Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. ("MHFG") hereby revises its non-consolidated Earnings Estimates for Fiscal 2004 ending March 31, 2005, as described below, due to recognizing Extraordinary Gains from sale of preferred shares issued by Mizuho Holdings, Inc. ("MHHD"). This sale is conducted in response to the share repurchase offer made by MHHD as MHFG announces in its press release "Announcement Regarding Repurchase of Preferred Shares (Public Funds)" dated on March 3, 2005.
Non-Consolidated Earnings Estimates for Fiscal 2004 ending March 31, 2005
(Millions of Yen)
This document is prepared in order to announce specific facts relating to MHFG's revision of non-consolidated Earnings Estimates for Fiscal 2004 and does not constitute an offer for sale or a solicitation for investment or other similar activity, in and outside of Japan.