25th, 201912
July 29th, 2019
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August 2, 2019
August 6, 2019
August 7, 2019
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Notice Concerning Application for Permission of Holding Sakura Sogo REIT
Investment Corporation’s Unitholders’ Meeting by Star Asia GroupStar Asia Group Receives Approval to Hold Unitholders’ Meeting of Sakura
Sogo REIT Investment Corporation
Notice Concerning Holding Unitholders' Meeting of Sakura Sogo REITInvestment Corporation by Star Asia Group
Lion Partners Files Petition with Tokyo District Court Seeking Injunction Given
Illegal Acts Conducted by the Executive Director of Sakura Sogo REIT (“SSR”).
Also Takes Other Further Actions to Protect and Defend the Best Interests ofSSR Unitholders
Supplementary Explanatory Material Regarding Timely Disclosure announced
on July 4th, 2019
Lion Partners to Acquire Additional Investment Units of Sakura Sogo REIT
Lion Partners－Further Increases Amount of Additional Acquisition of Sakura
Sogo REIT Units－Important Notice Regarding the Sakura Sogo REIT Unitholders’ Meeting to be
Convened by Lion Partners (Scheduled to begin from 10:00 am on Friday
August 30, 2019 )Star Asia Group Supports Nippon Kanzai’s Views on Merger Star Asia Also
Strongly Believes Merger Between Star Asia REIT and Sakura Sogo REIT Is in
the Best Interest of All Unitholders(correction) Star Asia Group Supports Nippon Kanzai’s Views on Merger Star
Asia Also Strongly Believes Merger Between Star Asia REIT and Sakura Sogo
REIT Is in the Best Interest of All Unitholders
Notice Concerning Withdraw of Petition filed by LPGK for Injunction of Illegal
Acts Conducted by the Executive Director of Sakura Sogo REIT
Notice Concerning Obtainment of Preferential Negotiation Rights Pertainingto Acquisition of Assets
Star Asia Group Announces Detailed Proposal for Merger between Sakura
Sogo REIT and Star Asia Investment Corporation
Supplementary Explanatory Material Regarding Today’s Timely Disclosure
Proposal for Merger between Sakura Sogo REIT Investment Corporation andStar Asia Investment Corporation Merger Ratio ~ Star Asia Group’s
Unitholder-Friendly Concept

6. Future Policy
If circumstances should arise which warrant further disclosures, such matters shall be disclosed as deemed
appropriate in a timely manner.
＊ SAR HP URL: http://starasia-reit.com＊ Star Asia Group HP URL: http://starasiamanagement.com/＊ SAR official YouTube channel URL: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYasJn4xrns2fhyZFKMAELw
This is an English translation of the announcement in Japanese dated August 8, 2019. However, no assurance or warranties
are given for the completeness or accuracy of this English translation.

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