Tokyo – August 3, 2007 – Global Sign K.K, the GMO Hosting & Security digital authentication services consolidated subsidiary, launched digital certificate services on Tuesday at Global Sign Inc. in North America, the largest market in the world.
GMO Hosting & Security is a GMO Internet Group company.

North America accounts for approximately 60% of the global digital certificate market, a huge share more than twice that of Europe who accounts for only 25%. GlobalSign established US subsidiary, GlobalSign Inc. on July 1 this year because it understands that it is essential to break into the trillion yen North American market in order to compete on a global scale. (please refer to the attached reference)

The subsidiary began trading on July 31, focused primarily on digital certificates for enterprise and large-scale users. We aim to establish a foothold in the North American information security market through this business.

GlobalSign, Inc.

(1)	Company Name	GlobalSign, Inc.
(2)	CEO	Johan Sys
(3)	Address	Two International Drive, Suite 330, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, U.S.A.
(4)	Established	July 1, 2007
(5)	Business Description	Sales and support for digital certificate services in the North American market
(6)	End of Accounting Year	December 31
(7)	Capital	US$750,000 (approx. 92,000,000YEN)
(8)	Shareholders	100% owned by Global Sign K.K.

GlobalSign
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. GlobalSign became a member of the GMO Internet Group in 2006 and beginning in Japan is expanding sales of government-level security worldwide.
*eID: A citizen ID card. This 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)
Over 100,000 SSL Server Certificates issued
Over 1.4 million digital certificates (for web sites, IC Cards etc. including Digital IDs) issued
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
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	9,651,750,000 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)