RNS Number:0758U
Softbank Corp
09 January 2004


FORMAL NOTICE FOR SPECIALIST SECURITIES

PUBLICATION DATE:            8 January 2004

Application has been made to the UK Listing Authority for the following 
securities to be admitted to the Official List.

DETAILS OF ISSUE:             Yen50,000,000,000 2.0 per cent. Coupon Convertible 
                              Bonds due 2015

ISSUER:                       Softbank Corp

INCORPORATED IN:              Japan

GUARANTOR:                    N/A

INCORPORATED IN:               N/A

Particulars of the issue may be obtained from the addresses detailed below for a
period of 14 days in respect of stand-alone bonds or in the case of programmes,
throughout the life of that programme.

  Linklaters                   JPMorgan Chase Bank
One Silk Street                London Branch
London                         Trinity Tower
EC2Y 8HQ                       9 Thomas More Street
                               London E1W 1YT

In addition, a copy of the Particulars is available for inspection at the
Document Viewing Facility at the Financial Services Authority, 25 The North
Colonnade, London E14 5HS.




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