Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. hereby announces the following planned changes of a member of the Board of Directors of the following entity within the Group :
[Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. (MHFG)]
| Name | New Position (Effective as of Oct. 1, 2016) | Current Position | ||
| Mr. Hirotake Abe | Outside Director | Member of the Compensation Committee, Member of the Audit Committee | Outside Director | Member of the Audit Committee |
(Reference) Shown below are the Compensation Committee members as of October 1, 2016.
| Chairman | Mr. Tatsuo Kainaka (Outside Director) |
| Members | Mr. Tetsuo Seki (Outside Director) Mr. Takashi Kawamura (Outside Director) Mr. Hirotake Abe (Outside Director) |