History

1984

Relevant
Legislation

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 Other Securities
as well as the Act on Transfer of Short-term Bonds, etc. were promulgated(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

Organization ofJASDEC andits Subsidiary

May 27th

Japan Securities
JASDEC was designated as
Depository Center the depository organization(JASDEC), wasunder the CSD Law
established as afoundation

Nov. 2nd

Jan. 4th

Detailed plan forconversion ofJASDEC to a
joint-stock company
was announced

Japan SecuritiesDepository Center,Inc. was established

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

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Annual Report 2012

Sept. 10th

Operation ofthe System

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

Pre-Settlement Matching System (PSMS)
started

Oct. 9th

Oct. 9th

Nov. 26th

Depository and book-entry
transfer business started(initially for 50 listed
stocks on the TSE)

Full-scale depository andbook-entry transfer
business started

Handling of convertible bonds started

Oct. 9thMay 8thMay 1st

Computer system fordepository and book-entry
transfer began operation

New depository andbook-entry transfer
system launched

JASDEC launched proprietarysystem for DVP settlement ofexchange trades

Environmental protection

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.

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

June 9thJan. 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 Trade
Settlement Streamlining Law) was promulgated

The Securities Trade Settlement Streamlining
Law was enacted (the Act on Transfer ofBonds, etc. was amended to the Act on
Transfer of Bonds, Shares, etc.), and the Law
Concerning Central Securities Depository
and Book-Entry Transfer of Stock Certificatesand Other Securities was abolished2011Jan. 10th
JASDEC received official designation asBook-Entry Transfer Institution under
the stipulations of the Act on Transferof Bonds, etc.

June 6thApril 6th

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

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Jan. 10th

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

JASDEC inaugurated Book-entry Transfer
System for Corporate Bonds

May 17thJan. 4th

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

JASDEC inaugurated Bookentry Transfer System for
Investment Trusts

Feb. 14th

Annual Report 2012

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 Book-entry
Transfer System for
Stocks, etc.

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

Jan. 4thOperations of SITRAS
were terminatedMedical careInternational cooperation

Charity events

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

JASDEC provided support to Médecins
Sans Frontières Japan, an organizationthat primarily provides emergency medicalcare 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.