Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. hereby announces the following planned change of a director of Mizuho Bank, Ltd.
[Mizuho Bank, Ltd. (MHBK)]
| Name | New Position
(Effective as of July 1, 2015) | Current Position |
| Mr. Toshio Kinoshita | Director | – |
The appointment of Mr. Toshio Kinoshita as director is subject to approval at the general meeting of shareholders of MHBK to be held on July 1, 2015. Mr. Kinoshita qualifies as an "outside director" under the Companies Act.
(Brief Personal Records of Candidate for New Outside Director)
| Name | Toshio Kinoshita | |
| Date of Birth | Apr. 12, 1949 | |
| Business Experience | Jan. 1980 | Joined Coopers and Lybrand, Japan (currently, PricewaterhouseCoopers Aarata) |
| June 1995 | Managing partner of the Japanese Business Network of Coopers and Lybrand LLP (currently, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP) |
| July 2005 | Management Board Member for International Business of ChuoAoyama Audit Corporation |
| July 2007 | Chief Executive of The Japanese Institute of Certified Public Accountants |
| July 2013 | Council Member (current) |
| Established Kinoshita CPA firm, Owner and Managing Partner (current) |
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