Senior Executives of Mizuho

Mizuho Financial Group Mizuho Corporate

Board of Directors Board of Directors Board of Directors * Hiroshi Saito* Seiji Sugiyama* President & CEO President & CEO President & CEO Keiji Torii* Tsunehiro Nakayama* Tsutomu Abe* Deputy President Deputy President Deputy President Head of IT, Systems & Operations Group / Chief Compliance Officer / Chief Information Officer (CIO) Head of Audit & Compliance Group Saburo Nishiura* Deputy President Satoru Nishibori* Masayoshi Kanaji* Managing Director Deputy President Yasuo Tsunemi* Head of Financial Control and Accounting Senior Managing Director Group / Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Takashi Goto* Deputy President Mitsuru Machida* Tetsuji Kosaki* Managing Director Managing Director Toshikazu Kitano* Head of Strategic Planning Group and Head Managing Director Syunichi Asada* of Audit and Compliance Group / Chief Head of Corporate Banking Unit Managing Director Chief Information Officer / Head of IT & Strategy Officer (CSO) / Chief Compliance Tetsuo Narukawa* Officer (CCO) Systems Group Managing Director Hiroshi Saito Makoto Kigawa* Director Managing Director Corporate Auditors Chief Risk Officer / Head of Risk Management Seiji Sugiyama Group Kiyotaka Noborihayashi Director Chief Human Resources Officer / Head of Corporate Auditor Human Resources Group Yoshiharu Fukuhara Nobuyoshi Naka Director Mareto Sako* Corporate Auditor Managing Director Glen S. Fukushima Chief Strategy Officer / Head of Strategic Toshiaki Hasegawa Director Planning Group Corporate Auditor Chief Financial Officer / Head of Financial Corporate Auditors Control & Accounting Group Hidemi Ueda Corporate Auditor Yukio Obara Corporate Auditors Corporate Auditor Junichi Miyazaki Hidemi Ueda Corporate Auditor Corporate Auditor Board of Directors Tsuyoshi Kusumoto Yukio Nozaki Corporate Auditor Yoshio Osawa Corporate Auditor President Yukio Nozaki Masahiko Kadotani Corporate Auditor Makoto Fukuda Corporate Auditor Deputy President Yukio Obara Toshiaki Hasegawa Corporate Auditor Seiichiro Sato Corporate Auditor Deputy President Executive Officers Executive Officers Yoneo Sakai Norimasa Kuroda Deputy President Koichi Ikeda Managing Executive Officer Managing Executive Officer Head of International Banking Unit Head of Risk Management Group and Head Mizuho Trust & Banking of Human Resources Group / Chief Risk Masatsugu Nagato Officer (CRO) / Chief Human Resources Managing Executive Officer Board of Directors Officer (CHRO) Head of the Americas Yoshiaki Sugita Takashi Tsukamoto Teruhiko Ikeda President and CEO Executive Officer Managing Executive Officer Assistant to Head of IT, Systems & Operations Head of Europe, Africa and the Middle East Hidehiko Naito Group Yasufumi Miyazaki Deputy President Katsuyoshi Ejima Managing Executive Officer Executive Officer Head of Asia and Oceania General Manager of Credit Risk Management

Notes: 1. * Indicates Directors concurrently serving as Executive Officers. 2. Executive Officers, excluding the Directors concurrently serving as Executive Officers and Executive Officers responsible for global regional operations and the head of the International Banking Unit of , have not been listed. 3. Executive Officers, excluding Directors concurrently serving as Executive Officers of Mizuho Bank, have not been listed. 4. Members of the Board of Directors other than the President and the Deputy Presidents, and the Corporate Auditors as well as the Executive Officers of Mizuho Securities, have not been listed. 5. Members of the Board of Directors other than the President and CEO and the Deputy Presidents, and the Corporate Auditors as well as the Executive Officers of Mizuho Trust & Banking, have not been listed. (As of June 25, 2004) 144 Office Network of Mizuho

