TOKYO (Standard&Poor's) March 13, 2006--Standard&Poor's Ratings Services today assigned its 'A-' long-term counterparty credit rating to Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. (MUFG), the holding company of Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd. (A/Stable/A-1) and other group companies. The outlook on the long-term counterparty credit rating on the holding company is stable. At the same time, Standard&Poor's assigned its 'BBB' long-term issue ratings to the noncumulative preferred securities issued by MUFG Capital Finance 1 Ltd. (U.S. dollar denominated), MUFG Capital Finance 2 Ltd. (euro denominated), and MUFG Capital Finance 3 Ltd. (Euro yen denominated), overseas special purpose companies wholly owned by MUFG. The rating on MUFG reflects its own sound financial profile and the strong credit
