Form 6-K

 

 

UNITED STATES

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 FEBRUARY 2014

COMMISSION FILE NUMBER 001-31811

 

 

Woori Finance Holdings Co., Ltd.

(Translation of Registrant’s name into English)

 

 

203 Hoehyon-dong, 1-ga, Chung-gu, Seoul 100-792, Korea

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

 

(Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.)

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On February 26, 2014, the Board of Directors of Woori Finance Holdings Co., Ltd. (the “Company”) passed a resolution to further amend the previously announced plan to spin-off the Company’s businesses related to the holding of the shares and thereby controlling the business operations of Kwangju Bank and Kyongnam Bank, as initially disclosed in Exhibit 99.2 to the Report on Form 6-K submitted by the Company on August 27, 2013 (the “Original Spin-off Plan”). The Original Spin-off Plan had previously been amended and restated as set forth in Exhibit 99.1 to the Report on Form 6-K submitted by the Company on December 6, 2013 and was further amended as set forth in the Reports on Form 6-K submitted by the Company on January 7, 2014 and February 7, 2014 (as so amended, the “Amended Spin-off Plan”).

Pursuant to the resolution passed by the Board of Directors of the Company on February 26, 2014, the Amended Spin-off Plan has been further amended as follows. Capitalized terms used below have the meanings given to them in the Amended Spin-off Plan.

- Changes to certain key dates relating to the Spin-off, including:

 

         Before the Amendment      After the Amendment1  

Record date for share allotment

     February 28, 2014         April 30, 2014   

Date of the Spin-off

     March 1, 2014         May 1, 2014   

Meeting of the shareholders of the Surviving Company for report of the Spin-off and inaugural meetings of shareholders of the Spin-off Companies2

     March 3, 2014         May 2, 2014   

Registration of the Spin-off

     March 3, 2014         May 2, 2014   

Others

 

Period of trading suspension

    
 
February 27, 2014 to 1 day prior
to the date of modified listing
  
  
    
 
April 29, 2014 to 1 day prior
to the date of modified listing
  
  
 

Period for submission of old share certificates

    
 
January 29, 2014 to
February 28, 2014
  
  
    
 
January 29, 2014 to
April 30, 2014
  
  
 

Date of modified listing

     March 17, 2014         May 22, 2014   
 

Date of the relisting of the Spin-off Companies

     March 17, 2014         May 22, 2014   

 

1  Tentative and subject to further amendment.
2  Such shareholder meetings may be replaced by resolutions of the Board of Directors of the relevant companies.


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.

 

Woori Finance Holdings Co., Ltd.
(Registrant)
By:  

/s/ Seung-Gyu Kim

(Signature)
Name:   Seung-Gyu Kim
Title:   Executive Vice President

Date: February 26, 2014