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Table of Contents Consolidated Breakdown of Operating Revenues 3 Consolidated Trends in Net Operating Revenues 4 Daiwa Securities Breakdown of SG&A 5 Daiwa Securities SMBC -Consolidated- Breakdown of SG&A 6 Daiwa Securities SMBC -Unconsolidated- Financial Summary 7 Daiwa Securities SMBC -Unconsolidated- Breakdown of SG&A 8 Domestic Group Companies & Overseas Operation 9 Equity Market Share 10 Daiwa Securities Number of Accounts 11 Customer Assets 12 Daiwa Securities SMBC Investment Banking (1) 13 Daiwa Securities SMBC Investment Banking (2) 14 Daiwa Securities SMBC Investment Banking (3) 15 VaR 16 Asset Management Investment Trust Market in Japan 17 Daiwa Global Bond Fund 18 Number of Group Employees 19 Changes in Shareholder Composition 20 Credit Ratings 21 2
Consolidated Breakdown of Operating Revenues FY2006 %Change FY2006 FY2005 %Change (Y mil) vs FY2006 FY2005 vs 4Q 3Q 3Q FY06 2Q 1Q 4Q FY05 Equity 28,569 23,895 19.6% 19,658 26,863 36,874 98,986 120,216-17.7% Brokerage commission 28,040 23,416 19.7% 19,334 26,269 36,249 97,061 118,261-17.9% Others 528 478 10.4% 323 594 625 1,925 1,955-1.6% Fixed income 660 504 30.8% 756 744 735 2,666 3,202-16.7% Brokerage commission 185 143 29.3% 141 224 136 693 923-24.9% Others 475 361 31.4% 615 520 599 1,972 2,278-13.4% Investment trust 32,006 26,430 21.1% 23,703 24,766 26,059 106,906 82,403 29.7% Brokerage commission 97 61 57.2% 58 100 96 317 336-5.7% Distribution commission 11,345 8,161 39.0% 7,576 10,126 13,321 37,210 41,798-11.0% Management fee 20,563 18,206 12.9% 16,068 14,540 12,641 69,378 40,268 72.3% (Agency commission) 10,140 9,367 8.2% 8,424 7,778 6,959 35,711 22,275 60.3% Investment banking 14,481 33,711-57.0% 17,351 9,440 39,479 74,985 82,735-9.4% Underwriting commission 9,737 25,093-61.2% 12,559 6,678 33,482 54,068 64,313-15.9% (Equity) 6,657 22,301-70.1% 10,181 4,370 31,398 43,510 54,066-19.5% (Bond) 2,858 2,619 9.1% 1,869 2,059 1,854 9,406 8,554 10.0% Distribution commission 323 219 47.6% 269 497 474 1,309 2,031-35.5% Others (M&A commission etc.) 4,421 8,399-47.4% 4,522 2,264 5,522 19,607 16,389 19.6% Others 5,771 5,736 0.6% 5,640 6,042 8,202 23,190 20,631 12.4% Total commission 81,489 90,278-9.7% 67,110 67,858 111,351 306,736 309,188-0.8% Gain/loss on equity trading 8,159 10,902-25.2% -5,336 17,563 46,690 31,288 124,270-74.8% Gain/loss on bond and forex trading 38,885 26,317 47.8% 43,170 17,671 16,119 126,044 100,641 25.2% (Bond) 22,171 1,154-27,188-1,821 4,471 48,693 39,025 24.8% (Forex) 16,713 25,162-33.6% 15,982 19,492 11,648 77,351 61,615 25.5% Total gain/loss on trading 47,044 37,219 26.4% 37,833 35,234 62,810 157,332 224,912-30.0% 3
Consolidated Trends in Net Operating Revenues 200 Net Operating Revenues and SG&A (Y bil) (Y bil) 186.6 100 Ordinary Income and Net Income 98.2 160 138.6 162.7 141.9 143.5 80 78.4 120 80 117.2 91.2 73.5 69.8 80.1 86.3 122.0 119.2 88.8 78.9 82.5 87.9 90.8 60 40 45.1 60.1 34.1 38.8 55.3 45.4 41.0 55.9 53.0 40 20 23.8 19.0 11.6 23.1 17.0 26.7 25.8 0 4Q/04 1Q/05 2Q/05 3Q/05 4Q/05 1Q/06 2Q/06 3Q/06 4Q/06 0 4Q/04 1Q/05 2Q/05 3Q/05 4Q/05 1Q/06 2Q/06 3Q/06 4Q/06 Net operating revenues SG&A Ordinary income Net income 4