Domestic Network of Mizuho (as of March 31, 2004) Mizuho Corporate Bank Mizuho Securities Head Office Head Office and Branches: 18 Head Office

Mizuho Bank Mizuho Trust & Banking Head Office and Branches: 528 Head Office and Branches: 38 Sub-branches: 100 Sub-branch: 1 Agencies: 14

International Network of Mizuho (as of July 31, 2004)

Asia and Oceania Labuan Branch, Kuala Lumpur Hong Kong Branch Marketing Office 17th Floor, Two Pacific Place, 88 Queensway, Level 34, Menara Maxis, Kuala Lumpur City Hong Kong, S.A.R., The People's Republic of China Centre, 50088 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Beijing Branch TEL 852-2103-3000 TEL 60-3-2070-6880 8th Floor, Chang-Fu-Gong Office Building, Jia 26, Markets (HK) Limited Jianguomenwai Street, Chaoyang District, Kuala Lumpur Representative Office Beijing 100022, The People's Republic of China 16th Floor, Two Pacific Place, 88 Queensway, Level 34, Menara Maxis, Kuala Lumpur City TEL 86-10-6525-1888 Hong Kong, S.A.R., The People's Republic of China Centre, 50088 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia TEL 852-2537-3815 TEL 60-3-2070-6595 Dalian Branch Mizuho Corporate Asia (HK) Limited 6th Floor, Senmao Building, Zhongshan Road 147, Xigang District, Dalian 116011, 17th Floor, Two Pacific Place, 88 Queensway, The People's Republic of China Hong Kong, S.A.R., The People's Republic of China Manila Branch TEL 852-2103-3040 TEL 86-411-8360-2543 26th Floor, Citibank Tower, Valero Street corner Villar Street, Salcedo Village, Makati City, Shanghai Branch Mizuho Securities Asia Limited* Metro Manila, Philippines 25th Floor, HSBC TOWER, 101 Yin Cheng Suites 901-907, Level 9, CITIC Tower, TEL 63-2-848-0001 East Road, Pudong New Area, Shanghai 1 Tim Mei Avenue, Central, Hong Kong, S.A.R., 200120, The People's Republic of China The People's Republic of China Singapore TEL 86-21-6841-0001 TEL 852-2685-2000 Singapore Branch India Shenzhen Branch 168 Robinson Road, #13-00 Capital Tower, 21st Floor, Shenzhen International Financial Singapore 068912, Republic of Singapore Building, Jian She Lu, Shenzhen, Guangdong Mumbai Branch TEL 65-6423-0330 Province, The People's Republic of China Maker Chamber III , 1st Floor, Jamnalal Bajaj TEL 86-755-8222-1918 Road, Nariman Point, Mumbai, 400021 India Mizuho Futures (Singapore) Pte. TEL 91-22-2288-6638 Limited* Guangzhou Representative Office New Delhi Representative Office Six Battery Road, #18-05 Singapore 049909, 12th Floor, Garden Tower, 368 Huanshi Republic of Singapore Dong Lu, Guangzhou 510064, DBS Business Centre, 1st Floor, World Trade TEL 65-6221-3633 The People's Republic of China Tower, Barakhamba Lane, New Delhi 110 001 TEL 86-20-8385-8000 India TEL 91-11-2341-2190 Taiwan Nanjing Representative Office Indonesia Kaohsiung Branch Room 801, Nanjing Grand Hotel, 208 Guangzhou 12th Floor, No.2, Chung Cheng 3rd Road, Road, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, PT. Bank Mizuho Indonesia Kaohsiung 800, Taiwan The People's Republic of China TEL 886-7-236-8768 TEL 86-25-8332-9379 Plaza Bll Menara 2, 24th Floor, JL., M.H. Thamrin No. 51, Jakarta 10350, Indonesia Taipei Branch Tianjin Representative Office TEL 62-21-392-5222 2nd Floor, Hung Kuo Building, 167 Tun Hua Room 2202, Tianjin International Building 75, North Road, Taipei 105, Taiwan Nanjing Road, Tianjin, TEL 886-2-2715-3911 The People's Republic of China Korea TEL 86-22-2330-5448 Seoul Branch Thailand Wuhan Representative Office 8th Floor, Seoul City Tower, 581, Namdaemunro, Bangkok Branch Room 411, Shangri-la Hotel, 700 Jian She Dadao, 5-ka, Chung-ku, Seoul, Korea Wuhan 430020, The People's Republic of China TEL 822-3782-8500 18th Floor, TISCO Tower, 48 North Sathorn Road, TEL 86-27-8578-1155 Silom, Bangrak, Bangkok 10500, Thailand TEL 66-2-638-0200 Malaysia Xiamen Representative Office Mizuho Corporate Leasing (Thailand) Room 915, East Ocean Building Hotel, No.1 Building, Zhongshan Road, Xiamen, Fujian Labuan Branch Co., Ltd. 361001, The People's Republic of China Level 9 (B) & (C), Main Office Tower, Financial 19th Floor, TISCO Tower 48/44 North Sathorn TEL 86-592-202-1111(ext. 2915) Park Labuan, Jalan Merdeka, 87000 Road, Silom, Bangrak, Bangkok 10500, Thailand Federal Territory of Labuan, Malaysia TEL 66-2-638-0900 TEL 60-87-417766

