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 2008.
Commission File Number 001-33098
Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.
(Translation of registrant’s name into English)
5-5, Otemachi 1-chome
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0004
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 16, 2008 | ||
| Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. | ||
| By: | /s/ Takashi Tsukamoto | |
| Name: | Takashi Tsukamoto | |
| Title: | Deputy President - Executive Officer / CFO | |
May 16, 2008
To whom it may concern:
| Company Name: | Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. | |||
| Representative: | Terunobu Maeda, President & CEO | |||
| Address: | 5-5 Otemachi 1-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0004, Japan | |||
| Stock Code Number (Japan): | 8411 [Tokyo Stock Exchange (First Section), | |||
| Osaka Securities Exchange (First Section)] |
Correction in “Financial Statements for Fiscal 2007 <under Japanese GAAP>”
Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. (“MHFG”) hereby announces a partial correction in its “Financial Statements for Fiscal 2007,” disclosed on May 15, 2008, as shown in the appendix.
| Please direct any inquiries to: |
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| Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. Corporate Communications 81-3-5224-2026 | ||||
Appendix
Financial Statements for Fiscal 2007<under Japanese GAAP> p.1-1
2. Cash Dividends for Shareholders of Common Stock
<Before Correction>
| Cash Dividends per Share | Total Cash Dividends (Annual) |
Dividends Pay-out Ratio (Consolidated basis) |
Dividends on Net Assets (Consolidated basis) | |||||||||
| (Record Date) |
Interim period-end | Fiscal year-end | Annual | |||||||||
| ¥ | ¥ | ¥ | ¥ million | % | % | |||||||
| Fiscal 2006 |
— | 7,000 | 7,000 | 83,081 | 13.5 | 2.2 | ||||||
| Fiscal 2007 |
— | 10,000 | 10,000 | 133,898 | 39.4 | 3.3 | ||||||
| Fiscal 2008 (estimate) |
— | 10,000 | 10,000 | 21.0 | ||||||||
<After Correction>
| Cash Dividends per Share | Total Cash Dividends (Annual) |
Dividends Pay-out Ratio (Consolidated basis) |
Dividends on Net Assets (Consolidated basis) | |||||||||
| (Record Date) |
Interim period-end | Fiscal year-end | Annual | |||||||||
| ¥ | ¥ | ¥ | ¥ million | % | % | |||||||
| Fiscal 2006 |
— | 7,000 | 7,000 | 83,081 | 13.5 | 2.2 | ||||||
| Fiscal 2007 |
— | 10,000 | 10,000 | 113,922 | 39.4 | 3.3 | ||||||
| Fiscal 2008 (estimate) |
— | 10,000 | 10,000 | 21.0 | ||||||||
<Explanation>
We correct “Total Cash Dividends (Annual) for Fiscal 2007” because we presented figures of total cash dividends including cash dividends related to common stock as well as classes other than common stock, instead of presenting total cash dividends related to common stock only.