The Board of Directors of Nomura Holdings, Inc. (TSE:8604) authorized a share repurchase program on April 26, 2013. Under the program, the company will repurchase up to 40,000,000 shares, representing 1.08% of the shares outstanding after excluding treasury shares. Repurchase will amount to ¥35 billion. Repurchases will be made on the stock exchange. Repurchased shares will be held in treasury and shall not be used for issue upon the exercise of stock options (stock ... acquisition rights). Repurchases will be pursuant to the company’s articles of incorporation set out in accordance with Article 459-1 of the Companies Act of Japan. The company will appoint a Trust Bank to make repurchases on its behalf. Repurchases will commence on May 8, 2013 and will end on May 31, 2013. As of March 31, 2013, Nomura Holdings had 3,710,960,252 shares outstanding excluding treasury shares and had 111,602,349 shares in treasury.
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An unknown buyer acquired 0.7% stake in Daiko Clearing Services Corporation (TSE:8692) from Nomura Holdings, Inc. (TSE:8604) on April 10, 2013.

Deutsche Bank AG (DB:DBK), The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc (LSE:RBS), Barclays PLC (LSE:BARC), Citigroup, Inc. (NYSE:C), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM), Nomura Holdings, Inc. (TSE:8604) and Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. (all referred as investors) acquired 12% stake in Traiana Inc. from ICAP plc (LSE:IAP) for $36 million on January 14, 2013. Collectively, the investors also have an opportunity under certain conditions to acquire in the future an additional 20% equity ... in Traiana for a price of up to $82.5 million. As part of the agreement, Traiana created a new Board of Directors, led by Traiana Founder and Executive Chairman, Gil Mandelzis. The Board of Directors includes Traiana's Chief Executive Officer, Andy Coyne, and a representative from each of the investing banks. ICAP will continue to consolidate Traiana as a subsidiary. For the six month period ending September 30, 2012 Traiana had revenues of £20 million ($32.25 million). Evercore Partners Inc. acted as financial advisor for Traiana Inc. and ICAP plc. The conversions are done through OANDA.com as of January 14, 2013.
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