SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the Month of December
SHINHAN FINANCIAL GROUP CO., LTD.
(Translation of registrant's name into English)
120, 2-Ga, Taepyung-Ro, Jung-Gu, Seoul 100-102, 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
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CAPITAL INJECTION INTO CHOHUNG BANK
On December 12, 2003, pursuant to a resolution of our board of directors,
we decided to inject additional capital to Chohung Bank, in which we currently
have 80.04% of equity ownership. According to this resolution, Shinhan Financial
Group will subscribe for 40,000,000 shares of common stock, par value KRW 5,000
per share (the "Common Shares"), of Chohung Bank for a subscription price of KRW
5,000 per share, or for an aggregate subscription price of KRW 200,000,000,000
on or about December 26, 2003.
These Common Shares are expected to be listed on the Korea Stock Exchange
on or about December 30, 2003. After this transaction, the total number of
Common Shares outstanding will be increased to 719,118,429, and we will
effectively own 583,570,144 shares or 81.15% of such Common Shares.
The purpose of this capital injection is to enable Chohung Bank to meet the
minimum capital adequacy ratio of 8% as promulgated by the Financial Supervisory
Service. According to the guidelines of the Financial Supervisory Service, all
domestic and foreign bank branches are required to satisfy at least 8% of
capital adequacy ratio. The result of operation of Chohung bank deteriorated due
to increase in provisioning in 2003, which resulted in the decrease of Chohung
Bank's capital adequacy ratio.
APPOINTMENT OF INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR OF SHINHAN CARD
On December 12, 2003, Shinhan Card, our wholly owned subsidiary,
reappointed one of its independent directors through a resolution of its
shareholders' meeting. The name of the director is Lee, Chul Young. Mr. Lee was
reappointed following the expiry of his one year tenure on December 12, 2003. Mr
Lee serves on the audit committee of Shinhan Card and he was reappointed as an
audit committee member at Shinhan Card's board of directors' meeting on December
12, 2003.
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.
SHINHAN FINANCIAL GROUP CO., LTD.
By /s/ Byung Jae Cho
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Name: Byung Jae Cho
Title: Chief Financial Officer
Date : December 12, 2003