UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of

The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): ~~March~~May 312, 2010 (~~March~~April 313, 2010)

LOGO

NATIONWIDE FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	1-12785	31-1486870
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)
One Nationwide Plaza, Columbus, Ohio		43215
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

One Nationwide Plaza, Columbus, Ohio		43215
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (614) 249-7111

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instructions A.2. below):

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Item 28.0201 –- ~~Results~~Other ofEvents ~~Operations and Financial Condition~~

On ~~March~~April 413, 2010, Nationwide Financial Services, Inc. ~~issued~~(NFS) ~~its~~obtained ~~Statistical~~the ~~Supplement~~consent ~~for~~of the ~~quarter~~holders ~~ended December 31,~~of ~~2009.~~its ~~This information, set forth under “Item 2~~6.0275% –fixed-to-floating ~~Results~~rate ofjunior subordinated ~~Operations~~notes ~~and~~due ~~Financial Condition~~May 15,” ~~is intended~~ 2037 to beamend ~~furnished,~~the ~~rather~~indenture ~~than~~governing ~~filed.~~the ~~Such~~notes ~~information,~~to ~~including~~remove the ~~Exhibit~~requirement ~~attached~~that ~~hereto,~~NFS ~~shall~~continue ~~not be~~filing ~~deemed~~reports ~~“filed”~~with ~~for purposes of Section 18 of~~ the Securities and Exchange ~~Act~~Commission of(SEC) ~~1934,~~even asif ~~amended,~~the ~~nor~~SEC’s ~~shall~~regulations itdid benot ~~incorporated~~require such byreporting. ~~reference~~On ~~into any filing made under the Securities Act of 1933~~April 26, ~~as amended~~2010, ~~except~~NFS asfiled ~~shall~~a beForm ~~expressly set~~15 ~~forth~~with bythe ~~specific~~SEC ~~reference~~providing tonotice ~~such~~of ~~filing.~~the ~~The~~suspension ~~Nationwide~~of ~~Financial~~its ~~Statistical~~duty ~~Supplement~~to isfile ~~hereby~~reports ~~furnished~~under asthe ~~Exhibit~~Securities ~~99.1~~Exchange ~~attached~~Act ~~hereto~~of ~~and~~1934 ~~incorporated~~(Exchange ~~by reference herein~~Act).

~~Item~~ In May 2010, NFS’s subsidiary, Nationwide Life Insurance Company (NLIC), elected to rely on the exemption from its duty to file reports under the Exchange Act for products that are registered as securities but are also regulated as insurance under state law provided by Rule 12h-7~~.01~~ –of ~~Regulation~~the FDExchange ~~Disclosure~~Act.

~~On March 3~~Consequently, ~~2010,~~absent ~~Nationwide Financial Services, Inc. issued~~ a ~~letter~~further tochange ~~business~~in ~~partners~~circumstances, ~~customers~~neither ~~and~~NFS ~~associates~~nor ~~outlining~~NLIC ~~the~~will ~~Company’s~~be ~~results~~filing ~~for~~perodic ~~the~~reports ~~year~~with ~~ended December 31, 2009. A copy of~~ the ~~letter~~SEC isgoing ~~hereby furnished as Exhibit 99~~forward.2 ~~attached hereto and incorporated by reference herein.~~

Item 9.01(d) – Financial Statements and Exhibits

99.1 –		Nationwide Financial Statistical Supplement for the quarter ended December 31, 2009
99.2 –		Letter to business partners, customers and associates dated March 3, 2010

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

~~NATIONWIDE FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC. (Registrant)~~

NATIONWIDE FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC. (Registrant)

Date: March 3, 2010

/s/ Timothy G. Frommeyer

Date: May 12, 2010

/S/ TIMOTHY G. FROMMEYER

Timothy G. Frommeyer Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Timothy G. Frommeyer Senior Vice President—Chief Financial Officer

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