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Seven & i Holdings Co., Ltd.
Growth Strategy Presentation

                        March 9, 2016
Content

Group Management

Strengthening Governance

Reform of Ito-Yokado

Reform of Sogo & Seibu
Group Management
Seven & i Group Management

 The Goal is to maximize Group value
   Basic policy                  “Shared strategies and independent brands”

 Holding company                              Operating Companies
  Seven & i Holdings                           Seven-Eleven Japan (SEJ), Ito-Yokado
                                               (IY), and Sogo & Seibu (SS), etc.

      Reflect shareholder concerns                     Reflect customer concerns

 1) Control overall governance                1) Fulfill responsibilities in each operational
 2) Maximize enterprise value as the             domain
    Group’s listed representative             2) Realize autonomy, seek profit growth and
                                                 enhance asset efficiency

                         Realizing Group synergies●
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Pursuing Group Synergies
 Drivers of Group synergy generation
   (1)   Group principle : “Responding to Change while Strengthening Fundamentals”
   (2)   Marketing capabilities: Perceiving changes in consumer behavior through abundant
                                 customer-contacts

                  Foundation of      Modernization and revitalization of small and
                  Seven-Eleven Japan medium sized stores
                  Reconstruction of        Reconstruction through relisting and becoming
                  7-Eleven, Inc.           a wholly owned subsidiary
                  Foundation of
                  Seven Bank               Pursuing further convenience of SEJ

                                           Synergies focused on products through team
                  Seven Premium
                                           merchandising
                  The Omni-Channel         Synergies focused on customer behavior and
                  Strategy                 Internet infrastructure

 Group management is crucial to grasp broad trends in consumer behavior and raise gross
 profit through purchasing power
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Group Growth Strategy Matrix
 “Responding to Change while Strengthening Fundamentals”

                                                    Team
                                                merchandising

           IY expertise                        Development of                           YB and YMT* expertise
                                               Seven Premium

         Differentiation                                                                   Increase
                                                                                         existing store                       Seven
       through the Omni-                     SEJ’s Growth                                  sales and                          Bank’s
                                                                                         expand store
        Channel Strategy                                                                   openings                           growth
          Merchandising and
           logistics project

           Contribution                        Reconstruction and                                SEI absorbs SEJ’s
             by SS                               growth of SEI                                   management styles

 Grow CVS operations making full use of Group’s resources
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SEJ Could Never Have Grown without Realization of Group Capabilities,
Including from IY and YB
■Total store sales (including Seven Premium sales) [left scale, bar graph] and operating income
 [right scale, line graph] by fiscal year
  4,500                                                                                                                    SEVEN                          240
 (Billions          Main growth drivers (as of January 2016)                                                                CAFÉ                      (Billions
  of yen)                                                                      Initiatives                                 launch                      of yen)
                                                                               for close-by,
  4,000             Delicatessen             74          consecutive           convenient                                                                 220
                    foods                    months      YOY increases                          Special demand
                                                                                                associated with
  3,500                                      69                                  Seven          earthquake                                                200
                    Daily products                       consecutive           Premium
                                             months      YOY increases          launch                                             Seven
  3,000           Operating income                                                                                                Premium                 180
                  (Right )                                                                                                         Sales
  2,500                                                                                                                                                   160

                                                                          taspo effect                       Total store sales (Left)
  2,000                                                                                                                                                   140
                                                                                  Lehman Brothers’ collapse
  1,500                                                                                                                                                   120
           (FY)    01         02     03     04     05     06     07      08       09      10       11       12      13       14       15      16 (Plan)
Existing
stores sales      ▲0.2       ▲1.3   ▲0.2   ▲0.6   ▲0.7   ▲1.6   ▲1.9   ▲1.5      +5.2    ▲2.1     +2.2    +6.7     +1.3      +2.3    +2.4     +2.5
increase

Net
increase
                  449        458    630    613    523    484    425      299     264      455      479     773     1,067    1,247   1,142    1,100

