Dec 22

Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd. provides financial and strategic solutions for the increasingly diverse and
sophisticated needs of clients, focusing its efforts on serving major corporations, financial institutions, and
public sector entities. A relationship management approach to serving clients enables Mizuho Corporate
Bank, Ltd., together with affiliates such as Mizuho Securities Co. Ltd., to develop customized solutions in
areas such as corporate, structured and project finance, investment banking, transaction banking and risk
management. With offices in more than 28 countries, Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd. offers clients both
localized service and the extensive reach of a global business network. Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd. is a
subsidiary of the Japan-based Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: MFG), one of the largest financial
services companies in the world, with total assets of over $1.7 trillion as of September 30, 2009.

Dec 22

The new Mizuho Securities was formed on May 7, 2009, through the merger of Mizuho Securities and
Shinko Securities. Concentrating on its combined strength as a global investment bank backed by a
nationwide client base in Japan and full-service securities business network, Mizuho Securities provides
best-in-class professional services to its diverse array of clients, ranging from individuals and households
to domestic and overseas institutional investors, financial institutions, non-financial companies, and public
corporations and entities.

Mizuho Securities, as a global investment bank, contributes to the development and expansion of
capital markets, and, through its corporate activities, seeks to contribute to the creation of a better society
where sustainable development is a reality.