(Provisional translation)
January 31, 2012
Financial Services Agency

FSA publishes registration of credit rating businesses

In accordance with Article 57(3) of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 66-48 of the same act, today the FSA registered Nippon Standard & Poor's K.K., notified the corporation that registration regarding the application was completed, and placed the corporation in the List of Licensed (Registered) Financial Institutions.