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KB Financial (NYSE: KB) OKs 2025 dividend and director, audit committee slate

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KB Financial Group Inc. reported that all agenda items at its March 26, 2026 annual general meeting for fiscal year 2025 were approved. Shareholder support was high, with many proposals receiving over 95% of votes cast on turnout above 80% of voting shares.

The company reported 2025 profit for the year of 5,840,715 million Won and basic earnings per share of 15,410 Won, based on IFRS as adopted by Korea. Another statement showed profit for the year of 3,657,633 million Won and basic earnings per share of 9,456 Won.

Shareholders approved a year-end cash dividend of KRW 1,605 per common share, in addition to KRW 2,762 per share already paid as aggregate quarterly dividends in 2025. Several non-executive directors and audit committee members, including Jeong Ho Seo and Whajoon Cho, were appointed or reappointed for terms of one or two years.

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UNITED STATES

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 2026

Commission File Number: 000-53445

 

 

KB Financial Group Inc.

(Translation of registrant’s name into English)

 

 

26, Gukjegeumyung-ro 8-gil, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul 07331, 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 ☒    Form 40-F ☐

 

 
 


Results of Annual General Meeting of Shareholders

of KB Financial Group Inc. for Fiscal Year 2025

On March 26, 2026, KB Financial Group Inc. (“KB Financial Group”) held its annual general meeting of shareholders for fiscal year 2025. All agenda items were approved and ratified as set forth below.

Agenda:

 

  1)

Approval of financial statements and the proposed dividend payment for fiscal year 2025:

Approved as originally proposed, with 98.1% voting in favor (representing 83.3% of the total issued shares with voting rights)

 

  2)

Amendment of the articles of incorporation of KB Financial Group

Approved as originally proposed, with 98.5% voting in favor (representing 83.6% of the total issued shares with voting rights)

 

  3)

Reduction of the capital reserve of KB Financial Group

Approved as originally proposed, with 98.7% voting in favor (representing 83.8% of the total issued shares with voting rights)

 

  4)

Appointment of directors (three non-executive directors)

 

  4-1)

Jaehong Choi, Non-Executive Director Candidate:

Approved as originally proposed, with 84.7% voting in favor (representing 71.9% of the total issued shares with voting rights)

 

  4-2)

Myong-Hwal Lee, Non-Executive Director Candidate:

Approved as originally proposed, with 95.5% voting in favor (representing 81.0% of the total issued shares with voting rights)

 

  4-3)

Jeong Ho Seo, Non-Executive Director Candidate:

Approved as originally proposed, with 97.4% voting in favor (representing 82.7% of the total issued shares with voting rights)

 

  5)

Appointment of a non-executive director, who will serve as a member of the Audit Committee

Whajoon Cho, Non-Executive Director Candidate:

Approved as originally proposed, with 95.2% voting in favor (representing 79.8% of the total issued shares with voting rights)

 

  6)

Appointment of a non-executive director, who will serve as a member of the Audit Committee

Sung-Yong Kim, Non-Executive Director Candidate:

Approved as originally proposed, with 86.8% voting in favor (representing 72.8% of the total issued shares with voting rights)

 

  7)

Appointment of members of the Audit Committee, who are non-executive directors

 

  7-1)

Sun Yeop Kim, Audit Committee Member Candidate:

Approved as originally proposed, with 97.5% voting in favor (representing 81.8% of the total issued shares with voting rights)

 

  7-2)

Jeong Ho Seo, Audit Committee Member Candidate:

Approved as originally proposed, with 97.4% voting in favor (representing 81.7% of the total issued shares with voting rights)

 

  8)

Approval of the aggregate remuneration limit for directors:

Approved as originally proposed, with 77.0% voting in favor (representing 65.3% of the total issued shares with voting rights)


Details of Approved Agenda Items

 

Key items of the approved financial statements for fiscal year 2025

 

 

Consolidated financial statements for fiscal year 2025(1)

(In millions of Won, except per share amounts)

 

Total assets

   797,923,033

Total liabilities

   737,093,044

Share capital

   2,090,558

Total equity(2)

   60,829,989

Total operating revenue(3)

   81,378,164

Net operating income

   8,517,711

Profit for the year(4)

   5,840,715

Basic earnings per share (Won)

   15,410

Notes:  (1)  Based on International Financial Reporting Standards as adopted by the Republic of Korea.

   (2)

Represents total equity, including equity attributable to non-controlling interests.

   (3)

Represents the sum of interest income, fee and commission income, insurance income, reinsurance income, gain on financial instruments at fair value through profit and loss, other insurance finance income, and other operating income.

   (4)

Represents total profit for the year, including profit attributable to non-controlling interests.

