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( BW)(SUMITOMO-MITSUI-BNKG)(SBK) 1st Quarter Results

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

                Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG)

Financial information for the First Quarter ending June 30, 2003 (Unaudited)
                               
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. (SMFG) announces its subsidiary,
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC)'s quarterly financial
information for the First Quarter ended June 30, 2003.
                                                       
(Notes)            
1. All amounts in this press release are not audited.
                                                         
2. The amounts as of December 31, 2002 are prepared for the former
SMBC and the former Wakashio Bank on a combined basis.
  
                                           
1. Problem assets classified by the category under the Financial
Reconstruction Law
                                          
(SMBC, Non-consolidated)

                                                               (Reference)
                                           (Billions of yen)      (Billions of yen)
                                                        
                   As of June 30, 2003   As of Dec. 31, 2002     As of March 31, 2003
                  --------------------------------------------------------------------------             
                               
Bankrupt and quasi-
bankrupt assets           506.9                488.7                    524.9
                  --------------------------------------------------------------------------                                      
Doubtful assets         2,136.2              2,237.4                  2,129.5
                  --------------------------------------------------------------------------                                       
Substandard assets      2,605.8              2,627.9                  2,606.9
                  --------------------------------------------------------------------------                    
Total                   5,248.9              5,354.0                  5,261.3
                  --------------------------------------------------------------------------                 
                                         
(Notes)
                               
                               
1. Breakdown of problem assets as of June 30, 2003 and December 31,
2002 is reported in accordance with the categories specified under
Article 4 of Ordinance on Financial Reconstruction Law. The
calculation methods for the December-end and June-end amounts,
however, differ from those of the March-end and September-end amounts
in the following points. Consequently, there is no continuity.
                                                 
2. Amounts for June 30, 2003 are based on the balance of claims to
each borrower category(i) at the end of March 2003.
                                                     
Borrower categories are reviewed in accordance with the
self-assessment criteria, and claims to borrowers whose category has
changed during the period from March-end to June-end 2003 are
reclassified accordingly.
                                                  
Claims to large-scale borrowers are adjusted for write-offs, projected
amount of provisioning, collected amount, amount estimated to be
available after disposal of collateral, etc. at the end of June 2003.
Such adjustment is not made for claims to other borrowers.
                                                  
(a) Bankrupt and Quasi-bankrupt Assets and Doubtful Assets
                                                  
Claims to borrowers whose category is revised down are newly added to
Bankrupt and Quasi-bankrupt Assets or Doubtful Assets, and claims
hitherto classified as Doubtful Assets are reclassified as Bankrupt
and Quasi-bankrupt Assets.
                                
Claims to borrowers whose category is revised up are deducted from
Bankrupt and Quasi-bankrupt Assets or Doubtful Assets, and claims
hitherto classified as Bankrupt and Quasi-bankrupt Assets are added to
Doubtful Assets.
                                           
Of the claims newly classified as Bankrupt and Quasi-bankrupt Assets,
those recognized as being of no value are deducted as an equivalent
for direct write-offs.
                       
(b) Substandard Assets
                                         
New claims to Borrowers Requiring Caution classified as Substandard
Borrowers are added to Substandard Assets and the existing claims
reclassified as Bankrupt and Quasi-bankrupt Assets or Doubtful Assets
are deduced from Substandard Assets.
                                                        
(i) Relationship between the Financial Reconstruction Law categories
and self-assessment categories:
                                                 
Bankrupt and quasi-bankrupt assets (Claims to bankrupt or effectively
bankrupt borrowers)
                                                  
Doubtful assets (Claims to potentially bankrupt borrowers)
                                                    
Substandard assets (Claims to borrowers requiring caution, overdue
three months or relaxed the terms of lending)
                               
                                                            
2. Consolidated Capital Ratio (BIS Guidelines) (SMFG, Consolidated)
                                                                           (Reference)
                                             SMFG (Consolidated)          SMBC (Consolidated)
-----------------------------------------------------------------         ------------------------
                                            As of March 31, 2003           As of March 31, 2003
                                                (Estimated)                      (Actual)
------------------------------------------------------------------        ------------------------
SMFG's Consolidated Capital Ratio             Approximately 10%                   10.10%
SMFG's Consolidated Tier I Ratio             Approximately 5.5%                    5.50%
-----------------------------------------------------------------         ------------------------
(Notes) Above estimation may be revised should the business environment presumptions change.


