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 DECEMBER 2013
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)
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On December 6, 2013, the Board of Directors of Woori Finance Holdings Co., Ltd. (the “Company”) disclosed that 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 (titled “Report of Material Event”), has been amended as follows. Capitalized terms have the meanings given to them in the Report of Material Event unless otherwise defined herein.
| - | Changes to certain key dates relating to the Spin-off, including: |
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Extraordinary meeting of the Company’s shareholders to approve the Spin-off Plan |
December 26, 2013 | January 28, 2014 | ||||||||
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Creditor Objection Period |
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December 27, 2013 to |
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January 29, 2014 to February 28, 2014 |
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Record date for share allotment |
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February 1, 2014 |
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February 28, 2014 | ||||||
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Date of the Spin-off |
February 1, 2014 | March 1, 2014 | ||||||||
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Meeting of the shareholders of the Surviving Company for report of the Spin-off and inaugural meetings of shareholders of the Spin-off Companies |
February 4, 2014 | March 3, 2014 | ||||||||
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Registration of the Spin-off (tentative) |
February 4, 2014 | March 3, 2014 | ||||||||
| Others
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Dispatch of notice and public announcement of convening of the meeting of the Company’s shareholders |
December 5, 2013 | January 7, 2014 | |||||||
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Public announcement of Creditor Objection Period and period for submission of old share certificates |
December 27, 2013 | January 29, 2014 | ||||||||
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Period of trading suspension |
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January 27, 2014 to 1 day |
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February 27, 2014 to 1 day prior to the date of modified listing |
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Date of modified listing (tentative) |
February 14, 2014 | March 17, 2014 | ||||||||
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Date of the relisting of the Spin-off Companies (tentative) |
February 14, 2014 | March 17, 2014 | ||||||||
| - | Change in the representative director and standing director of KJB Financial Group from Ki-Jin Song to Jang-Hak Kim. |
See Exhibit 99.1 (Amended Report of Material Event) for the full text of the amended Spin-off Plan.
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: December 6, 2013 | ||||||