Report of Foreign Issuer (6-k)
February 08 2013 - 6:28AM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF
1934
For the month of February 2013
Commission File Number 001-33098
Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.
(Translation of registrants name into English)
5-1, Marunouchi 2-chome
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8333
Japan
(Address of principal executive office)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
Form 20-F
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Form 40-F
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Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1):
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Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by
Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7):
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by
furnishing the information contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Yes
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No
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If Yes is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in connection with Rule
12g3-2(b):82-
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SIGNATURES
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, thereunto duly authorized.
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Date: February 8, 2013
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Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.
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By:
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/s/ Hideyuki Takahashi
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Name:
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Hideyuki Takahashi
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Title:
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Managing Director / CFO
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February 8, 2013
To whom it may concern:
Company Name: Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.
Representative: Yasuhiro Sato President & CEO
Head Office: 251 Marunouchi Chiyodaku, Tokyo
(Code Number: 8411
TSE
OSE 1st Sec.)
Company Name: Mizuho Bank, Ltd.
Representative: Takashi Tsukamoto
President & CEO
Head Office: 115 Uchisaiwaicho Chiyodaku, Tokyo
Company Name: Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd.
Representative: Yasuhiro Sato President & CEO
Head Office: 133
Marunouchi Chiyodaku, Tokyo
Determination of Representative Director, etc. of Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd. after Merger with Mizuho
Bank, Ltd.
Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. (President & CEO: Yasuhiro Sato) (MHFG), Mizuho Bank, Ltd. (President &
CEO: Takashi Tsukamoto) (MHBK) and Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd. (President & CEO: Yasuhiro Sato) (MHCB) announced on November 14, 2011 in the release titled Memorandum of Understanding on Merger between
Mizuho Bank, Ltd. and Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd. that MHBK and MHCB plan to conduct a merger (the Merger) by around the end of the first half of fiscal year 2013, on the assumption that filings will have been made to, and
permission obtained from, the relevant authorities in Japan and any foreign countries. MHFG, MHBK and MHCB also announced on March 30, 2012 in the release titled Determination of Effective Date of Merger between Mizuho Bank, Ltd. and
Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd. that they determined that the effective date of the Merger (the Scheduled Date of the Merger) shall be July 1, 2013.
MHFG, MHBK and MHCB hereby announce that they have determined, at their respective meetings of the board of directors held today, a representative director and a director of MHCB, which is the surviving
company in absorption-type of merger and the trade name of which is scheduled to be changed to Mizuho Bank, Ltd. on the Scheduled Date of the Merger, shall be as follows as of the Scheduled Date of the Merger. Such determination is
based on the assumption that the resolution of the MHCBs general shareholders meeting and the resolution of the MHCBs board of directors to be held on July 1, 2013, the Scheduled Date of the Merger, will have been made and that
filings will have been made to, and permission obtained from, the relevant authorities in Japan and any foreign countries.
1. Representative Director as of July 1, 2013
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Name
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New Title
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Current Title
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Other positions
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Mr. Yasuhiro Sato
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President & CEO (representative director)
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President & CEO (representative director)
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President & CEO (representative director) of MHFG
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2. Director as of July 1, 2013
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Name
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New Title
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Current Title
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Other
positions
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Mr. Takashi Tsukamoto
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Chairman
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President & CEO (representative director) of MHBK
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Chairman of MHFG
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Except for the aforementioned determination of a representative director and a director on the Scheduled Date of the
Merger, there is no change from the announcements dated on November 14, 2011 and March 30, 2012. The management structure and management personnel, etc., except for the aforementioned representative director and director, that will be put
in place after the Merger will be announced as soon as they are determined.
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Tel: +81-(0)3-5224-2026
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Public Relations Office
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Corporate Communications
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Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.
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