Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Announces

Revision of Earnings Forecasts of

a Consolidated Subsidiary (The Minato Bank, Limited)

 

 

TOKYO, October 26, 2009 --- Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. (SMFG) hereby announces that THE MINATO BANK, LTD, a consolidated subsidiary of SMFG, has revised its earnings forecast announced on May 14, 2009 (see Appendix).