Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc.

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation

Relocation of Head Office

Tokyo, October 1, 2010---Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. (SMFG, President: Teisuke Kitayama) and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC, President: Masayuki Oku) announced that they will relocate their headquarters functions  currently operated in the Head Office (1-2, Yurakucho 1-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo), Otemachi Headquarters Building (3-2, Marunouchi 1-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo) and Tokyo Takarazuka Building (1-3, Yurakucho 1-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo) to as described below.

The concentration of the headquarters operations to the Otemachi district, which are currently being conducted in both Hibiya and Otemachi districts, will enable SMFG and SMBC to manage businesses more efficiently.

1.        New Address　 　     1-2 Marunouchi 1-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0005,

Japan (Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation Head Office Building)

* Some departments will be relocated to Otemachi 1-chome Mitsui Building (2-3 Otemachi 1-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan)

2.        Telephone

                        SMFG                         +81-3-3282-8111

SMBC             +81-3-3282-1111

3.        Scheduled Date           Monday, October 18^th, 2010