Agreement on Building a Cross-Industry Common Data Platform in the Securities Industry

JPX Market Innovation & Research, Inc. (hereinafter 'JPXI') announced on February 12, 2026, that it has 'started considering the construction of a cross-industry common data platform aiming at the efficiency and sophistication of securities-related operations' (*).

As part of this initiative, we hereby announce that JPXI and Japan Securities Finance Co., Ltd. (hereinafter 'JSF') have agreed to collaboratively promote future considerations in building a cross-industry common data platform. This platform will consolidate various information related to companies and transactions and distribute it in a format that is easy to process automatically, in order to support the improvement of accuracy and efficiency of back-office operations at securities companies.

* 'Started considering the construction of a cross-industry common data platform aiming at the efficiency and sophistication of securities-related operations' (February 12, 2026)

JSF conducts margin loan business, lending necessary funds and shares to securities companies for margin transactions, and notifies/publishes regulatory measures for margin transactions (warnings, suspension of applications, etc.), rights processing, and selection information for margin transaction eligible issues.

JPXI and JSF aim to build a common data platform that consolidates various data held by JSF, in addition to the various data held by the Japan Exchange Group, and provides it in a form that is easy to process automatically.

The scheduled start date of the production service and the provision period of the β environment remain unchanged from what JPXI announced on February 12, 2026.

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Inquiries Frontier Strategy Department, JPX Market Innovation & Research, Inc. E-mail: [email protected]

Margin Transaction Department, Japan Securities Finance Co., Ltd. E-mail: [email protected]