News Release

Nomura Publishes “Nomura AI Companies 70” Index and “Nomura
Japan Equity Beta Select Indices”
Tokyo, January 18, 2017—Nomura Securities Co., Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Nomura
Holdings, Inc., today announced that it will publish new indices named ”Nomura AI Companies
70” and “Nomura Japan Equity Beta Select Indices”.
“Nomura AI Companies 70” is an equal-weight index composing 70 stocks of companies
covered by the media in connection with business related to artificial intelligence (AI). The
composing stocks are selected from all common stocks listed on Japanese stock exchangeswith quantitative valuation indicators based on searches for articles and reports from TV news,
magazines, newspapers and other media. Several keywords, such as "Artificial Intelligence" andother related words selected by AI, are employed in the searches for these articles. By utilizing
an equal-weight index, a flat rate is applied to both large-cap and small-cap stock investments.
Stocks with excessively small market caps and low liquidity are excluded in consideration ofadequacy for investment. Component stocks are reconstituted annually.
“Nomura Japan Equity Beta Select Indices” is the collective name for two indices; ‘Nomura
Japan Equity High Beta Select 30’ and ’Nomura Japan Equity Low Beta Select 50’. The
composing stocks are respectively selected from all common stocks listed on Japanese stock
exchanges with quantitative indicators based on beta (sensitivity) to Japanese equity market
returns and USD/JPY returns. Nomura Japan Equity High Beta Select 30 comprises the top 30
stocks in terms of indicators based on market beta, forex beta and momentum, while Nomura
Japan Equity Low Beta Select 50 comprises the bottom 50 stocks in terms of indicators basedon market beta, forex beta and stock-specific risks. These indices are weighted by free floatadjusted market capitalization (with weightings capped at 5%). Component stocks arerespectively reconstituted twice a year.
The indices have been constructed by Nomura Securities’ Quantitative Research Department
and calculated by the Index Operating Department.
The indices values, rulebooks and other details will be publicly available on Nomura’s website,“Nomura AI Companies 70” http://qr.nomura.co.jp/jp/nmai/index.html (Japanese Only), “Nomura
Japan Equity Beta Select Indices” http://qr.nomura.co.jp/jp/nmbs/index.html (Japanese Only),
after 16:00 JST today.
Nomura will continue to provide services that meet investors’ needs through the development ofindices.

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For inquiries regarding index calculation:
Index Operations Dept.
Nomura Securities Co., Ltd.

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81-3-6703-3986

Financial Engineering & Technology ResearchCentere-mail: idx_mgr@jp.nomura.com

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