Inomata Naoshi 4

What Happened
Naoshi Inomata — Head of Domestic Retail Business / Co‑Head of Retail & Business Banking Company at Mizuho Financial Group (MFG) — exercised/converted 6,261 phantom stock units on July 1, 2026. Of those, 2,505 units were settled in cash (reported at JPY 7,814 per unit, converted to US$ ≈ $48.18 each), yielding about $120,641.41. The remaining 3,756 units (broken out as 1,712; 1,974; and 2,575 unit line items) were reported as derivative exercise/conversion dispositions with $0 shown in the filing (these are part of the phantom/unit conversion activity).

Key Details

• Transaction date: July 1, 2026. Primary action: exercise/conversion of phantom stock units (transaction code M) and a cash settlement/disposition to the issuer (code D) for 2,505 units.
• Cash settlement price: JPY 7,814 per unit (conversion JPY 1 = US$ 0.006163328), i.e., ≈ US$48.18 per unit; cash received ≈ US$120,641.41 for the 2,505 units.
• Other line items: 1,712; 1,974; and 2,575 units were reported as exercised/converted and disposed with $0 value in the filing (these represent additional derivative-settlement reporting).
• Footnotes: F1 — each phantom stock unit is a contingent right to one share, settled in cash or stock at the issuer’s election; F3–F5 — vesting schedules apply (some tranches vest in equal installments beginning July 1, 2025 or 2026; F5 notes units vested on July 1, 2026); F2 explains the cash-settled portion and the JPY→USD conversion used.
• Shares owned after the transaction: not provided in the excerpt supplied. No late‑filing indication was included in the provided data.

Context
Phantom stock/unit exercises are not the same as an open‑market buy or sell — they are the settlement of compensation awards. Here, a portion of vested phantom units was cashed out to the issuer (cash settlement), while other exercised units were recorded as derivative conversions with $0 reported in the filing. Such settlements often reflect payroll/compensation processing or company settlement elections rather than directional trading by the insider.