 ■  Corporate Banking  Improving Products and Services for  Mid-sized Companies and SMEs • Initiatives to facilitate financing • Environmentally friendly products and services Enhancing Services for Globalizing  Corporations • Information services We also held the SMFG Environmental Business Forum in  December 2010 which formed a part of “Eco-Products 2010” in  Tokyo Big Sight, for the promotion of environmental businesses.  At this annual event, we arranged approximately 670 business  meetings to match the increasing environmental procurement  Strengthening Measures for Greater China As the economic integration continues in Greater China (PRC,  Hong Kong and Taiwan), inter-company trading and funding  have been actively increasing. A substantial number of Japanese  companies have expanded business into China, and it is antici- pated that this entry and expansion by such companies into the  SMBC has been strengthening its internal systems for business- matching, resulting in a dramatic increase in the number of busi- ness meetings we have arranged between possible partners. In  particular, in our “all-in-one matching” program, which simulta- neously matches a substantial number of our corporate clients  with the purchasing departments of major corporations, we  have enhanced our corporate client information database. This  enables us to supply our corporate clients with more information  on the purchasing needs of major corporations. We provide overseas business-related seminars on Brazil  and global issues, not limited to China or other Asian markets,  and also provide the latest overseas economic or market infor- mation, including local conditions, details of regulations, industry  trends, and other relevant issues, for our clients considering to  newly develop their businesses overseas; and we also provide  high quality support and solutions for the needs of our clients  who have already established their business operations over- seas, including business development and reorganization. We  are constantly enhancing our system to support the globalization  of our clients’ businesses. SMBC established its Global Advisory Department (GAD)  to specifically assist the development of solutions for the cross- border issues of globally expanding clients. GAD works to  further strengthen our domestic and overseas support for the  overseas business operations of such companies. An increasing number of our corporate clients are expanding  their businesses overseas, and are faced with the growing need  to address such issues as differences in business practices;  cultures; legal, accounting, and taxation systems, the interpreta- tion of these systems; as well as funding. Furthermore, our environmental initiatives have been publicly  recognized. We received the “2009 Nikkei Superior Products  and Services Award” in January 2010, and the “Grand Prize by  the Ministry of Environment” at “the 7th Eco-Products Awards”  in November 2010, for our “SMBC Environmental Assessment  Loan/Private Placement Bonds.” In order to respond to society’s greater demand for the envi- ronmental commitments of our clients including not only major  companies but also mid-sized companies and SMEs, SMBC  has been augmenting its loan products with environmental  incentives, creating an environmental business information sec- tion under the bank’s homepage, and offering seminars. The  cumulative total of such loans provided was approximately ¥350  billion as of March 31, 2011. We will continue to implement initiatives to identify the con- stantly changing needs and issues of our corporate clients, and  offer customized products and services in order to support their  business development. SMBC believes that facilitating the efficient supply of funds to  its clients is one of its main social responsibilities as a financial  institution. We are making our best efforts, under increasingly  difficult global financial conditions, to proactively facilitate financ- ing appropriate to the needs of our mid-sized and SME cor- porate clients. SMBC established its Middle Market Facilitating  Financing Department in December 2009 under the Planning  Department of the Corporate Banking Unit. needs of major corporations with  the growing needs of SMEs for new  distribution channels. At this event, our Group compa- nies exhibited diverse environmental  solutions, and also held panel dis- cussions and provided environmental  information. Furthermore, the bank and  SMBC Nikko Securities installed the  “IPO Navigator” in July 2010, an  online information service offered for  free of charge to registered clients  considering an IPO. Information nec- essary for an IPO is provided by the  platform, of which the contents are  supplied by nine advisory companies  and two sponsor companies. During  its six months of operation, more  than 260 companies have registered  with this program. SMBC and SMBC  Nikko Securities continue to support  our clients planning for an IPO. SMFG  2011 10