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 ----- ----- 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): ____________ 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): ____________ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in this form 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 ----- ----- If "Yes" is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): 82-____________. 1 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. 2 C. Grant of Stock Options to Outside Directors of Shinhan Financial Group 1) Grantees and number of options to be granted ------------------------------------------------------------ Name Number of Options Granted (shares) ------------------------------------------------------------ Pyung Joo Kim 10,000 ------------------------------------------------------------ Il Sup Kim 10,000 ------------------------------------------------------------ Sang Yoon Lee 10,000 ------------------------------------------------------------ Yoon Soo Yoon 10,000 ------------------------------------------------------------ Shee Yul Ryoo 10,000 ------------------------------------------------------------ Total 50,000 ------------------------------------------------------------ * Other terms and conditions are the same as we reported previously on March 11, 2005. 3 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 ------------------------------------- Name: Byung Jae Cho Title: Chief Financial Officer Date : March 30, 2005 4