Form 6-K

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 March 2007

 


Woori Finance Holdings Co., Ltd.

(Translation of registrant’s name into English)

 


203, Hoehyon-dong, 1-ga, Chung-gu, Seoul, Korea

(Address of principal executive office)

 


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):             

Note: Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1) only permits the submission in paper of a Form 6-K if submitted solely to provide an attached annual report to security holders.

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7):             

Note: Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7) only permits the submission in paper of a Form 6-K if submission to furnish a report or other document that the registration foreign private issuer must furnish and make public under the laws of the jurisdiction in which the registrant is incorporated, domiciled or legally organized (the registrant’s “home country”), or under the rules of the home country exchange on which the registrant’s securities are traded, as long as the report or other document is not a press release, is not required to be and has not been distributed to the registrant’s security holders, and if discussing a material event, has already been the subject of a Form 6-K submission or other Commission filing on EDGAR.

Indicate by check mark whether by furnishing the information contained in this Form, the registrant is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

Yes                      No  X

 



Disposition of LG Card Shares

Woori Bank, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Woori Finance Holdings, revised the number of shares of LG Card that it is selling from the number previously disclosed on December 18, 2006.

Before revision

 

Item

   Details

Sale amount

   585,232,104,510 Won

Number of shares sold

   8,635,563 shares

After revision

 

Item

   Details

Sale amount

   591,131,550,780 Won

Number of shares sold

   8,722,614 shares

Amount of revision

 

Item

   Details

Sale amount

   5,899,446,270 Won

Number of shares sold

   87,051 shares

 

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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.

 

 

Woori Finance Holdings Co., Ltd.

  (Registrant)
    Date: March 23, 2007   By:  

/s/ Byung-Ho Park

    (Signature)
  Name:   Byung-Ho Park
  Title:   Managing Director

 

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