Good day, everyone and welcome to today's Nomura Holdings Fourth Quarter and Full Year Operating Results for Fiscal Year ended March 2013 Conference Call. Please be reminded that today's conference call is being recorded at the request of the hosting company. Should you have any objections, you may now disconnect at this point in time. During the presentation, all the telephone lines are placed for a listen-only mode. The questions-and-answer session will be held after the presentation. Please note that this telephone conference contains certain forward-looking statements and other projected results, which involve known and unknown risks, beliefs, uncertainties and other factors not under the Company's control which may cause actual results, performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from the results, performance or other expectations implied by these projections. Such factors include economic and market conditions, political events and investor sentiments, liquidity of secondary markets, level and volatility of interest rates, currency exchange rates, security evaluations, competitive conditions and size, number and timing of transactions. With that, we like to begin the conference. Mr. Atsushi Yoshikawa, Please go ahead.

This is Atsushi Yoshikawa, President and Group COO. Thank you very much for attending this conference call before the three day holiday. First of all I would like to say a few words and then hand you over to our new CFO, Shigesuke Kashiwagi who was appointed on April 1. He will run through the highlights of our results for the full year and fourth quarter and we will then take your questions. Earlier today we announced surprise in both revenues and income for the year-ended March 2013. On an annual basis we had our best year since the fiscal year ended March 2007. During the fourth quarter, Japan benefited from the effects of economics and retail made a strong contribution to quarterly earnings. We also booked a one-off gain on the secondary offering of Nomura Real Estate Holdings shares. On a quarterly basis both pretax and net income where at their highest levels since the quarter ended March 2006. For the full year, retail reported a 59% increase in pretax income to ¥100.6 billion as the favorable market conditions led to higher risk appetite among individual investor and total sales increased, particularly sales of equities and investment trust. In asset management, the improved investment environment and inflows of client funds led to higher assets under management and increases in both revenues and income for the full year period. In wholesale, fixed income continues to drive stable revenues throughout the year. On an annual basis, wholesale reported pretax income of ¥71.7 billion, a sharp rebound from losses of ¥37.7 billion in the previous year. In the other segment, we booked a gain related to Nomura Real Estate and losses due to the tightening of our own and our counter-party credit spreads. I will now hand you over to our CFO to speak about this and our overall results in more detail.

This is Shigesuke Kashiwagi, CFO speaking, very nice to have this opportunity to talk to you. Let me now present to you an overview of our financial results for the full-year and fourth quarter ended March 2013, using the document type of consolidated results of operations. First of all please turn to Page 3, for a summary of the full-year results. We reported strong year-on-year gains for both revenue then income. Net revenue was ¥1.810 trillion up 18% year-on-year. Pretax income jumped 180% to ¥237.7 billion and net income grew 9.3 times to ¥107.2 billion, ROE was 4.9%. Today, we announced a half year dividend of ¥6 per share be able to shareholders of record as of end of March. That gives a total annual dividend of ¥8 per share. Pretax income from our three business segments increased 4.2 times year-on-year to ¥193.5 billion, with all segments contributing to earnings before I give you a breakdown of results by segment starting from Page 7, I will run through a summary of our fourth quarter results on Page 4. We reported our best quarter in seven years driven by the robust performance in retail. And, the ¥50.1 billion one-off gain on the secondary offering of Nomura Real Estate Holdings shares. While Nomura Real estate earnings are consolidated on our fourth quarter income statement the company has been accounted for under the equity method on our balance sheet since the end of March. Fourth quarter net revenue was ¥653.6 billion, up 68% quarter-on-quarter. Pretax income grew 13.1 times to ¥169.7 billion while net income increased 4.1 times to ¥82.4 billion. On an annualized basis, ROE was 14.8%. Since December, our Japan and Japan related businesses have reported significant earnings growth. Pretax income from our three business segments increased 35% quarter-on-quarter to ¥96.8…

