As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 22, 2020
Registration Statement No. 333-203049

UNITED STATESSECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSIONWASHINGTON, D.C. 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)
JapanNone(State or Other Jurisdiction of(I.R.S. Employer
Incorporation or Organization)
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. 46) of Nomura Holdings, Inc.
Stock Acquisition Rights (No. 49) of Nomura Holdings, Inc.
Stock Acquisition Rights (No. 53) of Nomura Holdings, Inc.
Stock Acquisition Rights (No. 55) of Nomura Holdings, Inc.
Stock Acquisition Rights (No. 56) of Nomura Holdings, Inc.
Stock Acquisition Rights (No. 59) of Nomura Holdings, Inc.
(Full Title of the Plan)

Nomura Securities International, Inc.
Worldwide Plaza, 309 West 49th Street
New York, New York 10019-7316(Name and Address of Agent for Service)(212-667-9000)(Telephone Number of Agent for Service)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-acceleratedfiler, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and“smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer X
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 toSection 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act .

EXPLANATORY NOTE
Nomura Holdings, Inc. (the “Registrant”) is hereby filing this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form
S-8 Registration Statement to amend the Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed on March 27, 2015 (File No.
333-203049) (the “Registration Statement”) to deregister certain shares registered in connection with options
under the Stock Acquisition Rights (No. 46), the Stock Acquisition Rights (No. 53), the Stock Acquisition Rights(No. 56) and the Stock Acquisition Rights (No. 59) of Nomura Holdings, Inc.
Under the Registration Statement, 12,133,900 shares were registered in connection with the options
under Stock Acquisition Rights (No. 46) of Nomura Holdings, Inc., 1,649,300 shares were registered inconnection with the options under Stock Acquisition Rights (No. 49) of Nomura Holdings, Inc., 6,727,400 shareswere registered in connection with the options under Stock Acquisition Rights (No. 53) of Nomura Holdings, Inc.,
2,698,700 shares were registered in connection with the options under Stock Acquisition Rights (No. 55) ofNomura Holdings, Inc., 8,554,600 shares were registered in connection with the options under Stock Acquisition
Rights (No. 56) of Nomura Holdings, Inc. and 4,628,900 shares were registered in connection with the options
under Stock Acquisition Rights (No. 59) of Nomura Holdings, Inc.
Of the 12,133,900 shares relating to the options under the Stock Acquisition Rights (No. 46) of Nomura
Holdings, Inc., 92,200 shares remained unsold at the termination of the exercise period for the options issued
under the Stock Acquisition Rights (No. 46) of Nomura Holdings, Inc. on April 19, 2020. Of the 6,727,400 shares
relating to the options under the Stock Acquisition Rights (No. 53) of Nomura Holdings, Inc., 60,600 sharesremained unsold at the termination of the exercise period for the options issued under the Stock Acquisition Rights(No. 53) of Nomura Holdings, Inc. on April 19, 2020. Of the 8,554,600 shares relating to the options under theStock Acquisition Rights (No. 56) of Nomura Holdings, Inc., 63,100 shares remained unsold at the termination ofthe exercise period for the options issued under the Stock Acquisition Rights (No. 56) of Nomura Holdings, Inc.
on April 19, 2020. Of the 4,628,900 shares relating to the options under the Stock Acquisition Rights (No. 59) ofNomura Holdings, Inc., 100,800 shares remained unsold at the termination of the exercise period for the options
issued under the Stock Acquisition Rights (No. 59) of Nomura Holdings, Inc. on March 30, 2020.
The exercise periods for the options issued under the Stock Acquisition Rights (No. 49) and the StockAcquisition Rights (No. 55) of Nomura Holdings, Inc. have not yet terminated, and this Post-Effective
Amendment No. 1 does not deregister the shares registered in connection therewith.

SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it hasreasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused thisPost-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 as of July 22, 2020.

NOMURA HOLDINGS, INC.

By:/s/ Kentaro Okuda
Name: Kentaro Okuda
Title:
Representative Executive Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Post-Effective Amendment
No. 1 to Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of Registrant and in thecapacities indicated as of July 22, 2020.

Signature

Title

Koji Nagai

Director
Chairman of the Board of Directors/s/ Koji Nagai/s/ Kentaro Okuda
Kentaro Okuda

Director
Representative Executive Officer(Principal Executive Officer)/s/ Toshio Morita
Toshio Morita

DirectorRepresentative 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

Director
Mari Sono/s/ Michael Lim Choo San
Michael Lim Choo SanDirector/s/ Laura Simone Unger
Laura Simone Unger

Director/s/ Takumi Kitamura
Takumi Kitamura

Chief Financial Officer
Executive Managing Director(Principal Financial Officer andPrincipal Accounting Officer)/s/ Yo Akatsuka
Yo Akatsuka

Senior Managing Director(Authorized Representative in the United States)