Form 6-K

 

 

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 July 2010

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)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

Form 20-F  x    Form 40-F  ¨

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1):  ¨

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

Yes  ¨     No  x

If “Yes” is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b):82-                    .

 

 

 


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: July 8, 2010
Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.
By:  

/s/ Takeo Nakano

Name:   Takeo Nakano
Title:   Managing Director / CFO


July 8, 2010

To whom it may concern:

 

    Company:   Mizuho Trust & Banking Co., Ltd.
    Representative:   Takashi Nonaka, President & CEO
    Head Office:   2-1, Yaesu1-chome, Chuo-ku, Tokyo
    Code:  

8404 (First Section of the Tokyo

Stock Exchange and First Section of

the Osaka Securities Exchange)

Notice Concerning Determination of Certain Terms of the Issue of Stock Compensation-type

Stock Options (Stock Acquisition Rights)

Mizuho Trust & Banking Co., Ltd. (the “Company”) hereby announces that, with respect to the Stock Acquisition Rights to be allotted to the Directors (excluding the Outside Directors) and Executive Officers of the Company, as resolved at the meeting of the Board of Directors held on June 23, 2010, the matters remaining undetermined have been determined as follows.

 

1. Aggregate Number of Stock Acquisition Rights:

2,586

 

2. Amount to be Paid upon Allotment of the Stock Acquisition Rights:

The amount to be paid per Stock Acquisition Right upon its allocation: 70,030 yen

The rights to remuneration held by the person who receives the allocation shall be offset by the obligation to pay the amount to be paid upon allocation of the Stock Acquisition Rights.

 

3. Persons to Be Allocated the Stock Acquisition Rights and Their Numbers; and Number of the Stock Acquisition Rights to Be Allocated:

 

     Number of persons
to be  allocated
   Number of the Stock
Acquisition Rights
to be allocated

Director of the Company

   7    1,000

Executive Officer of the Company

   19    1,586

 

  Contact: Mizuho Trust & Banking Co., Ltd.  
  Corporate Planning Dept.  
  Tel: 81-3-3274-9015