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FORM 6-K
U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Report of Foreign Private Issuer
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Commission File Number: 1-15270
Supplement for the month of January 2005.
NOMURA HOLDINGS, INC.
(Translation of registrant’s name into English)
9-1, Nihonbashi 1-chome
Chuo-ku, Tokyo 103-8645
Japan
(Address of principal executive offices)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
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Information furnished on this form:
Exhibit Number
| 1. | [Nomura Principal Finance to Purchase Newly Issued Millennium Retailing Shares by Exercising Stock Acquisition Rights] |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
| NOMURA HOLDINGS, INC. | ||||
| Date: January 31, 2005 | By: | /s/ Hiroshi Tanaka | ||
| Hiroshi Tanaka | ||||
| Senior Managing Director | ||||
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Tokyo, 31 January 2005
Nomura Principal Finance to Purchase Newly Issued Millennium Retailing Shares by Exercising Stock Acquisition Rights
Nomura Principal Finance Co., Ltd. (“NPF”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Nomura Holdings, Inc., announced that today, following a resolution from NPF’s Board of Executive Officers, it exercised first issue stock acquisition rights to purchase newly issued common shares of Millennium Retailing Inc. (“MR”). With this share purchase NPF now becomes the majority shareholder of MR.
1. Overview of Stock Acquisition
| Method: | Purchase of newly issued MR shares by exercising First Issue MR Stock Acquisition Rights | |
| Number/Type of Shares: | 30,000,000 shares of MR common stock | |
| Total Issue Price: | JPY 30 billion | |
| Issue Price (per share): | JPY 1,000 | |
| Voting Rights (%) Before: | 43.20% | |
| Voting Rights (%) After: | 65.54% | |
2. Overview of Millennium Retailing Group Key Companies
| (Note) |
Millennium Retailing Group, structured under MR as a holding company, is a department store group comprising Sogo Co., Ltd. and The Seibu Department Stores, Ltd. |
A. Millennium Retailing Inc.
| Company name: |
Millennium Retailing Inc. | |
| President: |
Shigeaki Wada | |
| Location: |
1-1-2 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo | |
| Established: |
July 25, 1952 | |
| Main businesses: |
Management service for department store chain companies and other contingent business | |
| No. employees: |
339 (as of January 31, 2005) | |
| Capital: |
JPY 34,941 million (as of January 31, 2005) | |
| Operating revenue: |
JPY 6,821 million (as of February 29, 2004, non-consolidated basis) | |
| Number of shares issued: |
76,389 thousand shares (as of January 31, 2005) | |
| Major shareholders: |
NPF 65.54% (voting rights), others (as of January 31, 2005) | |
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B: Sogo Co., Ltd.
| Company name: |
Sogo Co., Ltd. | |
| President: |
Shunichiro Uchimura | |
| Location: |
2-18-1, Takashima, Nishi-Ku, Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture | |
| Established: |
May 21, 1969 | |
| Main business: |
Department store business | |
| No. employees: |
2,847 (as of January 31, 2005) | |
| Capital: |
JPY 130 million (as of January 31, 2005) | |
| Operating revenue: |
JPY 452,667 million (as of February 29, 2004, non-consolidated basis) | |
| Number of shares issued: |
260 thousand shares (as of January 31, 2005) | |
| Major shareholder: |
Millennium Retailing Inc. 100.0% (voting rights) (as of January 31, 2005) | |
C: The Seibu Department Stores, Ltd.
| Company name: |
The Seibu Department Stores, Ltd. | |
| President: |
Fumiaki Osaki | |
| Location: |
1-28-1, Minami Ikebukuro, Toshima-Ku, Tokyo | |
| Established: |
March 14, 1940 | |
| Main business: |
Department store business | |
| No. employees: |
2,494 (as of January 31, 2005) | |
| Capital: |
JPY 1,000 million (as of January 31, 2005) | |
| Operating revenue: |
JPY 529,956 million (as of February 29, 2004, non-consolidated basis) | |
| Number of shares issued: |
182,131 thousand shares (as of January 31, 2005) | |
| Major shareholder: |
Millennium Retailing Inc. 100.0% (voting rights) (as of January 31, 2005) | |
| Ends |
For further information please contact:
| Name |
Company |
Telephone | ||
| Masafumi Yoshino |
Nomura Securities Co., Ltd | 81-3-3278-0591 | ||
| Shuji Sato |
Corporate Communications Dept., | |||
| Mitch Hayes |
Nomura Group Headquarters | |||
| Larry Heiman |
Notes to editors:
The Nomura Group
Nomura Group, with its core businesses of the securities and related businesses, is dedicated to providing a broad range of financial services for individual, institutional, corporate and government customers. We offer a diverse line of competitive products and value-added financial and advisory services through the 133 domestic branch offices of Nomura Securities Co., Ltd. and our overseas network that combines offices in 28 countries. Our business activities include investment consultation services for domestic retail investors, securities brokerage services, securities underwriting for domestic and foreign governments and corporations, mergers and acquisition and financial advisory services, merchant banking, and asset management for investment trusts and pension funds.
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