Notification Concerning the 100% Acquisition of Australian IT Recruitment Company, Peoplebank

Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd. (the "Company") hereby announces that it has decided today to acquire 100% of the outstanding shares of Peoplebank Holdings Pty Ltd ("Peoplebank"), an Australian IT recruitment that conducts HR services business mainly in Australia, through an Australian subsidiary of the Company (the "Acquisition").

1. Purpose of the acquisition

The Company aims to achieve stable and sustained growth by enhancing existing domestic businesses as well as promoting the establishment and expansion of a global business platform.

In the staffing business, based on the experience gained through the acquisition in 2010 of The CSI Companies, Inc., a U.S. staffing company, a management method was established and applied in subsequent acquisitions, including STAFFMARK HOLDINGS, INC., a U.S. staffing provider, as well as ADVANTAGE RESOURCING AMERICA, INC. and Advantage Resourcing Europe B.V., staffing companies that operate in the United States and Europe, respectively, in 2011. In order to further accelerate and expand these efforts, we have decided to acquire the shares of Peoplebank, which operates a recruitment business in Australia, Hong Kong and Singapore, etc.

Peoplebank is a recruitment company that specializes in IT with consolidated group net sales of AUD 521,998 thousand and consolidated EBITDA of AUD 14,173 thousand for the fiscal year ended June 2014. In the future, we intend to seek further improvement of profitability and productivity by combining our know-how in the staffing business that we have obtained in Japan and the United States, etc., and Peoplebank's experience in the HR services business as well as its customer base in Australia and other countries.

Upon the acquisition, the shares of Peoplebank will be acquired through our wholly owned Australian subsidiary (RGF Staffing Melbourne one Pty Ltd).

A part of the funds raised at the IPO of the Company will be applied to the payment of the acquisition cost.

2. Background

The Company's long term vision is to become the world's leading HR media and staffing business by 2020 and operate the world's leading matching platform in all business domains that the Recruit Group operates in by 2030, including the marketing media business.

To achieve this, we are seeking to grow our business platforms organically and inorganically both in Japan and abroad through acquisitions, using the steady flow of cash generated by our existing domestic businesses. This acquisition is one of such efforts in the staffing business.

3. Summary of the subsidiary acquiring the shares (RGF Staffing Melbourne one Pty Ltd)

4. Summary of the new subsidiary (Peoplebank Holdings Pty Ltd) (as of June 30, 2014)

Note: Consolidated net income for FY ended June 2014 represents the amount after taking into consideration the impairment of intangible assets (AUD 17,215 thousand).

5. Summary of the counterparty of the Acquisition (P.B Recruitment Group Sdn Bhd) (as of December 31, 2014)

6. Number of shares to be acquired, acquisition cost and shares owned before and after the acquisition

Notes:

1. The number of shares to be acquired and the number of shares owned after the acquisition includes Class A shares (3,166,121 shares) since the Acquisition will be carried out after Class A shares are converted to ordinary shares.

2. The total acquisition cost (estimate) represents the sum of the consideration of Peoplebank's ordinary shares converted at JPY 97.43 per AUD and the estimated advisory costs, etc.

7. Schedule

8. Future outlook

The impact of the Acquisition on consolidated results of the Company for FY2014 is expected to be minimal. The impact on the business outlook for the next fiscal year and onward is currently being reviewed.

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