 

 

Separate financial statements for fiscal year 2025(1)

(In millions of Won, except per share amounts)

 

Total assets

   30,853,140

Total liabilities

   5,917,904

Share capital

   2,090,558

Total equity

   24,935,236

Total operating revenue(2)

   3,892,351

Net operating income

   3,659,114

Profit for the year

   3,657,633

Basic earnings per share (Won)

   9,456

Notes:  (1)  Based on International Financial Reporting Standards as adopted by the Republic of Korea.

   (2)

Represents the sum of interest income, fee and commission income, gain on financial instruments at fair value through profit and loss, other operating income, and reversals of provision for credit losses.

 

 

Dividend payment for fiscal year 2025

A year-end cash dividend of KRW 1,605 per common share was approved, in addition to the aggregate quarterly cash dividend amount of KRW 2,762 per common share that has already been paid in 2025:

 

  1)

Total dividend amount for fiscal year 2025: KRW 1,577,773,973,000

 

  2)

Dividend yield for fiscal year 2025: 2.6%*

 

*

Represents the percentage of the total dividend amount (including quarterly dividends) per common share to the arithmetic mean of the closing prices of the common shares of KB Financial Group in the trading market during the one week period ending on the day that is two trading days before the record date.


Appointed Non-Executive Directors and Audit Committee Members

 

 

Number of newly appointed or re-appointed non-executive directors: 5

 

 

Number of newly appointed or re-appointed members of the Audit Committee: 4

 

Total Number of Directors and Audit Committee Members Following the Appointment

 

 

Directors: 9 (including 7 non-executive directors)

 

 

Members of the Audit Committee: 4 (all non-executive directors)


Details regarding appointment of non-executive directors

 

Name   

Date of

Birth

   Term of
Office
   New
Appointment
  

Career

(including current position)

   Name of Other
Entities of
Which the
Nominee Serves
as a Director
Jaehong Choi   

August

1962

   1 year    No   

Professor, Startup College, Gachon University (Current)

 

Chief Director, Gangwon Center for Creative Economy and Innovation

 

Professor, Department of Multimedia & IT Engineering, Gangneung-Wonju National University

 

Non-Executive Director, Kakao Corp.

 

   — 
Myong-Hwal Lee    

May

1964

   1 year    No   

 

Senior Research Fellow, Korea Institute of Finance (Current)

 

Director, Center for International Financial Cooperation, Korea Institute of Finance

 

Non-Executive Director, Woori Financial Capital, Co., Ltd.

 

Member, Sanction Review Committee, Financial Supervisory Service

 

Member, Postal Services Steering Committee

 

Professional Director, Korea Federation of Savings Banks

 

Member, Financial Creditors’ Coordination Committee

 

Vice President, Korea Money and Finance Association

 

Vice President, Korea Institute of Finance

 

Director of Research Strategy and External Affairs Division, Korea Institute of Finance

 

   — 


Name   

Date of

Birth

   Term of
Office
   New
Appointment
  

Career

(including current position)

   Name of Other
Entities of
Which the
Nominee Serves
as a Director
Jeong Ho Seo    August 1969    2 years    Yes   

Managing Partner, Wiz Law Group (Current)

 

Legal Counsel, Seoul Regional Office of the National Tax Service (Current)

 

Member, Tax Ruling Review Committee, Ministry of Finance and Economy (Current)

 

Non-Executive Director, Hanwha Solutions

 

Partner, Wiz Law Group

 

Non-Executive Director, Hyundai Capital Co., Ltd.

 

Member, Legal Interpretation Review Committee, Financial Services Commission

 

Member, Management and Budget Review Committee, Financial Services Commission

 

Member, Sanctions Review Committee, Financial Supervisory Service

 

Member, Financial Development Review Committee, Financial Services Commission

 

Non-Executive Director, Haatz Co., Ltd.

 

Member, Listing Review Committee, Korea Exchange

 

Non-Executive Director, Hanwha General Insurance Co., Ltd.

 

Member, the Disciplinary Committee of Korea Exchange

 

Partner, Dikeion Law Group

 

Non-standing Commissioner Tax Tribunal

 

Non-Executive Director, Hansol Chemical Co., Ltd

 

    
Whajoon Cho    February 1957    1 year    No   

 

Auditor, Mercedes-Benz Financial Services Korea Limited

 

Non-Executive Director, Pulmuone Co., Ltd.

 

Visiting Professor, Sogang University / Lecturer, KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology)

 

President & CEO, KT Capital Corporation

 

   — 


Name   

Date of

Birth

   Term of
Office
   New
Appointment
  

Career

(including current position)

   Name of Other
Entities of
Which the
Nominee Serves
as a Director
Sung-Yong Kim   

March

1966

   1 year    No   

Professor, Law School, Sungkyunkwan University (Current)

 

Member, Corporate Governance Research Committee Member, Korea Institute of Corporate Governance and Sustainability

 

Member, Management Committee for the Key Industries Stabilization Fund

 

Chairperson, Insolvency Law Institute of Korea

 

Non-executive director, SGI Seoul Guarantee Insurance

 

Non-executive director, Woori Bank, Co., Ltd.

