SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 UNDER
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of December 2002
Kookmin Bank
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(Translation of registrant's name into English)
9-1, 2-Ga, Namdaemun-Ro, Jung-Gu, Seoul, Korea 100-703
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(Address of principal executive office)
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Exhibits
Exhibit Description
99.1 Issue of US$ 300 million Eurobonds
99.2 Kookmin Bank and ING Group Agree to Extend Strategic Alliance
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Kookmin Bank
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(Registrant)
Date: December 4, 2002 By: /s/ Jong-Kyoo Yoon
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(Signature)
Name: Jong-Kyoo Yoon
Title: Executive Vice President &
Chief Financial Officer
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Exhibit 99.1
Issue of US$ 300 million Eurobonds
Kookmin Bank announced that it priced its US$ 300 million five year Eurobonds on
December 3, 2002 in London. Details are as follows.
. Issue date December 10, 2002
. Listing Luxembourg Stock Exchange
. Rates of interest 4.625% per annum payable semi-annual in arrear
. Maturity date December 10, 2007
. Lead Manager ABN AMRO, HSBC
. Underwriters ABN AMRO, HSBC
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Exhibit 99.2
Kookmin Bank and ING Group Agree to Extend Strategic Alliance
On December 4, 2002, the Board of Directors of Kookmin Bank approved and
ratified an agreement for continuing strategic alliance with ING Group, an ally
of legacy H&CB. The agreement is summarized as follows.
. ING newly acquires 6,748,887 shares from among those outstanding of
Kookmin Bank, resulting in the total of approximately 6 percent stake in
Kookmin Bank.
. As for Bancassurance, an independent Bancassurance division will be
created within ING Life Korea, which would be spinned off as a separate
entity, entitling Kookmin Bank and ING to half of the profits generated
each. ING Life Korea will develop Bancassurance products for its exclusive
distribution through Kookmin Bank's extensive network.
. In Kookmin Bank Investment Trust Management, Kookmin Bank and ING each
holds 80 and 20 percent of investment. Within the next 2 years, however,
ING has an option to increase its stake up to 49 percent.
. For the purposes of preserving the alliance, ING shall be prohibited from
disposing of its stake in Kookmin Bank for 4 years from the date of its
additional acquisition of 2 percent, the same prohibition which shall
equally apply to its existing 4 percent stake.
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