EX-99.3 4 d836285dex993.htm EX-99.3 EX-99.3

Exhibit 99.3

November 18, 2019

To whom it may concern:

 

   Company name    SoftBank Corp.   
   Name of Representative   

Representative Director,

President & CEO

   Ken Miyauchi
  

(Securities Code: 9434, Tokyo Stock Exchange First Section)

   Inquiries    Executive Officer, General Manager of Finance & Accounting Division    Takashi Naito
      (TEL. 03-6889-2000)    

Announcement of Transfer of Shares of Z Holdings Corporation through Secondary

Distribution to Shiodome Z Holdings Co., Ltd.

SoftBank Corp. (the “Company”) announces that Ken Miyauchi, Representative Director, President & CEO of the Company, pursuant to an entrustment by our board of directors’ meeting held on November 17, 2019, decided to transfer through secondary distribution shares of Z Holdings Corporation (Securities Code: 4689, Tokyo Stock Exchange (“TSE”) First Section, “ZHD”) held by the Company to its consolidated subsidiary, Shiodome Z Holdings Co., Ltd. (“Shiodome Z Holdings”) (the “Share Transfer”), and that it has entered into a share transfer agreement with Shiodome Z Holdings.

 

1.

Reasons for Share Transfer

The Company, NAVER Corporation (“NAVER”), ZHD and LINE Corporation (Securities Code: 3938, TSE First Section, “LINE”) have, as announced by “Notice Concerning the Entry into a Memorandum of Understanding Regarding the Business Integration of Z Holdings Corporation (Securities Code: 4689) and LINE Corporation (Securities Code: 3938), and the Submission of a Letter of Intent in Relation to a Joint Tender Offer for the Shares of LINE Corporation” dated today, agreed to the business integration of ZHD Group (ZHD and its subsidiaries) and LINE Group (LINE and its subsidiaries) on an equal basis (the “Business Integration”), and have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding among four parties regarding a series of transactions concerning the Business Integration. The Share Transfer is the transfer of all of ZHD shares held by the Company to Shiodome Z Holdings in relation to the Business Integration.

As a result of the Share Transfer, ZHD will become a subsidiary of Shiodome Z Holdings and become a sub-subsidiary of the Company. The changes in our consolidated subsidiaries arising from this Share Transfer are within the scope of our consolidation, and there is no change in the scope of our consolidation.


2.

Outline of Sub-Subsidiary Subject to Change

 

(1)    Name    Z Holdings Corporation
(2)   Location   

1-3, Kioicho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo

Tokyo Garden Terrace Kioi-cho Kioi Tower

(3)   Name and Title of Representative    Kentaro Kawabe, President and CEO
(4)   Nature of Business    Control of group companies and related operations
(5)   Share Capital    237,404 million yen (As of September 30, 2019)
(6)   Founded    January 31, 1996

(7)

  Major Shareholders and Equity Ratios    SoftBank Corp.   44.6%  
    (As of September 30, 2019)   

STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY 505325

(Standing proxy: Mizuho Bank, Ltd.)

  3.0%  
        

SSBTC CLIENT OMNIBUS ACCOUNT

(Standing proxy: The Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, Tokyo Branch)

  1.9%  
         Japan Trustee Services Bank, Ltd. (Trust account)   1.8%  
         The Master Trust Bank of Japan, Ltd. (Trust Account)   1.8%  
        

GOLDMAN,SACHS& CO.REG

(Standing Proxy: Goldman Sachs Japan Co., Ltd.)

  1.7%  
         J.P. MORGAN BANK LUXEMBOURG S. A. 1300000
(Standing proxy: Mizuho Bank, Ltd.)
  1.5%  
        

JP MORGAN CHASE BANK 385632

(Standing proxy: Mizuho Bank, Ltd.)

  1.2%  
        

BBH FOR FIDELITY LOW-PRICED STOCK FUND (PRINCIPAL ALL SECTOR SUBPORTFOLIO)

(Standing proxy: MUFJ Bank, Ltd.)

  1.1%  
         Japan Trustee Services Bank, Ltd. (Trust Account 9)   1.0%  
(8)   Relationship between the Company and ZHD
    Capital relationship    The Company’s shareholding ratio of ZHD common stock is 44.64%. SoftBank Group Corp., the Company’s parent company, has a shareholding ratio of 45.52% in ZHD common stock (including the portion indirectly held through the Company).
    Personal relationship   

Masayoshi Son, the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company; Ken Miyauchi, the Representative Director of the Company; and Kazuhiko Fujihara, the Director of the Company, serve as directors of ZHD.

