JPX Research Inc. (hereinafter "JPX Research") announced on February 12, 2026, that it would commence discussions aimed at building a cross-industry common data platform to improve the efficiency and sophistication of securities-related operations [1]. It was also announced that these discussions would be promoted in collaboration with Japan Securities Finance Co., Ltd. (hereinafter "JSF") [2]. [1] "Commencement of Discussions Aimed at Building a Cross-Industry Common Data Platform to Improve the Efficiency and Sophistication of Securities-Related Operations" (February 12, 2026) [2] "Agreement on Building a Cross-Industry Common Data Platform in the Securities Industry" (April 3, 2026) We are pleased to announce that, with the cooperation of Japan Securities Depository Center, Inc. (hereinafter "JSDC"), we are considering adding data such as record date information held by JSDC to the distribution target. As a "Transfer Institution" under the "Act on Book-Entry Transfer of Corporate Bonds, Shares, etc." (the Book-Entry Transfer Act), JSDC operates the securities settlement infrastructure, focusing on the transfer of book-entry transfer eligible securities such as listed stocks and investment trusts. JSDC manages the transfer system, handles rights processing, and notifies and publishes various information. JPX Research, JSF, and JSDC aim to build a common data platform that consolidates the securities-related data held by each company and provides it in a format that facilitates automated processing. Furthermore, starting today, we will begin providing specification documents for the data to be distributed. These documents provide details on the events and content of the distributed data. If you are interested in this service, please contact the inquiry contact listed in this release. There is no change to the planned service launch date and beta environment provision date from what was announced by JPX Research on February 12, 2026 (aiming for service commencement