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( BW)(SUMITOMO-MITSUI-BNKG)(SBK) Directorate Change

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    UK REGULATORY NEWS

    TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 28, 2003--

Change of Representative Directors

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. announced today the change
of representative directors as follows:

Masayuki Oku (Senior Managing Director, Representative) will
resign on June 27, 2003. He will be appointed as Deputy President
(Representative) of Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation on June
27, 2003.

Koji Ishida (Managing Director) of Sumitomo Mitsui Banking
Corporation will resign on May 26, 2003. He will be appointed as
Managing Director (Representative) of Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group,
Inc. on June 27, 2003.

   Short Name: Sumitomo Mitsui Bnkg
   Category Code: BOA
   Sequence Number: 00005207
   Time of Receipt (offset from UTC): 20030527T152511+0100

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    CONTACT: Sumitomo Mitsui Bnkg

    KEYWORD: UNITED KINGDOM JAPAN INTERNATIONAL EUROPE ASIA PACIFIC
    INDUSTRY KEYWORD: BANKING
    SOURCE: Sumitomo Mitsui Bnkg

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