Note: All overseas offices are those of Mizuho Corporate Bank except for offices indicated as follows: * Subsidiary of Mizuho Securities ** Subsidiary of Mizuho Trust & Banking *** Subsidiary of DLIBJ Asset Management

145 Office Network of Mizuho

Vietnam United Kingdom U.S.A. Hanoi Branch London Branch Chicago Branch Suite 403~407, 63 LTT Building, River Plate House, 7-11 Finsbury Circus, 311 South Wacker Drive, Suite 2020, 63 Ly Thai To Street, Hanoi, London EC2M 7DH, UK Chicago, IL 60606-6620, U.S.A. Socialist Republic of Vietnam TEL 44-20-7012-4000 TEL 1-312-855-1111 TEL 84-4-9363-123 DLIBJ Asset Management New York Branch Ho Chi Minh City Representative International Ltd.*** 1251 Avenue of the Americas, Office Bracken House, One Friday Street, New York, NY 10020, U.S.A. 7th Floor, The Landmark, 5B Ton Duc Thang London, EC4M 9JA, UK TEL 1-212-282-3000 Street, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, TEL 44-20-7329-3777 Socialist Republic of Vietnam Los Angeles Agency TEL 84-8-8228-638 Mizuho Capital Markets (UK) Limited 350 South Grand Avenue, Suite 1500, River Plate House, 7-11 Finsbury Circus, Los Angeles, CA 90071, U.S.A. Australia London EC2M 7DH, UK TEL 1-213-243-4500 TEL 44-20-7972-9900 Branch DLIBJ Asset Management U.S.A. Level 33, 60 Margaret Street, Sydney, N.S.W. 2000, Mizuho International plc* Inc.*** Australia Bracken House, One Friday Street, 1133 Avenue of the Americas, 28th Floor, TEL 61-2-8273-3888 London EC4M 9JA, UK New York, NY 10036, U.S.A. TEL 44-20-7236-1090 TEL 1-212-350-7650 Europe and The Middle East Bahrain Mizuho Capital Markets Corporation 1440 Broadway, 25th Floor, Austria Bahrain Representative Office New York, NY 10018, U.S.A. Suite 201-202, Entrance 4, TEL 1-212-547-1500 Mizuho Corporate Bank-BA 2nd Floor, Manama Center, Manama, Bahrain (P.O. BOX 5759, Manama, Bahrain) Mizuho Corporate Bank of California Investment Consulting GmbH TEL 973-17-224522 555 West Fifth Street, Landhausgasse 4/7, 1010 Vienna, Austria Los Angeles, CA 90013, U.S.A. TEL 43-1-5355868 Iran TEL 1-213-612-2700 France Tehran Representative Office Mizuho Corporate Bank (USA) 3rd Floor, No.1, 14th Street, 1251 Avenue of the Americas, Paris Branch Khaled Eslamboli Avenue, Tehran 15117, Iran New York, NY 10020, U.S.A. Washington Plaza 40, rue Washington, 75408 TEL 98-21-872-6593 TEL 1-212-282-3030 Paris Cedex 08, France TEL 33-1-5383-4100 Mizuho Securities USA Inc.* The Americas Waterfront Corporate Center, 111 River Street, Germany 11th Floor, Hoboken, NJ 07030, U.S.A. TEL 1-201-626-1000 Düsseldorf Branch Brazil Königsallee 60 D, 40212 Düsseldorf, Mizuho Trust & Banking Co. (USA) ** F.R. Germany Sa˜o Paulo Representative Office 666 Fifth Avenue, Suite 802, TEL 49-211-13020 New York, NY 10103 , U.S.A. Avenida Paulista, 1274-11° andar, CEP. 01310-926, TEL 1-212-373-5900 Mizuho Corporate Bank (Germany) Sa˜o Paulo, SP, Brazil TEL 55-11-251-4199 Aktiengesellschaft The Bridgeford Group, Inc.* Taunustor 2, 60311 Frankfurt am Main, Canada 445 Park Avenue, 20th Floor, F.R. Germany New York, NY 10022, U.S.A. TEL 49-69-27282-0 Mizuho Corporate Bank (Canada) TEL 1-212-705-0880 Luxembourg 100 Yonge Street, Suite1102, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5C 2W1 Mizuho Trust & Banking TEL 1-416-874-0222 (Luxembourg) S.A.** Cayman 1B, Parc d'Activite´ Syrdall, L-5365 Munsbach, Luxembourg Cayman Branch TEL 352-4216171 Coutts House, 1446 West Bay Road, P.O. Box 707GT, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, Switzerland British West Indies