Please turn Page 17, our additional ¥1 billion cost reduction program is on schedule and was 78% complete at the end of the March. As noted on Page 16, the one-off expenses due to headcount reduction and IT system disposal costs mean it will take some time for the benefit of our cost reduction program to flow through, but we maintained a tight grip on cost and are focused on lowering our breakeven point. Please turn to Page 18 for an update on our balance sheet. Total assets at the end of March were ¥37.9 trillion, growth leverage was 16.5%, and net leverage was 10.4%. We started applying Basel III to our capital ratios from March end. Our Tier 1 ratio, and Tier 1 common ratios were both 11.7%. Please see Page 19 for changes since December end. As shown on the top right of this Page, our fully loaded 2019, Tier 1 common ratio is approximately 10% based on our year-end balance sheet. Please turn to Page 20, there are no significant changes to our funding and liquidity from December. So I will leave it for you to look through later. Page 21 outlines out exposure to European Peripheral Countries. Our net country exposure at the end of March was $920 million, down from $2.94 billion in December. The decline is mainly the result of a reduction in our sovereign debt exposure in Italy. It should be noted that it has nothing to do with the Monte dei Paschi legal issue reported in the media. Our inventory consists entirely of trading assets that are mark-to-market on a daily basis and we will continue to manage our positions prudently. Lastly, I would like to update you on our share buyback program. As announced in today’s press release, the share buyback…

We have a question-and-answer session now. (Operator Instructions) After the announcement, start your question with your name and company. (Operator Instructions) The first question is from Mr. Muraki from Deutsche Securities. Masao Muraki – Deutsche Securities Inc.: I have two main questions. Firstly about the retail business, the sales of investment trusts when you look at what have been the sales trends of investment trusts from January to March? And have there been any changes in April in the sales trends of investment trusts as of today in terms of the assets of retail business or the net asset inflow? Also I think there have not been a significant improvement, but what are you planning to do to increase the inflow of asset to the retail business? Secondly, I’d like to confirm some figures for the fixed income division, the Q4 revenues was ¥108 billion. And could you give us the – give me the geographical breakdown and also the breakdown between client business and the trading business? Those are my two points, please.

This is Yoshikawa speaking. You asked for the monthly figures, but some – we have not disclosed the monthly figures. I think we only disclosed the quarterly figures, and for Q4 of this year or for March 13, it was ¥1.7 trillion. And if you compared it with the previous quarters, it has increased by more than 50%, even more than that. And as far as the trends in April, I do not have the figures with me. But as for the sales of the investment trusts, what is somewhat interesting for Nomura is since February-March, the investment trusts for Japan’s equities, we are putting a lot of focus on and. And in stead of coming up with new products, we are focusing on the high performing existing products and working on these existing products, we have changed our strategy. And for each of the branches in Nomura, the branches are proactively thinking of what to do, and offering our clients the right products. And so, the ratio of Japan equities is growing. I think that’s an interesting trend. So investments, I think we were able to respond quickly to the changes in the market trends and benefit from these trends. On the other hand some of the European high yield products are being sold. For example, Italy and Cyprus, these are being sold somewhat, but Japan equities investment trusts are selling well.

This is Kashiwagi. Let me explain about the fixed income side. You asked about the geographical breakdown of the fixed income revenues. In Q4, the situation was a bit different from Q3, and in Q3 the EMEA and the Americas were strong and Japan/Asia followed. But in Q4, Japan made up close to half about 40% and the remainder was EMEA, Americas, and Asia was somewhat small, that was the breakdown for Q4. And as for the client flow and trading flow, the breakdown, roughly speaking client flow was about 60%, trading was above 40% I think. Masao Muraki – Deutsche Securities Inc.: Thank you for fixed income let me follow-up. The exposure or the dependence on Japan is increasing you say, but some – based on the BOJ’s new policies, the transactions among financial institutions, if that decline significantly? What impact will that have on your revenues? And also the restructuring was mainly focused on equities and IB so far. So fixed income has not gone through that much of restructuring, but in Q4, I think the overseas fixed on divisions has gone under the surface or under water. So is this a one-off trends or do you see this as the one-off trends or do you think you’ll implement additional cost cutting in fixed income as well on top of equities and investment banking?

