Filed by Kookmin Bank
Pursuant to Rule 425 under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended
Subject Company: Kookmin Bank
Commission File No. 001-15258
Date: July 18, 2008
Important Information
In connection with its proposed establishment of a financial holding company, Kookmin Bank has filed and will file important documents with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), including a registration statement on Form F-4 and amendments thereto and related documents. Investors are urged to carefully read all such documents when they become available because they will contain important information. Investors may obtain copies of the documents, when available, free of charge on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov, as well as from Kookmin Bank on the Investor Relations section of its website at www.kbstar.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This communication contains forward-looking information and statements about Kookmin Bank and the financial holding company to be established. Forward-looking statements are statements that are not historical facts. These statements include financial projections and estimates and their underlying assumptions, statements regarding plans, objectives and expectations with respect to future operations, products and services, and statements regarding future performance. Forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 are generally identified by the words “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “target” or similar expressions. Although Kookmin Bank’s management believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, investors are cautioned that forward-looking information and statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties, many of which are difficult to predict and generally beyond the control of Kookmin Bank, that could cause actual results and developments to differ materially from those expressed in, or implied or projected by, the forward-looking information and statements. These risks and uncertainties include those discussed or identified in the public filings with the SEC made by Kookmin Bank, including on Form 20-F and on the Form F-4 that Kookmin Bank will file with the SEC. Kookmin Bank undertakes no obligation to publicly update its forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.
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Kookmin Bank publicly disclosed the following through a filing with the Korea Exchange on July 18, 2008.
Candidates for Directors and Audit Committee Members of
KB Financial Group Inc.
Kookmin Bank, in its filing with the Korea Exchange on July 18, 2008, disclosed the list of candidates for the positions of director and audit committee member of KB Financial Group Inc. (“KB Financial Group”).
The appointment of directors and audit committee members will be finalized at the extraordinary general meeting of shareholders on August 25, 2008.
Candidates for Directors and Audit Committee Members of KB Financial Group:
| Name (Date of Birth) |
Career |
Current Position |
Notes | |||
| Young Key Hwang (10/29/1952) |
• President & Chief Executive Officer, Samsung Securities Co., Ltd.
• Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Woori Bank
• Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Woori Finance Holdings Co., Ltd.
• Senior Advisor, Shin & Kim |
Candidate for President & Chief Executive Officer of KB Financial Group | Candidate for Representative Director | |||
| Chung Won Kang (12/19/1950) |
• Chief Country Officer, Bankers Trust Group, Korea
• Chief Country Officer, Deutsche Bank Group, Korea
• President & Chief Executive Officer, former Seoul Bank |
President & Chief Executive Officer, Kookmin Bank | Candidate for Director | |||
| Jung Hoe Kim (09/19/1949) |
• Assistant Governor, Financial Supervisory Service (“FSS”)
• Deputy Governor, FSS
• Senior Advisor, Kim & Chang |
Candidate for Chief Operating Officer of KB Financial Group | Candidate for Director | |||
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| Name (Date of Birth) |
Career |
Current Position |
Notes | |||
| Kee Young Chung (09/07/1948) |
• President, Korea Accounting Institute
• Chairman, Korea Accounting Standards Board
• Member, Examination Committee, FSS |
• Professor, Accounting, Keimyung Univ.
• Non-executive Director, LG Corporation
• Non-executive Director, Kookmin Bank |
Candidate for Non-executive Director and Audit Committee Member | |||
| Jacques P.M. Kemp (05/15/1949) |
• General Manager, ING Bank Brazil
• Chairman, ING Bank International
• Global Head of e-Business, ING Group
• Chief Executive Officer, ING Insurance Asia/Pacific |
• Vice Chairman, Insurance & Investment Management Asia/Pacific
• Non-executive Director, Kookmin Bank |
Candidate for Non-executive Director | |||
| Dam Cho (05/01/1952) |
• Lecturer, Hongik Univ.
• Advisory Professor, Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance Co., Ltd.
• President, Korean Financial Management Association |
• Professor, Chonnam National Univ.
• Non-executive Director, Kookmin Bank |
Candidate for Non-executive Director and Audit Committee Member | |||
| Suk Sig Lim (07/17/1953) |
• Assistant Professor, Univ. of Alberta
• Member, Examination Committee, FSS
• Vice President, Korea Accounting Institute
• Non-executive Director, Korea Ratings |
• Professor, Univ. of Seoul
• Non-executive Director, Kookmin Bank |
Candidate for Non-executive Director and Audit Committee Member | |||
| Bo Kyung Byun (08/09/1953) |
• President & Chief Executive Officer, LG IBM PC Co., Ltd.
• Managing director, IBM Korea |
• President & Chief Executive Officer, Kolon I’net Co., Ltd.
• Chief Executive Officer, Kolon Benit Co., Ltd.
• Non-executive Director, Kookmin Bank |
Candidate for Non-executive Director | |||
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| Name (Date of Birth) |
Career |
Current Position |
Notes | |||
| Sang Moon Hahm (02/02/1954) |
• Assistant Professor, Virginia Tech
• Chief Researcher, Korea Institute of Finance
• Professor, KDI School of Public Policy and Management |
• Dean, KDI School of Public Policy and Management
• Non-executive Director, Kookmin Bank |
Candidate for Non-executive Director | |||
| Han Kim (02/17/1954) |
• Executive Director, Daishin Securities Co., Ltd.
• Vice Chairman, Meritz Securities Co., Ltd.
• Non-executive Director, Dongyang Fire & Marine Insurance Co., Ltd. |
• President & Chairman, Uclick
• Non-executive Director, Kookmin Bank |
Candidate for Non-executive Director and Audit Committee Member | |||
| Chee Joong Kim (12/11/1955) |
• Presiding Judge, Seoul Eastern District Court
• Presiding Judge, Seoul Administrative Court
• Presiding Judge, Patent Court
• Presiding Judge, Seoul High Court |
• Partner, Barun Law
• Non-executive Director, Kookmin Bank |
Candidate for Non-executive Director and Audit Committee Member | |||
| Chan Soo Kang (11/23/1961) |
• Executive Director, BT Wolfensohn
• Chief Executive Officer, Seoul Securities Co., Ltd.
• Adjunct Professor, Ewha Womans Univ. |
• President & Chairman, Kang & Company. Ltd.
• Non-executive Director, SK Holdings Co., Ltd.
• Non-executive Director, Kookmin Bank |
Candidate for Non-executive Director | |||
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