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 January, 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)
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 x Form 40-F ¨
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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: | January 12, 2007 | |
| Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. | ||
| By: | /s/ Satoru Nishibori | |
| Name: | Satoru Nishibori | |
| Title: | Managing Director / CFO | |
January 12, 2007
To whom it may concern:
Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.
Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd.
Shinko Securities Co., Ltd.
Mizuho Securities Co., Ltd.
Corrections in the Reference for “Basic Agreement for Merger reached by Shinko Securities Co., Ltd.
and Mizuho Securities Co., Ltd.”
We hereby announce and apologize for the omissions and errors, as described in the appendix, in the “Outline of merging companies” included as reference material in the January 10, 2007 announcement titled “Basic Agreement for Merger reached by Shinko Securities Co., Ltd. and Mizuho Securities Co., Ltd.”.
<For Inquiries on this matter, please contact>
| Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. | Corporate Communications Public Relations Office |
Tel. 03-5224-2026 | ||
| Shinko Securities Co., Ltd. | Public & Investor Relations Dept. | Tel. 03-5203-6413 | ||
| Mizuho Securities Co., Ltd. | Corporate Communications | Tel. 03-5208-2030 | ||
(Appendix)
(Addition and Corrections)
| 1. | “Major shareholders and share ownership percentage” |
In the Japanese version of the announcement only, we added a footnote to the table to refer to the treasury stock held by Shinko Securities Co., Ltd.
| 2. | “Date founded” |
We corrected the date founded of Mizuho Securities Co., Ltd. as follows:
| Before correction | After correction | |
| October 2000 | July 1993 |
‚ In the English version of the announcement only, we corrected the date founded of Shinko Securities Co., Ltd. as follows:
| Before correction | After correction | |
| July 1918 | July 1917 |
| 3. | “Business performance for previous three fiscal years (non-consolidated)” |
In the Japanese version of the announcement only, we corrected the reference to “Profit per share” to “Net profit per share”.