Take Hidekatsu reported acquisition or exercise transactions in this Form 4 filing.
Mizuho Financial Group director Hidekatsu Take received 6,863 Phantom Stock Units on July 24, 2026, vesting in three equal installments beginning July 1, 2027. He also received 670 fully vested retirement Phantom Stock Units, bringing retirement phantom holdings to 27,124 units. Each unit represents a contingent right to one share of common stock, settled in cash or stock at the issuer’s election. In addition, he indirectly holds 7,095.572 common shares through an ESOP as of June 30, 2026.
Hihara Shinichiro reported acquisition or exercise transactions in this Form 4 filing.
Mizuho Financial Group reports that Group CIO Shinichiro Hihara was awarded 3,355 phantom stock units on July 24, 2026, vesting in three equal installments beginning July 1, 2027. He also received 520 fully vested retirement phantom stock units, which settle at retirement. Each phantom unit represents a contingent right to one share of common stock, settled in cash or stock at the issuer’s election. As of June 30, 2026, he indirectly holds 1,021.168 common shares through an ESOP account.
Sugawara Masayuki reported acquisition or exercise transactions in this Form 4 filing.
Mizuho Financial Group executive Sugawara Masayuki, Head of Domestic Wholesale Business and Head of Corporate & Investment Banking Company, received compensation-related awards of 6,370 Phantom Stock Units and 840 Phantom Stock Units - Retirement on 2026-07-24. Each phantom unit represents a contingent right to receive one share of common stock, settled in cash or stock at the issuer’s election. The 6,370 units vest in three equal installments beginning July 1, 2027, while the 840 retirement units are fully vested upon grant and settle at retirement. Sugawara also indirectly holds 7,249.437 shares of common stock through an ESOP account as of June 30, 2026.
Mizuho Financial Group Group Chief Compliance Officer and director Akamatsu Fusae reported two derivative compensation awards. On 2026-07-24, Akamatsu acquired 400 phantom stock units tied to ordinary employee share compensation and 480 phantom stock units tied to retirement. Each phantom unit equals a contingent right to one share of common stock, settled in cash or stock at Mizuho's election. The 400 units vest on June 1, 2027, while the 480 retirement units were fully vested at grant and will settle upon Akamatsu's retirement.
Kanzaki Yuki reported acquisition or exercise transactions in this Form 4 filing.
Mizuho Financial Group Inc. director Kanzaki Yuki received a grant of 490 phantom stock units on 2026-07-24. Each unit represents a contingent right to receive one share of common stock, settled in cash or stock at the company’s election, and is fully vested, settling upon retirement. Following this award, Kanzaki holds 1,240 phantom stock units in total.
Tsukioka Takashi reported acquisition or exercise transactions in this Form 4 filing.
MIZUHO FINANCIAL GROUP INC director Tsukioka Takashi reported a grant of 490 phantom stock units on July 24, 2026. Each unit is a contingent right to receive one share of common stock, settled in cash or stock at the company’s election, and is fully vested upon grant. Following this award, he holds 6,820 phantom stock units. He also indirectly holds 2,613.67 common shares through an Employee Stock Ownership Plan as of June 30, 2026.
Mizuho Financial Group officer Natsumi Akita reported several compensation-related equity movements involving common stock and phantom stock units. On July 1, 2026, Akita exercised phantom stock units to acquire 4,512 shares of common stock through a derivative conversion transaction.
The filing also shows a disposition of 1,805 common shares to the issuer, representing settlement of vested phantom stock units in cash, with the price based on JPY 7,814 per share and a stated exchange rate of JPY 1 = $0.006163328. Following these transactions, Akita continues to hold common shares directly and 5,269.093 shares indirectly through an Employee Stock Ownership Plan account as of May 31, 2026, along with phantom stock units that vest in three equal installments beginning on July 1, 2025 and July 1, 2026.
Mizuho Financial Group executive Hideki Tsujimori reported compensation-related equity activity involving phantom stock units and common stock. He exercised 1,315 phantom stock units, receiving the same number of common shares. A portion of the vested phantom units was settled in cash, with related shares disposed of back to the issuer.
After these transactions, he directly held 3,152 shares of common stock and 2,632 phantom stock units. In addition, 532.217 shares were held indirectly through his Employee Stock Ownership Plan account as of May 31, 2026.
MIZUHO FINANCIAL GROUP INC director and officer Shiraishi Shiro reported compensation-related equity movements involving common stock and phantom stock units. On July 1, 2026, he exercised 1,315 phantom stock units into common stock, bringing direct holdings to 8,866 common shares.
On the same date, he disposed of 526 common shares back to the issuer in connection with settlement of vested phantom stock units at a price of JPY 7,814 per share, ending with 8,340 common shares held directly. 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, and 2,632 phantom stock units remained outstanding, vesting in three equal installments beginning July 1, 2026.
Mizuho Financial Group director Makoto Hitomi reported compensation-related equity movements involving common stock and phantom stock units. On July 1, 2026, Hitomi exercised 1,112 phantom stock units into the same number of common shares at a reported price of $0.0000 per share, increasing direct holdings to 4,982 common shares. On the same date, Hitomi disposed of 445 common shares back to the issuer at a reported price of $21,431.3100 per share, characterized as a disposition to issuer rather than an open-market sale. Footnotes explain that each phantom stock unit represents a right to receive one share of common stock, settled in cash or stock at the issuer’s election, and that some units vested and were settled in cash. The filing also notes 582.631 common shares held indirectly through an Employee Stock Ownership Plan account as of May 31, 2026, and 2,224 phantom stock units remaining after this transaction, which vest in three equal installments beginning July 1, 2026.