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 2025
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 ☐ |
THIS REPORT ON FORM 6-K SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE INTO THE PROSPECTUS FORMING A PART OF SUMITOMO MITSUI FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.’S REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM F-3 (FILE NO. 333-276219) AND TO BE A PART OF SUCH PROSPECTUS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH THIS REPORT IS FURNISHED, TO THE EXTENT NOT SUPERSEDED BY DOCUMENTS OR REPORTS SUBSEQUENTLY FILED OR FURNISHED.
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.
| Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. | ||||
| By: | /s/ Jun Okahashi | |||
| Name: | Jun Okahashi | |||
| Title: |
Executive Officer & General Manager, Financial Accounting Dept. | |||
Date: May 14, 2025
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc.
Notice regarding Distribution of Dividends from Surplus
Tokyo, May 14, 2025 ---Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. (“The Company”, Head Office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, President and Group CEO: Toru Nakashima) hereby announces that its board of directors resolved to distribute dividends from surplus with record date dated March 31, 2025.
1. Distribution of Dividend from Surplus
| Dividend for the
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Most recent dividend forecast (Announced on November 14, 2024) |
Dividend paid for the
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| Record date
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March 31, 2025
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March 31, 2025
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March 31, 2024
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| Dividend per share (Year-end, Yen) |
62 | 60 | 45(*1) | |||
| Total amount of dividends (Million Yen) |
240,202 | - | 177,382 | |||
| Effective date
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June 30, 2025
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-
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June 28, 2024
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| Source of dividends
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Retained earnings
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-
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Retained earnings
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| (*1) | On October 1, 2024, the Company effected a three for one split of its common stock on the record date of September 30, 2024. The amount is calculated on the assumption that the above stock split was conducted at the beginning of the fiscal year ended March 2024. |
2. Reason
The Company’s basic capital policy is to realize sustainable growth in shareholder value by balancing enhancing shareholder returns and investing for growth, predicated on securing financial soundness.
For FY2024, as profit attributable to owners of parent exceeded the Company’s forecast, reaching JPY 1,178.0 bn, the Company has decided to raise the year-end dividend to JPY 62 per share of common stock and the total annual dividend to JPY 122 per share of common stock (both figures reflect the stock split), in accordance with the 40% dividend payout ratio policy.
(Reference) Details of the dividends
| (Yen) | ||||||||||||
| Dividend per share | ||||||||||||
| Record date | Interim | Year-end | Annual | |||||||||
| Fiscal year ended March 31, 2025 |
60(*2) | 62(*3) | 122(*3) | |||||||||
| Fiscal year ended March 31, 2024 |
45(*2) | 45(*2) | 90(*2) | |||||||||
| (*2) | The amount is calculated on the assumption that the above stock split was conducted at the beginning of each period. |
| (*3) | The year-end dividend amount for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2025 (62 yen) is subject to the approval at the general shareholder’s meeting scheduled on June 27, 2025. |