Mizuho Bank (Switzerland) Ltd.* Mexico Loewenstrasse 32, 8023 Zurich, Switzerland TEL 41-1-216-9111 Mexico Representative Office Edificio Omega, Campos Eliseos No.345-11, The Netherlands Col. Chapultepec Polanco, Deleg. Miguel Hidalgo, 11560 Mexico, D.F., Mexico Mizuho Corporate Bank Nederland TEL 52-55-5281-5037 N.V. Apollolaan 171, 1077 AS, Amsterdam, The Netherlands TEL 31-20-5734343

146 Investor Information on Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.

Date of Establishment Accounting Auditors January 8, 2003 Shin Nihon & Co.

Paid-in Capital Transfer Agent ¥1,540,965 million Mizuho Trust & Banking Co., Ltd.

Outstanding Shares Fiscal Year 13,975,894.67 shares April 1 to March 31 Common Shares: 11,926,964.67 shares Preferred Shares: 2,048,930 shares Convocation of General Meetings of Shareholders A regular general meeting of shareholders of the Company Number of Shareholders shall be convened no later than 3 months from the last day Common Shares: 256,975 of each business year and an extraordinary general meeting Preferred Shares: 3,415 of shareholders shall be convened whenever necessary.

Principal Shareholders (Common Stock) Record Date Percentage The Company shall deem shareholders having voting rights of shares outstanding appearing in writing or digitally on the last register of share- Shares held (%) holders (including the register of beneficial shareholders; the Mizuho Holdings, Inc. 1,155,840.83 9.69 same shall apply hereinafter) as of March 31 of each year as Trustee Services Bank, Ltd. the shareholders who shall be entitled to exercise their rights (Trustee account) 642,797.00 5.38 at the regular general meeting of shareholders for the rele- The Master Trust Bank of Japan, Ltd. vant fiscal term. (Trustee account) 490,527.00 4.11 In addition to the preceding paragraph, the Company may ROYAL TRUST CORPORATION temporarily set the record date whenever necessary, pursuant OF CANADA, LONDON–NON to a resolution of the Board of Directors and upon giving a TREATY ACCOUNT prior public notice thereof. (Standing proxy agent: Bank) 352,476.00 2.95 Dividends The Dai-ichi Mutual Life Company 279,158.00 2.34 Dividends on shares shall be paid to the shareholders or Trust & Custody Services Bank, Ltd. registered pledgees appearing in writing or digitally on the (Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company last register of shareholders as of March 31 of each year or to Retirement Benefit Trust Account the holders of fractional shares appearing in writing or digi- re-entrusted by Mizuho Trust & tally on the last register of holders of fractional shares as of Banking Co., Ltd.) 137,000.00 1.14 March 31 of each year. Nippon Life Insurance Company 132,630.76 1.11 STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST Interim Dividends COMPANY (Standing proxy agent: The Company may, by a resolution of the Board of Directors, Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd.) 124,202.00 1.04 make cash distributions pursuant to the provisions of Article LEHMAN BROTHERS ASIA 293-5 of the Commercial Code (referred to as “Interim CAPITAL