Announcement Regarding Redemption of "Non-dilutive" Preferred Securities (Timely Disclosure 15:30) (HTML) (PDF/28KB)

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To whom it may concern:

May 13, 2016

Company Name: Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. Representative: Yasuhiro Sato

President & CEO Head Office: 1-5-5 Otemachi

Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Code Number: 8411 (TSE 1st Sec.)

Announcement Regarding Redemption of "Non-dilutive" Preferred Securities

Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. (the "Company") hereby announces that the Company has decided to redeem in full preferred securities issued by its group's overseas special purpose subsidiaries as set forth below.

1. Summary overview of Preferred Securities to be redeemed

   Issuer	Mizuho Capital Investment (USD) 1 Limited	Mizuho Capital Investment (JPY) 1 Limited
   Type of securities	U.S. Dollar-denominated Non-cumulative Perpetual Preferred Securities	Japanese Yen denominated Non-cumulative Perpetual Preferred Securities
   Mandatory redemption date	None	None
   Optional redemption	Optionally redeemable on the dividend payment date falling in June 2016 and on each dividend payment date falling at five-year intervals thereafter	Optionally redeemable on the dividend payment date falling in June 2016 and on each dividend payment date falling at five-year intervals thereafter
   Dividends	Fixed dividend rate for the first 10 years and 3 months, and floating dividend rate on and after the dividend payment date falling in June 2016	Fixed dividend rate for the first 9 years and 5 months, and floating dividend rate on and after the dividend payment date falling in June 2016
   Total amount issued	US$ 600 million	400 billion Japanese Yen
   Issue date	March 13, 2006	January 12, 2007
   Aggregate redemption amount	US$ 600 million	400 billion Japanese Yen

2. Scheduled redemption date

June 30, 2016 (Thu)

This document is prepared in order to announce specific facts relating to the redemption of "non-dilutive" preferred securities and does not constitute an offer for sale or solicitation for investment or other similar activity in or outside of Japan.