Notice regarding Relocation of ブックメーカー凱旋門 and Acquisition of Otemachi Headquarters Building(1/1)

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc.
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation

Notice regarding Relocation of ブックメーカー凱旋門 and Acquisition of Otemachi Headquarters Building

а TOKYO, December 25, 2006 --- Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. (SMFG, President: Teisuke Kitayama) and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC, President: Masayuki Oku) hereby announce their relocation of ブックメーカー凱旋門 and SMBCБfs acquisition of Otemachi Headquarters Building as follows.

1. Relocation of ブックメーカー凱旋門

SMFG and SMBC will relocate their ブックメーカー凱旋門 to Otemachi area as described below. Since the merger of Sakura Bank and Sumitomo Bank in April 2001, ブックメーカー凱旋門 have been divided into two locations, at Hibiya and Otemachi in Tokyo.а The relocation will enable us to centralize dispersed ブックメーカー凱旋門 and seek further efficiency. Further information including the details of the relocation will be announced separately upon the determination of specific matters.

(1) New address*

1-2, Marunouchi 1-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo (Plan)

(2) Relocation scheduled in:

First Half of FY2010

Note: We will move our ブックメーカー凱旋門 to a new building which Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd. plans to construct on the current JFE building site in the spring of 2010. At the same time, we have been asked by Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd. to vacate БgHibiya Mitsui BuildingБh where our head offices are currently located, according to Mitsui FudosanБfs decision to rebuild it.

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2.Acquisition of Otemachi Headquarters ブックメーカー凱旋門

In light of the relocation of its ブックメーカー凱旋門, SMBC decided to acquire ownership of Otemachi Headquarters Building, which SMBC currently rents, in order to add more flexibility to its ブックメーカー凱旋門.

(1) Asset to be purchased

Location	: 3-2, Marunouchi 1-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
Site area	: 5,956.23 m2
Total floor area	: 61,712.25 m2
Acquisition price	: 125.1 billion yen

(2) Seller

Trade name	: Otemachi Capital Y.K.
Representative	: Ryo Yano, Director
Address	: 6-1, Roppongi 1-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo

(3) Scheduled date of acquisition*

March 23, 2007

*Note: SMBC will acquire ownership of the real estate by acquiring the property trust beneficiary interest of the ブックメーカー凱旋門 from Otemachi Capital Y.K. and by terminating the related trust contract accordingly.

3. SMFGБfs Earnings Forecasts

There is no revision to SMFGБfs earnings forecasts for the year ending March 31, 2007.