UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of May 2016
Commission File Number 001-33098
Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.
(Translation of registrant’s name into English)
5-1, Marunouchi 2-chome
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8333
Japan
(Address of principal executive office)
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
| Date: May 13, 2016 | ||
| Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. | ||
| By: | /s/ Koichi Iida | |
| Name: Koichi Iida | ||
| Title: Managing Executive Officer / Group CFO | ||
May 13, 2016
To whom it may concern:
| Company Name: Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. Representative: Yasuhiro Sato, President & CEO Address: 1-5-5 Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Security Code: 8411 (Tokyo Stock Exchange 1st Section) |
Partial Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation
Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. (the “Company”) hereby announces that it has determined, at the meeting of the Board of Directors held on the date hereof, to propose “Partial Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation” at the fourteenth (14th) ordinary general meeting of shareholders.
Description
| 1. | Partial Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation |
In order to enable flexible action in the case where the scope of business a bank holding company may engage in under the Banking Act is amended in the future, the Company seeks to rearrange its purpose stated in Article 2 (Purpose) of the current Articles of Incorporation and make necessary amendments to the Articles of Incorporation.
| 2. | Terms of the Amendments |
The specific terms of the amendments are as set forth below.
(Changes are indicated by underline.)
| Current Articles of Incorporation |
Proposed Amendments | |
| Article 2. (Purpose)
The purpose of the Company shall be to engage in the following businesses as a bank holding company:
(1) Operation and management of bank holding companies, banks, long-term credit banks, specialized securities companies and other companies which may be owned by the Company as its subsidiaries under the Banking Act; and
(2) Any other business incidental to the foregoing. |
Article 2. (Purpose)
The purpose of the Company shall be to engage in the following businesses as a bank holding company:
(1) Operation and management of bank holding companies, banks, specialized securities companies and other companies which may be owned by the Company as its subsidiaries under the Banking Act, and any other business incidental thereto; and
(2) Any other business that a bank holding company may engage in under the Banking Act. |
| 3. | Schedule |
Date of the ordinary general meeting of shareholders for the partial amendment to the Articles of Incorporation: June 24, 2016 (Scheduled)
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