NOMURA News Release

Nomura Announces the Appointment of Antonio Miele as Director and
Head of Structured Solutions – South Europe

London, 3 April 2007 – Nomura International plc today announced the appointment of Antonio Miele as Director and Head of Structured Solutions, South Europe. Based in London, Antonio joins Nomura to take up the newly created position. He will assume responsibility for further developing Nomura's structured products business in the key Southern European Markets. Antonio's appointment is effective from 22nd June 2007.

In his new role, Antonio will be part of Nomura's Capital Markets team and will focus primarily on originating and providing bespoke structured products for public sector clients in Southern Europe.

Andrea Giordani, Managing Director and Co–Head of Capital Markets, Global Markets Europe at Nomura said: "We are obviously very pleased that someone with Antonio's knowledge and expertise in the public sector is joining our team. He will be a great asset and a key player in driving our structured products strategy and initiatives forward. Nomura is committed to Italy and Southern Europe, and we plan to migrate our extremely successful business model to facilitate growth and expansion in the region"

Prior to joining Nomura, Antonio spent four years with Merrill Lynch International in London as Director of Public Sector, Italy, with responsibility for the origination of fixed income products for Italian public sector clients. He also spent a year with Lehman Brothers International where he was responsible for legal and structuring activity on credit derivatives products and on public sector business. Antonio also spent three years with Allen and Overy as a lawyer advising a number of public sector clients on their structuring and capital markets activity.

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