 Positive cycle: Social structure change⇒Product strategy change⇒Existing store sales increase
                 ⇒Increase store openings
       Aging society and increase in           Seven Premium
                                                                           Realize synergies
          dual-career couples, etc.               expansion
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Seven Premium Helps SEJ to be “Close-by, Convenient Stores” by
Incorporating the Strengths of Supermarkets
 Convenience stores product lineups meet meal needs through product development using
 supermarket knowledge and marketing capabilities

            Previous lineup                Since Seven Premium proposals (2009 onward)
                       Convenience                                       Convenience
                          stores                                            stores

                                            Ready-                                                             Meal
                                           to-serve                                                            needs

                                 Meal
  Ready-                         needs
 to-serve

                      Supermarkets                                       Supermarkets

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SEI Could Never Have Grown without Becoming a Wholly Owned Subsidiary
■Trends of merchandising sales [left scale, bar graph] and operating income [right scale, line graph] on a dollar basis
 17,000                                                                                                                                                     750
 (Millions of                                                                                                                                            (Millions of
   dollars)             SEI absorbs SEJ’s management styles                                                                                     637        dollars)
                                                                                                                                                (plan)
 15,000                                                                                                                                                     650
                        Development of
                        merchandising                    Logistics strategy                             Aggressive                     564
 13,000                                                                                                   M&A                                               550

                                                            Operating income [right scale]
 11,000                                                                                                                                                     450
                                                                                                    380
                                                 Became a wholly
                                                 owned subsidiary
   9,000                                                                                                                                                    350

                229
   7,000                                                                                                                                                    250
                                 192
                                                              Merchandising sales [left scale]
   5,000                                                                                                                                                    150
                FY00     FY01    FY02    FY03    FY04     FY05    FY06    FY07    FY08     FY09     FY10    FY11     FY12     FY13     FY14     FY15
                                                                                                                                                (plan)

 Number of
 total stores   5,756    5,829   5,823   5,784   5,799    5,829   6,050   6,088   6,196     6,389   6,610    7,149    8,118    8,292    8,297    8,550

 Number of
 franchised     3,118    3,173   3,276   3,338   3,422    3,508   3,828   4,041   4,220     4,649   5,064    5,437    5,870    6,219    6,390    6,678
 stores

 Franchise
 ratio (%)       54.2     54.4    56.3    57.7    59.0     60.2    63.3    66.4    68.1     72.8     76.6     76.1    72.3     75.0     77.0     78.1

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Strengthening Governance
Concept of Governance (1):
Realize Sustainable Growth and Medium- to Long-Term Enterprise Value Increase
●Approaches and key indicators for achieving goals
   Goal                                Approach                                Key indicators
                                                                            Operating income increase
 Medium- to long-term              Realize synergies
                                                                            ROIC
 enterprise value increase         Increase capital efficiency
                                                                            ROE (ROA)

                                                                            Credit ratings
                                   Maintain a sound financial
 Sustainable growth                                                         Owners’ equity ratio
                                   structure
                                                                            Interest-bearing debt ratio

                    Net income            Net sales                                   Total assets
   ROE        =                    ×                      ×
                      Net sales          Total assets                             Owners’ equity

              =                   ROA                     ×                     Financial leverage

 Business management of operating companies based on ROA and consolidated financial
 leverage
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Concept of Governance (2):
Realize Sustainable Growth and Medium- to Long-Term Enterprise Value Increase
●Current ROE (FY2015) and target
                                      ROE                                                                     ROE
         Current                                                       Target
                                     7.9%                                                                    10%

 ■Governance       for operating companies
 Set increasing operating income as the most important indicator, since this is the
 result of our core business
                                  Support each company’s sales strategies and create synergies
   1. Operation
                                  across the organization

        Investment
   2.                             Make investment decisions based on a standard of ROIC 6%*
        decisions
     *(Operating income + interest income) × 0.6 + dividend income / (non-current assets + investment and financing)

   1. Strengthen operation                 2. Streamline investment
       Increase operating                                                                          Increase ROE
         profit margin                      Increase capital efficiency
   Increase operating income
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Strengthening Governance

 Matters currently under consideration
  Setting of targets with set
                                    Specify when achieve the target of ROE 10%
  deadlines
  PDCA cycle for achieving          Deciding, executing, confirming on funds allocation
  numerical targets                 and operating strategy

