Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc.

 

 

 

Notice regarding Change of Subsidiaries

 

TOKYO, December 11, 2008 --- Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. (SMFG, President: Teisuke Kitayama) hereby announces that (i) SMFG Preferred Capital JPY 2 Limited, established by SMFG as a special purpose subsidiary for the purpose of the issuance of non-dilutive non-cumulative perpetual preferred ブックメーカー違法 as announced in the “Notice regarding Establishment of Overseas Special Purpose Subsidiary and Issuance of Non-Dilutive Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred ブックメーカー違法” dated November 19, 2008, and (ii) SMBC Preferred Capital JPY 2 Limited, established by Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC, President: Masayuki Oku), a consolidated subsidiary of SMFG, as a special purpose subsidiary for the purpose of the issuance of non-dilutive non-cumulative perpetual preferred ブックメーカー違法, will increase their stated capital. As a result, each of SMFG Preferred Capital JPY 2 Limited and SMBC Preferred Capital JPY 2 Limited will become a specified subsidiary (tokutei kogaisha) of ブックメーカー違法.

The proportion of voting rights of each special purpose subsidiary held directly or indirectly by SMFG against their respective total number of voting rights will not change because the non-dilutive non-cumulative perpetual preferred ブックメーカー違法 to be issued by each special purpose subsidiary are non-voting ブックメーカー違法.

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1.      Reason for Change

SMFG and SMBC each holds all of the ordinary shares of its respective special purpose subsidiary mentioned above. Due to the payment for the non-dilutive non-cumulative perpetual preferred ブックメーカー違法, scheduled on December 18, 2008, and the payment for the ordinary shares of SMBC Preferred Capital JPY 2 Limited to be issued to SMBC, scheduled on the same date, the amount of stated capital of each SMFG Preferred Capital JPY 2 Limited and SMBC Preferred Capital JPY 2 Limited will increase and is expected to exceed 10% of the amount of the stated capital of SMFG. Therefore, both of these special purpose subsidiaries will become specified subsidiaries (tokutei kogaisya) of ブックメーカー違法.

 

Disclaimer:

This document is prepared for the purpose of public disclosure about change of subsidiary of SMFG and does not constitute a solicitation of an offer for purchase of any ブックメーカー違法 in and outside of Japan. This document is not an offer to sell or a solicitation of any offer to buy the Preferred ブックメーカー違法 in the United States. The Preferred ブックメーカー違法 set forth above have not been and will not be registered under the United States ブックメーカー違法 Act of 1933 (the “Act”) and may not be offered or sold in the United States without registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements under the Act.

 

2.   Profile of Subsidiaries

(1) Special purpose subsidiary established by ブックメーカー違法

Name	ブックメーカー違法 Preferred Capital JPY 2 Limited
Location	PO Box 309, Ugland House, Grand Cayman, KY1-1104, Cayman Islands
Date of change	December 18, 2008
Details of business	Issuance of non-dilutive non-cumulative perpetual preferred ブックメーカー違法, etc.
Closing date of fiscal year	January 24
Number of directors and employees	Seven directors, no employees
Stated capital	JPY 538,200,000,001
Total outstanding ordinary share and preferred ブックメーカー違法 (Issue price per share / security)	1 ordinary share (JPY 1 per share) 5,382 preferred ブックメーカー違法 (JPY 100,000,000 per security)
Shareholders	Ordinary share:          100% owned by ブックメーカー違法 Preferred ブックメーカー違法: 100% owned by entities other than ブックメーカー違法

 

(2) Special purpose subsidiary established by SMBC

Name	SMBC Preferred Capital JPY 2 Limited
Location	PO Box 309, Ugland House, Grand Cayman, KY1-1104, Cayman Islands
Date of change	December 18, 2008
Details of business	Issuance of non-dilutive non-cumulative perpetual preferred ブックメーカー違法, etc.
Closing date of fiscal year	January 24
Number of directors and employees	Three directors, no employees
Stated capital	JPY 544,000,000,000
Total outstanding ordinary shares and preferred ブックメーカー違法 (Issue price per share / security)	5,800,000,000 ordinary shares (JPY 1 per share) 5,382 preferred ブックメーカー違法 (JPY 100,000,000 per security)
Shareholders	Ordinary shares:           100% owned by SMBC Preferred ブックメーカー違法:     100% owned by ブックメーカー違法 Preferred Capital JPY 2 Limited

 

Disclaimer:

This document is prepared for the purpose of public disclosure about change of subsidiary of SMFG and does not constitute a solicitation of an offer for purchase of any ブックメーカー違法 in and outside of Japan. This document is not an offer to sell or a solicitation of any offer to buy the Preferred ブックメーカー違法 in the United States. The Preferred ブックメーカー違法 set forth above have not been and will not be registered under the United States ブックメーカー違法 Act of 1933 (the “Act”) and may not be offered or sold in the United States without registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements under the Act.