OREANDA-NEWS. March 31, 2011. SOFTBANK CORP. (hereafter “the Company”) announces that its Board of Directors resolved the extension of the period for the repurchase of the Company's own shares as below at the Board of Directors' meeting held today.

The repurchase of the Company's own shares was resolved at the Board of Directors' meeting held on July 29, 2010 pursuant to Article 156 of the Corporate Law of Japan as applied pursuant to Article 165, Paragraph 3.Period for share repurchase extended until July 29, 2011.