OREANDA-NEWS. Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. (“MHFG”), Mizuho Bank, Ltd. (“MHBK”) and Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd. (“MHCB”) announced that MHBK and MHCB determined that they will, on the condition that, among other things, authorization or permission is obtained from the relevant authorities in Japan, conduct a merger (the “Merger”), with effect on July 1, 2013, whereby MHCB will be the surviving company in an absorption-type merger, and that MHBK and MHCB have signed a merger agreement, and additionally, that MHCB has determined to change its trade name on the condition that the Merger takes effect.

Today, MHFG, MHBK and MHCB hereby announce that each of MHBK and MHCB has obtained authorization for the Merger pursuant to Article 30, Paragraph 1 of the Banking Law and MHCB has obtained authorization for the change in its trade name pursuant to Article 6, Paragraph 3 of the said law, respectively, from the Financial Services Agency of Japan.