 

Non-Standing Commissioner, Securities & Futures Commission

 

   — 


Details regarding appointment of members of the Audit Committee

 

Name   

 

Date of

Birth

   Term of
Office
  

New

Appointment

  

Career

(including current position)

Whajoon Cho    February 1957    1 year    No   

Auditor, Mercedes-Benz Financial Services Korea Limited

 

Non-Executive Director, Pulmuone Co., Ltd.

 

Visiting Professor, Sogang University / Lecturer, KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology)

 

President & CEO, KT Capital Corporation

Sung-Yong Kim   

March

1966

   1 year    No   

 

Professor, Law School, Sungkyunkwan University (Current)

 

Member, Corporate Governance Research Committee Member, Korea Institute of Corporate Governance and Sustainability

 

Member, Management Committee for the Key Industries Stabilization Fund

 

Chairperson, Insolvency Law Institute of Korea

 

Non-executive director, SGI Seoul Guarantee Insurance

 

Non-executive director, Woori Bank, Co., Ltd.

 

Non-Standing Commissioner, Securities & Futures Commission

Sun Yeop Kim   

November

1969

   1 year    No   

 

Representative Director, E-JUNG Accounting Corporation (Current)

 

Member, Public Institutions Management Evaluation Committee, Ministry of Economy and Finance

 

Non-Executive Director, FARMSCO

 

Director, E-JUNG Accounting Corporation

 

Head of Financial Services/Strategy Division, Deloitte Anjin LLC

Jeong Ho Seo   

August

1969

   1 year    Yes   

 

Managing Partner, Wiz Law Group (Current)

 

Legal Counsel, Seoul Regional Office of the National Tax Service (Current)

 

Member, Tax Ruling Review Committee, Ministry of Finance and Economy (Current)

 

Non-Executive Director, Hanwha Solutions

 

Partner, Wiz Law Group

 

Non-Executive Director, Hyundai Capital Co., Ltd.

 

Member, Legal Interpretation Review Committee, Financial Services Commission

 

Member, Management and Budget Review Committee, Financial Services Commission

 

Member, Sanctions Review Committee, Financial Supervisory Service

 

Member, Financial Development Review Committee, Financial Services Commission

 

Non-Executive Director, Haatz Co., Ltd.

 

Member, Listing Review Committee, Korea Exchange

 

Non-Executive Director, Hanwha General Insurance Co., Ltd.

 

Member, the Disciplinary Committee of Korea Exchange

 

Partner, Dikeion Law Group

 

Non-standing Commissioner Tax Tribunal

 

Non-Executive Director, Hansol Chemical Co., Ltd.


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.

 

   

KB Financial Group Inc.

    (Registrant)
Date: March 26, 2026     By:  

/s/ Sang Rok Na

    (Signature)
    Name: Sang Rok Na
    Title: Senior Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer

FAQ

What did KB Financial Group (KB) shareholders approve at the 2026 AGM?

Shareholders approved all agenda items at KB Financial Group’s annual general meeting for fiscal 2025. Proposals, including director and audit committee appointments and dividend decisions, generally received very strong support, with several items exceeding 95% approval on high voting turnout among eligible shares.

What were KB Financial Group’s key 2025 profit and earnings per share figures?

KB Financial Group reported 2025 profit for the year of 5,840,715 million Won with basic earnings per share of 15,410 Won. A separate statement showed profit of 3,657,633 million Won and basic earnings per share of 9,456 Won, both under Korean-adopted IFRS.

What cash dividends per share did KB Financial Group (KB) approve for 2025?

Shareholders approved a year-end cash dividend of KRW 1,605 per common share. This comes on top of aggregate quarterly cash dividends already paid in 2025 totaling KRW 2,762 per common share, bringing the full-year cash dividend to a higher combined level.

Which non-executive directors were appointed or reappointed at KB Financial Group’s AGM?

Non-executive directors including Jaehong Choi, Myong-Hwal Lee, Jeong Ho Seo, Whajoon Cho and Sung-Yong Kim were approved. Their terms range from one to two years, and many also hold academic, legal, finance or board roles at other major Korean institutions and companies.

Who joined or continued on KB Financial Group’s Audit Committee after the meeting?

Audit Committee members approved include Whajoon Cho, Sung-Yong Kim, Sun Yeop Kim and Jeong Ho Seo. They bring backgrounds in auditing, academia, law and financial services, reflecting experience across accounting firms, universities, financial regulators and Korean financial companies.

How strong was shareholder support for KB Financial Group’s AGM resolutions?

Support was very strong, with several items approved by more than 97% of votes cast and many resolutions representing over 80% of total issued shares with voting rights. Even the lowest-supported agenda item still received a sizable majority backing from participating shareholders.
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