UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 6-K
Report of Foreign Private Issuer
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 under
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the month of May 2017
Commission File No. 000-54189
MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.
(Translation of registrant’s name into English)
7-1, Marunouchi 2-chome, Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo 100-8330, Japan
(Address of principal executive office)
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Date: May 15, 2017
| Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. | ||
| By: | /s/ Yasuo Matsumoto | |
| Name: | Yasuo Matsumoto | |
| Title: | Chief Manager, Documentation & Corporate Secretary Department, Corporate Administration Division | |
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.
Dividends for the Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2017
and Annual Dividend Forecast for the Fiscal Year Ending March 31, 2018
Tokyo, May 15, 2017 — Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. (MUFG) hereby announces that its Board of Directors today resolved to pay the year-end dividends as stated below. The record date thereof is March 31, 2017.
MUFG will submit the proposal therefor at the General Meeting of Shareholders to be held on June 29, 2017.
The annual dividend forecast for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2018 is also stated below.
| 1. | Dividends for the Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2017 |
| (1) | Description of Dividends |
| Determined amount | Most recent dividend forecast (announced on February 3, 2017) |
Actual results for previous fiscal year (ended March 31, 2016) | ||||
| Record date |
March 31, 2017 | March 31, 2017 | March 31, 2016 | |||
| Dividends per share |
¥9 | ¥9 | ¥9 | |||
| Total amount of dividends |
¥121,160 million | — | ¥124,116 million | |||
| Effective date |
June 30, 2017 | — | June 29, 2016 | |||
| Resource of the dividends |
Retained earnings | — | Retained earnings |
| (2) | Reasons |
MUFG considers the return of earnings to shareholders to be one of the most important management priorities and makes it a basic policy to aim for a stable and continuous increase in dividends per share through growth in profits. After comprehensive consideration of its business performance and other factors, MUFG decided to pay ¥9 per share as the year-end dividend.
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| 2. | Annual Dividend Forecast for the Fiscal Year Ending March 31, 2018 |
| Dividends per share (¥) | ||||||
| Record Date |
Interim dividends | Year-end dividends |
Annual dividends | |||
| Dividend forecast (Fiscal year ending March 31, 2018) |
¥9 | ¥9 | ¥18 | |||
(Reference)
| Dividends per share (¥) | ||||||
| Record Date |
Interim dividends | Year-end dividends |
Annual dividends | |||
| Actual result for fiscal year ended March 31, 2017 |
¥9 | ¥9* | ¥18* | |||
| Actual result for fiscal year ended March 31, 2016 |
¥9 | ¥9 | ¥18 | |||
| * | The year-end dividend for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2017 (¥9) is based on the assumption that it will be approved at the General Meeting of Shareholders to be held on June 29, 2017 |
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Contact:
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group
Corporate Communications Division
Media Relations Office
81-3-3240-7651
This press release contains forward-looking statements regarding estimates, forecasts, etc. in relation to the results of operations, financial conditions and other general management of MUFG and/or the group as a whole (the “forward-looking statements”). The forward-looking statements are made based upon, among other things, MUFG’s current estimates, perceptions and evaluations. In addition, in order for MUFG to adopt such estimates, forecasts, etc. regarding future events, certain assumptions have been made. Accordingly, the statements and assumptions are inherently not guarantees of future performance and may result in inaccuracy from an objective point of view and in material differences from actual results. There exist a number of factors that might lead to uncertainties and risks. For the main matters that may be currently forecast, please see the most recent Financial Highlights, the Annual Securities Report, Disclosure Book, and Annual Report, and other disclosures that MUFG has announced.
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