Daiwa Securities Breakdown of SG&A (Y mil) FY2006 %Change FY2006 FY2005 vs 4Q 3Q 3Q FY06 2Q 1Q 4Q FY2006 FY2005 %Change vs FY05 SG&A 40,644 39,128 3.9% 37,505 37,391 41,650 154,670 156,990-1.5% Fees and commissions paid 5,649 5,190 8.8% 5,282 5,398 6,314 21,520 22,445-4.1% Personnel costs 19,481 19,009 2.5% 18,844 19,158 22,650 76,493 84,408-9.4% Real estate expenses 6,779 6,543 3.6% 5,145 4,655 4,706 23,124 18,118 27.6% Office expenses 5,061 4,942 2.4% 5,191 5,109 4,629 20,304 19,406 4.6% Depreciation 2,618 2,416 8.3% 2,169 2,020 2,257 9,225 8,556 7.8% Taxes other than income taxes 355 304 16.6% 306 386 486 1,353 1,615-16.2% Others 698 721-3.2% 565 661 606 2,647 2,438 8.6% 5
Daiwa Securities SMBC - Consolidated - Breakdown of SG&A (Y mil) FY2006 %Change FY2006 FY2005 %Change vs FY2006 FY2005 vs 4Q 3Q 3Q FY06 2Q 1Q 4Q FY05 SG&A 43,013 48,424-11.2% 42,452 35,902 54,934 169,793 171,905-1.2% Fees and commissions paid 17,395 22,006-21.0% 18,380 11,585 28,171 69,368 74,098-6.4% Personnel costs 12,197 12,610-3.3% 11,026 11,860 13,162 47,694 46,820 1.9% Real estate expenses 3,699 3,576 3.4% 3,519 3,155 3,655 13,951 13,702 1.8% Office expenses 4,845 4,337 11.7% 4,461 4,323 4,355 17,969 17,003 5.7% Depreciation 3,008 2,966 1.4% 2,972 2,888 3,069 11,836 12,184-2.9% Taxes other than income taxes 993 1,624-38.8% 1,005 983 1,404 4,607 4,774-3.5% Others 873 1,302-32.9% 1,084 1,105 1,115 4,366 3,322 31.4% 6
Daiwa Securities SMBC - Unconsolidated - Financial Summary (Y mil) FY2006 %Change FY2006 FY2005 vs 4Q 3Q 3Q FY06 2Q 1Q 4Q FY2006 FY2005 %Change vs FY05 Operating revenues 64,232 70,941-9.5% 58,872 46,662 98,140 240,709 292,446-17.7% Commissions 19,826 35,451-44.1% 22,366 14,989 44,379 92,633 102,488-9.6% Brokerage 5,605 4,982 12.5% 4,366 4,948 5,541 19,902 18,611 6.9% (Stock and others) 5,567 4,956 12.3% 4,333 4,909 5,506 19,767 18,462 7.1% Underwriting 8,248 22,810-63.8% 11,213 6,041 29,440 48,314 58,830-17.9% (Stock and others) 5,381 20,217-73.4% 8,872 3,763 27,002 38,235 48,626-21.4% (Bond and others) 2,645 2,420 9.3% 1,832 2,027 2,210 8,926 8,569 4.2% Distribution 393 349 12.7% 337 168 567 1,248 1,379-9.5% Other commissions (M&A and others) 5,577 7,308-23.7% 6,449 3,832 8,829 23,168 23,666-2.1% Net gain/loss on trading securities 32,087 22,725 41.2% 26,271 22,186 47,008 103,271 160,488-35.7% Stock and others 4,271 7,338-41.8% -8,123 13,812 40,527 17,298 103,599-83.3% Bond, forex and others 27,816 15,387 80.8% 34,395 8,373 6,481 85,972 56,888 51.1% Interest and dividend income 12,318 12,764-3.5% 10,234 9,487 6,751 44,804 29,470 52.0% Interest expenses 11,946 10,810 10.5% 8,884 7,149 6,777 38,789 25,997 49.2% Net operating revenues 52,286 60,131-13.0% 49,988 39,513 91,362 201,919 266,449-24.2% SG&A 36,052 42,087-14.3% 37,483 30,480 49,826 146,103 152,975-4.5% Ordinary income 16,333 18,363-11.1% 22,572 13,722 42,456 70,992 116,180-38.9% Net income 6,392 10,569-39.5% 12,689 10,217 22,373 39,869 68,616-41.9% Capital adequacy ratio 465.7% 458.5% - 479.2% 445.4% 336.3% 465.7% 336.3% - 7
