Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.
(3) Notes on Going-Concern Assumption
None.
(4) Notes for
Material Changes in Shareholders Equity
None.
(5) Additional Information
(Estimated impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine situation relating to allowance for
credit losses)
The process of calculating allowance for credit losses in our principal consolidated domestic banking
subsidiaries involves various estimates such as determination of counterparty credit ratings which are based on evaluation and classification of counterparties debt-service capacity, assessment of the value of collateral provided by borrowers,
and adjustments for future loss projections and other factors to the loss rates calculated based on historical credit loss experience.
Among these, internal credit ratings are assigned to counterparties based on qualitative factors such as the current and
expected future business environment of the industry to which they belong as well as their management and funding risks in addition to quantitative financial evaluations through an analysis of their financial results. In particular, the uncertain
business environment caused by such factors as the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic and Russia-Ukraine situation has had a significant impact on the financial position and operating results of certain
counterparties. Determination of internal credit ratings for these counterparties may be highly dependent on our assessment of the prospects of improvements in their operating results and their ability to continue as going concerns.
When calculating allowance for credit losses, MUFG Bank, Ltd., our principal consolidated domestic banking subsidiary,
determines expected loss rates primarily by calculating a rate of loss based on a historical average of the credit loss rate or a historical average of the default probability derived from actual credit loss experience or actual bankruptcy
experience and making necessary adjustments based on future projections and other factors. The subsidiary makes such adjustments based on future loss projections and other factors to loss rates calculated based on historical loss experience, when
and to the extent such adjustments are deemed appropriate, by taking into account the rate of increase in the credit loss rate or the default probability in a more recent period, additional expected losses and other factors, especially in light of
the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine situation. The amount of impact of these adjustments was ¥64,269 million as of June 30, 2023 (¥69,569 million as of March 31, 2023).
In addition, certain overseas subsidiaries which apply Generally Accepted Accounting Principles in the United States
(U.S. GAAP) have adopted Accounting Standards Codification Topic 326, Financial InstrumentsCredit losses, provide for allowance for credit losses by estimating credit losses currently expected for the remaining
term of the relevant contracts. Expected credit losses are calculated using a quantitative model that reflects economic forecast scenarios based on macroeconomic variables. The calculation process includes determination of macroeconomic variables
used in multiple economic forecast scenarios and the weightings applied to each economic forecast scenario. Expected credit losses are adjusted for qualitative factors to compensate for expected credit losses that are not reflected in a quantitative
model.
Significant assumptions used in our calculation of allowance for credit losses, including those described above,
are subject to uncertainty. In particular, certain counterparties prospects of improvements in their operating results and expectations as to their ability to continue as going concerns, and adjustments to the rate of loss calculated based on
actual experience for future projections and other factors, as well as determination of the macroeconomic variables used in, and the weightings applied to, multiple economic forecast scenarios, and adjustments thereto for qualitative factors, by
certain subsidiaries which apply U.S. GAAP, are based on estimation relating to the economic environment with respect to which objective data are not readily available.
The outlook relating to the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine situation, which
are expected to further impact our counterparties operating environment and the economic environment, remains subject to significant uncertainty. Accordingly, we make certain assumptions, including that,
COVID-19 restrictions on economic activity will be eased globally and normalization of economic activity will further progress, and that the uncertainty in the business environment caused by the Russia-Ukraine
situation will remain. The recorded allowance for credit losses represents our best estimation made in a manner designed to ensure objectivity and rationality.
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