April 26, 2022

For Immediate Release

SPARX Group Co., Ltd.

President and Group CEO Shuhei Abe

(Code:8739, TSE Prime Market)

Notice of the Winning of the R&I Fund Award 2022

TOKYO-April 26, 2022-SPARX Group Co., Ltd. (SPARX; Prime:8739) today announced that SPARX New Global Blue Chip Japanese Equity Fund ("Gensentoshi"), which is managed by its subsidiary SPARX Asset Management Co., Ltd. (SPARX Asset Management) has won the first prize in the Investment Trusts 10-Year/Japanese Equity Core Fund category of the R&I Fund Award 2022.

This is the second consecutive year in which SPARX Asset Management has won an award in this category, judged by Ratings and Investment Information, Inc.

R&I Fund Award 2022

Investment Trusts 10-Year／Japanese Equity Core Fund category

The First Prize

SPARX New Global Blue Chip Japanese Equity Fund（"Gensentoshi"）

Encouraged further by this prize, all members at the SPARX Group remain dedicated to improve our investment capabilities, product offerings and client service activities, such that more and more investors come to recognize SPARX as a leading Japanese and Asian Equity investment manager.

The R&I Fund Award is presented to provide reference information based on the past data R&I believes to be reliable (however, its accuracy and completeness are not guaranteed by R&I) and is not intended to recommend the purchase, sale or holding of particular products or guarantee their future performance. The Award is not the Credit Rating Business, but one of the Other Lines of Business (businesses excluding Credit Rating Business and also excluding the Ancillary Businesses) as set forth in Article 299, paragraph (1), item (xxviii) of the Cabinet Office Ordinance on Financial Instruments Business, etc. With respect to such business, relevant laws and regulations require measures to be

implemented so that activities pertaining to such business would not unreasonably affect the Credit Rating Activities. Intellectual property rights including copyright and all other rights in this Award are the sole property of R&I, and any unauthorized copying, reproduction and so forth are prohibited.

■ For inquiries related to this release, contact: Public Relations, SPARX Group Co., Ltd.

Tel: +81-3-6711-9100 / Fax: +81-3-6711-9101pr_media@sparxgroup.com

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