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. 333-229697
SUBJECT TO COMPLETION DATED FEBRUARY 18, 2020
PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT
(To prospectus dated February 15, 2019)
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.
$ % Senior Notes due February , 2025
$ % Senior Notes due February , 2030
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc., or MUFG, expects to issue the above-listed senior notes, collectively the Notes, pursuant to a senior indenture, dated March 1, 2016, or the Indenture. 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.
Each of the fixed rate senior notes due February , 2025, or the 5-year fixed rate notes, and the fixed rate senior notes due February , 2030, or the 10-year fixed rate notes, will bear interest commencing February , 2020 at a per annum rate listed above, payable semi-annually in arrears on February and August of each year, with the first interest payment to be made on August , 2020.
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 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 below). The Notes will be our senior unsecured obligations and will rank senior to all of our existing and future subordinated debt, will rank equally in right of payment with all of our existing and future unsecured and unsubordinated debt (except for statutorily preferred exceptions) and will be effectively subordinated to any secured indebtedness we incur, to the extent of the value of the assets securing the same. See “Risk Factors—Risks Related to the Senior Debt Securities—The senior debt securities will be structurally subordinated to the liabilities of MUFG’s subsidiaries, including the Bank, the Trust Bank, the Securities HD and MUMSS.” and other risk factors in the same section included in this prospectus supplement, and other risk factors 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 prospectus for securities dated July 16, 2019. This prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus may be used only for the purposes for which it has been published, and does not constitute a prospectus for the purposes of the Prospectus Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 (the “Prospectus Regulation”).
Investing in the Notes involves risks. See “Risk Factors” beginning on page SP-1 of this prospectus supplement and page 5 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, or any other governmental agency or instrumentality.
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| | Price to Public(1) | | | Underwriting Discounts and Commissions(2) | | | Proceeds to us (before expenses)(1) | |
Per Fixed Rate Note due 2025 | | | | % | | | | % | | | | % |
Total Fixed Rate Notes due 2025 | | $ | | | | $ | | | | $ | | |
Per Fixed Rate Note due 2030 | | | | % | | | | % | | | | % |
Total Fixed Rate Notes due 2030 | | $ | | | | $ | | | | $ | | |
(1) | Plus accrued interest, if any, after February , 2020. |
(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 February , 2020.
Joint Lead Managers and Joint Bookrunners
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MORGAN STANLEY | | | | MUFG |
J.P.Morgan (5-year notes) | | | | BofA Securities (10-year notes) |
The date of this prospectus supplement is February , 2020