Acquisition of individual bond preliminary rating

December 21, 2006
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.

NEXCO EAST (Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Chairman: Shigejiro Yagi) has acquired a preliminary bond rating for individual bonds (FILP agency bonds) scheduled to be issued in the future.

The rating we acquired this time is for corporate bonds (FILP agency bonds) that the Japan Expressway Holding and Debt Repayment Agency (Expressway Agency) will underwrite in the future.

1 Rating holder

Rating Investment Information Center (R & I)

2 Rating target

Corporate bonds (FILP agency bonds) that will be issued by the Company to fund the Expressway business in the future, and will be underwritten by the Expressway Agency in the future based on the provisions of the Japan Expressway Ownership and Debt Repayment Organization Act.

2 Rating

AAA (Triple A)