News Release

Nomura Announces Organizational Changes and New Management Appointments Tokyo, March 6, 2012-Nomura Holdings, Inc. today announced a number of organizational changes and new management appointments aimed at further enhancing the firm's group management structure and strengthening its Asia franchise. All organizational changes and management appointments are effective from April 1, 2012, subject to the necessary regulatory approvals. Developing the group structure

Koji Nagai, currently Deputy President and Co-COO of Nomura Securities, will take over as President of Nomura Securities, and Hitoshi Tada, Retail CEO and Deputy President and Co- COO of Nomura Securities, will become Chairman of Nomura Securities. Current Retail COO Eiji Kutsukake will take over as Retail CEO.

These appointments will allow Group CEO Kenichi Watanabe and Group COO Takumi Shibata to focus solely on building up the functions of Nomura Holdings to further drive cross-regional management and cross-divisional collaboration.

Strengthening Asian capabilities

To fully support the firm's expansion in the key growth region of Asia, Nomura also announced the establishment of a China Committee, India Office, and ASEAN Office within Nomura Holdings.

The China Committee will be chaired by Noriyasu Yoshizawa, currently a director of Nomura Securities. The India Office will be headed by Takaaki Naito, currently head of Asset Finance. Yoshinori Go will maintain his position as Vice Chairman of Nomura Asia Holding while also heading up the ASEAN Office.

By committing more resources to its Asia franchise at the holdings company level, Nomura will be able to better integrate its domestic network with its operations in Asia.

Nomura Holdings management lineup

Following today's announcement, Nomura's senior management lineup from April 1, 2012, is as shown below.

Executive Managing Directors

Name Responsibilities

Kenichi Watanabe Group CEO

Takumi Shibata Group COO; Chairman and CEO, Wholesale

Eiji Kutsukake Retail CEO

Toshihiro Iwasaki Asset Management CEO Junko Nakagawa Chief Financial Officer

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Senior Managing Directors

Name Responsibilities

Asset Management

Yugo Ishida Asset Management COO

Wholesale: Fixed Income

Steven Ashley Global Head of Fixed Income (in London)

Wholesale: Equities

Naoki Matsuba Joint Global Head of Equities
Benoit Savoret Joint Global Head of Equities (in London)

Wholesale: Investment Banking

Hiromi Yamaji Investment Banking Executive Chairman (in London) Hiroyuki Suzuki Joint Head of Investment Banking (in Hong Kong) William Vereker Joint Head of Investment Banking (in London)

Wholesale: Research

Hideyuki Takahashi Global Research

Corporate, Others

Shigeki Fujitani Co-Deputy CFO
Lewis O'Donald Chief Risk Officer (in London) Yuji Nakata Deputy Chief Risk Officer
Hiroshi Tanaka Group CAO (Group Compliance Head, CIO, Global Operations)
Paul Spanswick Wholesale CAO (in London) Naohiro Sako Wholesale Co-CIO
Hisato Miyashita Wholesale Compliance Head Noriaki Nagai Chief Legal Officer and Secretariat Hiromasa Yamazaki CEO/COO Office
Toshio Morita CEO/COO Office Kenji Kimura CEO/COO Office Chie Toriumi CEO/COO Office
Shigesuke Kashiwagi Government Affairs and Risk Advisory Group
Minoru Hatada Group Corporate Communications Eiji Miura Group Corporate Communications Akihito Watanabe Global Human Resources
David Farrant Global Human Resources (in London) Masaru Konno Group Internal Audit

Major Subsidiaries

Hitoshi Tada Chairman, Nomura Securities Koji Nagai President, Nomura Securities Masafumi Nakada President, Nomura Trust & Banking

Americas

Atsushi Yoshikawa Regional CEO, Americas (in New York)

EMEA

John Phizackerley Regional CEO, EMEA (in London) Yasuo Kashiwagi Regional COO, EMEA (in London)

Asia ex-Japan

Philip Lynch Regional CEO, Asia ex-Japan (in Hong Kong)
Yoshinori Go Vice Chairman of Nomura Asia Holding N.V. (in Hong Kong), CEO/COO office (ASEAN Office)
Noriyasu Yoshizawa CEO/COO office (Head of China Committee) Yoshihiro Fukuta CEO/COO office (China Committee)
Takaaki Naito CEO/COO office (India Office)
Koki Miura Wealth Management, Asia (in Singapore)

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Key appointments in international operations

Nomura today made the following management appointments in its international operations.

Name

Responsibilities

Nomura Nederland N.V.

Masatomo Harigaya

President

Nomura Bank (Switzerland) Ltd.

Makoto Kinone

President & Geneva Branch Office Manager

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Nomura

Nomura is a leading financial services group and the preeminent Asian-based investment bank with worldwide reach. Nomura provides a broad range of innovative solutions tailored to the specific requirements of individual, institutional, corporate and government clients through an international network in over 30 countries. Based in Tokyo and with regional headquarters in Hong Kong, London, and New York, Nomura employs over 27,000 staff worldwide. Nomura's unique understanding of Asia enables the company to make a difference for clients through three business divisions: retail, asset management, and wholesale (global markets and investment banking). For further information about Nomura, please visit www.nomura.com.