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Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. filings document foreign-issuer disclosures for a Japanese financial group whose ADRs represent one-fifth of an ordinary share. Form 6-K reports cover share repurchase progress, cancellation of common stock, capital-ratio announcements, board and corporate executive changes, and materials incorporated by reference into a Form F-3 registration statement.
The filings also record governance under Japan's Companies Act, Tokyo Stock Exchange issuer information, legal opinions and consents tied to securities registration, and capital adequacy measures reported for Mizuho Financial Group and banking subsidiaries.
Mizuho Financial Group director Kobayashi Yoshimitsu filed an initial ownership report. He holds phantom stock units tied to 8,517 shares of common stock directly, which are fully vested and will settle when he retires. Each phantom unit represents a right to receive one share, payable in cash or common stock at the company’s election. He also has an indirect interest in 6,987.63 shares of common stock through an employee stock ownership plan.
Mizuho Financial Group Chief Compliance Officer Yagi Minako filed an initial ownership report showing holdings in common stock and phantom stock units linked to Mizuho common shares.
The filing lists fully vested phantom stock units for retirement tied to 4,520 underlying shares of common stock. Additional phantom stock unit grants cover 4,427 and 3,189 underlying shares, with footnotes stating these units either vest in three equal annual installments beginning on July 1, 2026 or represent remaining unvested portions of a grant vesting in three equal annual installments beginning on July 1, 2025.
Direct common stock holdings total 3,393 shares, and a further 1,106.407 shares are held indirectly through an ESOP. Each phantom stock unit represents a contingent right to receive one share of common stock, settled in cash or stock at Mizuho’s election upon settlement.
Mizuho Financial Group’s Chief Digital Officer, Nobuhiro Kaminoyama, reported his initial equity-linked holdings. He holds phantom stock units tied to 19,340 shares of common stock that are fully vested and settle upon retirement, plus additional phantom stock grants covering 4,889, 3,949 and 2,451 underlying shares that vest in three equal annual installments beginning on July 1, 2026, July 1, 2025 and July 1, 2024. He also reports 13,722 shares of common stock held directly and 2,538.463 shares held indirectly through an ESOP.
MIZUHO FINANCIAL GROUP INC director and Chief Information Officer Mitsuhiro Kanazawa filed an initial ownership report showing existing holdings in common stock and phantom stock units. He directly holds 11,674 shares of common stock and an additional 447.965 shares indirectly through an ESOP.
The filing also lists several phantom stock unit awards tied to the issuer’s common stock. These include units linked to 17,990 shares that are fully vested and settle upon retirement, and additional grants covering 4,652, 3,576, and 1,996 underlying shares. Some of these units vest in three equal annual installments beginning on July 1, 2024, 2025, and 2026. Each phantom stock unit represents a contingent right to receive one share of common stock, settled in cash or stock at the issuer’s election.
Mizuho Financial Group Chief Strategy Officer Naoshi Inomata reports his holdings of common stock and phantom stock units tied to Mizuho common shares. He directly holds 16,773 shares of Common Stock as of the reporting date.
He also holds several grants of phantom stock units, including 21,948 units that are fully vested and settle upon his retirement, each representing one share of common stock payable in cash or stock at Mizuho’s election. Additional phantom unit awards, tied to 5,138, 3,949, and 2,575 underlying shares of common stock, vest in three equal annual installments beginning on July 1, 2024, July 1, 2025, and July 1, 2026, respectively.
Mizuho Financial Group President and CEO Masahiro Kihara filed an initial ownership report showing his current equity-related interests in the company. He directly holds 31,949 shares of Common Stock. He also holds several grants of phantom stock units tied to Common Stock, including fully vested retirement-linked units and multiple unvested awards that vest in three equal annual installments beginning on July 1, 2024, July 1, 2025, and July 1, 2026. These phantom units each represent a contingent right to receive one share of Common Stock, settled in cash or stock at the issuer’s election.
Mizuho Financial Group’s Chief Governance Officer Tatsuya Kurosawa filed an initial ownership report. He directly holds 4,105 shares of common stock and indirectly holds 178.571 shares through an ESOP. He also has phantom stock units tied to common stock.
These include 760 fully vested phantom stock units that settle upon retirement, and 719 unvested phantom stock units scheduled to vest on June 1, 2026. Each phantom unit represents a contingent right to receive one share of common stock, settled in cash or shares at the company’s election.
Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. reports completion of a share repurchase program and the planned cancellation of the repurchased shares. In the latest phase, the company bought back 7,885,800 common shares between March 1 and March 11, 2026 for a total of ¥50,935,886,300 through market purchases using a trust method.
Under Board resolutions from November 14, 2025 and February 2, 2026, the aggregate repurchase reached 47,016,600 shares for ¥299,999,885,700, within an authorized maximum of 65,000,000 shares and ¥300,000,000,000. All 47,016,600 repurchased shares, equal to 1.9% of outstanding shares before cancellation, are scheduled to be cancelled on April 22, 2026, permanently reducing the share count.
Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. reported progress on its ongoing share repurchase program. During the period from February 1 to February 28, 2026, the company repurchased 14,640,700 common shares for a total of ¥105,024,681,500 through market purchases utilizing a trust method.
Under the broader program running from November 17, 2025 to March 31, 2026, Mizuho is authorized to buy back up to 65,000,000 shares, equal to 2.6% of total shares outstanding excluding treasury stock as of December 31, 2025, for up to ¥300,000,000,000. Cumulatively so far, the company has repurchased 39,130,800 shares for ¥249,063,999,400.
Mizuho Financial Group is overhauling its board and senior management structure, with changes effective April 1 and late June 2026, subject to required regulatory and other approvals. Hidekatsu Take will become Chairperson of the Board, while Seiji Imai will remain a board member without the chair role.
The slate includes 14 director candidates, combining reappointments and new appointments such as outside director Keiji Kojima and internal executives Makoto Hitomi, Fusae Akamatsu, Shiro Shiraishi, and Makoto Samejima. Multiple executive officers will shift roles, including new Deputy Presidents, a new Group Chief Financial Officer, and revised responsibilities for key functions such as strategy, compliance, risk, human resources, information systems, audit, and process management.