0001193125-24-004803.txt : 20240209 0001193125-24-004803.hdr.sgml : 20240209 20240109060428 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-24-004803 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: CORRESP PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20240109 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 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: M0 FISCAL YEAR END: 0331 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: CORRESP 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 CORRESP 1 filename1.htm CORRESPONDENCE

January 9, 2024

Via Edgar

Securities and Exchange Commission,

Division of Corporation Finance,

100 F Street, N.E.,

Washington, D.C. 20549,

United States of America.

 

  Re

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. Registration Statement on Form F-3, filed on December 22, 2023 (File No. 333-276219)

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Pursuant to Rule 461 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. hereby respectfully requests that the effectiveness of the above-referenced Registration Statement on Form F-3 be accelerated so that it will be declared effective at 10 a.m. Eastern Standard Time, on January 11, 2024, or as soon thereafter as practicable.

It would be appreciated if, as soon as the Registration Statement is declared effective, you would so inform Christopher Kodama at Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP at +81 3 5574 2668.

 

Sincerely,

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc.

By:   /s/ Yukie Tadokoro
  Name: Yukie Tadokoro
  Title: Authorized Signatory

 

cc:

Christopher Kodama

(Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP)