As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 29, 2018

Registration Statement No. 333-180506

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 2 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. 39) of Nomura Holdings, Inc.

Stock Acquisition Rights (No. 40) of Nomura Holdings, Inc.

(Full Title of the Plan)

 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large accelerated filer		☒		Accelerated filer		☐
Non-accelerated filer		☐		Smaller reporting company		☐
				Emerging growth company		☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.  ☐

 

 

Nomura Securities International, Inc.

Worldwide Plaza, 309 West 49^th Street

New York, New York 10019-7316

(212-667-9000)

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

 

 

 

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Nomura Holdings, Inc. (the “Registrant”) is hereby filing this Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to Form S-8 Registration Statement to amend the Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed on April 2, 2012 (File No. 333-180506) (the “Registration Statement”) to deregister certain shares of the Stock Acquisition Rights (No. 39) and the Stock Acquisition Rights (No. 40) of Nomura Holdings, Inc.

Under the Registration Statement, 2,843,000 shares were registered in connection with the options under Stock Acquisition Rights (No. 39) of Nomura Holdings Inc. and 19,762,800 shares were registered in connection with the options under Stock Acquisition Rights (No. 40) of Nomura Holdings, Inc.

Of the 2,843,000 shares relating to the options under the Stock Acquisition Rights (No. 39) of Nomura Holdings, Inc., 131,400 shares remained unsold at the termination of the exercise period for the options issued under the Stock Acquisition Rights (No. 39) of Nomura Holdings, Inc. on November 15, 2017. Of the 19,762,800 shares relating to the options under the Stock Acquisition Rights (No. 40) of Nomura Holdings, Inc., 38,600 shares remained unsold at the termination of the exercise period for the options issued under the Stock Acquisition Rights (No. 40) of Nomura Holdings, Inc. on May 24, 2018.

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. 2 to Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Tokyo, Japan as of November 29, 2018.

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of Registrant and in the capacities indicated as of November 29, 2018.

Signature				Title
/s/ Nobuyuki Koga Nobuyuki Koga				Director Chairman of the Board of Directors
/s/ Koji Nagai Koji Nagai				Director Representative Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Shoichi Nagamatsu Shoichi Nagamatsu				Director Representative Executive Officer
/s/ Hisato Miyashita Hisato Miyashita				Director
/s/ Hiroshi Kimura Hiroshi Kimura				Director
/s/ Kazuhiko Ishimura Kazuhiko Ishimura				Director
/s/ Noriaki Shimazaki Noriaki Shimazaki				Director
/s/ Mari Sono Mari Sono				Director
/s/ Michael Lim Choo San Michael Lim Choo San				Director
/s/ Laura Simone Unger Laura Simone Unger				Director
/s/ Takumi Kitamura Takumi Kitamura				Chief Financial Officer Executive Managing Director (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)
/s/ Kentaro Okuda Kentaro Okuda				Executive Managing Director (Authorized Representative in the United States)