ANNUAL REPORT
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The majority of total foreign consist of corporate.Notional amount includes the sum of gross long and gross short third-party contracts.Derivative receivables and payables are recorded in Trading account assets and Trading account liabilities, respectively.Amounts relating to master netting arrangements or similar agreements where the MHFG Group does not have the legal right of set-off or where uncertainty exists as to the enforceability of these agreements are excluded. For derivatives, the table includes amounts relating to over-the-counter (“OTC”) and OTC-cleared derivatives that are subject to enforceable master netting arrangements or similar agreements.Derivative assets and liabilities are recorded in Trading account assets and Trading account liabilities, respectively.Amounts do not exceed the net amounts presented on the balance sheet and do not include the effect of overcollateralization, where it exists.For derivatives, amounts include derivative assets or liabilities and securities collateral that are eligible for offsetting under enforceable master netting arrangements or similar agreements.The amounts of derivative assets and liabilities subject to enforceable master netting arrangements or similar agreements were ¥12,574 billion and ¥12,432 billion, respectively, at March 31, 2023, and ¥13,930 billion and ¥13,933 billion, respectively, at March 31, 2024.The amounts of Receivables under resale agreements and Payables under repurchase agreements subject to enforceable industry standard master repurchase agreements with netting terms were ¥10,587 billion and ¥25,147 billion, respectively, at March 31, 2023, and ¥19,470 billion and ¥37,042 billion, respectively, at March 31, 2024.The amounts of Receivables under securities borrowing transactions and Payables under securities lending transactions subject to enforceable industry standard master lending agreements with netting terms were ¥1,892 billion and ¥758 billion, respectively, at March 31, 2023, and ¥2,352 billion and ¥1,303 billion, respectively, at March 31, 2024.The required and actual amounts disclosed above at March 31, 2023 and 2024 exclude amounts of deposits to the Bank of Japan. The amount includes ¥49,393 million and ¥9,186 million related to MHSC’s net operating loss carryforwards resulting mainly from the organizational restructuring of certain foreign subsidiaries as of March 31, 2023 and 2024, respectively. The tax effect of the net operating loss carryforwards is substantially offset by ¥43,488 million and ¥4,205 million, respectively, of valuation allowance as a result of considering all available evidence regarding sources of future taxable income including historical trends in taxable income in the preceding periods and forecasted taxable income. The amount includes ¥24,978 million and ¥25,128 million related to MHFG’s net operating loss carryforwards resulting mainly from intercompany capital transactions in relation to the share buyback conducted by MHSC as of March 31, 2023 and 2024, respectively. The tax effect of the net operating loss carryforwards is fully offset by ¥24,978 million and ¥25,128 million, respectively, of valuation allowance as a result of considering all available evidence regarding sources of future taxable income including historical trends in taxable income in the preceding periods and forecasted taxable income. Proceeds from sales of Equity securities as well as Purchases of Equity securities include cash activity related to Other investments, the amounts of which are not significant.Total Level 3 derivative exposures have been netted on the table for presentation purposes only.Internal valuation model includes discounted cash flow models and the Black-Scholes option pricing model.Averages are calculated by weighting each input by the relative fair value of the respective financial instruments except for derivative related inputs where medians are used.In accordance with ASC 820, certain investments that are measured at fair value using the net asset value per share (or its equivalent) practical expedient have not been classified in the fair value hierarchy. The fair value amounts presented for these classes of assets are intended to permit the reconciliation of the fair value hierarchy to the amounts presented in the statements of financial position. The amounts of unfunded commitments related to these investments at March 31, 2023 and 2024 were ¥52 billion and ¥41 billion, respectively.Trading securities include foreign currency denominated securities for which the MHFG Group elected the fair value option.Income and expenses of foreign branches of MHBK and foreign subsidiaries with functional currencies other than Japanese Yen have been translated for purposes of segment reporting using the budgeted foreign currency rates. Prior period comparative amounts for such foreign currency income and expenses have been translated using current period budgeted foreign currency rates.