Company: SHG
Filing Date: 2025-04-23
Form Type: 20-F
Source: 0001193125-25-089950
Chunk: 303

Company: SHINHAN FINANCIAL GROUP CO LTD
Filing Date: 2025-04-23
Form: 20-F
Chunk 303
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 31, 2022, 2023 and 2024, respectively, each representing 7.6%, 8.1% and 6.4%, respectively, of our total funding as of such dates.

We may also from time to time obtain funding through issuance of equity securities. For example, On September 29, 2020, partly in response to the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic and to increase our loss absorption capacity, we issued 39,130,000 common shares to two private equity funds, thereby increasing our paid-in capital by W195.7 billion. As a result of such offering, which was substantially fully subscribed and resulted in a capital increase of 7.5%, we raised W1,158 billion (before underwriting commissions and other offering expenses).

In addition, we obtain funding through issuance of hybrid bonds. The total of our hybrid bonds issued were W4,600 billion. In 2024, the additional hybrid bonds of W798 billion were newly issued to improve the capital adequacy ratio by expanding the capital.

In limited situations, we may also issue convertible and/or preferred shares. For example, in August 2003, in order to partly fund our acquisition of Chohung Bank, we raised a total of W2,552 billion through domestic private placements of redeemable preferred shares and redeemable convertible preferred shares to domestic financial institutions and governmental entities in Korea, all of which shares have since been redeemed or converted. In addition, in January 2007, partly to fund the acquisition of LG Card, we raised a total of W3,750 billion through domestic private placements of redeemable preferred shares and redeemable convertible preferred shares, all of which have been redeemed as of the date hereof. In April 2011, we issued redeemable preferred shares to fund redemption of such securities, and in April 2016, we redeemed the redeemable preferred shares issued in April 2011. In May 2019, we raised a total of W750 billion through domestic private placements of convertible preferred shares, all of which were fully converted into common shares in May 2023. For further details of our preferred shares, see “Item 10.B. Memorandum and Articles of Incorporation — Description of Preferred Stock.”

Pursuant to laws and regulations in Korea, we may redeem our preferred stock to the extent of our retained earnings of the previous fiscal year, net of certain reserves. At this time, we expect that cash from our future operations would be adequate to provide us