SLIDE 36 475,425 517,521 552,816 631,548 1,167,778
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E*TRADE Monex Rakuten Matsui Kabu.com
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Accounts of five main online securities companies Account trend of five main online securities companies
(Accounts) (Accounts) (Current from end of 2006/3) (2004/3 to 2006/3) Source: Public documents from each company's website. Note: Monex Securities and Nikko Beans are totaled as Monex. On January 1, 2006, Kabu.com Securities merged with MeNet Securities.
Account Comparison for Main Online Securities Companies
2004
Accounts increased by 2 times for the 12 months from 2005/4 to 2006/3. The account gap with #2 Monex Securities expanded by 1.8 times over one year. Beginning from October, E*TRADE acquired a record number of new accounts for five consecutive months. From October, E*TRADE acquired an average of 65,053 new accounts per month, which is two times the monthly average from April to September.
E*TRADE 1,167,778
Monex 631,548 Matsui 517,521 Rakuten 552,816 Kabu.com 475,425 2006 2005 By this month, accounts are expected to exceed 1.2 million.