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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 April 2004.
Total number of pages: 6.
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)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
Form 20-F X Form 40-F
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1):
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Indicate by check mark whether by furnishing the information contained in this Form, the registrant is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Yes No X
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Information furnished on this form:
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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: April 16, 2004
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Tokyo, 16 April 2004
NPF Signs Letter of Intent with Millennium Retailing and Mizuho Corporate regarding the Capital Restructuring of Millennium Retailing Group
On 16 April 2004, Nomura Principal Finance Co., Ltd. (NPF, President: Yoshifumi Kawabata), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Nomura Holdings, Inc., reached an agreement with Millennium Retailing, Inc. (MR, President: Shigeaki Wada) and Mizuho Corporate, Ltd. (MHCR, President: Takashi Goto) regarding Millennium Retailing Group’s (MRG) plans to boost its capital.
MRG is a retail group consisting of Sogo Co., Ltd. (Sogo, President: Shunichiro Uchimura) and The Seibu Department Stores, Ltd. (Seibu, President: Fumiaki Osaki) and MR, which is the group’s holding company. Since its establishment, MR has engaged in the revitalization of Sogo and Seibu. Having improved profitability, which has been rapidly outpacing original targets, MR’s management has decided to take this opportunity to introduce outside capital and accelerate growth by strengthening its capital base.
Impressed with MRG’s highly competitive department store operations, NPF has decided to provide its financial expertise in the belief that it will further enhance MRG’s corporate value. As such, it has decided to purchase 50 billion yen of new shares to be issued by MR. Upon completion, NPF will become the majority shareholder in MR no later than the end of January 2005.
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Schedule
Around July 2004
| · | First round of MR’s newly issued shares purchased by NPF, existing major shareholders of Seibu Department Stores (see exhibit point (1), (2)) |
| · | Debt equity swap: MHCR swaps Seibu debt for Seibu preferred shares (see exhibit point (3)) |
| · | MR purchases newly issued Seibu shares (see exhibit point (4)) |
Around September 2004
| · | Equity swap making Seibu a 100% subsidiary of MR (see exhibit point (5)) |
Around January 2005
| · | Second round of MR’s newly issued shares purchased by NPF (see exhibit point (6)) |
Millennium Retailing Group (as of February 29, 2004)
Millennium Retailing
Denomination: Millennium Retailing, Inc.
Location: 1-1-2 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo
President: Shigeaki Wada
Established: July 1952
Main businesses: Management direction for department stores operation companies and contingent work
Capital: 55 million yen
Operating revenue: 6,821 million yen (non-consolidated pre-audit as of Feb 04)
No. employees: 373 employees
Major shareholders: Shigeaki Wada, senior management stock ownership plan, Mizuho Corporate, Ltd.
Sogo
Denomination: Sogo Co., Ltd.
Location: 2-18-1, Takashima, Nishi-Ku, Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture
President: Shunichiro Uchimura
Established: May 1969
Main business: Department store operation
Capital: 130 million yen
Operating revenue: 452,667 million yen (non-consolidated pre-audit as of Feb 04)
No. employees: 2,852 employees
Shareholder: Millennium Retailing, Inc.
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Seibu Department Stores
Denomination: The Seibu Department Stores, Ltd.
Location: 1-28-1, Minami Ikebukuro, Toshima-Ku, Tokyo
President: Fumiaki Osaki
Established: March 1940
Main business: Department store operation
Capital: 10,348 million yen
Operating revenue: 528,530 million yen (non-consolidated pre-audit as of Feb 04)
No. employees: 2,596 employees
Major shareholders: Millennium Retailing, Inc.
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For further information please contact:
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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 129 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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