Kentaro Kawabe, the Representative Director of ZHD, serves as a director of the Company.

    Business relationship    The Company and ZHD have business transactions including advertising submissions, communication services, point campaigns, etc.
(9)   Consolidated results of operations and consolidate financial position of the Company in the most recent three-year period

Fiscal year-end  

  

Fiscal Year Ended

March 31, 2017

  

Fiscal Year Ended

March 31, 2018

 

Fiscal Year Ended

March 31, 2019

Equity attributable to owners of the parent   

930,820 million  

yen  

  

1,013,368 million  

yen  

 

818,291 million  

yen  

Total assets   

1,534,212 million  

yen  

  

2,516,633 million  

yen  

 

2,429,601 million  

yen  

Equity attributable to owners of parent per share    163.51 yen      177.97 yen     160.96 yen  
Revenue   

853,730 million  

yen  

  

897,185 million  

yen  

 

954,714 million  

yen  

 
Operating income   

192,049 million  

yen  

  

185,810 million  

yen  

 

140,528 million  

yen  

Net profit before income taxes   

193,475 million  

yen  

   193,177 million   yen    

123,370 million  

yen  

Net income attributable to owners of parent   

136,589 million  

yen  

  

131,153 million  

yen  

 

78,677 million  

yen  

Basic earnings per share attributable to owners of parent    23.99 yen      23.04 yen     14.74 yen  
Dividends per share    8.86 yen      8.86 yen     8.86 yen  

 

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3.

Outline of Subsidiary Acquiring Shares

 

(1)    Name   Shiodome Z Holdings Co., Ltd.
(2)    Location   1-9-1, Higashi-Shimbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo
(3)    Name and Title of Representative   Kazuhiko Fujihara, Representative Director
(4)    Nature of Business   Business preparation company
(5)    Share Capital   10 million yen (As of March 31, 2019)
(6)    Founded   June 1, 2016
(7)    Net Assets   20 million yen (As of March 31, 2019)
(8)    Total Assets   20 million yen (As of March 31, 2019)
(9)   

Major Shareholders and

Shareholding Ratio

(As of September 30, 2019)

  SoftBank Corp.   100%  
(10)    Relationship between the Company and Shiodome Z Holdings                  
     Capital relationship   The Company owns 100% of the outstanding shares of Shiodome Z Holdings directly.
     Personal relationship   Kazuhiko Fujihara, the Director of the Company, is a representative director of Shiodome Z Holdings.
     Business relationship   The Company manages the business of Shiodome Z Holdings.
     Whether Shiodome Z Holdings falls under related party   Shiodome Z Holdings is a consolidated subsidiary of the Company and falls under a related party.

 

4.  Number of Transferred Shares, Transfer Price, and Status of Shareholding Ratios before and after Transfer

 

(1)    Number of shares held before change   The Company  

2,125,366,950 shares

(Number of voting rights: 21,253,669 units)

(Ratio of voting rights holding: 44.62%)

  Shiodome Z
Holdings
 

- Shares

(Number of voting rights: —)

(Ratio of voting rights holding: - %)

(2)    Number of shares transferred   2,125,366,950 shares          
(3)    Transfer price   739,627,698,600 yen
(4)    Number of shares held after change  

The Company

 

- Shares

(Number of voting rights: —)

(Ratio of voting rights holding : - %)

  Shiodome Z
Holdings
 

2,125,366,950 shares

(Number of voting rights: 21,253,669)

(Ratio of voting rights holding: 44.62%)

(Note 1)    The ratio of voting rights holding is calculated with number of total shareholders’ voting rights 47,622,197 as of September 30, 2019 as denominator.

(Note 2)    In case the number includes a fractional amount beyond the third decimal place, such fractional amount is rounded down to the third decimal place.

 

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5.

Schedule

 

(1)    Date of Decision                                               

The Company                  November 18, 2019

Shiodome Z Holdings     November 18, 2019

(2)    Date of Execution of the Agreement   November 18, 2019
(3)    Effective date of the Share Transfer   December 18, 2019 (Scheduled)

 

6.

Future Outlook

This is a transaction between the Company and Shiodome Z Holdings, our consolidated subsidiary, and will not affect our consolidated financial results. We will also announce the impact of the Business Integration on our business results as soon as we can foresee.

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