History

1984
Relevant
Legislation

Organizationof JASDEC
and its
Subsidiaries

1985

1991

1992

2000

2001

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 Book-Entry Transfer of Stock
Certificates, etc. was promulgated(fully effective on April 1st, 2002)

Dec. 6th

May 27th

Nov. 2nd

Japan Securities
Depository Center(JASDEC), wasestablished as afoundation

JASDEC wasdesignated as thedepositoryorganization under
the CSD Law

Detailed plan forconversion of JASDEC to a
joint-stock company wasannounced

Operation ofthe System

Sept. 10th
Pre-Settlement Matching System(PSMS) started

Oct. 9th

Oct. 9thNov. 26th

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

Name of Bridge

58

12-15 Book-Entry Transfer System for
Stocks, etc.
Sant’Angelo Bridge, Italy

Jap an Secu ritie s Deposito ry C e n te r, I n c . A NNUA L R E P O RT 2 0 1 0

Handling of convertiblebonds started

Oct. 9th

May 8th

May 1stComputer system for depository andbook-entry transfer began operation

New depository andbook-entry transfer system
launched

JASDEC launched proprietary system for DVP
settlement of exchange trades

16-21 Book-Entry Transfer System forCommercial Paper and Corporate Bonds
Hercilio Luz Bridge, Brazil

22-25 Book-Entry Transfer System for
Investment Trusts
Sydney Harbour Bridge, Australia

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

June 9th

Jan. 5th

The Law for Partial Amendments to the Law Concerning
Book-entry Transfer of Corporate Bonds and Other
Securities for the Purpose of Streamlining the Settlementfor Trades of Stocks and Other Securities (Securities TradeSettlement Streamlining Law) was promulgated

The Securities Trade SettlementStreamlining Law was enacted

Jan. 4thJan. 10th

Japan Securities
Depository Center,Inc. wasestablished

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

June 17th

June 6thApril 6thJapan Securities Depository Center, Inc.
took over all depository and book-entry
transfer operations from the JASDEC
Foundation, which was dissolved

JASDEC DVP Clearing
Corporation (JDCC) wasestablishedJDCC obtained a license forsecurities obligation assumption
business to act as a securities
clearing agency

March 31stJan. 10th

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

JASDEC inaugurated
Book-entry Transfer System for
Corporate Bonds

May 17th
DVP settlement system for
Non-Exchange Transaction
Deliveries (NETDs) started

Jan. 4th
JASDEC inaugurated Book-entry
Transfer System for Investment
TrustsFeb. 14th
JGB repo and gensaki(transactions with repurchaseagreement) were added to thelist of targets of PSMS

May 1stJASDEC inaugurated
Custody services forForeign Stocks

Jan. 4th

Jan. 5th

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.

Jan. 4th

Jan. 4th

JASDEC launched Securities
Information Tracing System(SITRAS) for lost stocks

Operations of SITRAS wereterminated26-29 DVP Settlement System for NETDs
Newcastle upon Tyne Bridge, U.K.

30-33 Pre-Settlement Matching System(PSMS)
Shinkyo Bridge, Japan

34-37 Custody Services for Foreign Stock
Certificates, etc.
Burrard Street Bridge, Canada

38-41 International Relationships
Alsea Bay Bridge, U.S.A.

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