As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 22, 2020
Registration Statement No. 333-195004

UNITED STATESSECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSIONWASHINGTON, 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)
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-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
Non-accelerated filer

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. 2 (this“Amendment”) 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”), as amended by the Post-Effective
Amendment No. 1 thereto (“Amendment No. 1”) to deregister certain shares registered in connection with options
under the Stock Acquisition Rights (No. 51) of Nomura Holdings, Inc.
Under the Registration Statement, 2,837,100 shares were registered in connection with the options underStock Acquisition Rights (No. 51) of Nomura Holdings, Inc.
Of the 2,837,100 shares relating to the options under the Stock Acquisition Rights (No. 51) of NomuraHoldings, Inc., 95,700 shares remained unsold at the termination of the exercise period for the options issued
under the Stock Acquisition Rights (No. 51) of Nomura Holdings, Inc. on November 12, 2019.
The Registrant previously deregistered unsold shares relating to the options under its Stock AcquisitionRights (No. 42), the Stock Acquisition Rights (No. 45) and the Stock Acquisition Rights (No. 52) underAmendment No. 1. As a result of this Amendment, all shares originally registered under the Registration
Statement and unsold at the termination of the relevant exercise period have been deregistered.

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. 2 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. 2 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

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 San

Director/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)