Mizuho Securities USA Inc.

Mizuho Securities USA (“MSUSA”) is the US investment banking subsidiary of Mizuho Securities (“MHSC”). Our principal office is in New York City, but we also have offices located in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Hoboken (NJ), Los Angeles, San Francisco and London (UK). We provide institutional and corporate customers with a wide range of products and services through our Equity, Fixed Income, and Futures Divisions. Additionally, our Bridgeford Group Division provides M&A advisory services for cross-border transactions involving Japanese and US companies through close cooperation with MHSC and a strategic alliance with Evercore Partners. MSUSA is an SEC-registered Broker-Dealer and a Primary Dealer of US Treasuries designated by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. The firm is also registered with the CFTC as a futures commission merchant (FCM) and has memberships in, or access to, most major global futures exchanges for trading in financial and commodity futures and options on futures contracts. Since MHCB became the first Japanese bank to obtain US Financial Holding Company (FHC) status in 2006, we have expanded our business activities to include the underwriting of debt and equity securities, and trading in ETFs, MBS and corporate bonds. Through joint marketing with Mizuho Corporate Bank (USA), we offer customers a complete range of financial products and services.