Daiwa Securities SMBC - Unconsolidated - Breakdown of SG&A FY2006 %Change FY2006 FY2005 (Y mil) vs FY2006 4Q 3Q 3Q FY06 2Q 1Q 4Q FY2005 %Change vs FY05 SG&A 36,052 42,087-14.3% 37,483 30,480 49,826 146,103 152,975-4.5% Fees and commissions paid 18,049 23,043-21.7% 19,647 12,416 29,795 73,156 78,731-7.1% Personnel costs 7,390 7,964-7.2% 6,931 7,756 8,564 30,042 30,928-2.9% Real estate expenses 2,934 2,832 3.6% 2,814 2,475 2,987 11,057 11,119-0.6% Office expenses 4,163 3,980 4.6% 4,178 4,033 3,942 16,355 15,713 4.1% Depreciation 2,666 2,627 1.4% 2,642 2,607 2,800 10,544 11,191-5.8% Taxes other than income taxes 623 873-28.5% 662 582 977 2,742 3,329-17.6% Others 224 765-70.7% 606 608 759 2,205 1,961 12.4% 8
Domestic Group Companies & Overseas Operation FY2006 (Y mil, y/y % Chg) Daiwa Securities Group Inc. Daiwa Securities Daiwa Securities SMBC (consolidated) Daiwa Asset Management Operating revenues 78,806 123.8% 230,649-10.9% 317,118-9.6% 58,933 87.8% SG&A 9,494 3.1% 154,670-1.5% 169,793-1.2% 46,673 70.3% Operating income 65,343 183.7% 74,500-26.2% 90,907-34.9% 12,259 208.7% Ordinary income 69,415 176.1% 74,477-26.3% 92,866-34.4% 13,015 193.4% Group holdings (as of Mar 31, 2007) 100.0% 60.0% 100.0% FY2006 (Y mil, y/y % Chg) Daiwa Institute of Research Daiwa SB Investments NIF SMBC Ventures* Overseas Operating revenues 94,888 20.2% 19,476 19.9% 9,939-395,712 39.6% SG&A 9,841-3.1% 6,213 16.8% 5,496-49,839 17.1% Operating income 9,658 33.2% 4,343-5.4% 4,057-13,675-13.5% Ordinary income 9,744 33.0% 4,407-4.5% 4,233-13,870-15.0% Group holdings (as of Mar 31, 2007) 100.0% 44.0% 46.3% *NIF Ventures and SMBC Capital merged on Oct 1, 2005 into NIF SMBC Ventures. Therefore % changes are not indicated. 9
Equity Market Share FY2006 FY2005 FY2004 4Q 3Q 2Q 1Q 4Q 3Q 2Q 1Q 4Q 3Q 2Q 1Q Market data Average daily trading value in TSE, OSE, and NSE; (Y bil) 3,194 2,478 2,265 2,752 3,053 2,972 1,891 1,356 1,468 1,199 1,180 1,569 Share of individual investors; (%) 21.4 20.8 21.9 22.8 29.1 30.8 28.4 24.2 25.2 21.9 22.0 23.8 Market share in Tokyo Stock Exchange; (%) Daiwa Securities Group (on and off floor) 6.6 7.1 7.1 7.2 6.5 6.6 7.1 8.3 7.5 8.6 8.0 7.3 Daiwa Securities (on and off floor) 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.5 1.5 1.3 1.0 1.2 1.0 1.0 1.3 Daiwa Securities SMBC (on and off floor) 5.4 6.1 6.0 6.1 5.0 5.1 5.8 7.3 6.3 7.6 7.0 6.0 (out of hours and off floor) 10.8 11.3 11.7 13.7 10.9 12.5 12.2 17.1 13.5 20.8 18.3 18.2 Share of Daiwa Securities (retail) among individual investor transactions at TSE, OSE, and NSE; (%) Daiwa Securities / TSE, OSE, NSE 5.0 4.6 4.5 4.8 4.9 4.9 4.4 3.7 4.1 4.1 4.1 5.2 Daiwa Securities equity commission rate; (bp) Commission rate* 41 43 40 44 47 51 53 64 70 69 70 71 * Adjusted rate: Denominator excludes value that generates revenues not reported as brokerage commission 10
