[Press Release]
16 December, 2014

Tokyo Spot Image K.K. joins PASCO GroupAcquisition of general distributorship for Airbus Defence and Space Geo-Intelligence
Program Line products within Japan, and direct access right of tasking data for
SPOT 6/7, optical satellites with unparalleled global observation capability
PASCO CORPORATION (Headquarter: Meguro-ku, Tokyo, Japan, CEO: Yuji Mesaki,hereinafter

PASCO) acquired all issued stocks of Tokyo Spot Image K.K. from Airbus DS GEO

S.A., which deals with French satellites and provides satellite imageries as the Geo-Intelligence
Program Line of Airbus Defence and Space.
PASCO has contracted the general distribution right of all Geo-Intelligence products provided
by Airbus Defence and Space and data distribution right of the satellites SPOT 6/7, which havethe world’s highest capability of global observation, within Japan. It is made possible to accessthe global satellite data of SPOT 6/7 directly at PASCO’s ground stations (located in Hokkaidoand Okinawa). PASCO is going to launch these services in coming January of 2015.

Tokyo Spot Image K.K.
Established in December, 2002, Tokyo Spot Image K.K. provided all products from theGeo-Intelligence Program Line of Airbus Defence and Space for the Japanese market. After
joining PASCO Group, it will be operated under the following profile:Company Name

: Satellite Image Marketing Corporation

CEO: Ms. Yoko Tamura

Address: 14th Floor, Shinjuku-Nomura Building,
1-26-2 Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku,Tokyo, Japan

Business Description: Consultation and provision of data products based on satellite

imageries.
*Detailed company profile will be updated on the website.

PASCO Group
Under the general distribution contracts, PASCO will be providing within Japan the following
products from January, 2015:[Satellite Imageries]
SPOT 1 to 4, SPOT 5, SPOT 6/7, Pléiades 1A/1B, DEIMOS-1, FORMOSAT-2,TerraSAR-X, TanDEM-X.
[Base Map]
SPOTMaps, GEO Elevation, WorldDEM™, Global Seeps

http://www.pas c o.c o.jp/eng

Satellite Business Division
Nakano Central Park East, 4-10-1, Nakano, Nakano-ku, Tokyo 164-0001,Japan
Telephone: +81-3-5318-1081 / Facsimile: +81-3-3319-4151

[Platforms and Software]
I4D, Pixel Factory, Street Factory, SAFE Command, Cloud Services, GO Monitor*PASCO is a distributor for following products under previous contracts.
TerraSAR-X, TanDEM-X, Pléiades 1A/1B, Pixel Factory

SPOT 6/7
SPOT 6/7 are a constellation system of optical satellites, developed by self-investment of Airbus
Defence and Space, making use of their plentiful experience from the management of SPOT 1 to5 with CNES. Launched respectively in September 2012, and June 2013, both SPOT 6 and 7 arein full operation with capacity to collaborate with the Pléiades constellation system to operate asa 4 satellite constellation of optical earth observation.
*About “Optical Satellites Constellation System”
A system consisting of multiple satellites in orbit, as compared to a single satellite system, anddemonstrates a higher observation capability.

PASCO’s Satellite Business
After the Sumatra earthquake and tsunami in 2004, PASCO has formulated a concept of adisaster monitoring system using satellites that can observe the Earth in a global scale combinedwith airborne sensors, and launched its satellite business in 2007. Since then, PASCO has
promoted prompt provision of disaster information and supported disaster management in large
scale disasters using Earth observation satellite data.
With this contract, PASCO is now able to communicate with SPOT 6/7 satellites in response tocustomer requests, utilizing its receiving stations in Hokkaido and Okinawa. Furthermore,
PASCO Group presently distributes data of twenty-eight (28) satellites for the new dataacquisitions and archive data of thirty-four (34) satellites. It is the largest satellite data distributorin Japan.
PASCO will expand its business in survey by utilizing satellite data, as well as in remote sensing
application services in the field of disaster management, agriculture, forestry and environment byutilizing satellite data analysis and interpretation technology.

About Airbus Defence and Space
Airbus Defence and Space is a division of Airbus Group formed by combining the businessactivities of Cassidian, Astrium and Airbus Military. The new division is Europe’s number one
defence and space enterprise, the second largest space business worldwide and among the top
ten global defence enterprises. It employs some 40,000 employees generating revenues ofapproximately €14 billion per year.

ContactSatellite Business Division
PASCO CORPORATIONTEL: 03-5318-1081