This is Kashiwagi again. Our fixed income division as you can see on Page 12 of the presentation materials. The revenue base is the more diversified compared to the past and in each fiscal period the situation may change going forward. But overall, I think the diversification is progressing, and I’d like to point out that first. Secondly, as you maybe concerned, the major financial easing was very favorable for the fiscal periods have just ended, which may mean that the next fiscal period might me challenging. Under these circumstances for the Japan side of the business, the market conditions, there were some volatility at the beginning of the month but we will continue to operate based on the Nomura’s capital strength and the market coverage and contribute to the market.

This is Yoshikawa again, you asked about the net in flow of assets to retail, for Q4 it was ¥38 billion in Q4, which may seem small and I agree it’s somewhat small, but there was a temporary withdraw or outflow of assets from a major corporate client or major client, and I heard that that came back in April, and I won’t give you the exact figures, but that’s the background for the ¥38 billion. Masao Muraki – Deutsche Securities Inc.: For fixed income, the overseas figures have deteriorated, will you implement cost cutting or not? Can I assume that you will not implement cost cutting for fixed income?

This is Kashiwagi, we don’t feel the need to implement some kind of measure because of the decline in profitability or earnings, but last December we set up the global market’s division and we merged consolidated fixed income and equities, and we have been integrating the various functions of fixed, we will integrate various sting functions among fixed income and equities to improve our productivity or efficiency. Masao Muraki – Deutsche Securities Inc.: Thank you.

Next question is by JPMorgan, [Tsujino]. The floor is yours.

There are three big questions, first of all, as indicated on Page 4, other business other than the three segments made a contribution of ¥45 billion and of that about slightly over ¥20 billion is Nomura Real Estate I would assume because of the 4Q sales and the equity ratio has slightly declined, and Nomura Bank Luxembourg and Nomura Trust would account for the remainder. Plus ¥30 billion or minus dozens of billions did occur in past quarter. So there is some volatility, but if – on standard basis there are these trace of ¥20 billion that would have big impact to the dividend that the parent would be receiving because of the 30% dividend. So could you give us the break down between the subsidiaries and the reason behind this volatility and could you give us a detail, so we can have a clear perspective. Another point is IT cost start introduction leading to an increase of ¥5 billion. In Q3, there was ¥6 billion one time of expenses for the disposal and that should have reduced your burden in terms of IT expenditure. Yet there has not been any significant reduction in IT related expenditure rather it’s been going up. So is it correct to consider that IT cost will gradually decline going forward. That’s what you’d mentioned, but you have double parallel system and without the redundant system to what extend can we expect the cost reduction in the IT sytem, finally since April volatility in the fixed income market has increased as was mentioned already and persistent adjustment might have been somewhat challenging, and the pattern of profit and loss recording might have become rather different because of this height in volatility in the fixed income market since April. Could you elaborate on that point?

Thank you very much. This is Kashiwagi speaking, and let me start from the first question. As you have pointed on Page 6, or was it Page 4, it’s indicated on both Pages 4 and 6, ¥45 billion is the number we disclosed. And on Page 29, the related affiliates equity method profit and loss, ¥5.2 billion in Q4 would have been included and other than that the subsidiaries and non-three segments group companies profit and loss would account for approximately ¥40 billion subtracting ¥5.2 billion from ¥45 billion, I will not give you the company by company contribution, but as you’ve indicated number of real estate and other subsidiaries, Nomura Bank and where is Nomura Trust these banking sector subsidiaries and investment in fortress. Profits deriving from such investments where in the order of few billions so total had been slightly over ¥40 billion. Is this going to be businesses is sure, as determine approach the end of the fiscal year realized gains had been recorded in the investments as well as in the subsidiary. So is this trend going to continue, that’s the question.

It’s difficult to make a clear cut response saying that, yes, this will be a continuous trend. We don’t think that this sustainable. And the second question, please wait for few moments. I apologize for having kept you waiting. Your question was on IT related expenses, ¥5 billion in the retail with the introduction of Star system. This fiscal year, the past fiscal year would have probably been the peak and in the coming few years, retail segments, IT expenses should begin to come down. More specifically, although I cannot give you the exact numbers, more than ¥10 billion of expense reduction should be achieved in the coming couple of years.