“Others” includes the following items: • profits and expenses pertaining to consolidated subsidiaries that are not subject to allocation; • consolidating adjustments, including elimination of internal transaction between each segment; • equity in earnings (losses) of equity method investees—net that are not subject to allocation; and • profits and losses pertaining to derivative transactions that reflect the counterparty risk of the individual parties and other factors in determining fair market value.Net business profits (losses) is used in Japan as a measure of the profitability of core banking operations, and is defined as gross profits (as defined above) less general and administrative expenses (excluding non-allocated gains (losses), net) plus equity in earnings (losses) of equity method investees—net less amortization of goodwill and others. Measurement of net business profits (losses) is required for regulatory reporting to the Financial Services Agency of Japan.“Fixed assets” is presented based on Japanese GAAP and corresponds to the total amount of the following U.S. GAAP accounts: Premises and equipment-net; Goodwill; Intangible assets; and right-of-use assets related to operating leases included in Other assets. The above table does not include other asset amounts because “Fixed assets” is the only balance sheet metric that management uses when evaluating and making decisions pertaining to the operating segments. “Others” in “Fixed assets” includes assets of headquarters that have not been allocated to each segment, “Fixed assets” pertaining to consolidated subsidiaries that are not subject to allocation, consolidating adjustments, and others. Certain “Fixed assets” expenses have been allocated to each segment using reasonable allocation criteria.“Gross profits + Net gains (losses) related to ETFs and others” is reported instead of sales reported by general corporations. Gross profits is defined as the sum of net interest income, fiduciary income, net fee and commission income, net trading income and net other operating income. Net gains (losses) related to ETFs and others consist of net gains (losses) on ETFs held by MHBK and MHTB on their non-consolidated basis and net gains (losses) on operating investment securities of MHSC on its consolidated basis. For the fiscal years ended March 31, 2022, 2023 and 2024, net gains (losses) related to ETFs and others amounted to ¥1.9 billion, ¥1.8 billion and ¥(31.0) billion, respectively, of which ¥2.2 billion, ¥(0.2) billion and ¥(37.0) billion are included in “Global Markets Company,” respectively.“General and administrative expenses” excludes non-allocated gains (losses), net.Customer relationships were mainly acquired in connection with the merger of MHSC and Shinko on May 7, 2009 and the integration among asset management companies on October 1, 2016. See Note 1 “Basis of presentation and summary of significant accounting policies” for further information.This class represents equity securities held in the employee retirement benefit trusts of ¥1,018 billion and ¥907 billion carried at fair value at March 31, 2023 and 2024, respectively, which are well-diversified across industries.Corporate of foreign included ¥184 billion and ¥176 billion of lease receivables that were receivables arising from direct financing leasing at March 31, 2023 and 2024, respectively.The primary component of the retail portfolio segment is housing loans to individuals which obligor category is classified based on past due status. The trigger to reclassify obligors from normal obligors to watch obligors excluding special attention obligors is when the past due status is more than 30 days.The financial statement line items in which the amounts in the tax effect and the net of tax attributable to noncontrolling interest columns are reported in the consolidated statements of income are Income tax expense (benefit) and Net income (loss), respectively.The financial statement line item in which the amounts in the before tax column are reported in the consolidated statements of income is listed to the right of the table.These amounts include the net unrealized gains resulting from changes in fair values of structured notes that contain embedded derivatives. See Note 26 “Fair value” for further details. Part of these amounts are considered to be revenues from contracts that are within the scope of ASC 606. Most of the lending-related fees such as commitment fees and arrangement fees are not within the scope of ASC 606. Amounts include gains and losses on currency swaps. Agency mortgage-backed securities presented in this line consist of Japanese agency mortgage-backed securities, of which the fair values were ¥381,634 million at March 31, 2023, and ¥438,556 million at March 31, 2024. All Japanese agency mortgage-backed securities are issued by Japan Housing Finance Agency, a Japanese government-sponsored enterprise.The amounts that have been reclassified out of Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax into net income are presented in Note 16 “Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax.”The required ratios disclosed above, at March 31, 2023 and 2024, include the capital conservation buffer of 2.5%, the countercyclical capital buffer of 0.06% and 0.09%, respectively, and the additional loss absorbency requirements for G-SIBs and D-SIBs of 1.0%, which are all in addition to the regulatory minima. The respective required amounts are