3. Net Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Marketable Securities (SMBC, Non-consolidated)

                                                                    (Billions       (Reference)        (Billions
                                                                       of yen)                           of yen)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------    --------------------------------
                         As of June 30, 2003          As of Dec 31, 2002                 As of March 31, 2003
                    -----------------------------------------------------------    -------------------------------
                              Net Unrealized               Net Unrealized                     Net Unrealized 
                              Gains (Losses)               Gains (Losses)                      Gains (Losses)
                     Market       --------------   Market --------------            Market
                     Value        Gains Losses     Value           Gains  Losses    Value             Gains  Losses
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------   -------------------------------------
Other
Securities          22,154.0 112.8 369.7 256.9    17,102.0 (1,221.0)176.0 1,397.1  20,493.7  (17.9)   257.7    275.5
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------   -------------------------------------
  Stocks             2,815.6  72.9 257.7 184.7     3,317.6 (1,277.2) 88.9 1,366.1   2,916.5 (152.4)   105.3    257.6
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------   -------------------------------------
  Bonds             14,347.2   5.4  56.4  51.0    10,024.2     57.4  62.4     4.9  13,294.2  108.7    112.4      3.7
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------   -------------------------------------
  Other              4,991.1  34.5  55.6  21.1     3,760.1     (1.3) 24.7    26.1   4,283.1   25.8     40.0     14.2
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------   -------------------------------------

(Notes) 1. Net unrealized gains (losses) as of each term-end are the
differences between book value (before application of amortized cost
method and devaluation) and market value as of each term-end. Net
unrealized gains (losses) as of March 31, 2003 are the differnces
between acquisition cost (after application of amortized cost method
and devaluation) and market value as of March 31, 2003.
        
2. Market value is calculated as follows:
Stocks: Average market price for one month before the term-end      
Bonds and others: Market price as of the term-end
        
3. Amounts above include securities, negotiable certificates of
deposit bought, commercial paper and beneficiary claims on loan trusts
and others.
        
4. Net unrealized gains (losses) on held-to-maturity securities and
investments in subsidiaries and affiliates are as follows:

 (Reference) Net Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Held-to-Maturity Securities and Investments in Subsidiaries and Affiliates
                                                                                 
                                                                   (Billions of yen)            (Billions of yen)
-------------------------------------------------------   -------------------------------- -----------------------------
                                As of June 30, 2003             As of Dec. 31, 2002             As of March 31, 2003
                            ---------------------------   -------------------------------- -----------------------------
                                       Net Unrealized               Net Unrealized                  Net Unrealized 
                                       Gains (Losses)                Gains (Losses)                 Gains (Losses)
                              Book  -----------------     Book    
                             Value        Gains Losses    Value           Gains  Losses  Book Value       Gains  Losses
--------------------------------------------------------  ------------------------------- ------------------------------
Held-to-maturity securuties   534.6  (0.4)  3.4   3.7      293.3      3.5   3.5     0.0     285.8    3.8   3.9      0.1
--------------------------------------------------------  ------------------------------- ------------------------------
Investments in subsidiaries
 and affiliates                80.6 (13.8)  0.3  14.1      112.6    (21.7)  5.0    26.7      80.6  (20.4)  0.6     21.1
--------------------------------------------------------  ------------------------------- ------------------------------


4. Derivatives (SMBC, Non-consolidated)

(1) Interest Rate Derivatives
                                                                          (Billions of yen)     (Reference)    (Billions
                                                                                                                 of yen)
                                      As of June 30, 2003         As of December 30, 2002       As of March 31, 2003
                               ------------------------------- ------------------------------ --------------------------
                                Contract   Market   Net Gains  Contract   Market  Net Gains   Contract  Market Net Gains
                                 Amount     Value   (Losses)    Amount    Value   (Losses)     Amount   Value  (Losses)
                               ------------------------------- ------------------------------ --------------------------
Transactions listed on exchange
Interest rate futures           177,305.8      21.1     21.1    73,581.8      6.7       6.7  92,339.7    5.7      5.7
Interest rate options             2,587.3      (0.3)    (0.3)    2,355.5      0.1       0.1   1,831.7     (0)      (0)
Over-the-counter transactions
Forward rate agreements           4,515.0       0.2      0.2     7,878.5      0.0       0.0   5,843.0    0.2      0.2
Interest rate swaps             312,790.2     243.9    243.9   248,220.4    191.0     191.0 258,232.0  219.3    219.3
Other                             6,222.8       0.2      0.2     5,240.9      1.5       1.5   5,819.3    0.6      0.6
                                 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
              Total                           265.1    265.1                199.3     199.3            225.8    225.8

(Notes) 1. Amounts above do not include derivative transactions to
which hedge accounting method is applied.
              
