Tokyo Stock Exchange: Emergency Increase Of Systems Capabilities

Due to the delay of market information and trade confirmations that occurred on July 3 of this year, as well as the recent increase in order volume, In Board meeting on July 30, TSE decided to increase the capabilities of its equities trading system and its market information system. Details of these changes can be seen in the chart below.

System	Change	Effect	Date of Change	Notes
Equities Trading System	CPU Upgrade	Increase to 1.3X current order receiving processing capabilities	October 2003
	CPU Upgrade Install increased system memory	Increase to 1.5X current order receiving processing capabilitiesOrder acceptance capabilities increased to 5.4 million per day (presently 4.5 million per day)	December 2003
	Replace with a higher-grade system	Increase to 1.6X current order receiving processing capabilitiesOrder acceptance capabilities of 5.4 million orders a day, with the possibility to increase those capabilities	January 2005
Market Information System	Allocate space in CORES CB to CORES	Increase per minute amount of data transmissions for CORES by 200 to 4,860 transmissions per minute	July 7, 2003 (already in effect)
	Allocate space in CORES FOP to CORES	Increase per minute amount of data transmissions for CORES by 450 to 5,310 transmissions per minute	July 22, 2003 (already in effect)	Current capabilities
	Upgrade present system CPU	Increase per minute amount of data transmissions for CORES by 350 to 5,660 transmissions per minute	October 2003
	Reorganize present system programs	Increase per minute amount of data transmissions for equities systems by 3,850 to 9,160 transmissions per minute	February 2004
	Replace system	Increase entire market information system processing power (details yet to be decided)	-	Arrange measures in October 2003

CORES - Computer-assisted Order Routing and Execution System
CB - Convertible bonds
FOP - Future and Options