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Tokyo Stock Exchange: Recovery Of Derivatives Trading System

Date 11/02/2008

Statement From Tokyo Stock Exchange

This is to inform that after conducting thorough and exhaustive investigation of the system failure of Derivatives Trading System on the last Friday, February 8th, necessary program correction was completed by Monday, February 11th. All the contracts including TOPIX Futures March 2008 contracts will be traded normally from the morning of Tuesday, February 12th.

We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience caused by the trading suspension of TOPIX Futures contracts on the last Friday.