To whom it may concern:
Company name: Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.
Representative: Tatsufumi Sakai, President and Group CEO
Head Office: 1–5–5 Otemachi, Chiyoda–ku, Tokyo
Code Number: 8411 (Tokyo Stock Exchange 1st Section)
Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. (the "Company") hereby announces that, for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2020 ("fiscal 2019"), the Company recognizes losses on impairment (devaluation) of securities classified as "Other securities" which have readily determinable fair value, held by the Company's consolidated subsidiaries in Japan, i.e., Mizuho Bank, Ltd., Mizuho Trust & Banking Co., Ltd. and Mizuho Securities Co., Ltd., due to significant decline in fair value of some of the securities.
Please note that the published consolidated earnings plan for fiscal 2019 and the estimate for fiscal year–end cash dividends per share of common stock remain unchanged.
| Total amount of losses on impairment (devaluation) of securities for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2019 (Consolidated basis) (From January 1, 2020 to March 31, 2020) (＝A－B) | 32.9 billion yen | |
| (A)Total amount of losses on devaluation of securities for fiscal 2019 (from April 1, 2019 to March 31, 2020) |
39.4 billion yen | |
| (B)Total amount of losses on devaluation of securities for the first three quarters of fiscal 2019 (From April 1, 2019 to December 31, 2019) |
6.5 billion yen | |
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| Name | Location of Head Office | Name and Title of Representative | Main Business | Capital (in millions of yen) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mizuho Bank, Ltd. | 1–5–5 Otemachi, Chiyoda–ku, Tokyo | Koji Fujiwara, President & CEO |
Banking | 1,404,065 |
| Mizuho Trust & Banking Co., Ltd. | 1–2–1 Yaesu, Chuo–ku, Tokyo | Kei Umeda, President & CEO |
Trust and Banking | 247,369 |
| Mizuho Securities Co., Ltd. | 1–5–1 Otemachi, Chiyoda–ku, Tokyo | Koichi Iida, President & CEO |
Securities | 125,167 |
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