  Implementation process example
                                                             Plan
          Involvement of
        independent outside                                 Policy
             directors
                                               See                               Do

 The holding company will strive to realize a structure capable of allocating the
 management resources (funds) of the entire Group
 As a result, we will create a framework that can generate cash flow that will enable
 continuous dividend increases
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Maintain a Sound Financial Structure (Sustainable Growth)
   Capital policies
        Credit ratings                                   Maintain current rating

        Owners’ equity ratio                             Manage the owners’ equity ratio of around 45%
                                                                                                   *Maintain around 55 % in retail business

        Interest-bearing debt ratio                      Manage within 0.5 times
    *Conduct fund procurement through large-scale investments, etc. using optimal methods considering management trends, financial
     status, market environment, etc.

    With financial stability as the core focus, aim to also increase capital efficiency

         Reference: Trends on owners’ equity ratio
 60                                                                        0.6        Owners’ equity ratio (left scale)
           54.6         55.7         55.0         53.5         54.0
                                                                                      Estimated owners' equity ratio excluding financial
                                                                                      services (left scale)
 50                                                                        0.5        Interest-bearing debt ratio (right scale)
           0.43                      0.45         0.45
                                                               0.41       (times)
  (%)                   0.40                                                        *Financial services
 40                                                                        0.4      ATM, credit card, electronic money
                                                                                    (pursue settlement functions)
           45.6        45.4         44.4         43.6         43.9
 30                                                                        0.3      insurance, and lease services
      (FY) 2011        2012         2013          2014         2015
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Establishment of a Voluntary Nomination and Compensation Committee
 Establish the Nomination and Compensation Committee as a voluntary advisory committee
 to the Company’s Board of Directors
                                                                                                                *Integrated committee
 ●Goal
 Ensure objectivity and transparency for important matters relating to personnel and
 compensation
   Committee            Kunio Ito, Director (Independent Outside Director):
   chair                Nominated by the Board of Directors
   Committee            Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) , President and Chief Operating
   members              Officer (COO), Independent Outside Directors (Two members)
                                                   *Observer: One Internal Audit & Supervisory Board Member and one Outside Audit
                                                              & Supervisory Board Member, without voting rights
 ●Deliberations
 Deliberate on the following and report to the Board of Directors
                                                                7&i HD              : Representative Directors, Directors,
                        Formulation of basic policy                                   Executive Officers, Audit &
   Nominations          and standard                                                  Supervisory Board Members
                        Clarify reason for nomination
                                                                Subsidiaries        : Representative Directors*
                        Formulate basic policy and standards relating to executive compensation, discuss
   Compensation
                        and confirm compensation proposals
   *SEJ, IY, SS, YB, YMT, Seven & i Food Systems                         Copyright (C) Seven & i Holdings Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved.   11
Reform of Ito-Yokado
Earnings and Direction of Ito-Yokado (IY)
 Base on individual store management, move away from mainly corporate general
 merchandise stores and change the earnings structure
    Thoroughly              Downsize apparel       Strengthen Ario         Leverage potential              Utilize the
    reinforce food          and household          (shopping center)       in the Tokyo                    Omni-Chanel
                            goods in line with     format                  metropolitan area               Strategy
                            individual store
                            characteristics

 IY earnings                                                               Environmental changes
 Apparel and         Decrease in floor-space efficiency and gross          Consumption environment
 household           profit margins resulted in a sharp increase in         ・Further shortening of product life
 goods               loss                                                     cycles
                                                                            ・Emergence of Internet drives
                     Breadwinner, mainly in the Tokyo                        demand for increased specialization
 Food
                     metropolitan area
                                                                           Internal issues
                     Profit growth through increase in Ario stores           Break Away from Conventional
 Tenants             and shift from corporate to emphasizing                 Chain Store Concept
                     tenanting existing stores                               ・Uniform companywide
                                                                              merchandizing
                     Continuing to make profit in Tokyo, Chiba,              ・Reliance on wholesaler
 Regional                                                                     merchandizing
                     Saitama, and Kanagawa prefectures, loss in              ・Increase in disposal loss and sales
 characteristics
                     regional areas                                           promotion expenses
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Thoroughly Strengthen Food