When you say ¥10 billion on quarterly basis, is that what you are saying or on annualized basis?

On annualized basis.

Thank you. Between Q3 and Q4, ¥42.6 billion to ¥49.5 billion increased – had increased although the IT disposal losses had been gone. Why despite the non-existence of the disposal expenses that the expenses in Q4 increase?

¥6 billion disposal was incurred and in this fiscal term, the amount was probably about the same and the running cost was an add-on. So the nonexistence of the drop despite the disposal expenses being recorded is because of those two factors; running cost as well as the existence of the disposal expenses. Once again, now, the BOJ’s easing policy in complete different dimension had moved the market and JCB market maker, we on daily basis or we on hourly basis saw great volatility that we had not witnessed in the past. Was it on the 4th of April that the BOJ announced was made, and therefore on the next day the position was towards flattening, so the start of the day was quite healthy and strong, but thereafter there was a surging plunge, so as the biggest market maker, it was quite challenging for Nomura. However, therein after, the BOJ had made efforts to have a dialog with the market and therefore the market became more foreseeable. So along with that effort by BOJ, we tried to make adjustments in our position. Most recently, in the past week or so, the profit and loss volatility range is back to the normal level. So there was a huge volatility at the beginning, right after the announcement, which was a surprise. Finally, this is an answer unquestioned, but you mentioned fixed income in Japan, the Japanese business in comparison to Q3, in Q4, fixed income revenues or profits was more than double in comparison to the third quarter in the Japanese business, but after the first quarter of the current year, until plan the quarterly Japanese business fixed income was somewhere around ¥20 billion slightly. Would that be the level in the future quarters, the minimum in future quarters? We don’t give you the projections, but ¥20 million per quarter, Nomura’s fixed income, Japanese business, I think your question is whether based upon the strength of our franchise, can we sustain that level? Yes, we can sustain at that level. On the other hand, do you think that Q4 was an aberration? Well, it’s a fact that we did well in the fourth quarter. Thank you very much.

The next question is from Mr. Yamanaka of Credit Suisse. Takehito Yamanaka – Credit Suisse Securities Limited: I have two questions. First, is about EMEA and as you touched upon when you were talking about fixed income, in Q4, the pretax income or pretax loss of ¥36.4 billion and on top of that, you have CVA/DVA, so that means that although you did not have the private equity income, you seem to be doing quite well. What is your thinking towards the EMEA business as of today? Could you briefly explain how you do the business? And secondly, for your mid-term target, you had EPS target of generating ¥70 stably. So could you explain again about the thinking about the EPS target?

This is Kashiwagi. Let me address your first question for the EMEA business. We disclosed that based on our financial accounting, it was ¥36.4 billion of loss. And as you pointed out, there was ¥36.8 billion for the CVA, which is mainly attributable to EMEA. And also the restructuring costs, for March 30, the restructuring costs were quite high and we conducted more than 40% or so of the restructuring in EMEA and that’s why there was a burden on the figures for EMEA. And therefore the financial loss of ¥36.4 billion is the fundamental figure should be better than this, but if you look at the EMEA market overall, it continues to be challenging. So we will continue to pursue the fit for the future strategy and implement, extend cost cutting and also achieve synergies and improve efficiency through the consolidation within the Global Markets Division. We think we have to work on that. And as for the mid-term target for EPS, it was 50 yen by March 16. And to summarize, no, we do not have any intention of changing this target. Yes, the economics is helping our business, but the [PTA] needed for 50 yen EPS is 250 billion yen, which means we have to generate 125 billion yen from Wholesale and we have to generate a large [piece] from the overseas business. We will continue our efforts to achieve these targets. Thank you.

