As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 23, 2019
Registration Statement No. 333-195004

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. 42) of Nomura Holdings, Inc.
Stock Acquisition Rights (No. 45) of Nomura Holdings, Inc.
Stock Acquisition Rights (No. 51) of Nomura Holdings, Inc.
Stock Acquisition Rights (No. 52) 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-accelerated
filer, 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 April 3, 2014 (File No.
333-195004) (the “Registration Statement”) to deregister certain shares registered in connection with options
under the Stock Acquisition Rights (No. 42), the Stock Acquisition Rights (No. 45) and the Stock Acquisition
Rights (No. 52) of Nomura Holdings, Inc.
Under the Registration Statement, 18,471,600 shares were registered in connection with the options
under Stock Acquisition Rights (No. 42) of Nomura Holdings, Inc., 12,589,100 shares were registered inconnection with the options under Stock Acquisition Rights (No. 45) of Nomura Holdings, Inc., 2,837,100 shareswere registered in connection with the options under Stock Acquisition Rights (No. 51) of Nomura Holdings, Inc.
and 6,897,300 shares were registered in connection with the options under Stock Acquisition Rights (No. 52) ofNomura Holdings, Inc.
Of the 18,471,600 shares relating to the options under the Stock Acquisition Rights (No. 42) of NomuraHoldings, Inc., 321,800 shares remained unsold at the termination of the exercise period for the options issued
under the Stock Acquisition Rights (No. 42) of Nomura Holdings, Inc. on May 24, 2018. Of the 12,589,100 shares
relating to the options under the Stock Acquisition Rights (No. 45) of Nomura Holdings, Inc., 130,600 sharesremained unsold at the termination of the exercise period for the options issued under the Stock Acquisition Rights(No. 45) of Nomura Holdings, Inc. on April 19, 2019. Of the 6,897,300 shares relating to the options under theStock Acquisition Rights (No. 52) of Nomura Holdings, Inc., 81,800 shares remained unsold at the termination ofthe exercise period for the options issued under the Stock Acquisition Rights (No. 52) of Nomura Holdings, Inc.
on April 19, 2019.
The exercise period for the options issued under the Stock Acquisition Rights (No. 51) of NomuraHoldings, Inc., has not yet terminated, and this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 does not deregister the sharesregistered 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 May 23, 2019.
KNOMURA HOLDINGS, INC.

By:/s/ Koji Nagai
Name: Koji Nagai
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 May 23, 2019.

SignatureTitle/s/ Nobuyuki Koga
Nobuyuki Koga

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

Director
Representative Executive Officer(Principal Executive Officer)

Koji Nagai/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

DirectorMari 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/ Tsutomu Takemura
Tsutomu Takemura

Senior Managing Director(Authorized Representative in the United States)