Sumitomo Mitsui Financial : Appointment of Audit & Supervisory Board Members

News Release	Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Company, Limited
	June 6, 2022

Appointment of Audit & Supervisory Board Members

Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Company, Limited (President and CEO: Takashi Saruta) hereby announces that the changes of Audit & Supervisory Board Members to be proposed at the General Meeting of Shareholders scheduled on June 28, 2022 were resolved today at the Board of Directorsʼ meeting as follows:

	１. Corporate Auditors to Retire as of June 28, 2022
	Current Position			Name
	Audit & Supervisory Board Member			Takayuki Nakata
	Audit & Supervisory Board Member			Hiroshi Saito
	(External Audit & Supervisory Board Member)
	Audit & Supervisory Board Member			Seiichiro Ito
	Audit & Supervisory Board Member			Yasushi Manago
	(External Audit & Supervisory Board Member)
	２. Corporate Auditors to be Appointed as of June 28, 2022
	New Position		Current Position	Name
	Audit & Supervisory Board Member		Auditors office Principal	Mitsuya
		Kawarazaki
	Audit & Supervisory Board Member		General Manager of Internal Audit
		Department, Daiwa Securities Co. Ltd.	Toshikatsu
	(External Audit & Supervisory Board
		Internal Audit Department, Daiwa	Shirai
	Member)		Securities Group Inc.
			Senior Manager, Sumitomo Mitsui	Takaichi
	Audit & Supervisory Board Member		Banking Corporation
		Assistant to Audit Committee,	Muranaka
			Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc.
	Audit & Supervisory Board Member					Fumiharu
	(External Audit & Supervisory Board		Counsel, Mori Hamada & Matsumoto
		Hiromoto
	Member)
	Contact
	Rei Kimura/Yasuko Kawase
	Corporate Strategy Department
	Tel [phone]/E-Mail︓[e-mail]
			Registration Number	The Director of Kanto Local Finance Bureau
			Member of	(KINSHO) No.399
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				The Investment Trusts Association, Japan
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