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MizuhoSecuritiesCo.,Ltd.

ReT: heConclusionoofurlawsuiat gainsTt okyoStockExchangeI,nc(."TSE")

Todayt,heSupremeCouritssuedanoticetousoiftsdecisionregardingthelawsuiftor
compensationodf amageswhichweM, TokyoStockExchangeI,nc(."TSE").
izuhoSe curitiesCo.L, td(."MHSC")f,iledagainst
Initsdecisiont,heSupremeCourtrejected bothourfinaal ppeaal ndourpetitionfor finaal ppealI.talsorejectedbothTSE'sin cidental-finaal ppeaal ndincidentapl etition forfinalappeal.Thisrepresentstheconclusionofourlawsuit,andthejudgment renderedbytheTokyoHighCour(tan appellatecourth) asbecomefinal.
Whileiitsregrettablethaot urfinaal ppeal andourpetitionforfinaal ppeahl avebeen rejected,MHSCintendstocontinueour effortstowarddevelopingandadvancing Japan'scapitaml arkegt oingforward.
Meanwhile,asaresult,MHSC willrecordanextraordinarygainforFY15Q2of approximately12.8billionyenc,omprisedof 10.7billionyencompensationodf amages admittedbytheTokyoHighCourat nd thedefaulitnteresthereon.

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