Notice regarding Reset of Price for Exercising the Right to Request Acquisition of Type 3 Preferred Stock(1/1)

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc.

Notice regarding Reset of Price for Exercising the Right to Request Acquisition of Type 3 Preferred Stock

TOKYO, September 8, 2006 --- Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. (SMFG, President: Teisuke Kitayama) hereby announces that the price for exercising the right to request acquisition (the “Acquisition Price”), formerly called the conversion price, with respect to its Type 3 Preferred Stock (the “Preferred Stock”) will be reset as described below in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Preferred Stock.

PARTICULARS

1.Acquisition Price after the Reset　JPY 1,273,000

(Acquisition Price before the Reset　JPY 826,900)

2.Effective Date　October 1, 2006

This “Notice regarding Reset of Price for Exercising the Right to Request Acquisition of Type 3 Preferred Stock” 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.