determined by applying the ratios to the sum of the risk weighted assets and certain other risk amounts. For the fiscal years ended March 31, 2022 and 2023, the performance-based plan under the stock compensation programs could potentially dilute earnings per common share but were not included in the computation of diluted earnings per common share due to their antidilutive effects. In addition, for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2022 and 2023, the computation of diluted earnings per common share did not assume exercise of stock options, as the effect of such exercise would be antidilutive due to net loss.Others includes primarily foreign exchange translation.Total revenue is comprised of Interest and dividend income and Noninterest income.Total expenses are comprised of Interest expense, Provision (credit) for credit losses and Noninterest expenses.Amounts represent items for which the Group elected the fair value option or for which it applied the practicability exception.The United Kingdom net operating loss carryforwards may be carried forward indefinitely for tax purposes. ¥49 billion of the Japan deferred tax assets of ¥89 billion is related to MHSC, which is substantially offset by a valuation allowance, and will expire during the fiscal year ending March 31, 2026. ¥25 billion of the Japan deferred tax assets of ¥89 billion is related to MHFG, which is fully offset by a valuation allowance, and will mostly expire during the fiscal year ending March 31, 2032. ¥25 billion of the Japan deferred tax assets of ¥56 billion is related to MHFG, which is fully offset by a valuation allowance, and will mostly expire during the fiscal year ending March 31, 2032. ¥16 billion of the Japan deferred tax assets of ¥56 billion is related to MHBK and will mostly expire during the fiscal year ending March 31, 2034. These classes primarily include pension investment fund trusts. Investments in these classes are generally measured at fair value and can be redeemed within a short-term period upon request.There were no significant revolving line of credit arrangements that converted to term loans during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2023 and 2024. Other debt securities presented in this line primarily consist of Foreign negotiable certificates of deposit (“NCDs”) and asset-backed securities (“ABS”), of which the total fair values were ¥330,365 million at March 31, 2023, and ¥209,956 million at March 31, 2024.Agency mortgage-backed securities presented in this line consist of Japanese and Foreign agency mortgage-backed securities, of which the fair values were ¥522,166 million and ¥31 million, respectively, at March 31, 2023, and ¥476,947 million and ¥26 million, respectively, at March 31, 2024. All Japanese agency mortgage-backed securities are issued by Japan Housing Finance Agency, a Japanese government-sponsored enterprise. Foreign agency mortgage-backed securities primarily consist of Government National Mortgage Association (“Ginnie Mae”) securities, which are guaranteed by the United States government.All Agency mortgage-backed securities presented in this line are Ginnie Mae securities. Amortized cost, net of the allowance for credit losses, of which the amounts related to available-for-sale securities were ¥nil at both March 31, 2023 and 2024.Accrued interest receivables are excluded from amortized cost, of which the amount were ¥5,637 million at March 31, 2023, and ¥15,708 million at March 31, 2024 and included in Accrued income. Figures assume that the countercyclical capital buffer will continue to be 0.09% after March 2024.Figures assume that the additional loss absorbency requirements applied to the Group as a G-SIB and D-SIB continue to be 1.0% on a fully effective basis in future years.Maturity information disclosed is the range of maturities at March 31, 2024.The MHFG Group included premises and equipment classified as held for sale in Other.Guaranteed trust principal, included in All other liabilities in the disclosure about consolidated VIEs in the accompanying balance sheets, is a liability of certain consolidated trust arrangements that meet the definition of a VIE for which the MHFG Group provides guarantees for the repayment of principal. See Note 23 “Variable interest entities and securitizations” for further discussion of the guaranteed principal money trusts.Charge-offs decreased from ¥227,450 million for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2023 to ¥46,323 million for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2024. The decrease was due mainly to a charge-off related to a debt waiver to a domestic corporate borrower which was recognized in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2023. These inputs are mainly used for determining the fair values of securitization products such as CDO, CLO and ABS, other than RMBS and CMBS.The U.S. GAAP adjustments are primarily comprised of GAAP differences mainly from right-of-use assets related to operating leases not recognized under Japanese GAAP; internally developed software, which was impaired under Japanese GAAP; land, which was revalued under Japanese GAAP; and the consolidation of certain variable interest entities, which are not consolidated