Nomura Announces Nomination of Members for Board of Directors

March 2, 2021

Nomura Holdings, Inc.

Tokyo, March 2, 2021 - Nomura Holdings, Inc. today announced that the Nomination Committee resolved to submit proposals to the annual meeting of shareholders to be held in June 2021 to appoint members to the company's Board of Directors.

Director Nominees

Nomura Holdings nominated a total of 12 directors. Of these 12 nominees, 10 have been nominated to serve as Non-Executive Directors, while the remaining two will serve concurrently as Executive Officers. If all the directors are elected, the Company's Board of Directors will be more diversified with eight Outside Directors, four non-Japanese Directors, and three female Directors.

As a global financial services company, Nomura Holdings remains committed to robust corporate governance.

Koji Nagai	Reappointment	Chairman of the Board of Directors
Kentaro Okuda	Reappointment	Representative Executive Officer, President and Group CEO
Tomoyuki Teraguchi	New Appointment	Due to be appointed Representative Executive Officer, Deputy President on April 1, 2021
Shoji Ogawa	New Appointment
Kazuhiko Ishimura	Reappointment Outside Director	Director of AGC Inc. President of the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Noriaki Shimazaki	Reappointment Outside Director	Advisor, IFRS Foundation Asia-Oceania Office Former Executive Vice President, Sumitomo Corporation
Takahisa Takahara	New Appointment	Representative Director, President and CEO of Unicharm Corporation
Mari Sono	Reappointment Outside Director	Certified Public Accountant Former members of the Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission
Laura Simone Unger	Reappointment Outside Director	Former Commissioner and Acting Chairman of SEC
Victor Chu	New Appointment Outside Director	First Eastern Investment Group, Chairman and CEO
J. Christopher Giancarlo	New Appointment Outside Director	Former Chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission Willkie Farr & Gallagher, Senior Counsel
Patricia Mosser	New Appointment Outside Director	Former Deputy Director, Office of Financial Research, U.S Department of Treasury Former Senior Vice President, Federal Reserve Bank of New York Director, Columbia University, School of International and Public Affairs

Nomura

Nomura is a global financial services group with an integrated network spanning over 30 countries. By connecting markets East & West, Nomura services the needs of individuals, institutions, corporates and governments through its four business divisions: Retail, Asset Management, Wholesale (Global Markets and Investment Banking), and Merchant Banking. Founded in 1925, the firm is built on a tradition of disciplined entrepreneurship, serving clients with creative solutions and considered thought leadership. For further information about Nomura, visit www.nomura.com.