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.)

Form 20-F  x            Form 40-F  ¨

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1):  ¨

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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.

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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.

 

Date: February 26, 2014