Matters to Be Noted for Financial Instruments Exchange, etc.

Pursuant to the Act on Provision of Financial Services, the Company determines and publishes the following Policy for the Solicitation of Sale of Financial Instruments, etc.

1. Basic attitude regarding solicitation of customers
   To ensure that customers carry out transactions at their own discretion and responsibility, when the Company recommends a financial instrument, it will avoid providing any assertive conclusion or incorrect information that would mislead customers and will appropriately explain the details of the financial instrument, risks, charges incurred for the transaction, and other matters in light of customers' knowledge and experience, status of assets and purpose of executing the agreement.
2. Method of soliciting customers and hours of solicitation
   With regard to the solicitation of customers, the company will always place the utmost priority on earning customers' trust and conduct customer-oriented solicitation for investment in compliance with the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act and other related laws and regulations. The Company will perform solicitation during hours and at places convenient to customers.
3. Other matters
   To ensure that customers carry out transactions at their own discretion and responsibility, the Company will provide appropriate information. To earn customers' trust, the Company will continue making efforts to realize sales activities that meet customers' demands.

The Company places the utmost priority on earning customers' trust and will take speedy, fair and appropriate actions to settle complaints and disputes, including objections raised by customers, that arise in connection with the execution of a financial instrument transaction agreement with customers (such complaints, disputes and customer objections hereinafter referred to as "Complaints, etc."; "financial instrument transaction agreement" means a financial instrument transaction agreement specified in Article 34 of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act (hereinafter referred to as the "FIEA")) and all incidental services provided by the Company.