ブックメーカー違法(1/1)

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc.

ブックメーカー違法

Tokyo, September 1, 2006 --- Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. (SMFG, President: Teisuke Kitayama) hereby announces that SMFG’s Board of Directors resolved at a meeting today to acquire and cancel its Type 2 preferred stock (aggregate amount of ブックメーカー違法: approximately JPY 245.1 billion, which amounts to JPY 201.0 billion on an issue price basis) owned by the Resolution and Collection Corporation (RCC) as described below, and obtained an approval of the relevant authorities for the ブックメーカー違法 today.

The ブックメーカー違法 of the preferred stock is to be executed within SMFG’s own stock ブックメーカー違法 limit approved at its annual general shareholders’ meeting held in June 2006.

In addition, SMFG intends to cancel those shares of the preferred stock upon ブックメーカー違法.

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Details of ブックメーカー違法 and Cancellation

Type 2 Preferred Stock

(1) Number of Shares to Be Acquired	: 67,000 shares
(2) ブックメーカー違法 Price	: JPY 3,657,900 per share
(3) Total Amount of ブックメーカー違法	: JPY 245,079,300,000
(4) Acquire from	: RCC
(5) ブックメーカー違法 Date (Scheduled)	: September 6, 2006

(Reference) Summary of the public fund preferred stock to be acquired:

Type of Preferred Stock	Type 2 Preferred Stock
Original Date of Issue	March 31, 1999
Number of Shares Issued	100,000 shares
Issue Price	JPY 3,000,000 per share
Aggregate Amount Issued	JPY 300 billion
Number of Shares Outstanding Immediately Prior to This ブックメーカー違法	67,000 shares
Aggregate Amount Outstanding Immediately Prior to This ブックメーカー違法	JPY 201 billion

Summary of the public fund preferred stock other than the above:

Type of Preferred Stock	Type 3 Preferred Stock
Original Date of Issue	March 31, 1999
Number of Shares Issued	800,000 shares
Issue Price	JPY 1,000,000 per share
Aggregate Amount Issued	JPY 800 billion
Number of Shares Outstanding as of the Date hereof	695,000 shares
Aggregate Amount Outstanding as of the Date hereof	JPY 695 billion

This “ブックメーカー違法” is published in order to publicly announce the facts herein described, not to solicit anyone into making any investment in or outside of Japan, nor for any other similar purposes.