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 September 2004

 


 

Kookmin Bank

(Translation of registrant’s name into English)

 


 

9-1, 2-Ga, Namdaemun-Ro, Jung-Gu, Seoul, Korea 100-703

(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 From 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    

 



The Fixing of Record Date and Closing of Shareholder’s Registry

 

On September 15, 2004, Kookmin Bank made public the fixing of the record date for the shareholders and the closing period of its shareholder registry book with respect to the extraordinary shareholders’ meeting scheduled on October 29, 2004 as follows.

 

Common stock holders registered in Kookmin Bank’s shareholder registry as of the record date, September 30, 2004, will be entitled to exercise his or her voting right in the shareholders’ meeting. The shareholders may exercise their voting rights in writing without attending the meeting in person.

 

Then, Kookmin Bank will close its shareholders’ registry book from October 1, 2004 to October 7, 2004.


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.

 

   

Kookmin Bank

   

(Registrant)

Date: September 14, 2004

 

By:

 

/s/ Ki Sup Shin


       

(Signature)

   

Name:

 

Ki Sup Shin

   

Title:

 

Senior Executive Vice President &

       

Chief Financial Officer