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 March 2019
Commission File Number 001-33098
Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.
(Translation of registrants name into English)
5-5, Otemachi 1-chome
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8176
Japan
(Address of principal executive office)
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THIS REPORT ON FORM 6-K SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE INTO THE PROSPECTUS FORMING A PART OF MIZUHO FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.S REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM F-3 (FILE NO. 333-213187) AND TO BE A PART OF SUCH PROSPECTUS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH THIS REPORT IS FURNISHED, TO THE EXTENT NOT SUPERSEDED BY DOCUMENTS OR REPORTS SUBSEQUENTLY FILED OR FURNISHED.
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: March 12, 2019 | ||
Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. | ||
By: | /s/ Makoto Umemiya | |
Name: | Makoto Umemiya | |
Title: | Managing Executive Officer / Group CFO |
March 12, 2019
To whom it may concern,
Company name: | Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. | |||||
Representative: | Tatsufumi Sakai, President & Group CEO | |||||
Code Number: | 8411 (Tokyo Stock Exchange 1st Section) |
Additional acquisition of the shares of common stock of IBJ Leasing Company, Limited by Mizuho Bank, Ltd.
Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. (head office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; President & Group CEO: Tatsufumi Sakai; Mizuho Financial Group) hereby announces that today our consolidated subsidiary, Mizuho Bank, Ltd. (head office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; President & CEO: Koji Fujiwara; Mizuho Bank), has decided to additionally acquire 648,000 shares of common stock of IBJ Leasing Company, Limited (head office: Minato-ku, Tokyo; President & CEO: Hiroshi Motoyama; IBJ Leasing) held by the existing shareholder by off-market negotiated transaction. The implementation date of the negotiated transaction is planned on March 29, 2019.
Consequently, together with the shares of common stock of IBJ Leasing that Mizuho Financial Group already holds and Mizuho Bank will acquire through the subscription of the entire shares of common stock of IBJ Leasing to be issued and the share transfer from the existing shareholders by off-market negotiated transaction under Signing of the Capital and Business Alliance Agreement between Mizuho Bank, Ltd. and IBJ Leasing Company, Limited released on February 26, 2019, Mizuho Financial Group, its group as a whole, shall hold 23.5% of the shares of common stock of IBJ Leasing.
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