 IY’s competitive advantages
   Dominance in the Tokyo        High store density in Tokyo, Chiba, Saitama, and
   metropolitan area             Kanagawa prefectures
                                 Private brand strategy backed by unrivalled marketing
   Member of the                 power
   Seven & i Group               Omni-Channel Strategy

 Thoroughly strengthen food leveraging advantages

   Develop thoroughly regional Strengthen fresh foods and            Demonstrate price
   food products               prepared meals                        superiority

 Aim to create shopping centers that enhance customer attraction through food and
 leverage tenant mix aligned to individual store catchment areas
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Comparison of Gross Profit YOY between Independently Managed Stores and
All Stores
 At the initial 9 independently operated stores, the effects have begun to show in the
 food business

         Jan. 2014 Start independent operation at Ario Ageo
 110                                                                                                  Initial 9
 (%)            Dec. 2014 Expand to 9 stores                                                       independently
                               105
                                                                                                   managed stores                        106
 105                                      105 May 2015 Expand to all stores
                                          104                                                       104
                                                         104                                                                             103
                               103                           101                                                          103
                                                                        101                      100          101
 100                                                 102
          98                                                                                                              99
                                                   98                    99
                                                                                     98                       98
  95
          96
                     92       Yearly difference in gross profits
                     91                                                                      All stores
  90                               for foods show effects

  85
       FY2015   Mar. 2015 Apr. 2015 May.2015 Jun. 2015   Jul. 2015 Aug. 2015 Sep. 2015 Oct. 2015 Nov. 2015 Dec. 2015 Jan. 2016

Finally, food gross profit of all stores has exceeded the previous year’s performance
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IY’s Target Status
  Start by conducting steady restructuring aimed at business structural reforms●
●Steadily close stores that are unable to earn profit through food
 Close 20 stores for FY2017
                  February
    FY                                             FY2017                                        – FY2021
                    2016
   No. of           182                                                          40 cumulative store closures
   stores
                                          20 store closures
                   stores                                                               142 stores

        Impact on profit / loss after                                   Impact on profit / loss
       20 store closures for FY2017                                     after 40 store closures
                       Approx. 11.0 billion yen
  Special loss          Will record approx. 4.0             Special loss                   Approx. 20.0 billion yen
                          billion yen for FY2016

    Revenue from              Approx. (77.0)                 Revenue from                       Approx. (160.0)
       operations               billion yen                     operations                        billion yen

            Operating                                              Operating
                      Approx. 1.9 billion yen                                              Approx. 4.0 billion yen
              income                                                 income
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IY’s Target Status

   Status after Business Structural Reforms●

 Status of 142 stores in 2020
       Structural reform to Ario      Approx.    Over 16,500 ㎡ , including existing
   1
       shopping center format         45stores   17 stores
       General merchandise stores     Approx.    Under 16,500 ㎡, attract tenants to suit
   2
       + introduction of tenant mix   60stores   catchment area
                                      Approx.
   3 Food + tenants
                                      15stores   Food specialty store format
       Shokuhinkan and
   4                                  18stores
       THE PRICE                                 18 existing stores
   Business alliance with Group       Of which,
   supermarkets                       15 stores Hokkaido, Tohoku

       Create profitable formats while carrying out new store openings
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Reform of Sogo & Seibu
SS Reforms Pillar: Business Reform

 Thorough business reform

   Close unprofitable        September 30, 2016 (Plan)
   stores                     Sogo Kashiwa , SEIBU Asahikawa
                                      *Will record a special loss of approx. 1.5 billion yen for FY2016

                             Reduce Head Office personnel (100 employees)
   Promote                   Introduce merchandiser system to Merchandising Dept.
   reorganization
                             Reduce the layers of management at Sales Dept.
                              (from 3 layers to 2 layers)

 Use the reform as an opportunity to promote awareness reforms among
 employees and change the approach to work

