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October 29, 2014 Digital Garage, Inc. NEWS RELEASE Digital Garage Invests in Fleksy, Inc. – Fast and Accurate Software Keyboard for Smart Devices – Digital Garage, Inc. (TSE JASDAQ: 4819; Head Office: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo; President and Group CEO: Kaoru Hayashi; Henceforth: DG) has invested in Fleksy, Inc. (Head Office: San Francisco; CEO: Kostas Eleftheriou; Henceforth: Fleksy) through its wholly-owned investment and incubation subsidiary DG Incubation, Inc. (Head Office: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo; President Yasuyuki Rokuyata; Henceforth DGI). Fleksy is an innovative keyboard technology designed to make the typing experience faster, more accurate, and easier on touch-screen mobile devices such as smartphones and smart watches. Fleksy uses its intelligent algorithms to analyze finger movement patterns on a standard QWERTY layout and determines its user’s intended words to enter, resulting in faster and more efficient text input for a significantly improved user experience. Fleksy was launched on the Android platform in December 2013 and quickly reached 2 million downloads. The iOS version of Fleksy was launched following the release of iOS 8. Since then, Fleksy has been the #1 paid app on App Store in 25 countries. In addition to direct app sales, Fleksy also works closely with device manufacturers and mobile phone carriers around the world in order for users to incorporate Fleksy as a standard keyboard on touch screen smart devices. About Fleksy Company Name: Fleksy, Inc. Representative: Kostas Eleftheriou, Founder & CEO Headquarters: San Francisco, U.S.A. Website: http://fleksy.com/ Established: May 13, 2011 Business Description: Offering innovative keyboard designed to make typing on touchscreen devices fast, accurate and easy. Contact: Wei Sun, Group CEO’s Office, Digital Garage, Inc. Email: [email protected] Phone: +81-3-6367-1346 October 29, 2014 Digital Garage, Inc. NEWS RELEASE Screenshots Download Fleksy iOS: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/fleksy-keyboard-happy-typing/id520337246 Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.syntellia.fleksy.keyboard Contact: Wei Sun, Group CEO’s Office, Digital Garage, Inc. Email: [email protected] Phone: +81-3-6367-1346 .

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