RNS Number:7386H
Mizuho Holdings Inc
20 February 2003


                                                               February 20, 2003

                                     Company Name   : Mizuho Holdings, Inc.
                                     Representative : Terunobu Maeda
                                     Head Office    : 6-1 Marunouchi 1-chome
                                                      Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan 
                                     Code Number    : 8305


                           Dissolution of Subsidiary

Mizuho Holdings, Inc. has announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Mizuho 
Corporate Bank, Ltd. ("MHCB"), has decided to dissolve Mizuho Corporate Leasing 
(UK) Limited, a subsidiary of MHCB, as follows.

1. The Subsidiary to be Dissolved

   Corporate Name   : Mizuho Corporate Leasing (UK) Limited
   Location         : River Plate House, 7-11 Finsbury Circus, London EC2M 7DH, 
                      U.K.
   Representative   : Satoru Ochiai

2. Reason for Dissolution

   The companies will go into dissolution as part of rationalization of MHCB's 
   operations in Europe.
 
3. Outline of the Subsidiary

   Business                                  :  Leasing
   Date of Establishment                     :  August 1987
   Capital Stock                             :  STG 20 thousand
   Number of Stock Issued                    :  20 thousand stocks
   Total Assets (December 2001)              :  STG 379 thousand
   Number of Employees (December 2002)       :  Nil
   Shareholders                              :  MHCB            19,999 stocks
                                             :  Satoru Ochiai        1 stock
   Performance                               :  Ordinary Loss   STG 4.8 thousand
   (Fiscal Year Ended in December 2001)      :  Net Loss        STG 4.8 thousand

4. Scheduled Date of Dissolution             :  By March 2004

5. This decision will have no material effect on the profit and loss for this 
   fiscal year of Mizuho Holdings, Inc. (consolidated or non-consolidated)
 
 
Please direct any inquiries to:

Mizuho Holdings, Inc.            Public Relations             81-3-5224-2026
Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd.      Corporate Planning           81-3-5252-6574



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