                   ・Promote reform toward shopping centers utilizing tenants
                   ・Strengthen regionally-retailer-managed merchandising:
   Invigorate                                          Limited Edition areamode
   regional stores ・Utilize Omni-Channel:
                     Establish centers where customers can “view, touch, and try”
                     products not available in stores
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SS Reforms Pillar: Growth Strategy
 The meaning for Seven & i Holdings of positioning SS as the entire
 department store business
   ・Holds the highest location as a vital element in the market concentration strategy for the
    Tokyo metropolitan area
   ・Complements the holding company’s branding capabilities

   ・Utilizes customer management systems

 Draw out the SS’s competitive advantage and latent capabilities through the
 Omni-Channel Strategy

  Promoting new growth strategies = Expanding market share

   Initiatives to cultivate areas using the Omni-Channel and utilize SS’s location
   advantages

   ⇒Form a strategic area for nationwide deployment

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Choice of Format by Customer Objective
●Customers choose formats within their area depending on distance and frequency of use
                                    Customer needs                                 Catchment area                Average frequency
  7&i HD                       (Way of use/characteristics)                        average distance                   of use
                  Special (fancy) shopping Relaxed and refined
     SS                                                                                     30 km radius           0.6 times / month
                  (Customer service, consultation shopping)

                  High quality daily shopping Daily needs and
     IY                                                                                      5 km radius           3.0 times / month
                  extras (Semi-self-service)

                  Close-by, convenient/daily shopping                                                            18.6 times / month
    SEJ                                                                                  0.5 km radius
                                                                                                                  [4.2 times / week]
                  Immediate needs (Quick self-service)

                  Uniform management of customer information
                   ⇒Implement meticulous personalized sales                                        Utilize SS expertise of
                      promotions                                                                   customer management
                    ⇒Point promotion utilizing lifetime value*

  *Profit for the Company ultimately derives from keeping individual customers for longer

 Strengthen the Omni-Channel Strategy to nurture the entire Group’s market
 concentration strategy
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Collecting customer needs as a group – an example of Beauty
●Capture high-quality customers at SS. Use customer data to encourage them to use IY and SEJ
     Consultant – SS               Semi-self service – IY                      Self-service – SEJ

       Kirei Station                   Bi no Garden                              Seven Premium

                                                                                  Seven Lifestyle

       Special needs               High quality day-to-day                   Close-by, convenient
     (consultant sales)              (semi-self-service)                     (quick-self-service)
 Capture high-quality customers
 Databasing customer information
                                                 Customer data linkage

    Seven & i Group meets all manner of customers living needs other than beauty
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Trends on Operating Income and Dividend per Share Since the Foundation of 7&i HD
       100                                                                                                                                      400
        (yen)       ■ Interim     ■ Year-End     ■ Commemorative          Operating income(right scale)                                       (Billions
                                                                                                                                               of yen)

           80                                                                                                                      8.0          350

           60                                                                                                                    38.5
                                                                                                                                 38.5           300
                                                                                                                    36.5
                                                                                                       35
                                                                            33           33
           40                             29          28        29                                                                              250
                    27          28

           20                                                                                                       36.5         38.5           200
                                                                            29           31            33
                    25          26        27          28        28

            0                                                                                                                                   150
           (FY)    2007         2008      2009       2010       2011       2012         2013          2014          2015          2016
                                                                                                                                 (forecast)
  Net Income
 (billion yen)      133.4       130.6      92.3       44.8      111.9       129.8        138.0         175.6         172.9         183.0
  Dividend
  per share              52          54        56          56        57          62           64            68           73             85
 Payout Ratio
     (%)             36.4        39.4      55.7      112.7         45.2      42.2          41.0          34.2          37.3          41.1

                  Aim to the continuous increase of dividend and free cash flow
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This document contains certain statements based on the Company’s current plans, estimates,
strategies, and beliefs; all statements that are not historical fact are forward-looking
statements. These statements represent the judgments and hypotheses of the Company’s
management based on currently available information. It is possible that the Company’s
future performance will differ from the contents of these forward-looking statements.
Accordingly, there is no assurance that the forward-looking statements in this document will
prove to be accurate.
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