There are 131,083 shareholders of Daiwa Securities Group Inc. as of March 31, 2010.

Financial institutions such as banks, life insurance companies, trust banks and investment trust company are large shareholders of the Group, and percentage of the share held by oversea institutional investors and individual investors have recently increased.

Annual shareholders' meeting is held in the late June every year.

Dividends are paid to shareholders on the shareholders' list as of March 31st and September 30th. The Company has transferred to the committee system since June 2004, which allows it to pay out dividends as soon as a resolution is made by the board of directors. The interim dividend for 1H FY2009 was 5 yen per share. The full year dividend for FY2009 was 13 yen per share.