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 2011
Commission File Number 001-33098
Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.
(Translation of registrant’s name into English)
5-1, Marunouchi 2-chome
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8333
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 8, 2011 | ||
| Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. | ||
| By: | /s/ Takeo Nakano | |
| Name: | Takeo Nakano | |
| Title: | Managing Director / CFO | |
December 8, 2011
To whom it may concern:
| Company: | Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. | |||||
| Representative: | Yasuhiro Sato, President & CEO | |||||
| Head Office: | 2-5-1 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo | |||||
| Code: | 8411 (First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange and First Section of the Osaka Securities Exchange) |
Notice Concerning Determination of Certain Terms of the Issue of Stock Compensation-type
Stock Options (Stock Acquisition Rights)
Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. (the “Company”) hereby announces that, with respect to the Stock Acquisition Rights to be allotted to the Directors (excluding the Outside Directors) and Executive Officers of the Company and of Mizuho Bank, Ltd., Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd., Mizuho Trust & Banking Co., Ltd. and Mizuho Securities, Co., Ltd., subsidiaries of the Company, as resolved at the meeting of the Board of Directors held on November 18, 2011, the matters remaining undetermined have been determined as follows.
| 1. | Aggregate Number of Stock Acquisition Rights: |
12,452
| 2. | Amount to be Paid upon Allotment of the Stock Acquisition Rights: |
| The amount to be paid per Stock Acquisition Right upon its allocation: 91,840 yen |
| The rights to remuneration held by the person who receives the allocation shall be offset by the obligation to pay the amount to be paid upon allocation of the Stock Acquisition Rights. |
| 3. | Persons to be Allocated the Stock Acquisition Rights and Their Numbers; and Number of the Stock Acquisition Rights to be Allocated: |
| Number of persons to be allocated |
Number of the Stock Acquisition Rights to be |
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| Director of the Company |
6 | 500 | ||||||
| Executive Officer of the Company |
6 | 252 | ||||||
| Director of Mizuho Bank, Ltd., |
26 | 3,089 | ||||||
| Executive Officer of Mizuho Bank, Ltd., |
130 | 8,611 | ||||||
Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.
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