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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 June 2004.
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
Exhibit Number
1. [NPF to Purchase Newly Issued Millennium Retailing Shares]
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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: June 16, 2004 |
By: |
/s/ Hiroshi Tanaka | ||
| Hiroshi Tanaka | ||||
| Senior Managing Director | ||||
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Tokyo, 15 June 2004
NPF to Purchase Newly Issued Millennium Retailing Shares
Today, Nomura Principal Finance Co., Ltd. (NPF, President: Yoshifumi Kawabata), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Nomura Holdings, Inc., reached an agreement on the investment in and post-investment matters of Millennium Retailing, Inc. (MR, President: Shigeaki Wada) with MR based on the agreement reached on April 16, 2004 among NPF, MR, and Mizuho Corporate, Ltd. (MHCR, President: Takashi Goto) to boost Millennium Retailing Group’s (MRG) capital. NPF has also determined to purchase MR shares.
MRG is a department store 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.
1. Outline
On July 1, 2004, upon the completion of the first round purchase of newly issued MR shares NPF will become the majority shareholder in MR. At the same time, NPF will be granted the right to acquire Millennium Retailing First Issue Stock Purchase Rights.
(a) Purchase of newly issued MR shares
| Number/type of shares: | 20,000,000 MR ordinary shares | |||
| Total share price: | 20 billion yen | |||
| Issue price: | 1000 yen per share | |||
| Voting rights (%): | Before: | 0% | ||
| After: | 50.06% | |||
(b) Stock purchase rights
| Stock purchase rights: | Millennium Retailing First Issue Stock Purchase Rights | |
| Number/type of shares per purchase right: | 30,000,000 MR ordinary shares | |
| Issue price: | Without consideration | |
| Total amount of stock purchase rights issued: | 30,000,000 stock purchase rights | |
| Exercise price: | 1000 yen per share |
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2. Schedule
| (1) | On September 1, 2004, MR plans to make Seibu a wholly-owned subsidiary through an equity swap. Upon completion, NPF will no longer be the majority owner of MR’s shareholder voting rights. |
| (2) | NPF plans to acquire 30 million newly issued MR ordinary shares through the exercise of the stock purchase rights around the end of January 2005. Via a series of measures to boost MR’s capital, NPF plans to re-attain majority ownership of MR’s shareholder voting rights. |
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)
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)
No. employees: 2,971 employees
Shareholder: Millennium Retailing, Inc.
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: 529,956 million yen (non-consolidated)
No. employees: 2,596 employees
Major shareholders: Millennium Retailing, Inc.
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For further information please contact:
| Name |
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.