COMPANY Dividends” in these Articles of Incorporation) to the share- (Standing proxy agent: LEHMAN holders or registered pledgees appearing in writing or digi- BROTHERS JAPAN INC., BRANCH) 122,337.62 1.02 tally on the last register of shareholders as of September 30 of each year or to the holders of fractional shares appearing Asahi Mutual Life Insurance Company 110,000.00 0.92 in writing or digitally on the last register of holders of frac- tional shares as of September 30 of each year.

Stock Listings Osaka Securities Exchange

(as of March 31, 2004)

147 Disclosure Policy of Mizuho

Voluntary, Proactive Disclosure By winning the highest regard of our shareholders and the market, we aim to earn the trust of society as Japan's leading compre- hensive group. For this reason, we place one of the highest management priorities on continuing to disclose information to our customers, shareholders, and investors both in and outside Japan in a timely, fair and appropriate manner in order that they may form accurate judgments and appraisals of the group. Specifically, we intend to use the following tools to promote further understanding of the group: *IR meetings and other presentations by top executives, and disclosure of these contents on our Web site. *Highly detailed annual reports and other publications as well as constantly upgrading the contents of our Web site. *Effective use of diversified disclosure channels such as conferences in both Japanese and English via the Internet.

Mizuho's IR Home Page

Disclosure in Compliance with Relevant Laws In accordance with the provisions of the Japanese Banking Law, the Securities and Exchange Law and the relevant regulations laid down by stock exchanges in Japan and around the world, we will endeavor to disclose pertinent information in a timely and appropriate manner.

148 Contact Information

Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. 1-5-5, Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0004, Japan Tel. +81-(0)3-5224-1111 URL: http://www.mizuho-fg.co.jp/

Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd. 1-3-3, , Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8210, Japan Tel. +81-(0)3-3214-1111 URL: http://www.mizuhocbk.co.jp/

Mizuho Bank, Ltd. 1-1-5, Uchisaiwaicho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0011, Japan Tel. +81-(0)3-3596-1111 URL: http://www.mizuhobank.co.jp/

Mizuho Securities Co., Ltd. Otemachi First Square, 1-5-1, Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0004, Japan Tel. +81-(0)3-5208-3210 URL: http://www.mizuho-sc.com/

Mizuho Trust & Banking Co., Ltd. 1-2-1, Yaesu, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 103-8670, Japan Tel. +81-(0)3-3278-8111 URL: http://www.mizuho-tb.co.jp/

This report contains statements concerning the group's future performance. These statements, however, do not guarantee the ultimate outcome of the group's performance in the future, and take into consideration the risks and uncertainties that may be caused by such factors as changes in the business environment.

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