Daiwa Securities Number of Accounts (# of Thousand Accounts) CMS accounts (Cash Management Service) FY2006 FY2005 FY2004 3/07 12/06 9/06 6/06 3/06 12/05 9/05 6/05 3/05 2,819 2,783 2,755 2,726 2,695 2,631 2,568 2,539 2,522 Online trading accounts 1,616 1,579 1,551 1,521 1,487 1,421 1,359 1,323 1,250 Daiwa Direct accounts 700 661 634 613 586 536 492 457 429 Daiwa Direct margin transaction service accounts 32.8 31.0 29.9 28.3 25.9 19.7 14.3 8.6 4.6 Accounts holding equity 1,246 1,242 1,236 1,228 1,227 1,196 1,186 1,193 1,198 4Q 3Q 2Q 1Q 4Q 3Q 2Q 1Q 4Q Newly opened accounts 57 52 48 60 84 75 53 54 48 "Daiwa Direct" Course Accounts 26 19 17 22 39 33 22 19 16 11
Customer Assets Daiwa Securities SMBC Customer Assets (Y bil) FY2006 FY2005 3/07 12/06 9/06 6/06 3/06 12/05 9/05 6/05 Equity 14,661 14,181 13,476 13,333 13,931 14,163 11,942 10,382 Bond 10,575 8,984 8,821 8,111 8,279 8,560 8,564 8,905 Investment trust 1,039 1,066 1,028 1,076 1,035 1,042 992 942 Others 625 1,255 1,235 968 783 925 919 1,138 Total 26,901 25,488 24,562 23,489 24,029 24,691 22,418 21,369 Customer assets of Daiwa Securities held under custody at Daiwa Securities SMBC 5,977 5,660 5,360 5,276 5,258 5,288 5,140 4,929 12
Daiwa Securities SMBC Investment Banking (1) Major lead manager deals during 4Q (including joint lead issues) Straight Bonds Agency Bonds Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation Total Y120bil Central Japan Railway Company Y20bil ORIX Corporation Total Y105bil Toyota Finance Corporation Y20bil The Tokyo Electric Power Company Y50bil Sumitomo Metal Industries Total Y20bil Mitsui&Co Total Y30bil Tokyo Tatemono Total Y20bil THE HOKKOKU BANK Total Y30bil Shiseido (for individuals Y20bil The Bank of Fukuoka (subordinated bond Y30bil The Tokyo Tomin Bank Y15bil Sumitomo Chemical Y25bil The Tokyo Star Bank Y12.5bil Mitsui Fudosan Y20bil Itochu Corporation Y10bil Mazda Motor Corporation Y20bil TOBU RAILWAY Y10bil West Japan Railway Company Y20bil Sumitomo Metal Mining Y10bil Chubu Electric Power Y20bil Mitsui Chemicals Y10bil National Life Finance Corporation Japan Finance Corporation for Municipal Enterprises NARITA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT CORPORATION East Nippon Expressway Company Central Nippon Expressway Company Japan Railway Construction,Transport and Technology Agency Development Bank of Japan Total Y60bil Y30bil Y30bil Y25bil Y25bil Total Y21.8bil Y10bil 13
