Recognition of Gain on Sale of Investment Securities in Non-Consolidated Financial Results Following Completion of Settlement of Alibaba Prepaid Forward Contracts

SoftBank Group Corp. (“SBG”) announced today that it will record a gain on sale of investment securities of JPY 546.1 billion as extraordinary income in its non-consolidated financial results for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2025, as a result of the settlement of certain intra-group transactions (collectively referred to as the “Intra-group Transactions”, comprising the Intra-group Share Loan Agreement and the Intra-group Prepaid Forward Contracts, as defined below) between SBG and Gawain II 2022 Holdings Limited (“Gawain II”), a wholly owned subsidiary, related to the prepaid forward contracts using shares of Alibaba Group Holding Limited (“Alibaba”).