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 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 Acquire Shares in YMC Co., Ltd.] |
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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: March 23, 2005 | By: | /s/ Hiroshi Tanaka | ||
| Hiroshi Tanaka | ||||
| Senior Managing Director | ||||
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NOMURA PRINCIPAL FINANCE CO., LTD.
Tokyo, March 23, 2005
Nomura Principal Finance to Acquire Shares in YMC Co., Ltd.
Nomura Principal Finance Co., Ltd. (NPF), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Nomura Holdings Inc., today announced that it has decided to acquire a 55.8 percent stake in YMC Co., Ltd. (YMC), a leading manufacturer of packing materials and packed columns for high-performance liquid chromatography, custom purification and custom synthesis.
“The combined management expertise and networks of NPF and Nomura Group will be a big plus for YMC to help it build on its already stable business base and further boost its corporate value,” said NPF President Yoshifumi Kawabata.
Established in 1980, YMC is one of the few companies in the world to fully support normal phase and reversed phase chromatography techniques from analytical to process scale. YMC’s products and services have matured to a level of worldwide recognition, specifically in pharmaceutical and biotech compounds. The majority of key accounts are confident in using YMC’s quality products, especially for difficult or sophisticated separation tasks, where YMC provides appropriate application support.
YMC was capitalized at 620.7 million yen as of March 31, 2004, and employed 112 people at the end of August last year. YMC’s current management will remain in place.
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For further information please contact:
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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 is a global financial services group dedicated to providing a broad range of financial services for individual, institutional, corporate and government clients. The Group offers a diverse line of competitive products and value-added financial and advisory solutions through its global headquarters in Tokyo, 133 branches in Japan, and an international network in 28 countries; with regional headquarters in Hong Kong, London, and New York. The Group’s business activities include investment consultation and brokerage services for retail investors in Japan, and, on a global basis, brokerage services, securities underwriting, investment banking advisory services, merchant banking, and asset management. For further information about Nomura please visit our website at www.nomura.com.