Daiwa Securities SMBC Investment Banking (2) Major lead manager deals during 4Q (including joint lead issues) Equity Offerings (including CB) IPOs Toray Industries Overseas CB Y45bil Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Company Secondary offering Y22.5bil Toyo Tanso Primary& Secondary offering Y10.1bil Joint Corporation Overseas CB Y10bil Hoshiden Corporation Overseas CB Y10bil EHIME BANK Primary offering Y8.4bil Takeuchi Mfg. Secondary offering Y5.1bil Land Business Primary offering Y4.2bil Sun Frontier Fudousan Secondary offering Y3.7bil Daiwa System Primary offering Y3.1bil FUJISHOJI Y11.7bil CHOUSHIMARU Y0.8bil MIMAKI ENGINEERING Y1.9bil Stream Y0.8bil SYSWAVE Y0.9bil eguarantee Y0.6bil Overseas underwriting issues during 4Q *Currency rate as of the end of 3/07 Bonds Industrial Bank of Korea Samurai bond Y50bil Rabobank Euro/Yen bond Y50bil Credit Foncier de France Euro/Yen bond Y50bil Rabobank Euro/USD bond Y35.3bil National Agricultural Cooperative Federation Euro/USD bond Y29.4bil KfW Euro/Yen bond Y25bil GECC Euro/Yen bond Y20bil Banque Credit Agricole Euro/Yen bond Y19.7bil Indian Railway Finance Cooperation Samurai bond Y15bil 14
Daiwa Securities SMBC Investment Banking (3) Major lead manager deals during 4Q (including joint lead issues) SMBC Series 12 RMBS <Lead manager> Issue Y146bil Underwriting Y146bil Structured Finance SMBC Series 13 RMBS <Lead manager> Issue Y89bil Underwriting Y89bil Yontoshi CLO TMK Tokyo CLO No.8 Trust Beneficial Interest Seirei Shitei Toshi CLO No.3 <Lead manager> Issue Y69.3bil Underwriting Y69.3bil The Government Housing Loan Corp. Secured Pass-through Bonds No.53 <Co-Lead manager> Issue Y71.7bil Underwriting Y27.2bil Major M&A deals during 4Q AEON acquired 15% of issued shares of Daiei owned by Marubeni, and also acquired 20% of issued shares of Maruetsu owned by Daiei. M&A Advisor to AEON Yamazaki Baking, one of the largest bakeries in Japan, acquired a third-party allocation of 35% shares from FUJIYA and has sent half of board members including the president while extending technical support of food-safety sanitary management. Advisor to Yamazaki Baking 15
VaR Range and assumption of VaR Confidence level: 99% Holding period: 1 day Adjusted for price correlation between products Daiwa Securities SMBC (Unconsolidated) Daiwa Securities Group (Consolidated) (Y bil) (Y bil) (Month end) 6/05 9/05 12/05 3/06 6/06 9/06 12/06 3/07 (Month end) 6/05 9/05 12/05 3/06 6/06 9/06 12/06 3/07 Equity 0.71 1.03 0.50 1.87 0.86 1.38 1.42 0.93 Equity 0.77 1.09 0.53 1.93 1.05 1.48 1.48 0.98 Interest 0.31 1.15 0.57 0.80 1.55 1.01 0.74 0.62 Interest 0.48 1.29 0.78 0.92 1.71 1.09 0.88 0.80 Currency 0.08 0.08 0.24 0.11 0.18 0.78 0.62 1.63 Currecy 0.08 0.08 0.24 0.11 0.18 0.78 0.62 1.63 Commodity 0.03 0.12 Commodity 0.03 0.12 Total 1.10 2.26 1.31 2.78 2.59 3.17 2.81 3.30 Total 1.33 2.46 1.55 2.96 2.94 3.35 3.01 3.53 Diversification effect -0.33-0.58-0.39-0.96-0.84-1.16-1.21-1.35 Diversification effect -0.38-0.60-0.40-0.98-0.88-1.18-1.22-1.35 VaR 0.77 1.68 0.92 1.82 1.75 2.01 1.60 1.95 VaR 0.95 1.86 1.15 1.98 2.06 2.17 1.79 2.18 Quarterly High 2.19 1.87 1.69 2.68 3.36 2.21 2.69 2.96 Low 0.77 0.66 0.92 0.84 1.28 1.17 1.09 0.91 Average 1.47 0.96 1.31 1.35 2.15 1.76 1.80 1.93 Quarterly High 2.39 2.30 1.95 3.07 3.69 2.42 2.86 3.55 Low 0.95 0.81 1.15 0.99 1.49 1.42 1.33 1.14 Average 1.66 1.19 1.55 1.56 2.42 1.99 2.02 2.13 16