under Japanese GAAP.The amount includes CLO and convertible bonds, which are classified in Level 3.Loans, net of allowance include items measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis.This input is mainly used for determining the fair values of Japanese corporate bonds and foreign corporate bonds.The ratios disclosed above include a leverage ratio buffer required to be met at 50% of the additional loss absorbency requirements applied to the Group as a G-SIB under the finalized Basel III reforms.The required ratios disclosed above, at March 31, 2023 and 2024, include a leverage ratio buffer required to be met at 50% of the additional loss absorbency requirements applied to the Group as a G-SIB under the finalized Basel III reforms. The above table does not include securities-for-securities lending transactions of ¥71 billion at March 31, 2024, where the MHFG Group acts as lender and receives securities that can be sold or pledged as collateral. In these transactions, the Group recognizes the securities received at fair value within Other assets and the obligation to return those securities as a liability within Other liabilities.For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2024, Goodwill acquired is entirely related to the acquisition of Greenhill & Co., Inc. Goodwill is recorded at a designated reporting unit level for the purpose of assessing impairment. Goodwill is not allocated to the reportable segments in Note 30 “Business segment information.” Investments in this class are measured at conversion value, which is equivalent to fair value.Net operating loss carryforwards related to Japanese local taxes recorded at MHFG in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2022 in the amount of ¥500 billion (tax effected ¥24 billion) are not included in the table. The net operating loss carryforwards are fully offset by valuation allowance and will mostly expire during the fiscal year ending March 31, 2032.Net operating loss carryforwards related to Japanese local taxes recorded at MHBK in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2024 in the amount of ¥456 billion (tax effected ¥16 billion) are not included in the table. The net operating loss carryforwards will mostly expire during the fiscal year ending March 31, 2034. Including the net operating loss carryforwards which may be carried forward indefinitely in the United Kingdom. These amounts for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2022 mainly represent the reversal of an outside basis difference related to the share buyback conducted by MHSC in response to improving the capital position and aligning to the MHFG Group’s capital policy and the related increase in the valuation allowance. Amounts represent total gains or losses recognized in earnings and other comprehensive income (loss) during the period. These gains or losses were attributable to the change in fair value relating to assets and liabilities classified as Level 3 that were still held at March 31, 2023 and 2024. The amounts of unrealized gains (losses) in other comprehensive income (loss) are related to Available-for-sale securities and Long-term debt, which were ¥8 billion and ¥11 billion, respectively, at March 31, 2023, and ¥11 billion and ¥(5) billion, respectively, at March 31, 2024.Amounts primarily include cash and short-term assets carried at fair value.The amount includes ¥37,517 million and ¥99,994 million related to MHBK’s foreign tax credit carryforwards as of March 31, 2023 and 2024, respectively. The amount is fully offset by valuation allowance, and if not utilized, the amount will expire during the fiscal years ending March 31, 2026 and 2027, respectively. Gains (losses) in OCI are reported in Other comprehensive income (loss).Gains (losses) in Earnings are reported in Other noninterest income (expenses).Gains (losses) in Earnings are reported in Investment gains (losses)—net.Gains (losses) in Earnings are reported in Trading account gains (losses)—net, Foreign exchange gains (losses)—net or Other noninterest income (expenses).Amounts relate to transactions where the Group acts as lender in a securities lending agreement and receives securities that can be sold or pledged as collateral. In these transactions, the Group recognizes the securities received at fair value within Other assets and the obligation to return those securities as a liability within Other liabilities.In accordance with ASC 820, certain plan assets that are measured at fair value using the net asset value per share (or its equivalent) practical expedient have not been classified in the fair value hierarchy.Amounts do not include the net gains (losses) of ¥(605) million, ¥(653) million and ¥(952) million on the credit derivatives economically managing the credit risk of loans during the fiscal years ended March 31, 2022, 2023 and 2024, respectively. The net gains (losses) is recorded in Other noninterest income (expenses). Amounts include realized and unrealized gains and losses on both derivative instruments and nonderivative instruments. Amounts on derivative instruments include gains and losses on forward foreign exchange contracts and currency options. 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