Mizuho Securities : Notice of Organizational Changes(PDF/136KB)

To whom it may concern:

September 26, 2014

Mizuho Securities Co., Ltd.

Mizuho Securities Co. Ltd. (President & CEO: Hiroshi Motoyama; hereinafter the "Company") hereby

announces the following organizational changes, which aim to enhance the business promotion capabilities of the Company's Corporate Investment Services & Retail Business Division. The changes will come into effect on October 1, 2014.

Please refer to the attached organizational chart for the detailed organizational structure after the changes.

The principal changes will be as follows:

I. Enhancing Group Business Collaboration Framework and Business Promotion Framework

○ The Business & Collaboration Department (Banking & Trust Services), and the Collaboration Promotion Department in the Banking & Trust Collaboration Group, will be consolidated into a single department, to be named the Business Collaboration Management Department. The role of the new department will be to put the required functions and structure in place to promote business collaboration with Mizuho Bank and Mizuho Trust & Banking at each of the groups within the division. Along with these changes, the Banking & Trust Collaboration Group will be integrated into the Retail Business Group.

○ A new department named the Retail Business Promotion Department will be established. It will be responsible for business promotion for the different client segments covered by the Retail Group and the Wealth Management Group.

Ⅱ．Enhancing business promotion targeting employees of client companies

○ A new department named the Business Promotion Department for Employees of Corporate Customers will be established in the Internet and Contact Center Group. The new department will be responsible for business promotion activities currently covered by the Contact Services Department among others, including managing accounts for executives and regular employees working in the Company's corporate clients, which were opened through employee stock ownership plans. It will begin promoting investment using Nippon Individual Savings Accounts (NISAs) to the aforementioned corporate clients.

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General Meeting of Shareholders

Board of Corporate
Auditors Corporate Auditors Office
Board of Directors
Executive Management
Committee President Internal Audit Committee
Business Policy
Committee

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Executive Secretariat
Investment Banking Division Markets & Products Division Corporate Investment Services & Retail Business Division Functional Division Corporate Division
Internal Audit Division

Derivative Products Dept.

Public & Financial Institutions Group Foreign Fixed Income Trading Dept.

Wealth Management Osaka Dept.

Financial Control & Accounting Group
Financial Planning Dept. Accounting Dept.
Financial Institution Dept. Fixed Income Sales Dept. Ⅰ～Ⅳ
Corporate Business Group
Public Institution Dept. JA Sales Dept. Norinchukin Bank Debentures Office

Products Promotion & Marketing Dept.

Corporate Business Promotion Dept. Securities Business Development Office

Tokyo Corporate Services Dept.
Head Office Sales Dept.Ⅰ
Head Office Sales Dept.Ⅱ
Branch
Sales Dept.（PB）
Risk Management Group
Risk Management Dept.
Credit Risk Management Dept.
Advisory Group Strategic Financial Product Dept.

Corporate Finance Promotion Dept.Ⅰ～Ⅲ

Due Diligence Dept.
Advisory Dept. Ⅰ～Ⅵ Beijing Representative Office

Credit & Derivative Trading Dept.

Human Resources Group
Internet and Contact Center Group
Shanghai Representative Office
Operation Training Office
IB Products Group

Financial Institution Solutions Dept.

Corporate Finance Solutions Dept.

Real Estate Finance Dept. Ⅰ～Ⅱ

Equity Group

Equity Business Administration Dept. Trading Monitoring Office

Equity Trading Dept. Equity Investment Dept.
Internet Service Dept.

Business Promotion Department for Employees of Corporate Customers

Contact Services Dept. Tokyo Contact Center
Yokohama Contact Center
Investment Dept.
Human Resources Dept. Career Development Office
Diversity Promotion Office
IT & Systems Group
Strategic Solutions Dept.
Capital Markets Group
Equity Finance Dept. Sales Trading Dept.
Institutional Sales Dept. Financial Institutions Sales Office
Osaka Contact Center IT Strategic Planning Dept.
System Risk Control Dept.

Corporate Investment Services & Retail Business Management Dept. System & Regulation Management Office Retail IT Strategy Dept.

Global Management Office
Cyber Securities Office

Debt Capital Markets Dept.Ⅰ～Ⅱ

Equity Capital Markets Dept.Ⅰ～Ⅱ

Corporate Finance Dept.

Global Capital Markets Promotion Dept.

Corporate Access Dept.
Equity Product Marketing Dept. Trading Office

Markets & Products Business Administration Dept. Business Training Office

Pre- opening Office for Metropolitan Area Consulting Support Dept.

Pre- opening Office for Tama Plaza Brunch

Business Collaboration Management Dept. Group Financial Instruments Intermediary Service Operation Office

Corporate IT Strategy Dept. Wholesale IT Strategy Dept.
Operations Group

IT Infrastructure Management Dept.

IT Operations Management Dept.

Debt Syndication Dept.
System Planning Office

Corporate Investment Services & Retail Business Supervising Dept.

Process Management Dept. Corporate Support Dept.
Equity Syndication Dept. Settlement Control Dept.

Investment Banking Business Administration Dept.

Product Planning Dept.
Compliance Group

Investment Banking Process Control Dept.

Product Promotion Dept. Investment Information Dept.
Compliance Planning Dept.
Retail Compliance Dept. Customers Inquiry Office
Wholesale Compliance Dept. Conflict Management Office
Trading Supervisory Dept. Information Control Office
Customer Satisfaction Dept. Customer Relations Office
Private Banking Advisory Dept.
Administration Office

Private Banking Dept.
Legal Dept. Financial ADR Office

Information Security Management Dept. Security Monitoring Office

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