Simpson Thacher’s Tokyo office recently represented the managers, led by Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (USA), Inc. and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated in an offering of $1 billion 2.35% Senior Notes due 2017 of The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd (“BTMU”). The offering was conducted pursuant to Rule 144A and Regulation S. The bonds are listed on the Singapore Stock Exchange.

BTMU, the major operating subsidiary of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc., is one of the world’s largest commercial banks, with ¥169 trillion in consolidated total assets as of September 30, 2011.

The Simpson Thacher team that worked on the transaction included Takahiro Saito and Tadashi Okamoto (Corporate), Robert Holo and Beatrice Larkin (Tax), and Andrew Pagliughi (Blue Sky).

Lawyers:

• Robert E. Holo

• Beatrice N. Larkin

• Tadashi Okamoto

• Andrew J. Pagliughi

• Takahiro Saito

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