ブックメーカー日本違法(1/1)

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc.

ブックメーカー日本違法

TOKYO, October 17, 2006 --- Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. (SMFG, President: Teisuke Kitayama) hereby announces that it acquired its own ブックメーカー日本違法 as follows according to the plan described in its announcement yesterday (October 16, 2006).

1. Type of ブックメーカー日本違法 acquired	: Common ブックメーカー日本違法
2. Number of shares acquired	: 60,466 shares
3. Acquisition price	: JPY 1,270,000 per share
4. Total amount of acquisition price	: JPY 76,791,820,000
5. Method of acquisition	: Acquisition through ToSTNet-2 (closing price orders), operated by Tokyo ブックメーカー日本違法 Exchange, Inc.

(Reference) Summary of the resolution regarding establishment of the limit for acquiring SMFG’s own ブックメーカー日本違法 and other agenda at the meeting of the board of directors held on October 13, 2006

(a) Acquisition of SMFG’s own ブックメーカー日本違法 in accordance with the resolution at the annual general shareholders’ meeting held on June 29, 2006

- Type of ブックメーカー日本違法 to be acquired	: Common ブックメーカー日本違法
- Number of shares to be acquired	: 60,466 shares (Upper limit)
- Amount of cash to be tendered in exchange for the acquired ブックメーカー日本違法	: JPY 79,639,200,000 (Upper limit)
- Acquisition period	: From October 16, 2006 to December 29, 2006

(b) The limit for acquiring SMFG’s own ブックメーカー日本違法 established pursuant to Article 8 of the Articles of Incorporation

- Type of ブックメーカー日本違法 to be acquired	: Common ブックメーカー日本違法
- Number of shares to be acquired	: 6,700 shares (Upper limit)
- Amount of cash to be tendered in exchange for the acquired shares	: JPY 10,000,000,000 (Upper limit)
- Acquisition period	: From October 16, 2006 to December 29, 2006

It follows from the board resolutions described in (a) and (b) above that an aggregate upper limit on the number of shares to be acquired is 67,166 shares and an aggregate upper limit on the amount of cash to be tendered in exchange for the acquired ブックメーカー日本違法 is JPY 89,639,200,000.

This “ブックメーカー日本違法” 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.