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 October 16, 2023
PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT
(To prospectus dated August 4, 2023)
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.
$ % Fixed Rate Resetting Perpetual Subordinated Debt Securities
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc., or MUFG or the Company, expects to issue $ aggregate principal amount of % Fixed Rate Resetting Perpetual Subordinated Debt Securities, or the Securities, pursuant to a perpetual subordinated indenture, to be entered into on or about , 2023, or the Indenture.
The Securities will bear interest from (and including) October , 2023 to (but excluding) January 15, 2029 at the fixed per annum rate set forth above, payable semi-annually in arrears on January 15 and July 15 of each year, with the first interest payment to be made on January 15, 2024 (short first coupon). The rate of interest on the Securities will be reset on January 15, 2029 and each fifth year anniversary thereafter, each a Reset Date, to a fixed per annum rate equal to the U.S. Treasury Rate (as defined below) as determined by the calculation agent on the applicable Reset Determination Date (as defined below), plus %, payable semi-annually in arrears on January 15 and July 15 of each year.
Under the terms of the Securities, we are permitted in our sole discretion to, and in certain circumstances will be required to, cancel payments of interest on the Securities. Cancelled interest will not accumulate or be due on any subsequent date, and non-payment of such interest will not constitute a default by us.
The Securities are perpetual and have no fixed maturity or fixed redemption date. You do not have the right to call for redemption, or accelerate the payment of principal, of the Securities.
The Securities will be written down in full or in part upon the occurrence of a Capital Ratio Event, a Non-Viability Event or a Bankruptcy Event (each as defined in the accompanying prospectus).
We may at our option and in our sole discretion redeem the Securities in whole, but not in part, on each Reset Date at 100% of their principal amount plus any accrued and unpaid interest to (but excluding) the date fixed for redemption, if and to the extent not cancelled, subject to certain conditions. In addition, we may at our option redeem the Securities in whole, but not in part, upon the occurrence of certain tax or regulatory events at 100% of their principal amount plus any accrued and unpaid interest to (but excluding) the date fixed for redemption, if and to the extent not cancelled, subject to certain conditions.
The Securities are intended to qualify as our Additional Tier 1 Capital (as defined in the accompanying prospectus) and as external total loss-absorbing capacity, or External TLAC, debt under the applicable Japanese laws and regulations. The Securities constitute the Company’s direct and unsecured obligations that are conditional and, in the event of the Company’s liquidation, will be subordinated to all of the Company’s existing and future obligations other than liabilities under the Securities and the Company’s liabilities that rank effectively pari passu with or subordinate to the Securities as to liquidation distributions, will rank pari passu with the Company’s liabilities that rank effectively pari passu with the Securities as to liquidation distributions, and will rank senior in priority only to any payments to holders of the Company’s common shares, subject to a principal write-down. The Securities will be structurally subordinated to the liabilities of the Company’s subsidiaries.
We have made an application to the Luxembourg Stock Exchange to list the Securities on the official list of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange and for the Securities 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 Securities after their initial sale.
Investing in the Securities involves risks. See “Risk Factors” beginning on page SP-1 of this prospectus supplement and on 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 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) | |
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Total | | $ | | | | $ | | | | $ | | |
(1) | Plus accrued interest, if any, after October , 2023. |
(2) | For additional underwriting compensation information, see “Underwriting (Conflicts of Interest).” |
The Securities 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 October , 2023.
Joint Lead Managers and Joint Bookrunners
J.P. Morgan
The date of this prospectus supplement is October , 2023