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 JANUARY 2014

COMMISSION FILE NUMBER 001-31811

 

 

Woori Finance Holdings Co., Ltd.

(Translation of Registrant’s name into English)

 

 

203 Hoehyongdong 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 January 6, 2014, the Board of Directors of Woori Finance Holdings Co., Ltd. (the “Company”) passed a resolution to 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 disclosed in Exhibit 99.2 to the Report on Form 6-K submitted by the Company on August 27, 2013 (as amended and restated by Exhibit 99.1 to the Report on Form 6-K submitted by the Company on December 6, 2013, the “Spin-off Plan”), as follows. Capitalized terms used below have the meanings given to them in the Spin-off Plan.

 

    The conditions for the Company to be able to withdraw either Regional Bank from the Spin-off by the resolution of its board of directors are changed from requiring both (x) the sale process of the KDIC’s equity interest in such Regional Bank being terminated for any reason and (y) a legislation recognizing the Spin-off pursuant to the Spin-off Plan as a “qualified spin-off” under the Tax Reduction and Exemption Control Act of Korea not being enacted, in each case prior to the date of the Spin-off, to requiring either one of these two conditions to be met. Accordingly, Article 1, Section F, Paragraph (1) of the Spin-off Plan is deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

If (x) the sale process of the KDIC’s equity interest in Kwangju Bank is terminated for any reason or (y) a legislation recognizing the Spin-off pursuant to this Spin-off Plan as a “qualified spin-off” under the Tax Reduction and Exemption Control Act of Korea is not enacted, in each case prior to the date of the Spin-off, the Company may withdraw the Kwangju Bank Business from the Spin-off by the resolution of its board of directors. Similarly, if (x) the sale process of the KDIC’s equity interest in Kyongnam Bank is terminated for any reason or (y) a legislation recognizing the Spin-off pursuant to this Spin-off Plan as a “qualified spin-off” under the Tax Reduction and Exemption Control Act of Korea is not enacted, in each case prior to the date of the Spin-off, the Company may withdraw the Kyongnam Bank Business from the Spin-off by the resolution of its board of directors.


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: January 7, 2014