History

1984

Relevant
Legislation

1985

1991

1992

2000

May 15th
Law Concerning Central Securities
Depository and Book-Entry Transfer ofStock Certificates and Other Securities(CSD Law) was promulgated (effective onNovember 14th)

Dec. 6th
Japan Securities
Depository Center(JASDEC), wasestablished as afoundation

2001

2002

June 27th
The Law for Partial Amendments
to the Law Concerning Book-Entry
Transfer of Stock Certificates, etc.
was promulgated(fully effective on April 1st, 2002)

May 27th
JASDEC was designated as
the depository organization
under the CSD Law

Nov. 2nd
Detailed plan for conversionof JASDEC to a joint-stockcompany was announced

Jan. 4th
Japan Securities
Depository Center,Inc. was established

June 17th
Japan Securities Depository Center, Inc.
took over all depository and book-entry
transfer operations from the JASDEC
Foundation, which was dissolved

Organization ofJASDEC andits Subsidiaries

Sept. 10th
Pre-Settlement Matching
System (PSMS) started
Oct. 9thOct. 9th
Depository and bookFull-scale depository and bookentry transfer businessentry transfer business started
started (initially for 50
listed stocks on the TSE)

Operation ofthe System

Social Contribution
JASDEC operates a Social Contribution
Selection Committee to select the company’s CSR activities, and has provided
support in the following areas.

Name of Place

58Oct. 9thComputer system for depository and book-entry transfer
began operation

Nov. 26th
Handling of convertible
bonds started

May 8th
New depository andbook-entry transfer
system launched

Environmental protection

May 1stJASDEC launched proprietarysystem for DVP settlement ofexchange trades

Social welfare

JASDEC supported “Suigen Shinrin
Tsukuri,” a movement operated by
Kanagawa Prefecture to maintain thehealth and vitality of forestry around ourwater catchment areas.

JASDEC contributed to the Japan
Guide Dog Association, supporting its
aim of reducing the waiting time forpeople who require a guide dog fromseveral years to within one year.

P.12-15 Book-Entry Transfer System for
Stocks, etc.

P.16-21 B ook-Entry Transfer System forCommercial Paper and Corporate Bonds

P.22-25 Book-Entry Transfer System for
Investment Trusts

Paris Nord, France

Parc du Champ-de-Mars, France

St. Peter’s Square, Italy

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2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

June 9thThe Law for Partial Amendments to the Law
Concerning Book-entry Transfer of CorporateBonds and Other Securities for the Purposeof Streamlining the Settlement for Trades ofStocks and Other Securities (Securities TradeSettlement Streamlining Law) was promulgated

2009

2010

Jan. 5thThe Securities Trade Settlement
Streamlining Law was enacted

Jan. 10th
JASDEC received official
designation as Book-Entry Transfer
Institution under the stipulationsof the Law Concerning Book-Entry
Transfer of Corporate Bonds, etc.

June 6th
JASDEC DVP Clearing
Corporation (JDCC)
was established

April 6th
JDCC obtained a license for securities
obligation assumption business to act asa securities clearing agency

March 31stJASDEC inaugurated Short-Term
Corporate Bonds (CommercialPaper) Book-entry Transfer
SystemMay 17th
DVP settlement system for
Non-Exchange Transaction
Deliveries (NETDs) started

Jan. 10th
JASDEC inaugurated
Book-entry Transfer System
for Corporate Bonds
Jan. 4th
JASDEC inaugurated Book-entry
Transfer System for Investment
TrustsFeb. 14th
JGB repo and gensaki (transactionswith repurchase agreement) wereadded to the list of targets of PSMS
May 1stJASDEC inaugurated
Custody services for
Foreign Stocks
Jan. 4th
JASDEC launched Securities
Information Tracing System(SITRAS) for lost stocks

Medical careInternational cooperation

Jan. 4th
JASDEC inaugurated
Book-entry Transfer
System for Investment
Trusts listed on thestock exchanges, i.e.
for Exchange-Traded
Funds (ETFs).

Jan. 5th
JASDEC inaugurated
Book-entry Transfer
System for Stocks,etc.
Jan. 4thOperations of SITRAS
were terminatedJuly 1st
JASDEC inaugurated
Japanese Depository
Receipts in Bookentry Transfer System
for Stocks, etc.

Charity events

JASDEC contributes to the Children’s
Cancer Association of Japan, anorganization that supports children
with cancer, provides grants for childcancer research, and conducts educational campaigns.

JASDEC provided support to Médecins
Sans Frontières Japan, an organizationthat primarily provides emergency
medical care to people in distress.

JASDEC participated in the FIT Charity
Run, an event which contributes to society
by bringing together financial service companies to donate to worthy organizations
that, due to lack of public awareness ofother reasons, have insufficient funding.

P.26-29 DVP Settlement System for NETDs

P.30-33 Pre-Settlement Matching System(PSMS)

P.34-37 Custody Services for Foreign
Stock Certificates, etc.

P.38-41 International Relationships

Cloverleaf Interchange, U.S.A.

Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, ItalySuburban housing, U.S.A.

Melbourne Airport, Australia

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