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 December, 2007.
Commission File Number 001-33098
Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.
(Translation of registrant’s name into English)
5-5, Otemachi 1-chome
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0004
Japan
(Address of principal executive office)
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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.
| Date: December 25, 2007 | ||
| Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. | ||
| By: | /s/ Satoru Nishibori | |
| Name: | Satoru Nishibori | |
| Title: | Managing Director / CFO | |
December 21, 2007
To whom it may concern:
Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.
Mizuho Bank, Ltd.
Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd.
Mizuho Securities Co., Ltd.
Announcement of Share Purchases
Mizuho Financial Group (“the Group”) hereby announce that Mizuho Bank, Ltd. (“MHBK”) and Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd. (“MHCB”) have decided to purchase common shares of the Group’s securities companies as outlined below and entered into share purchase agreements with Mizuho Securities Co., Ltd.(“MHSC”).
Details of the Share Purchases
1. Purpose
To further strengthen collaboration between the Group’s banks and securities companies and to underscore such strengthened collaboration from a capital structure perspective, we will change the ownership structure of the shares of the Group securities companies.
2. Outline
| Purchaser |
MHBK |
MHCB | ||
| Shares to be purchased | Mizuho Investors Securities Co., Ltd. (Common shares) |
Shinko Securities Co., Ltd. (Common shares) | ||
| Seller of the shares | MHSC | MHSC | ||
| Number of voting rights to be transferred (number of shares) | 127,564 voting rights (127,564,000 shares) |
39,800 voting rights (39,800,000 shares) | ||
| % of voting rights | 10.39% | 5.19% | ||
| Price calculation criteria | Sales-weighted average market price on the date of the share purchase agreement | Sales-weighted average market price on the date of the share purchase agreement | ||
| Timing (scheduled) | December 2007 | December 2007 | ||
3. Proportion of Voting Rights after Share Purchases
| MHIS | Shinko | |||||||||
| Shareholder |
Before |
After |
Shareholder |
Before |
After | |||||
| MHBK | 55.14%* | 65.54%* | MHCB | 11.04% | 16.23% | |||||
| MHSC | 10.39% | — | MHSC | 5.19%* | — | |||||
| * | Includes shares that MHBK has contributed to an employee benefit trust. |
Note: The percentage of voting rights in items 2 and 3 above is calculated based on the number of voting rights held as of March 31, 2007 (excluding those held in MHSC’s trading accounts).
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Please direct any inquiries to: |
Public Relations Office, Corporate Communications, | |
| Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. Tel: 81-3-5224-2026
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