February 21, 2012
Daiwa Securities Group Inc.
Daiwa PI Partners Co. Ltd.
Attention
This is an unofficial translation of an excerpt of the press release issued on February 21,
2012, by Daiwa Securities Group Inc. and Daiwa PI Partners Co. Ltd. The original press
release is in Japanese.
Notice Regarding additional acquisition of the investment units of Daiwa Office
Investment Corporation by Daiwa PI Partners Co. Ltd. from K.K. Columbus
as a result of the foreclosure of the security interest
As announced on our press release, “Notice of the Execution of the Definitive
Agreement on the Loan by Daiwa PI Partners Co. Ltd. to K.K. Columbus” dated May
13th, 2011, Daiwa PI Partners Co. Ltd. (“Daiwa PIP”), a consolidated subsidiary ofDaiwa Securities Group Inc. (“DSGI”), executed a loan agreement (the “Agreement”)
with K.K. Columbus (“Columbus”) dated as of May 13th, 2011, and on May 17th, 2011,provided a loan (the “Loan”) secured by 68,905 investment units (17.41% of the total
issued and outstanding investment units) issued by Daiwa Office Investment
Corporation (“DOI”) and held by Columbus. We hereby announce that Daiwa PIP has
decided to foreclose the security interest pursuant to the provisions of the Agreement
and will acquire 52,500 investment units (13.26% of the total issued and outstandinginvestment units) of DOI held by Columbus (the ”Units”, and such acquisition,the ”Acquisition”) as of February 21, 2012.
1. Reasons for the Foreclosure of the Security Interest
Since Daiwa PIP provided the Loan on May 17th, 2011, the asset value of
Columbus has considerably gone down enough to fulfill the conditions for theforeclosure of the security interest provided for in the Agreement. Therefore, in orderto preserve the Loan, Daiwa PIP has decided to foreclose the security interest and toacquire the Units.

2. Outline of the Security Interest Provider of the Units(as of February 8, 2012)
1. Company Name

K.K. Columbus

2. Address

10-1, Roppongi 6-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo

3. Title and Name ofRepresentative

President, Brian Defoe
・Conclusion of Tokumei-Kumiai contracts and management

4. Description of Businessof assets in which such Tokumei-Kumiai invest
・Acquisition, possession, sale and purchase of investment
securities

5. Amount of Capital

JPY 100 million

6. Shareholders

K.K. daVinci Holdings: 100.0％

7. Relationships with Daiwa
Securities Group Inc.

Capital Relationship:

Not applicable

Personal Relationship:

Not applicable

Business Relationship:

Not applicable

Status as a Related
Party:

Columbus, its subsidiaries and its
affiliates are not Related Parties
of Daiwa Securities Group Inc.

3. Number of investment units to be acquired and Investor Composition before andafter the Acquisition（1）Number of investment units acquired:

52,500 units（2）Investor Composition before and after the Acquisition:(Before the Acquisition)
1. Number of investment
units held

DSGI

Daiwa PIP

K.K. Columbus

51,893 units

60,000 units

68,905 units

13.11 %

15.16 %

17.41 %

4th

2nd

1st

2. Investment-holding
ratio against the total
outstanding investment
units
3. Rank among investment
unit holders

※ As of November 30th, 2011
(After the Acquisition)
1. Number of investment
units held

DSGI

Daiwa PIP

K.K. Columbus

51,893 units

112,500units

16,405units

13.11%

28.42%

4.14%

3rd

1st6th

2. Investment-holding
ratio against the total
outstanding investment
units
3. Rank among investment
unit holders※ The total number of the investment units held by DSGI and Daiwa PIP will be
164,393 (41.53% of the total outstanding investment units).
4. Date of Acquisition (Planned)

February 21, 2012

5. Prospects
We believe that the Acquisition will not affect the conduit status of DOI for
taxation purposes the requirements for which are stipulated under Article 67-15 of theAct on Special Measures Concerning Taxation (the “Act”), because the aggregate
investment-holding in DOI held by DSGI and Daiwa PIP (and those who have special
relationships defined in Paragraph 5, Article 39-32-3 of the Enforcement Order for theAct with either of DSGI or Daiwa PIP) after the Acquisition will not exceed 50%.

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