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 2024
Commission File Number 001-33098
Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.
(Translation of registrant’s name into English)
5-5, Otemachi 1-chome
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8176
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 ☒ Form 40-F ☐
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NO. 333-266555) AND TO BE A PART OF SUCH PROSPECTUS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH THIS REPORT IS FURNISHED, TO THE EXTENT NOT SUPERSEDED BY DOCUMENTS OR REPORTS SUBSEQUENTLY FILED OR FURNISHED.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: February 22, 2024 | ||
| Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. | ||
| By: | /s/ Takefumi Yonezawa | |
| Name: | Takefumi Yonezawa | |
| Title: | Senior Executive Officer / Group CFO | |
February 22, 2024
| Company Name | : Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. | |||
| Representative | : Masahiro Kihara, President & Group CEO | |||
| Address | : 1-5-5 Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo | |||
Announcement of Change in Representative Executive Officer
Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. hereby announces the following change in Representative Executive Officer.
| 1. | Change in Representative Executive Officer |
(Effective as of April 1, 2024)
Name | New Position | Current Position | ||
| Hidekatsu Take | Deputy President & Senior Executive Officer (Representative Executive Officer) | Senior Executive Officer | ||
| Makoto Umemiya | Resigned | Member of the Board of Directors, Deputy President & Senior Executive Officer (Representative Executive Officer) | ||
| (Note) | As a result of the change, the Representative Executive Officers will be two persons; |
Mr. Masahiro Kihara, President & Group CEO and Mr. Hidekatsu Take.
| 2. | Reason for Change |
Change in Representative Executive Officer due to change in Executive Officers.
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| 3. | Brief Personal Record of New Representative Executive Officer |
| Name | Hidekatsu Take | |||
| Business Experience | Apr. 2023 | Senior Executive Officer Head of Global Corporate & Investment Banking Company In Charge of Specially Assigned Matters Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. (current)
Managing Executive Officer Head of Global Corporate & Investment Banking Division Mizuho Bank, Ltd. (current) | ||
| Apr. 2022 | Senior Executive Officer Head of Corporate & Institutional Company Head of Global Corporate Company Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. | |||
| May. 2021 | Managing Executive Officer Head of Sogo Shosha, Realty & Financial Sponsor Industry Group Mizuho Bank, Ltd. | |||
| Apr. 2021 | Managing Executive Officer In Charge of Corporate Banking Mizuho Bank, Ltd. | |||
| Apr. 2018 | Managing Executive Officer Head of Asia Oceania Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.
Managing Executive Officer Head of Asia Oceania Mizuho Bank, Ltd. | |||
| Apr. 2016 | Executive Officer Joint Head of Americas Mizuho Bank, Ltd. | |||
| Apr. 1988 | Jointed our group | |||
| Education | Jun. 2002 | Graduated from University of California, San Diego International Relations and Pacific Studies (Master of Pacific International Affairs) | ||
| Mar. 1988 | Graduated from Faculty of Economics, Nagoya University | |||
| Date of Birth | November 20, 1964 | |||
Number of shares of our common stock owned (as of December 31, 2023): 14,057
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