Osaka Securities Exchange Contract With OMX Technology And NTT Data

Osaka Securities Exchange Co., Ltd. (OSE) has decided to adopt a trading platform provided by NASDAQ OMX Group, which uses the international standard trading functions and the world’s highest processing capacity after finishing the process to define requirements for its next-generation trading platform for derivatives products working since December 2008, and entered into licensing agreements with OMX Group’s OMX Technology required for system development and system operation.

OSE also has selected NTT Data Corporation as its System Integrator and signed a contract with it concerning system development and network construction.

OSE will further advance the development activity for a system cutover in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2010.