The information in this preliminary prospectus supplement is incomplete and may be changed. This preliminary prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus are not an offer to sell these securities and are not soliciting an offer to buy these securities in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted.
Filed Pursuant to Rule 424(b)(5)
Registration No. 333- 273681
SUBJECT TO COMPLETION DATED April 8, 2024
PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT
(To prospectus dated August 4, 2023)
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.
$ % Senior Callable Fixed-to-Fixed Reset Rate Notes due April , 2030
$ % Senior Callable Fixed-to-Fixed Reset Rate Notes due April , 2035
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc., or MUFG, expects to issue the above-listed senior notes, or, collectively, the Notes or fixed-to-fixed reset rate notes, pursuant to a senior indenture, dated March 1, 2016, or the Indenture.
The senior callable fixed-to-fixed reset rate notes due April , 2030, or the 6-year notes, and the senior callable fixed-to-fixed reset rate notes due April , 2035, or the 11-year notes, will bear interest from (and including) April , 2024 to (but excluding) the applicable Reset Date, which is April of the year immediately preceding the applicable maturity date, at the fixed per annum rate listed above, payable semi-annually in arrears on April and October of each year, with the first interest payment to be made on October , 2024.
Each series of the fixed-to-fixed reset rate notes will bear interest from (and including) the applicable Reset Date to (but excluding) the applicable maturity date at a fixed per annum rate equal to the applicable U.S. Treasury Rate (as defined below) as determined by the calculation agent on the applicable Reset Determination Date (as defined below), plus % on the 6-year notes and % on the 11-year notes, respectively, payable semi-annually in arrears on April and October immediately following the applicable Reset Date.
We may at our option and in our sole discretion redeem a series of Notes in whole, but not in part, on the date that is one year prior to the maturity date of such series of Notes at 100% of their principal amount plus any accrued and unpaid interest to (but excluding) the date of redemption, subject to certain conditions. See “Description of the Notes—Optional Redemption” in this prospectus supplement. In addition, we may at our option redeem a series of Notes in whole, but not in part, at 100% of their principal amount plus any accrued and unpaid interest to (but excluding) the date of redemption upon the occurrence of certain tax events, subject to certain conditions. See “Description of Senior Debt Securities—Optional Redemption and Repurchases—Optional Tax Redemption” in the accompanying prospectus.
The Notes are intended to qualify as external total loss-absorbing capacity, or External TLAC, debt under the Japanese TLAC Standard (as defined in the accompanying prospectus). The Notes will be our senior unsecured obligations but will be structurally subordinated to the liabilities of MUFG’ s subsidiaries. See “Risk Factors—Risks Related to the Debt Securities” and “Description of Senior Debt Securities” in the accompanying prospectus.
We have made an application to the Luxembourg Stock Exchange to list the Notes on the official list of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange and for the Notes to be admitted to trading on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange’s Euro MTF Market. The Luxembourg Stock Exchange’s Euro MTF Market is not a regulated market for the purposes of Directive 2014/65/EU. This prospectus supplement with the accompanying prospectus constitutes the listing prospectus for purposes of Part IV of the Luxembourg law on prospectuses for securities dated July 16, 2019. This prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus do not constitute a prospectus for the purposes of Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 (the “Prospectus Regulation”) or the Prospectus Regulation as it forms part of domestic law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (the “UK Prospectus Regulation”).
MUFG Securities Americas Inc. and other broker-dealers may use this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus in connection with market-making transactions in the Notes after their initial sale.
Investing in the Notes involves risks. See “Risk Factors” beginning on page SP-1 of this prospectus supplement and page 7 of the accompanying prospectus and as incorporated by reference herein from our most recent annual report on Form 20-F.
Neither the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC, nor any state securities regulators has approved or disapproved of these securities or determined if this prospectus supplement or the accompanying prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
These securities are not deposits or savings accounts. These securities are not insured by the U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, or the FDIC, the Deposit Insurance Corporation of Japan, or the Deposit Insurance Corporation, or any other governmental agency or instrumentality in the United States, Japan or any other jurisdiction.
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| | Price to Public(1) | | | Underwriting Discounts and Commissions(2) | | | Proceeds to us (before expenses)(1) | |
Per 6-year Note due 2030 | | | | % | | | | % | | | | % |
Total 6-year Notes due 2030 | | $ | | | | $ | | | | $ | | |
Per 11-year Note due 2035 | | | | % | | | | % | | | | % |
Total 11-year Notes due 2035 | | $ | | | | $ | | | | $ | | |
(1) | Plus accrued interest, if any, after April , 2024. |
(2) | For additional underwriting compensation information, see “Underwriting (Conflicts of Interest).” |
The Notes are expected to be delivered to purchasers in book-entry form only through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company, or DTC, for the accounts of its participants, including Euroclear Bank SA/NV, or Euroclear, and Clearstream Banking S.A., or Clearstream, Luxembourg, on or about April , 2024.
Joint Lead Managers and Joint Bookrunners
The date of this prospectus supplement is April , 2024