Yoshikawa Haruyuki 4

What Happened
Yoshikawa Haruyuki, a Senior Managing Corporate Executive at Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG), received stock awards and had a portion of shares surrendered to the issuer. He was granted 3,833 shares on July 24, 2026 and 13,797 shares on July 27, 2026 (17,630 shares total) under the company's stock compensation plans; no cash was paid for these awards. On July 27, 2026, 2,300 of the shares were disposed to the issuer at $43.99 per share, for proceeds of $101,177 (reported as a disposition to the issuer, not an open-market sale).

Key Details

• Transaction types: A = Award/Acquisition (3,833 on 7/24; 13,797 on 7/27), D = Disposition to issuer (2,300 on 7/27 at $43.99).
• Total awarded shares: 17,630 (3,833 + 13,797).
• Proceeds from disposition: 2,300 × $43.99 = $101,177.
• Footnotes: F1 — no out-of-pocket cash paid for July 24 award; F2 — July 27 award triggered when performance conditions were certified (no cash paid); F3 — portion of July 27 award was automatically sold the same day under a pre-arranged plan and amounts/prices were converted from JPY to USD (JPY 1.00 = USD 0.0061091).
• Shares owned after the reported transactions: not specified in the filing.
• Filing date: Form 4 filed July 28, 2026 (appears timely relative to the July 27 transactions).

Context
The July 27 disposition was an automatic transaction under the issuer's stock compensation plan (pre-arranged), commonly used for tax withholding or settlement when awards vest, and should not be read as an open-market sale signaling a change in sentiment. The July 27 award was performance-based and became effective when performance conditions were certified.