Nomura Announces Completion of Acquisition of Shares in Ashikaga Bank

Tokyo, July 1, 2008 – Nomura Financial Partners Co., Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Nomura Holdings, Inc., today announced that Ashikaga Holdings Co., Ltd., a new holding company established by a consortium led by Nomura Financial Partners and Next Capital Partners Co., Ltd., has acquired all outstanding shares of Ashikaga Bank from the Deposit Insurance Corporation of Japan, based on the share purchase agreement signed on April 11, 2008.

Established in 1895, Ashikaga Bank has over 100 years experience providing banking services to local customers and is one of Japan's major regional banks. Based in Tochigi prefecture north of Tokyo, the bank is capitalized at over 147 billion yen.

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