Ichiyoshi Securities : Preliminary Consolidated Earnings Figures for First Quarter of Fiscal 2017

(Press release on July 19, 2017) (English translation for reference purposes only)

ICHIYOSHI SECURITIES CO., LTD.

Listed on: Tokyo Stock Exchange (1st Section) (Stock code: 8624) President & Representative Executive Officer: Mr. Minoru Kobayashi Enquiry to: Mr. Nobuaki Tsuji, Manager of Public Relations Office

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Preliminary Consolidated Earnings Figures for First Quarter of Fiscal 2017

The following are our preliminary consolidated earnings figures for the first quarter of fiscal 2017 (from April 1 to June 30, 2017), as compared with the actual result for the first quarter of fiscal 2016 and that for the whole fiscal 2016. The final consolidated earnings figures for the first quarter of fiscal 2017 are scheduled to be released on July 28, 2017.

Preliminary Consolidated Earnings Figures for the first quarter of fiscal 2017 (in millions of yen except for per-share figures)

Operating revenue	Operating income	Current income	Net income attributable to owners of parent	Earnings per share
First quarter of fiscal 2017 (a)	5,866	1,143	1,165	785	18.43yen
First quarter of fiscal 2016 (b)	5,273	798	821	552	12.79yen
% change (a) over (b)	11.2	43.2	41.8	42.2	----------
Actual result for fiscal 2016	20,714	2,994	3,077	2,183	50.89yen

Since financial instruments-trading business is susceptible to volatile factors in the market, we do not give a guidance on prospective earnings before the end of our quarterly or annual business term.

Although the above-mentioned preliminary consolidated earnings figures are prepared on the basis of our reasonable judgment at this point of time, there is a possibility that they may differ from the final consolidated earnings figures scheduled to be released on July 28, 2017.

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