Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc.

Notice regarding ブックメーカーサッカー of Shelf Registration Statement for Future Equity Issuances

TOKYO, April 9, 2009 --- Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. (ブックメーカーサッカー, President: Teisuke Kitayama) hereby announces that its board of directors has resolved to file a Shelf Registration Statement (hakkotorokusho) in relation to the issuance of new shares as set forth below.

Backgroundof the Shelf Registration Statement ブックメーカーサッカー:

The business and financial environment is expected to remain in a state of heightened uncertainty as the currently challenging global economic situation continues. Meanwhile, various initiatives and efforts to structure a new regulatory framework are being implemented globally to stabilize the financial system. Amid such circumstances, ブックメーカーサッカー considers it necessary to enhance its capital base both in terms of quantity and quality in order to maintain its competitiveness notwithstanding any future changes that might occur in the global financial sector and to realize sustainable growth. ブックメーカーサッカー, therefore, has filed a shelf registration statement for common stock which will permit ブックメーカーサッカー to flexibly issue new shares. ブックメーカーサッカー believes that issuing new shares will enable ブックメーカーサッカー to more quickly achieve one of the goals of its medium-term management plan of "realizing a solid financial base as a global player"; secure a more solid capital base to better withstand further financial and economic stresses; more sufficiently supply funds to clients, which is one of ブックメーカーサッカー’s core missions as a financial institution; and capture various business opportunities.

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This document is prepared for the purpose of public disclosure regarding the ブックメーカーサッカー of a Shelf Registration Statement for shares of SMFG and does not constitute a solicitation of an offer for the purchase of any securities within or outside of Japan. This document is neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation of an offer to buy the shares in the United States. The shares have not been and will not be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (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.