OREANDA-NEWS. Mizuho Financial Group, Inc., Mizuho Bank, Ltd. and Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd. announced on November 14, 2011 in the release titled "Memorandum of Understanding on Merger between Mizuho Bank, Ltd. And Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd." that MHBK and MHCB plan to conduct a merger by around the end of the first half of fiscal year 2013, on the assumption that filings will have been made to, and permission obtained from, the relevant authorities in Japan and any foreign countries.

MHFG, MHBK and MHCB hereby announce that they have determined, at their respective meetings of the board of directors held today, a representative director and a director of MHCB, which is the surviving company in absorption-type of merger and the trade name of which is scheduled to be changed to " Mizuho Bank, Ltd." on the Scheduled Date of the Merger, shall be as follows as of the Scheduled Date of the Merger. Such determination is based on the assumption that the resolution of the MHCB’s general shareholders meeting and the resolution of the MHCB’s board of directors to be held on July 1, 2013, the Scheduled Date of the Merger, will have been made and that filings will have been made to, and permission obtained from, the relevant authorities in Japan and any foreign countries.