Next question is by Tanaka-san of Goldman Sachs. Tanaka-san – Goldman Sachs: This is Tanaka of Goldman Sachs speaking. Two points; first of all, Asia and Oceania Q4 revenues minus 7.8 billion yen, the losses increased. What are the reasons, why? Secondly on retail, you said that investment trust was flat last year, but equities did well, but as a backdrop what were the regions behind and in the midst of the strong retail market, how should we look at the future trends in the regional market? Could you once again explain your views?

Thank you very much. This is Kashiwagi speaking. Speaking of Asia, in principal Nomura’s business generally speaking in terms of fixed income is profitable even in the international markets, but investment banking equity is dragging down those results. So as a result in Asia, although we want to do well as Asia’s global investment bank, we’ve not been able to truly cap on the strength of our franchise, competition is intense and the business relationship establishments requires time. However, cross-border deals are increasing, and most recently China Bank $3.5 billion lead manager mandate was ensured, which is the biggest issuance in recent years; and China’s IPO mandate has been captured, and in equity AEJ hedge was newly hired. And as we consider Asia’s long-term strategy, Yamazaki, the EVP of Nomura Securities has been sent to Singapore, so this maybe somewhat time consuming, but we are working on the expansion of our business and strengthening our franchise. Net increase in investment trust, I might have made some misleading comments, but Q4 net increase of investment trust was ¥218.3 billion, so it’s an increase from past trends. It was ¥96 billion and ¥73 billion respectively in the past terms, and therefore there has been increase in investment trusts sales. As far as retail is concerned, we are blessed with numerous, numerous high-quality clients, and the client portfolio is much better in terms of quality and that is why we are being approached by the customers on business opportunities and Japanese version ISA has become quite a fashionable topic and we are trying to capture such opportunities as well. So capturing customers and expansion of business will be pursued to aim for the target AUM of ¥90 trillion and after deciding on that strategy, we are taking steady steps toward that end. So our first and foremost goal is ¥90 trillion assets under management. Of course, depending on the market environment, we will be conducting trades, we are under favorable wins. At this instance, however, we will also review the methodology of evaluation as we aim for the increasing assets and also we have a system in place to reward high performance in terms of customer satisfaction. The market is huge, so there will be not be instantaneous change in the market environment, but I think the environment has proven to be quite favorable for us at the moment. Thank you very much. Your second point was on IT versus – investment trusts versus equity. And I think the investment trust is below market, but stocks are doing over market. And in retail, because of this trend, will you be facing more focus on stocks rather than in investment trusts? What do you mean by outperforming the market, are you talking about share against the price in the market?

Well, this is Yoshikawa speaking, as far as price is concerned, in the past three to four months, we’ve not been offering new launches of investment trusts rather we’ve been selecting high performing, existing products and selling those products to the customers. So it’s not the case where we’re recording over subscription from day one. Rather we are looking at the customer portfolio and choosing the best product to match their portfolio. So in that sense, our performance in investment trust may appear to be rather lackluster in comparison to the historical record. So this also has to do with redemption and target price type of investment trust, redemption timing had come into play. So with maturity, they’ve been converted into cash. So in that sense, another point is with regards to having [said so] with prices going up, the underlying asset is stocks and if the currency is non-Yen, then the performance has been quite significant. So I think the customers maybe lured to fix or realize the gains and cash up the gains, and there is a glut in the money market because of the realized gains, so we hear. And currently, although you said that stocks are doing well and not investment trusts, we’ve not decided on such policy. So the branches are looking at the customer portfolio and offering them the best products and as a result this is the outcome of this effort. Thank you very much.

The next question is from Shiota from Daiwa Securities. Jun Shiota – Daiwa Securities Capital Markets Co. Ltd.: I have two questions. First in the presentation material where you explained the expenses on Page 16, Q4 costs have gone up a little bit but overall the average is about ¥250 billion. And for this quarter, the revenues were very strong but the growth in cost has been controlled and I think this is a result of your cost cutting. For this current fiscal year, March 14, because it explains of course to give you more color on the cost for this fiscal year. Secondly, for asset management on Page 9, you explained the revaluation cost, temporary cost, one-off cost for the revaluation and pretax income ¥3.9 billion, so there was a decline. In Q3, the income were somewhat high because of the performance fees but I think should the run rate income be about ¥5 billion or ¥6 billion going forward?