2. Amounts as of December 30,2002 and June 30, 2003 are derived from
amounts booked at all domestic offices and major overseas offices.


(2) Currency Derivatives
                                                                          (Billions of yen)     (Reference)    (Billions
                                                                                                                 of yen)
                                  As of June 30, 2003         As of December 30, 2002       As of March 31, 2003
                              ----------------------------- ---------------------------- ------------------------------
                               Contract   Market  Net Gains Contract   Market  Net Gains  Contract   Market  Net Gains
                                Amount     Value   (Losses)  Amount    Value   (Losses)    Amount    Value   (Losses)
                              ----------------------------- ---------------------------- ------------------------------
Over-the-counter transactions
Currency swaps                 8,123.5     (27.3)   (27.3)  6,693.7     (6.1)     (6.1)   6,504.0     (4.9)    (4.9)
                               1,278.0       8.5      8.5   1,094.3      9.3       9.3    1,195.2     10.6     10.6
                              34,493.1       7.5      7.5        -        -         -         -        -        -
                               5,333.4     (46.5)   (46.5)       -        -         -         -        -        -
                              ---------------------------------------------------------- -----------------------------
              Total                        (57.8)   (57.8)               3.2       3.2                 5.7      5.7

(Notes) 1. Amounts above do not include derivative transactions to
which hedge accounting method is applied and transactions below (Note
3).
          
2. Amounts as of December 30,2002 and June 30, 2003 are derived from
amounts booked at all domestic offices and major overseas offices.
          
3. Contract amounts of revaluated foreign exchange and currency
options are as follows:


                                                                   
                                                           (Billions of yen)         (Reference)  (Billions of yen)
                                                                                             
                                                         As of December 30, 2002       As of March 31, 2003
                           ------------------------------------------------------    ---------------------------------
                                                           Contract Amount              Contract Amount
                           -------------------------------------------------          -------------------
                           Transactions listed on
                            exchange
                                      Currency futures                  ?                          ?
                                      Currency options                  ?                          ?
                           Over-the-counter transactions
                                      Forward foreign exchange     39,169.7                   27,587.0
                                      Currency options              4,245.2                    6,197.4


(3) Equity Derivatives
                                                                                     
                                                                 (Billions of yen)       (Reference)   (Billions of yen)
                                As of June 30, 2003         As of December 30, 2002           As of March 31, 2003
                           ------------------------------------------------------------  ------------------------------
                              Contract  Market  Net Gains  Contract   Market  Net Gains   Contract   Market  Net Gains
                               Amount    Value  (Losses)    Amount    Value   (Losses)     Amount    Value   (Losses)
                           ------------------------------------------------------------  ------------------------------
Transactions listed on exchange
Equity price index futures       47.5   (1.5)    (1.5)       0.8      0.0       0.0           ?        ?        ?
Equity price index options        ?       ?        ?          ?        ?         ?            ?        ?        ?
Over-the-counter transactions
Equity options                   22.3   (0.4)    (0.4)      22.7      0.2       0.2          0.0      0.0      0.0
Equity swaps                      ?       ?        ?          ?        ?         ?            ?        ?        ?
Other                             ?       ?        ?          ?        ?         ?            ?        ?        ?
                            --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
              Total                     (1.9)    (1.9)                0.2       0.2                   0.0      0.0

(Notes) 1. Amounts above do not include derivative transactions to
which hedge accounting method is applied.
         
2. Amounts as of December 30, 2002 and June 30, 2003 are derived from
amounts booked at all domestic offices and major overseas offices.