Asset Management Investment Trust Market in Japan (Y bil) Investment Trust Market in Japan 80,000 60,000 40,000 20,000 0 3/04 6/04 9/04 12/04 3/05 6/05 9/05 12/05 3/06 6/06 9/06 12/06 3/07 Equity funds 23,276 24,809 25,553 27,435 28,901 32,037 34,838 40,829 44,956 46,082 49,754 55,657 59,422 Bond funds 15,755 14,791 13,917 13,561 13,504 13,039 13,961 14,518 13,522 12,732 12,547 13,269 13,165 Daiwa AM 5,947 6,004 5,743 5,788 5,676 5,861 6,434 7,188 7,574 7,722 8,155 9,181 9,666 Nikko AM 3,864 3,676 3,640 3,774 3,906 4,408 4,906 6,193 6,596 6,669 6,871 7,710 7,708 Nomura AM 10,829 10,627 9,819 10,014 10,052 10,408 10,801 12,147 12,496 12,580 13,045 15,181 16,605 Daiwa AM share 15.2% 15.2% 14.6% 14.1% 13.4% 13.0% 13.2% 13.0% 12.9% 13.1% 13.1% 13.3% 13.3% Source: The Investment and Trust Association 17
Daiwa Global Bond Fund Daiwa Global Bond Fund Fund Price and Funds Under Management (Y bil) (Y) 2,000 1,600 Funds under management (left) Fund price (right) Basic value after adjusting dividend (right) 14,000 13,000 1,200 12,000 800 11,000 400 10,000 0 3/04 6/04 9/04 12/04 3/05 6/05 9/05 12/05 3/06 6/06 9/06 12/06 3/07 9,000 18
Number of Group Employees (# of employees) 16,000 Overseas 14,000 12,000 12,449 13,036 12,900 12,898 12,787 13,566 13, 623 13, 643 13,515 (-128) 1,340 +29 Other domestic companies 10,000 3,427-12 Daiwa Securities SMBC 8,000 1,943-7 Daiwa Securities 6,000 Daiwa Securities Group Inc. 4,000 2,000 6,539-138 0 3/05 6/05 9/05 12/05 3/06 6/06 9/06 12/06 3/07 266 +0 (Changes are from 12/06) Total figure is the sum of consolidated group companies and Daiwa SB Investments. Figures for Daiwa Securities include Financial Advisers (FA). Figures for Daiwa Securities SMBC include employees of Daiwa Securities SMBC Principal Investments. 19
Changes in Shareholder Composition Types of investors March 06 Ratio of # of shares Individuals 17.4 % Financial institutions 38.7 Banks 5.6 Trust Banks 25.4 Other institutions 4.9 Foreigners 37.2 Others 1.8 Total 100 September 06 Types of investors Ratio of # of shares Individuals 16.4 % Financial institutions 37.0 Banks 5.1 Trust Banks 24.7 Other institutions 4.5 Foreigners 39.8 Others 2.3 Total 100 Types of investors March 07 Ratio of # of shares Individuals 15.6 % Financial institutions 37.9 Banks 5.2 Trust Banks 25.4 Other institutions 4.1 Foreigners 40.1 Others 2.3 Total 100 20
Credit Ratings Daiwa Securities Group Inc. Daiwa Securities Daiwa Securities SMBC Long-term Short-term Long-term Short-term Long-term Short-term Moody's Baa1 - Baa1 P-2 A2 P-1 Standard & Poor's BBB+ A-2 BBB+ A-2 A- A-2 Rating and Investment Information A a-1 A a-1 A a-1 Japan Credit Rating Agency A+ - A+ - - - As of April 26, 2007 Mar 19 Standard & Poor s placed the long-term and short-term ratings for Daiwa Securities SMBC on Credit Watch with positive implications. 21
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