Resources of SOFTBANK

• Largest equity holder of Internet companies

  • More than $5.0 billion invested

    • $8B realized
    • $4B portfolio values 8/31/01

• 600 portfolio companies

  • Publicly traded on TSE

• Pre-eminent position in the Japanese market

  • Largest distributor of hardware and software
  • Highest volume of Internet traffic (80% goes to SOFTBANK site)
  • #1 Internet joint venture (over 40 established)

    • Yahoo! Japan, Asia Global Crossing, NASDAQ Japan, E*Trade Japan
  • UTStarcom in China

• Major force in the US technology markets

  • SBVC has $3 billion under management
  • 80 active portfolio companies; 26 public, 32 acquired, 20 missing in action

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