SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 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 March 2005
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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registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): 82-____________.
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RESULTS OF GENERAL SHAREHOLDERS' MEETING FOR THE FISCAL YEAR OF 2004
On March 30, 2005, Shinhan Financial Group held the general shareholders'
meeting for the fiscal year of 2004, and all the 5 agenda listed below were
approved as originally proposed.
1) Approval of balance sheet, income statement and statement of appropriation
of retained earnings for the fiscal year 2004 (January 1, 2004 ~ December
31, 2004).
2) Appointment of directors
3) Appointment of Audit Committee members
4) Approval of Limitation on Director Compensation
5) Approval of stock option grant to executives, department heads, and outside
directors
For each details of originally proposed agenda, please refer to our Convocation
Notice of the 4th general shareholders' meeting, which was disclosed on March
11, 2005.
GRANT OF STOCK OPTIONS TO EXECUTIVES, DEPARTMENT HEADS, AND OUTSIDE DIRECTORS
Pursuant to Article 14 of the Articles of Incorporation, stock option was
granted to the Group's executives, department heads and outside directors
through the resolution of our general shareholders' meeting for the fiscal year
of 2004.
A. Grant of Stock Options to Executives of Shinhan Financial Group and its
subsidiaries
-> please refer to our Form 6-K filed on March 11, 2005.
B. Grant of Stock Options to Department Heads of Shinhan Financial Group and
its Subsidiaries
1) Grantees
1,001 Department heads of Shinhan Financial Group and its subsidiaries
2) Number of options to be granted
Stock options to purchase 1,449,200 shares in total.
* Other terms and conditions are the same as we reported previously on
March 11, 2005.
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C. Grant of Stock Options to Outside Directors of Shinhan Financial Group
1) Grantees and number of options to be granted
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Name Number of Options Granted (shares)
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Pyung Joo Kim 10,000
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Il Sup Kim 10,000
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Sang Yoon Lee 10,000
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Yoon Soo Yoon 10,000
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Shee Yul Ryoo 10,000
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Total 50,000
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* Other terms and conditions are the same as we reported previously
on March 11, 2005.
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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.
SHINHAN FINANCIAL GROUP CO., LTD.
By /s/ Byung Jae Cho
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Name: Byung Jae Cho
Title: Chief Financial Officer
Date : March 30, 2005
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