We would like to once again express our deepest apologies to investors and market users for the inconvenience caused by the failure in J-GATE, the derivatives trading system of JPX subsidiary Osaka Securities Exchange Co., Ltd., on March 4, 2013.
Today Osaka Securities Exchange Co., Ltd. made an announcement regarding the cause of, and response to this failure. Viewing the incident with utmost seriousness, we at JPX will make every effort to prevent a recurrence of the failure. We will also take measures as a corporate group to improve the reliability of our systems to ensure stable market operations and make certain that the planned market integration is smooth.
We sincerely ask for the continued cooperation and understanding of investors and market users.