FORM 6-K

U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

Report of Foreign Private Issuer

Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of

the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Commission File Number: 1-15270

Supplement for the month of August 2004.

NOMURA HOLDINGS, INC.

(Translation of registrant’s name into English)

9-1, Nihonbashi 1-chome

Chuo-ku, Tokyo 103-8645

Japan

(Address of principal executive offices)

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Information furnished on this form:

EXHIBIT

Exhibit Number
1.	[Nomura Holdings, Inc. Announces Exercise Price of Stock Acquisition Rights (Shinkabu-Yoyaku-Ken) Issued as Stock Options]

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

	NOMURA HOLDINGS, INC.
Date: August 16, 2004	By:	/s/ HIROSHI TANAKA
		Hiroshi Tanaka
		Senior Managing Director

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Tokyo, 16 August 2004

Nomura Holdings, Inc. Announces Exercise Price of Stock Acquisition Rights (Shinkabu-Yoyaku-Ken) Issued as Stock Options

Nomura Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) hereby serves notice that the exercise price of the stock acquisition rights to be issued as stock options and other related items was determined on the date hereof pursuant to the resolution passed at the meeting of the Executive Management Board* held on August 6, 2004. See details as attached.

* The Executive Management Board is made up of a number of executive officers and is charged by resolutions of the Board of Directors to determine important business matters including issuance of stock acquisition rights.

Exercise Price of Stock Acquisition Rights and Other Related Items

1. Issue Date of Stock Acquisition Rights

August 16, 2004

2. Total Number of Stock Acquisition Rights to be Issued

1,634 stock acquisition rights

(1,000 shares per stock acquisition right)

3. Type / Number of Shares under Stock Acquisition Rights

1,634,000 shares of common stock of the Company

4. Amount to be Paid upon Exercise of Stock Acquisition Rights

Amount to be paid upon exercise of each stock acquisition right: 1,616,000 yen

Paid-in amount of each share to be issued upon the exercise of the stock acquisition rights (the “Exercise Price”): 1,616 yen

The Exercise Price is determined as the amount which is equal to the product of the average of the daily closing prices of common stock of the Company in regular transactions on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in July 2004 (excluding those dates on which no trade was made), and 1.05. Any fraction less than one (1) yen is rounded up to the nearest yen.

5. Total Issue Price of Shares Issuable upon Full Exercise of Stock Acquisition Rights

2,640,544,000 yen

6. Amount Credited in Stated Capital of Issue Price

The amount credited in stated capital of issue price per share is 808 yen.

Ends

For further information please contact:

Name	Company	Telephone
Masafumi Yoshino	Corporate Communications Dept., Nomura Group Headquarters	+81-3-3278-0591
Tsukasa Noda	Corporate Communications Dept., Nomura Group Headquarters	+81-3-3278-0591
James Pobjoy	Corporate Communications Dept., Nomura Group Headquarters	+81-3-3278-0591

Notes to editors:

The Nomura Group

Nomura Group, with its core businesses of the securities and related businesses, is dedicated to providing a broad range of financial services for individual, institutional, corporate and government customers. We offer a diverse line of competitive products and value-added financial and advisory services through the 129 domestic branch offices of Nomura Securities Co., Ltd. and our overseas network that combines offices in 28 countries. Our business activities include investment consultation services for domestic retail investors, securities brokerage services, securities underwriting for domestic and foreign governments and corporations, mergers and acquisition and financial advisory services, merchant banking, and asset management for investment trusts and pension funds.