The form CB01 relating to a cross-border merger, was received by Companies House on: 23 December 2010.

The particulars for each merging Company are as follows:

Nomura International PLC

Legal Department, Nomura House

1 St Martin’s-Le-Grand

London EC1A 4NP

United Kingdom

Public Limited Company formed pursuant to English Law

Registered Number: 01550505

Registered in United Kingdom, Registrar of Companies for England & Wales, Companies House, Crown Way, Cardiff CF14 3UZ, UK.

Nomura Italia Societa Di Intermediazione Mobiliare P.A.

Piazza Del Carmine 4

Milan

20111 Italy

Joint-Stock company (Societa’ Per Azioni) formed pursuant to Italian Law

Registered Number 09046620150.

Registered in Italy at Register of Enterprises of Milan, Via Meravigli 11/a, 20136 Milan, Italy.

Information relating to Nomura International PLC is available from Companies House, Cardiff, CF14 3UZ

Regulation 10 of The Companies (Cross-Border Mergers) Regulations 2007 requires copies of the draft terms of merger, the directors’ report and (if there is one) the independent expert’s report to a be kept available for inspection.