(4) Bond Derivatives
                                                                      
                 
                                                             (Billions of yen)    (Reference)   (Billions of yen)            
                           As of June 30, 2003       As of December 30, 2002          As of March 31, 2003                                  
                      
                        --------------------------- --------------------------    -----------------------------
                         Contract Market Net Gains   Contract Market Net Gains     Contract   Market  Net Gains
                          Amount   Value  (Losses)    Amount  Value  (Losses)       Amount    Value   (Losses)
                        ---------------------------  -------------------------    -----------------------------
Transactions listed 
 on exchange
  Bond futures              441.1  (0.1)   (0.1)      180.3     0.0     0.0         229.9    (0.3)    (0.3)
  Bond futures options       16.4   0.1     0.1        15.0     0.0     0.0           4.0      (0)      (0)
Over-the-counter transactions
  Bond options                 ?      ?       ?         0.4     0.0     0.0             ?       ?        ?
                         -------------------------- -------------------------    -------------------------------
     Total                          0.0     0.0                 0.0     0.0                   (0.3)    (0.3)

(Notes) 1. Amounts above do not include derivative transactions to
which hedge accounting method is applied.
              
2. Amounts as of December 30, 2002 and June 30, 2003 are derived from
amounts booked at all domestic offices and major overseas offices.



(5) Commodity Derivatives
                                                      (Billions of yen)    (Reference)   (Billions of yen)             
                       As of June 30, 2003      As of December 30, 2002       As of March 31, 2003                                          
 
                 ----------------------------- --------------------------  ----------------------------
                  Contract  Market  Net Gains  Contract Market Net Gains    Contract  Market Net Gains
                   Amount    Value   (Losses)   Amount   Value (Losses)      Amount   Value ( Losses)
                 ----------------------------- --------------------------  ----------------------------
Over-the-counter 
transactions
 Commodity swaps    69.6     0.9       0.9       53.5     0.6     0.6        62.1     0.8      0.8
 Commodity options  11.8     0.0       0.0        9.2     0.0     0.0        12.7     0.0      0.0
                 ----------------------------- --------------------------- ----------------------------
   Total                     0.9       0.9                0.7     0.7                 0.8      0.8


(Notes) 1. Amounts above do not include derivative transactions to
which hedge accounting method is applied.
                                     
2. Amounts as of December 30, 2002 and June 30, 2003 are derived from
amounts booked at all domestic offices and major overseas offices.
         
3. Commodities are oil-related and metal- related commodities.


(6) Credit Derivatives
                                                                                                                                            
                                       
                                                          (Billions of yen)      (Reference)   (Billions of yen)
                           As of June 30, 2003         As of December 30, 2002       As of March 31, 2003                            
                      -----------------------------  --------------------------  -----------------------------
                       Contract  Market  Net Gains    Contract Market Net Gains   Contract  Market  Net Gains
                        Amount    Value   (Losses)     Amount   Value  (Losses)    Amount   Value   (Losses)
                      ------------------------------ --------------------------  -----------------------------
Over-the-counter 
transactions
 Credit default options   ?         ?       ??           ?        ?       ??          ?        ?        ?
 Other                   2.4       0.0      0.0          1.8     0.0     0.0         2.1      0.0       0.0
                       -----------------------------  -------------------------  -----------------------------
          Total                    0.0      0.0                  0.0     0.0                  0.0       0.0

(Notes) 1. Amounts above do not include derivative transactions to
which hedge accounting method is applied.
              
2. Amounts as of December 30, 2002 and June 30, 2003 are derived from
amounts booked at all domestic offices and major overseas offices.



5. (Hedging purpose) Derivatives (SMBC, Non-consolidated)

                                                         (Billions of yen)
-----------------------------------------------------------------   ----------------------------------------------------
                                      As of June 30, 2003                           As of December 31, 2002
                     ---------------------------------------------   ---------------------------------------------------
                                               Net       Deferred                               Net       Deferred 
                                             valuation    gains                              valuation     gains   
                                               gains     (losses)                              gains      (losses)
                                              (losses)                                        (losses)
                     ---------------------- ----------------------  ----------------------------------------------------
                       Asset    Liabilities                             Asset    Liabilities