This is Yoshikawa. Let me answer the asset management side question first. Yes, we booked the write off, this is in relation to the LIC Nomura in India, the joint venture in India. And I think it was about three years ago that in January 2011 that we invested in this state. but due to the short-term, mainly the short-term investment trusts in rupees, but since then they have been changed in the regulations and the OEM has declined significantly. And we have sent ten people from Nomura Asset Management to improve the performance of the equity investment trust and as part of our efforts to – and partly due to the decline in the rupee, the value of the rupee. About six or about half of the figures shown here is the relation to the revaluation of LIC and we want to work positively based on this – after this revaluation. So you’re saying about half of the cost increase is LIC, yes that’s right.

This is Kashiwagi speaking. as for your first question, it’s very difficult to answer. For example, on Page 11, we showed the figures for wholesale, and if you look at the full-year figures for wholesale, the total revenue has grown by ¥90 billion or so, while the expenses has only grown by ¥20 billion or so. So I think we are conducting disciplined cost control. And as you pointed out on Page 16 on the left hand side, we should have some one-off expenses in March 13. So once these become non-existent, then we will have a further improvement in our cost expenses and also the cost cutting in the global markets under the fit for the future strategy. So although there are some downside risks, I think as the business does well and we will continue to make the investments necessary. So we would like to add to our current business portfolio. So I can’t say for sure that the expenses will go down. For asset management and retail businesses, the costs did not fluctuate that much due, in relation to the markets. So you can take some value, I hope you can guess the costs or estimate the costs for the future for the overall firm. Thank you.

The next question is Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley, Kana Sasaki. The floor is yours. Kana Sasaki – Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities: Thank you very much. Two simple points, first of all dividends, ¥6 for the second half in the [term] just ended, what was the logic behind ¥6 per share year-end dividend? And also the revenues have increased and what is the current position of Nomura in terms of dividends to be paid out in the future? Secondly, the Italian Bank, you did the explanation, but when do you think that all of these issues will become settled and done? What is the prospects for the timing when the resolution should be ensured? Those are the two points.

Thank you, Kashiwagi speaking. First of all consolidated dividend payout ratio 30%, consolidated dividend payout ratio is an important indicator that was just part of a basic policy in dividend payouts. However for each turn, we decide on the dividend based upon on the regulatory environment as well as the actual performance and that’s the basic policy. ¥6 or annual dividend of ¥8 against net income 28% payout ratio is the level however there was the ¥50.1 billion gain due to Nomura Real Estate Holdings and excluding that the payout ratio would be 39%, so the keyword is 30% consolidated payout ratio and stability in dividend is another keyword, so ¥2 plus ¥6, ¥8 we believe is a very appropriate level. Kana Sasaki – Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities: And (inaudible) to what extent will this issue be prolonged?

This depends on what would be done by the counterparty, so I cannot give you any specific response. Kana Sasaki – Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities: Thank you very much. On dividend, I’m not talking about six time as you’re not mentioning six times to ¥12 annualized dividend payout that’s being the normal rate but rather ¥8 being the benchmark, is that what you’re saying?.

Fundamentally, we think about the annualized payout ratio, thank you very much.

This is Yoshikawa again; thank you very much for attending today’s conference call. And as we mentioned at the beginning of the call, economics has led to a significantly improved business environment and market conditions in Japan since the end of last year. Given our huge client franchise in Japan and our high market shares in our home market, we are well placed to benefit from this trend. That said, the business market and regulatory environments for global financial institutions are constantly changing, and we remain cautiously optimistic about the future. As we continue to implement our Fit for the Future plan, our highest priorities are to win the trust of our clients in Japan and expand our domestic businesses while also building an organizational structure in our international franchise, capable of delivering stable profits. We will also continue to take the necessary steps to achieve our management target of earnings per share of ¥50 in the year ending March 16, our 90th Anniversary ahead of schedule. Thank you for taking the time to join today’s call.

Thank you for taking your time and that concludes today’s conference call. You may now disconnect your lines.