History

1984

Relevant
Legislation

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Organization ofJASDEC andits Subsidiary

1985

1991

1992

2000

2001

2002

May 15thJune 27th

Law Concerning Central Securities
Depository and Book-Entry Transfer ofStock Certificates and Other Securities(CSD Law) was promulgated (effectiveon November 14th)

The Law for Partial Amendments to the Law Concerning Central Securities
Depository and Book-Entry Transfer of Stock Certificates and OtherSecurities as well as the Act on Transfer of Short-term Bonds, etc. werepromulgated (fully effective on April 1st, 2002)

June 12th
The Act on Improvements, etc., of the Laws Related to the Improvements of the Securities Market
through a Reform of the Securities Settlement System, etc. was promulgated (the Act on Transferof Short-term Bonds, etc. was amended to the Act on Transfer of Bonds, etc. The Securities andExchange Act was amended upon the establishment of the clearing organization system)

Dec. 6th

May 27th

Nov. 2nd

Japan Securities
Depository
Center (JASDEC),was established
as a foundation

JASDEC was designatedas the depositoryorganization under theCSD Law

Detailed plan forJapan Securities
conversion ofDepository Center,
JASDEC to aInc. was establishedjoint-stock company
was announced

Jan. 4th

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

Annual Report 2014

Sept. 10th

Operation ofthe System

Pre-Settlement Matching System (PSMS)
started

Oct. 9th

Oct. 9th

Nov. 26th

Depository and bookentry transfer businessstarted (initially for 50
listed stocks on the TSE)

Full-scale depository andbook-entry transfer
business started

Handling of convertible bonds started

Oct. 9th

May 8th

May 1stComputer system fordepository and book-entry
transfer began operation

New depository andbook-entry transfer
system launched

JASDEC launched proprietarysystem for DVP settlement ofexchange trades

Social contribution
Under our basic policy on social contribution activities,
we review the organizations that we support and therecipients of our assistance in our medium-term plans. In
FY2013 we modified our existing policy of providing
support mainly through monetary donations in favor of a

primary emphasis on activities that allow employees toparticipate directly in social contribution activities. Listed
below are new social contribution activities initiated inFY2013.

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

June 9th

Jan. 5th

The Law for Partial Amendments to the Act on
Transfer of Bonds, etc. for the Purpose ofStreamlining the Settlement for Trades ofStocks and Other Securities (Securities TradeSettlement Streamlining Law) waspromulgated

The Securities Trade Settlement
Streamlining Law was enacted (the Act on
Transfer of Bonds, etc. was amended to theAct on Transfer of Bonds, Shares, etc.), andthe Law Concerning Central Securities
Depository and Book-Entry Transfer ofStock Certificates and Other Securities wasabolished2012

Jan. 10th
JASDEC received official designation
as Book-entry Transfer Institution
under the stipulations of the Act on
Transfer of Bonds, etc.

June 6thApril 6th

JASDEC DVP
Clearing
Corporation (JDCC)
was establishedJDCC obtained a license for securities
obligation assumption business to act
as a clearing organization in line with
the Securities and Exchange Act65

Jan. 10th

JASDEC inaugurated Short-Term Corporate Bonds(Commercial Paper) Book-entry Transfer System

JASDEC inaugurated Book-entry Transfer
System for Corporate Bonds

May 17th

Jan. 4th

DVP settlement system for Non-Exchange
Transaction Deliveries (NETDs) started

JASDEC inaugurated
Book-entry Transfer Systemfor Investment Trusts

Feb. 14th

Annual Report 2014

March 31st

JGB repo and gensaki (transactionswith repurchase agreement) wereadded to the list of targets of PSMS

May 1stJan. 4th

Jan. 5th

July 1st

JASDEC inaugurated
Custody Services for
Foreign Stocks

JASDEC
inaugurated
Book-entry Transfer
System for
Investment Trusts
listed on the stock
exchanges, i.e. for
Exchange-Traded
Funds (ETFs).

JASDEC inaugurated
Book-entry Transfer
System for Stocks,etc.

JASDEC inaugurated
Japanese Depository
Receipts in Bookentry Transfer System
for Stocks, etc.

Jan. 4th
JASDEC launched SecuritiesInformation Tracing System(SITRAS) for lost stocks

Jan. 4thOperations of SITRAS
were terminatedActivity

Organization

Ecocap Collection

Ecocap Movement

Collection of used stamps and spoiled prepaid postcards

Japan Overseas Christian Medial Cooperative Services (JOCS)

Installation of vending machines with donation functions in JASDEC offices

Japanese Red Cross Society

Introduction of “Table for Two” program

Table For Two International