Common Contracts

Merger Agreement betweeeen Sumitomo Mitsui B anking Corporration and The Wakashio Bank, Limit eeded

March 15th, 2003

• Filed
  March 15th, 2003

TOKYO, J anuary 21, 2003 --- Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (“SMBC”, President and CEO: Yos hifumi Nishikawa) and The Wakashio Bank, Ltd. (“Wakashio Bank”, President and CEO: Hiroyasu Ichikawa) announced today that