Okasan Securities

Okasan Securities to Install AEDs at All Offices

Okasan Securities Co., Ltd. is pleased to announce that as part of its corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities, the Company is installing automated external defibrillators (AEDs) at all of its offices in Japan. The AEDs will be available for use in emergencies involving visiting customers, community residents, and Okasan Securities staff.

[Installation Details]

1.	Location
	All offices in Japan (Head Office, branch offices, business offices, and others: Total 60 locations) *A sticker indicating the presence of an AED will be displayed near the entrance of each branch office and business office, so that neighboring residents will also be able to use it.	Sticker indicating the presence of an AED
2.	Time The AEDs will be installed by around the end of June 2009.

3.	Other To coincide with the installation, employees of the Company have undertaken a course on AED use and on cardio-pulmonary resuscitation, so that they will be able to use the equipment quickly and properly.
	Staff taking a course

(Reference)
An AED is a portable medical device that is able to treat people suffering a sudden life threatening cardiac arrest due to ventricular fibrillation, by normalizing the actions of their heart with an electric shock (electric defibrillation). Traditionally used by doctors and emergency responders, ordinary citizens have been permitted to operate the equipment since July 2004.