Announcement of Subsidiary’s Release

TOKYO, October 19, 2018 – Monex, Inc., a fully owned subsidiary of Monex Group, Inc., issued thefollowing press release today.

Attachment: Monex, Inc. press releaseMonex joins hands with Shizuoka Bank to Launch Financial Instruments Intermediary Services

Akiko Kato
Atsushi Demoto, Yuki Nakano
Corporate Communications Office
Investor Relations, Financial Control Department
Monex Group, Inc.
Monex Group, Inc.
+81-3-4323-8698+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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Press Release
October 19, 2018
Monex, Inc.

Monex joins hands with Shizuoka Bank to Launch Financial
Instruments Intermediary Services
Monex, Inc. (Minato-ku, Tokyo; Oki Matsumoto, President; hereinafter “Monex”) is
pleased to announce that it has signed a financial instruments intermediary service
agreement with The Shizuoka Bank, Ltd. (Shizuoka City, Shizuoka Prefecture; Hisashi
Shibata, President; hereinafter “Shizuoka Bank”) and will begin offering the bank’s
customers financial products and services, including domestic equities, as of Friday,
October 19, 2018.
Shizuoka Bank, which has entered into a capital and business alliance with our parent,
Monex Group, Inc. (Minato-ku, Tokyo; Oki Matsumoto, President and Chief ExecutiveOfficer), will launch the services as part of the collaboration.
For the financial instruments intermediary services, Shizuoka Bank will solicit
customers to open a general securities account with Monex through the bank’s website.
This allows the bank’s customers to open an account with us via the website and deal
with a wide array of financial products and services we offer.
Through this initiative with Shizuoka Bank, we believe that Monex will be able toexpand our customer base further.

■Company Profile of the Shizuoka Bank, Ltd. (as of July 31, 2018)
Trade Name: The Shizuoka Bank, Ltd.
Date of Establishment: March 1, 1943
Head Office: 10, 1-chome Gofuku-cho, Aoi-ku, Shizuoka City, Shizuoka Prefecture
Capital: 90.8 billion yen
Deposits: 9.5397 trillion yen
President: Hisashi ShibataRegistration Number: Director-General, Tokai Local Financial Bureau Registration(Registered Financial Institution) No. 5
Affiliated Associations: Japan Securities Dealers Association, Financial Futures
Association of Japan
Contact:

Tadashi Fukushima, Maho Tsugawa
Sales Planning & Public Relations Department
Monex, Inc.
+81-03-4323-3981

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 not guaranteed and thus you are encouraged to refer to the original Japanese document. This translation
was made as a matter of record only and does not constitute an offer to sell or to solicit an offer to buy securities inthe U.S