Tokyo – May 30, 2007 – GMO Internet Group company GeoTrust Japan Inc. today became GlobalSign K.K. and is now set to sell services under the GlobalSign brand in the Japanese market and internationally.

About the Change of Company Name
GeoTrust Japan has had a strong relationship with GeoTrust Inc (US) ever since it was established in May 2003. It was a relationship that allowed us to grow our SSL server certificate market share in Japan from almost 0% to 30% in just four years. However in light of the acquisition of GeoTrust Inc. by VeriSign, Inc. we acquired the Belgian certificate authority GlobalSign NV as a subsidiary in October 2006 to ensure that we maintain a high quality, well-priced service. We will now significantly strengthen services under the GlobalSign brand to launch sales in Japan and subsequently around the globe. This is why we have today changed the company name from GeoTrust JAPAN to GlobalSign. (Sales in Japan are scheduled to begin July 2).

The Service
We have made the major move from being a certificate authority sales distributor to being a certificate authority. We now have the ability create authentication services that match our customersf requirements.
We will continue to provide safe, reliable and secure authentication services as we enter the North American and European markets These markets are between three and five times as large as Japan.* We do not aim to simply rehash in various countries a service that was developed in the US. We strive to provide a service that is global in the true sense of the word, with localization of services and support designed globally for Europe, Asia and North America. At the same time we will carefully consider certificate standards appropriate to the business customs of each market.
(*NetCraft and our own figures)

Establishing Local Companies
In order to expand the service globally, in addition to the key locations Japan, England, and Belgium we have plans to establish new local companies including GlobalSign, Inc. (scheduled to open 2007/7) in North America, the fastest growing market in the world. We also have tentative plans to establish GlobalSign China (2007) an extremely large potential market that is as yet untapped.

The GlobalSign Certificate Authority
GlobalSign began providing digital authentication services to Belgium ten years ago when digital authentication companies were first beginning to appear. Customers include a number of Belgian government agencies and the GlobalSign Certificate Authority operates many prestigious government projects such as eID*(BELPIC). We are recognized as the Belgian Government Certificate Authority.

*A citizen ID card. It is the first stage of the e-government project in Belgium. The ID card containing a digital certificate is distributed to all Belgian citizens over the age of 12.

Performance: (cumulative figures)
Issued over 100,000 SSL Server Certificates
Issued more than 1.4 million digital certificates (for web sites, IC Cards etc. including Digital IDs).
Over 20 million certificates worldwide rely on the public trust provided by the GlobalSign root
We supply many major government agencies and major corporations

Profile
The first certificate authority in Europe to obtain WebTrust accreditation
Member of CABF(CA/Browser Forum)
In Japan GlobalSign (formerly GeoTrust JAPAN) participates as JCAF (Japan Certificate Authority Forum).
Member of Anti-Phishing Working Group

Media Inquiries
GMO Hosting & Security Inc. Corporate Planning Department
E-mail: pr@gmo-hs.com
GMO Internet Inc. Group PR Team
E-mail: pr@gmo.jp

The GMO Internet Group
The GMO Internet Group is a leading force in the Internet industry offering one of the most comprehensive ranges of Internet services in Japan. We hold top domestic market shares in domain registration, web hosting and payment processing and we provide a host of other services including e-commerce solutions, Internet advertising and online securities trading to individual and corporate customers. Striving to redefine the industry and foster a vibrant Internet culture, the GMO Internet Group is continuously working to inspire enthusiasm in our customers and put smiles on their faces.

GlobalSign K.K.

Company Name	GlobalSign K.K.<http://jp.globalsign.com/>
Address	Shibuya Infoss Tower 20-1, 20-1 Sakuragaoakacho, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, JAPAN
CEO	Ichiro Chujo
Business Description	Information security and digital authentication
Capital	356,640,000 YEN

GMO Hosting & Security Inc.

Company Name	GMO Hosting & Security Inc.<http://www.gmo-hs.com/eng/> (TSE Mothers Market Code: 3788)
Address	Cerulean Tower, 26-1 Sakuragaokacho, Shibuya ku, Tokyo, JAPAN
CEO	Mitsuru Aoyama
Business Description	Web hosting service Internet security
Capital	902,060,000 YEN

GMO Internet Inc.

Company Name	GMO Internet Inc.<http://www.gmo.jp/en> (TSE First Section Code: 9449)
Address	Cerulean Tower, 26-1 Sakuragaokacho, Shibuya ku, Tokyo, JAPAN
CEO	Masatoshi Kumagai
Business Description	Internet Use Support (Infrastructure) Internet Advertising Support (Media) Internet Finance
Capital	7,148,290,000 YEN

(for reference) Digital Authentication Services – Global Market Scale (March, 2007)
iAccording to calculations by this company based on figures released by NetCraftj

Region	(%)
North America	59%
Europe	24%
Asia (*)	11%
Oceania	3%
South America	1%
Middle East	1%
Central America	0%
Africa	0%

(*10% of this figure is accounted for by Japan)