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| Common stock | 14. Common stock The following table shows the changes in the number of issued shares of common stock during the fiscal years ended March 31, 2024, 2025 and 2026:
MHFG resolved at the meeting of Board of Directors held on February 2, 2026 to repurchase up to the lesser of 65,000,000 shares of our common stock and ¥300 billion by market purchases from November 17, 2025 to March 31, 2026. Under this share repurchase program, MHFG repurchased 47,016,600 shares of MHFG’s common stock for ¥299,999,885,700 from November 2025 to March 2026. The Board of Directors of MHFG approved the cancellation of 47,016,600 shares of treasury stock, which took effect on April 22, 2026. See Note 33 “Subsequent events” for further details regarding the cancellation of treasury stock.
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