Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc.

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Announces

Revision of Earnings and Dividends Forecasts of

a Consolidated Subsidiary (The Minato Bank, Limited)

TOKYO, April 4, 2008 --- Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. (“SMFG”) hereby announces that The Minato Bank, Limited, a consolidated subsidiary of SMFG, has revised its earnings and dividends forecasts published on November 14, 2007 (see Appendix).