SMFG Takashi Kobayashi Receives Awards, Sells 3,300 Shares

What Happened
Takashi Kobayashi, Senior Managing Corporate Executive Officer of SUMITOMO MITSUI FINANCIAL GROUP (SMFG), received stock awards and immediately disposed of a portion of the award. He was granted 1,131 shares on July 24, 2026 and 19,296 shares on July 27, 2026 (awards; no cash payment). On July 27, 2026, 3,300 shares were disposed to the issuer at $43.99 per share for a reported total of $145,167.

Key Details

• Transaction dates: Awards on 2026-07-24 (1,131 shares) and 2026-07-27 (19,296 shares); disposition on 2026-07-27 (3,300 shares).
• Prices/values: Disposition price $43.99/share; total reported proceeds $145,167. Awards were issued with no out-of-pocket cash by the reporting person.
• Transaction codes: A = Award/Grant; D = Disposition to issuer (reported sale of 3,300 shares).
• Footnotes: F1 & F2 confirm awards were issued under the issuer’s stock compensation plans with no cash payment. F3 states a portion of the July 27 award was automatically sold same day per a pre-arranged trading plan; amounts were converted from JPY to USD using JPY1.00 = USD0.0061091.
• Shares owned after transaction: Not disclosed in this filing.
• Filing: Report filed 2026-07-28. This appears timely (within the usual 2-business-day Form 4 window).

Context
The awards are compensation grants (not open-market purchases). The same-day sale was automatic under the issuer’s stock compensation/pre-arranged plan (often used to cover taxes or liquidity needs); the filing labels the sale as a disposition to the issuer. These types of award grants plus partial automatic sell-offs are common and do not by themselves indicate the insider’s market view.