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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 March 2004.
Total number of pages:4.
The exhibit index is located on page 2.
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)
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Information furnished on this form:
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| 1. [Nomura Announces Estimated Year-end Dividend for Fiscal Year 2003 ending March 31, 2004] |
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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. | ||||
| By: |
/s/ HIROSHI TANAKA | |||
| Hiroshi Tanaka | ||||
| Senior Managing Director | ||||
Date: March 19, 2004
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Tokyo, March 19, 2004
Nomura Announces Estimated Year-end Dividend for Fiscal Year 2003 ending March 31, 2004
Nomura Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) announces that the estimated year-end dividend per share payable to the Company’s recorded shareholders as of March 31, 2004, is as follows:
| Fiscal Year 2003 (1 April 2003 - 31 March 2004) | ||
| Year-end Dividend (estimate) | Japanese Yen (JPY) 7.50 per share (ordinary dividend) | |
| Payment Date | Early June |
The Company’s Board of Directors shall determine the payment and the fixed amount of the year-end dividend to be paid.
(Reference information) Dividends for the last and current fiscal years
| Interim Dividend |
Year-end Dividend |
Annual Dividend | ||||||
| Fiscal Year 2002 | — | J | PY15.00 | J | PY15.00 | |||
| Interim Dividend |
Year-end (estimate) |
Annual (estimate) | ||||
| Fiscal Year 2003 | JPY7.50 | JPY7.50 | JPY15.00 |
Notes:-
| (1) | A resolution passed at the 99th General Meeting of Shareholders on June 26, 2003, amended the Company’s Articles of Incorporation to introduce the interim dividend system pursuant to Article 293-5 of the Commercial Code of Japan. |
| (2) | All dividends are ordinary dividends. |
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For further information please contact:
| Name |
Company |
Telephone | ||
| Masafumi Yoshino | Corporate Communications Dept., Nomura Group Headquarters | +81-3-3278-0591 | ||
| Tsukasa Noda | Corporate Communications Dept., Nomura Group Headquarters | +81-3-3278-0591 | ||
| James Pobjoy | Corporate Communications Dept., Nomura Group Headquarters | +81-3-3278-0591 | ||
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 128 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.