# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001022837
**File Stem:** 0001193125-26-220518
**Filing Date:** 2026-5
**Character Count:** 4882
**Document Hash:** 0cf55ba88a4114cd15aac1774a1e5b9a
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001193125-26-220518.hdr.sgml**: 20260513

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001193125-26-220518

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 6-K

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 1

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20260513

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20260513

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20260513

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** SUMITOMO MITSUI FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001022837
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** COMMERCIAL BANKS, NEC [6029]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 02 Finance
- **EIN:** 000000000
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** M0
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 0331

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 6-K
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-34919
- **FILM NUMBER:** 26970779

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 1-2, MARUNOUCHI 1-CHOME
- **STREET 2:** CHIYODA-KU
- **CITY:** TOKYO
- **STATE:** M0
- **ZIP:** 100-0005
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 81-3-3282-8111

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 1-2, MARUNOUCHI 1-CHOME
- **STREET 2:** CHIYODA-KU
- **CITY:** TOKYO
- **STATE:** M0
- **ZIP:** 100-0005

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** SUMITOMO MITSUI FINANCIAL GROUP/FI
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20021226

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** SUMITOMO BANK LTD TOKYO     /FI
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 19960913

**UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION** 

Washington, D.C. 20549

**FORM 6-K** 

**REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER** 

**PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 UNDER** 

**THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934** 

**For the month of May 2026** 

**Commission File Number 001-34919** 

## SUMITOMO MITSUI FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.
(Translation of registrant's name into English)

**1-2, Marunouchi 1-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0005, Japan** 

(Address of principal executive offices)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F: Form 20-F ☒ Form 40-F ☐

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**SIGNATURES** 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

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| Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. | Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. | Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. |
| By: | /s/ Kunihito Takaichi | /s/ Kunihito Takaichi |
|  | Name: | Kunihito Takaichi |
|  | Title: | Executive Officer & General Manager,<br> Financial Accounting Dept. |

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Date: May 13, 2026

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Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc.

Notice Regarding the Acquisition of SMFG Shares

for the Share-Based Compensation Plan for Employees

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. ("SMFG", President and Group CEO: Toru Nakashima) resolved at the meeting of the Board of Directors held on December 22, 2025, to add SMBC Consumer Finance Co., Ltd. as a subsidiary eligible for the share-based compensation plan for employees (the "Plan") of Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, SMBC Nikko Securities Inc., Sumitomo Mitsui Card Co., Ltd., and the Japan Research Institute, Ltd. (The trust for the Plan will hereinafter be referred to as the "ESOP Trust".) According to the resolution of the SMFG Board of Directors passed on May 13, 2026, SMFG hereby announces the details of the acquisition of SMFG shares by the ESOP Trustee for the Plan.

1. Overview of the ESOP Trust

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| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (1) | Name | Stock grant trust for employees |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (2) | Trustor | Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (3) | Trustee | Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Ltd<br> (Co-Trustee: Custody Bank of Japan, Ltd) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (4) | Beneficiary | Employees who meet requirements as beneficiaries |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (5) | Trust administrator | Third party that is independent of SMFG and its officers |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (6) | Voting rights | The trustee shall excise the voting during the trust period based on the trust administrator's instructions. |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (7) | Trust type | Money trust other than a specified cash trust for separate investment |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (8) | Date of Trust Contract | May 23, 2024 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (9) | Date to Entrust Cash additionally | May 21, 2026 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (10) | Date to End Trust | The end of May 2029 (planned) |

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2. Acquisition of SMFG shares by the ESOP Trustee

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| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (1) | Type of shares | Common shares |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (2) | Total cost for the acquisition of the shares | JPY6,564,000,000 (Maximum) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (3) | Number of shares | 1,094,000 (Maximum) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) | Mean of the share acquisition | Acquisition from the stock market |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) | Timing of the share acquisition | May 21, 2026 ~ May 29, 2026 |

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