Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. (MUFG), one of the world’s leading financial groups, today announced it earned two prestigious honors for its efforts in project finance, the latest recognition for the bank’s highly decorated team.

As part of Power Finance & Risk’s annual awards ceremony, MUFG was cited as 2015’s top “Power Project Finance Lender” and the year’s best “Conventional Generation Project Finance Lender.”

Earlier this year, MUFG’s Project Finance group was named “Global Bank of the Year” for 2015 by Project Finance International Magazine, which also handed the bank 12 “Deal of the Year” honors; IJ Global selected MUFG as 2015’s “Americas Bank of the Year” in addition to recognizing it for nine “Deal of the Year” awards.

“We are extremely grateful to Power Finance & Risk for recognizing the extraordinary work and accomplishments of our Project Finance team,” said Jon Lindenberg, MUFG’s Head of Project Finance for the Americas. “I truly believe these impressive awards will serve as an impetus for MUFG to continue seeking the best and most innovative financing solutions for our valued clients in the years to come.”

About MUFG Americas Holdings Corporation

Headquartered in New York, MUFG Americas Holdings Corporation is a financial holding company and bank holding company with total assets of $120.9 billion at March 31, 2016. Its principal subsidiary, MUFG Union Bank, N.A., provides an array of financial services to individuals, small businesses, middle-market companies, and major corporations. As of March 31, 2016, MUFG Union Bank, N.A. operated 370 branches, comprised primarily of retail banking branches in the West Coast states, along with commercial branches in Texas, Illinois, New York and Georgia, as well as two international offices. MUFG Americas Holdings Corporation is a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc., one of the world’s leading financial groups. Visit www.unionbank.com or www.mufgamericas.com for more information.

About MUFG (Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.)

MUFG (Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.) is one of the world’s leading financial groups, with total assets of approximately ¥298.3 trillion (JPY) or $2.6 trillion (USD)¹, as of March 31, 2016. Headquartered in Tokyo and with approximately 350 years of history, MUFG is a global network with about 1,200 offices in nearly 50 countries. The Group has over 140,000 employees and about 300 entities, offering services including commercial banking, trust banking, securities, credit cards, consumer finance, asset management, and leasing. The Group’s operating companies include Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation (Japan’s leading trust bank), and Mitsubishi UFJ Securities Holdings Co., Ltd., one of Japan’s largest securities firms. Through close partnerships among our operating companies, the Group aims to “be the world’s most trusted financial group”, flexibly responding to all of the financial needs or our customers, serving society , and fostering shared and sustainable growth for a better world. MUFG’s shares trade on the Tokyo, Nagoya, and New York (NYSE: MTU) stock exchanges. Visit www.mufg.jp/english/index.html.

1 Exchange rate of 1 USD=¥112.68 (JPY) as of March 31, 2016