Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.
(4) Notes on Going-Concern Assumption
None.
(5) Additional Information
(Information relevant to an understanding by readers of the consolidated financial statements regarding the calculation of 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, Determination of
internal credit ratings for some 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 additional expected losses that are not reflected in such loss rates calculated based on historical loss experience and other factors, especially in light of the
Russia-Ukraine situation. The amount of impact of these adjustments was ¥63,094 million as of September 30, 2023 (¥69,569 million as of March 31, 2023).
Given that actual loss information after the expansion of COVID-19 has been accumulated
and the impact of COVID-19 is reflected in the loss rates calculated based on historical loss experience, starting in the current semi-annual reporting period, no adjustment are made based on future
projections that take into account the rate of increase in the credit loss rate or the default probability in a recent period.
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, some 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 factors with respect to which objective data are not readily available such as changes in the economic environment, commodity prices, monetary policy and geopolitical situation
in each country.
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