Daiwa Securities Group Inc
17 February 2006

                                                               February 17, 2006

                                                     Daiwa Securities Group Inc.



Result of Stock Repurchase of Own Shares



Daiwa Securities Group Inc. today announced the result of an ongoing stock
repurchase program from the market as follows. The repurchase of own shares,
originally announced on January 27, 2006, was resolved by the Board of
Director's meeting on January 27, 2006 in accordance with Article 211-3-1-2 of
Japan's Commercial Code.

As a result, the repurchase based on the resolution above has now been
completed.



1.       Type of shares:       Common shares

2.       Repurchase period:    January 31, 2006 to February 17,2006

3.       Total number of shares repurchased:    10,000,000 shares

4.       Total value of shares repurchased:      13,703,234,000 yen

5.       Method of repurchase :             Purchase via Tokyo Stock Exchange*

*Including 4,550,000 shares repurchased through ToSTNeT-2 (Tokyo Stock Exchange
Trading Network System) on January 31, 2006.





For Reference

Details of the repurchase as approved by the Board of Directors meeting at Daiwa
Securities Group Inc. on January 27, 2006.

1.  Type of shares:                                        Common shares
2.  Effective period:                                      From January 31, 2006 to March 31, 2006
3.  Total number of shares repurchased:                    Up to 10 million shares
                                                           (0.75% of total number of shares outstanding)
4.  Total amount of acquisition price of shares:           Up to 20 billion yen




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