As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 27, 2009

Registration Statement No. 333-116985

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 

 

POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE

SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

 

NOMURA HORUDINGUSU KABUSHIKI KAISHA

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

NOMURA HOLDINGS, INC.

(Translation of Registrant’s name into English)

 

 

 

Japan		None
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

 

9-1, Nihonbashi 1-chome

Chuo-ku, Tokyo, 103-8645

Japan

(81-3-5255-1000)

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

 

Stock Acquisition Rights (No. 1) of Nomura Holdings, Inc.

(Full Title of the Plan)

 

 

Nomura Securities International, Inc.

2 World Financial Center, Building B

New York, New York 10281-1198

(212-667-9300)

(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Agent for Service)

 

 

 

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EXPLANATORY NOTE

Nomura Holdings, Inc. (the “Registrant”) is hereby filing this Post-Effective Amendment No.1 to Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed on June 30, 2004 (File No. 333-116985) (the “Registration Statement”) to deregister shares of the Registrant’s common stock relating to options issued under the Stock Acquisition Rights (No.1) of Nomura Holdings, Inc. (the “Plan”).

A total of 2,204,000 shares were registered under the Registration Statement.

Of the 2,204,000 shares relating to the options under the Plan, 1,166,000 shares remained unsold at the termination of the exercise period for the options issued under the Plan on June 30, 2009.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Tokyo, Japan on July 27, 2009.

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the following capacities on July 27, 2009.

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Signature				Title
/s/ Junichi Ujiie				Chairman of the Board of Directors
Junichi Ujiie
/s/ Kenichi Watanabe				Director
Kenichi Watanabe				President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Takumi Shibata				Director
Takumi Shibata				Deputy President and Chief Operating Officer
/s/ Masaharu Shibata				Director
Masaharu Shibata
/s/ Hideaki Kubori				Director
Hideaki Kubori
/s/ Masahiro Sakane				Director
Masahiro Sakane
/s/ Haruo Tsuji				Director
Haruo Tsuji
/s/ Tsuguoki Fujinuma				Director
Tsuguoki Fujinuma
/s/ Hajime Sawabe				Director
Hajime Sawabe
/s/ Masanori Itatani				Director
Masanori Itatani

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/s/ Yoshifumi Kawabata				Director
Yoshifumi Kawabata
/s/ Fumihide Nomura				Director
Fumihide Nomura
/s/ Masafumi Nakada				Executive Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer
Masafumi Nakada				(Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)
/s/ Shigesuke Kashiwagi				Senior Managing Director
Shigesuke Kashiwagi				Authorized Representative in the United States