-------------------------------------------------------------------  ---------------------------------------------------
Interest rate swaps   288.3        191.8       96.5         56.9        543.8      206.6       337.2        133.1
-------------------------------------------------------------------  ---------------------------------------------------
Currency swaps         55.5         42.6       12.9          8.3        419.2      406.1        13.1         11.9
-------------------------------------------------------------------  ---------------------------------------------------
Other                   3.2          2.0        1.2        (13.0)        59.3       37.5        21.8         14.8
-------------------------------------------------------------------  ---------------------------------------------------
Total                 347.0        236.4      110.6         52.2      1,022.3      650.2       372.1        159.8
-------------------------------------------------------------------  ---------------------------------------------------



                                            (Reference)        (Billions of yen)                                                            
                                               
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                 As of March 31, 2003
                                          ---------------------------------------
                                                            Net
                                                         valuation   Deferred  
                                                           gains      gains
                                                          (losses)   (losses)                                 
                                       --------------------
                                        Asset   Liabilities
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Interest rate swaps                     398.5     175.2      223.3    117.3
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Currency swaps                          419.5     408.0       11.5      9.6
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Other                                    58.9      31.5       27.4     28.9
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total                                   876.9     614.7      262.2    155.8
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

(Notes) 1. Derivative transactions are carried at fair value in the
balance sheet, except those to which 'the short-cut method for
interest rate swap' is applied.
          
2. As for the year ended March 31, 2003, SMBC applied deferred hedge
accounting by applying 'the risk adjustment approach', which is one of
the methods of macro hedging.
          
As for the year ending March 31, 2003, SMBC applies deferred hedge
accounting based on 'Treatment for Accounting and Auditing of
Application of Accounting Standard for Financial Instruments in
Banking Industry' (JICPA Industry Audit Committee Report No.24).

(Reference) Contract amount of interest rate swaps (to which deferred
hedge accounting is applied), classfied by maturity is as follows:

Pursuant to 'Treatment for Accounting and Auditing of Application of
Accounting Standard for Financial Instruments in Banking Industry'
some transactions are valued at fair value. Such transactions are
included in "4. Derivatives."

                                                                                       (Billions of yen)
---------------------------------------------------------------------   ------------------------------------------------
                                 As of June 30, 2003                          As of December 31, 2002
                     ------------------------------------------------   ------------------------------------------------
                     1 year or    1 to 5 years    Over 5     Total       1 year or   1 to 5 years  Over 5 years  Total
                        less                      years                   less
---------------------------------------------------------------------   ------------------------------------------------
Receivable fixed
 rate/ payable
 floating rate         6,800.0     13,450.3      5,030.1    25,280.4     21,535.1     20,561.9      5,149.2   47,246.2
--------------------------------------------------------------------   -------------------------------------------------
Receivable floating
 rate/ payable fixed
 rate                    850.1      4,524.8      1,467.7     6,842.6     15,956.8     10,659.3      3,368.9   29,985.0
--------------------------------------------------------------------   -------------------------------------------------
Receivable floating
 rate/ payable 
 floating rate             3.0        594.1         40.8       637.9         7.0        707.7         44.5       759.2
--------------------------------------------------------------------   -------------------------------------------------
Total contract amount  7,653.1     18,569.2      6,538.6    32,760.9     37,498.9     31,928.9      8,562.6   77,990.4
--------------------------------------------------------------------   -------------------------------------------------


                                                                                                    
                                                             (Reference)               (Billions of yen)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                        As of March 31, 2003
                                                              ---------------------------------------------

                                                              
                                                              1 year or     1 to 5     Over 5     Total
                                                                 less       years      years
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Receivable fixed rate/ payable floating rate                  20,063.1     22,188.0   6,588.7   48,839.8
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Receivable floating rate/ payable fixed rate                  12,075.6     14,597.6   3,509.8   30,183.0
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Receivable floating rate/ payable floating rate                    5.2        866.6    Sheet       956.3
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total contract amount                                         32,143.9     37,652.2  10,183.0   79,979.1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


6. Outstandings of Domestic Deposits
                                                                                 (Billions of yen)
                              As of June 30, 2003    As of March 31, 2003    As of June 30, 2002   
                           -------------------------------------------------------------------------
Domestic deposits                  56,528.7               56,471.8               54,297.6 
Individual                         31,837.3               31,210.2               31,235.7

(Note) Calculation based on the numbers before elimination of
temporary inter-office accounts, excluding negotiable certificates of
deposit and offshore banking accounts.


   Short Name: Sumitomo Mitsui Bnkg.
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