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Osaka Securities Exchange: Full Launch Of New Trading Platform (For All Products)

Date 28/02/2006

Osaka Securities Exchange Co., Ltd. (OSE) launched New Trading Platform yesterday, February 27, 2006, as scheduled.

OSE had launched New Trading Platform for Hercules-listed domestic stocks only, in advance of other products, on January 30, 2006, and today, launched New Trading for all other products.

Along with the launch of New Trading Platform, OSE launched Market Data System, which allows OSE to disseminate up to 8 best bids/offers respectively for all the OSE-listed products.

OSE will continue to implement various measures in order to improve convenience for investors.