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Press Release (Summary)


Jasdaq to establish a new market “NEO”

Tokyo, Japan. August 10, 2007 - Jasdaq Securities Exchange, Inc. today announced that they
will put “Partial amendments of securities listing regulations for establishment of a new market
NEO” into effect and establish a new market “NEO” on August 13, 2007. They also announced
that they chose five members of “Technology Evaluation Advisory Committee”, a committee
that evaluates evaluations of technologies (*).

Members of “Technology Evaluation Advisory Committee”
•
Hideo Aiso
President, Tokyo University of Technology
• Tadao Kiyonari
Professor Emeritus, Former President,
Advisor, Strategic Planning,
Hosei University
• Akio Nishizawa
Professor, Graduate School of Economics and Management,
Deputy Director of New Industry Creation Hatchery Center,
Special Advisor (for COI Management),
Tohoku University
• Etsuhiko Shoyama
Chairman of the Board, Hitachi, Ltd.
• Satoshi Yamamoto
Visiting Professor, Kitasato University (Doctor of Medical Science)
Former Chairman of Banyu Life Science Foundation International

* Companies who run business with new technologies and try to be listed on the NEO are required to
submit a document to explain their technologies. If necessary, Jasdaq requires a document, which shows results of technology evaluation by more than one expert independent from the companies. The Technology Evaluation Advisory Committee evaluates the existence of the technology with the document submitted by the company.

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