Nomura (NMR) Director Ishizuka Receives 185-Share Award

What Happened Ishizuka Masahiro, a director of Nomura Holdings Inc. (NMR), received an award of 185.278 shares on September 25, 2026. The reported U.S. dollar equivalent is $9.97 per share, for a total value of approximately $1,847 (conversion per footnote). This was an award/grant (transaction code A), an acquisition rather than an open-market purchase.

Key Details

• Transaction date: September 25, 2026; Form 4 filed September 28, 2026 (accession 0001193125-26-405721).
• Shares awarded: 185.278 at $9.97 per share (U.S. dollar conversion). Total value ≈ $1,847. (See footnote on FX conversion.)
• Footnote F1: Price converted from JPY using JPY158.78 = US$1 (MUFG Bank spot rate on 9/25/2026).
• Footnote F2: Separately, 600 shares were transferred from the officer's stock ownership plan account to a brokerage account in the reporting person's name on 9/25/2026; these transfers do not change the total beneficial ownership.
• Shares beneficially owned after the transaction are not specified in the provided summary.

Context This filing reports an award (grant) of company stock to a director, which is typically part of compensation or a director equity plan rather than a market buy or sell. Awards indicate receipt of stock but do not necessarily signal the insider's view on the company; the transfer noted in F2 is an internal account move and did not change overall beneficial ownership. The Form 4 was filed three days after the transaction date; depending on business-day counting this is generally within the standard reporting window.