Settlement with Tokyo Metropolitan Government
08 October 2003 - 6:53PM
UK Regulatory
Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group Inc
Settlement Reached with Tokyo Metropolitan Government
Regarding Large Bank Tax Lawsuits
Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group, Inc. (MTFG; President: Shigemitsu Miki) today
announced that its subsidiaries The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, Ltd. (BTM) and
Mitsubishi Trust and Banking Corporation (MTBC) had today at the Supreme Court
made settlement-at-court ("soshoujou-no-wakai") with the Tokyo Metropolitan
Government and the Tokyo Governor and withdrawn their complaints regarding the
Tokyo Metropolitan Government's tax on large banks.
As announced on October 2, 2003, due to this settlement BTM and MTBC expect to
record special gains of approximately 32.1 billion Japanese yen and
approximately 9.8 billion Japanese yen respectively in their consolidated
financial statements for the six months ended September 30, 2003.
This event is not expected to have any material effect on MTFG's business
forecast for the current fiscal year announced on September 30, 2003.
For further information please contact:
Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group, Inc.
Mr. Kohei Tsushima
General Manager
Corporate Communications Office
Tel. 81-3-3240-8149
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