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National Agricultural Cooperative Federation

U.S. 165(d) Reduced Resolution Plan

Public Section

December 2018

This document contains forward-looking statements. Statements that are not historical facts, including statements about National 

Agricultural Cooperative Federation’ beliefs and expectations, are forward-looking statements. These statements are based on current plans, 

estimates and projections, and therefore undue reliance should not be placed on them. The forward-looking information contained in this 

document is presented for the purpose of interpreting the information contained herein and may not be appropriate for other purposes. 

Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made, and National Agricultural Cooperative Federation undertakes no 

obligation to update publicly any of them in light of new information or future events.
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Contents

1. Introduction......................................................................................................................................3

2. Overview of the National Agricultural Cooperative Federation.....................4

3. Core Business Line, Critical Operation & Material Entity................................6

4. Summary of Financial Information Regarding Assets, Liabilities, 

Capital and Major Funding Sources................................................................................7

5. A Description of Derivative activities an Hedging activity.............................13

6. A List of Memberships in Material payment, Clearing and Settlement 

systems...........................................................................................................................................14

7. A Description of Foreign operation...............................................................................16

8. Material Supervisory Authority .......................................................................................17

9. The Identities of the Principal Officers.......................................................................18

10. A Description of the Corporate Governance Structure and Processes 

related to Resolution Planning..........................................................................................20

11. A Description of Material Management Information Systems......................21

12. A Description of the Covered Company’s Resolution Strategy ...................22
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(a) Public Section 

1. Introduction

The Reduced Plan of National Agricultural Cooperative Federation (‘NACF’) is being filed 

pursuant to Section 165(d) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection 

Act (the ‘Dodd-Frank Act’) and to implement regulations (the ‘Regulation’) issued by the 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (‘FRB’) (12 CFR Part 243) and the 

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (‘FDIC’) (12 CFR Part 381).

Any foreign bank or company that is treated as a bank holding company under Section 8(a) of 

the International Banking Act of 1978 (the ‘IBA’) and has $50 billion or more in global total 

consolidated assets is a ‘Covered Company’ for purposes of Section 165(d) and the Final 

Rule. A Covered Company is required to periodically submit to both the FRB and FDIC a 

plan discussing the rapid and orderly resolution of its U.S. operations in the event of material 

financial distress or failure. 

NACF is the top-tier parent company of all subsidiaries of NH group including NongHyup 

Financial Group (‘NHFG’) and NongHyup Agribusiness Group (‘NHAG’). NHFG is the 

third largest financial groups in Korea which provides a wide range of financial services to its 

customers through its subsidiaries, including the NongHyup Bank, NongHyup Life Insurance, 

NongHyup Property & Casualty Insurance, NH Investment & Securities, NH-Amundi Asset 

Management, NH Capital, NH REITs Management, and NH Savings Bank.

Also, NHAG is the parent company of 19 subsidiaries that provide services related to

marketing and supply of agricultural and livestock products. Among the 19 subsidiaries are 

Nongwoo Bio, NongHyup Feed and NH Trading which operates subsidiaries in the U.S. 

In a multi-tiered holding company structure, the covered company is the top-tier of the multitiered holding company. NACF is defined as a ‘Covered Company’ under the Regulation 

since the global total consolidated assets of NACF, including its U.S. operations, exceeded 

$50 billion as of December 31, 2017. 

The FRB and the FDIC reviewed the 2015 Resolution Plan of NACF and jointly determined 
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to reduce the information content that the Covered Company will be required to provide in its 

resolution plan submission due by Dec 31 of 2016, 2017 and 2018(“Reduced Plans”), subject 

to the “conditions for Reduced Plans” specified by their letter on Jun 10, 2016 and as 

authorized under section _.4(k) of the Resolution Plan Rule.

NACF incorporated information about NHAG’s three U.S. operations in the 2018 Resolution 

Plan, in order to incorporate all assets of the Covered Company in the Resolution Plan as to 

thoroughly follow the requirements of the Resolution Plan Rule.

2. Overview of the National Agricultural Cooperative Federation 

NACF was established out of a merger of agricultural cooperatives and the agricultural bank 

in 1961, in an attempt to construct a national cooperative system for Korean farmers suffering 

from poor production capacity and insufficient financial resources. In the decades since, 

NACF has played a crucial role in the growth of the Korean economy, developing into one of 

the most successful cooperatives in the world.

NACF is the apex organization of 1,123 primary member cooperatives representing more 

than 2.5 million member farmers in Korea. Member farmers are the owners, users, and 

controllers of the agricultural cooperatives. Similarly, 1,123 primary cooperatives are the 

owners of the federation, NACF.

The member cooperatives are democratically controlled, autonomous business groups, 

funded by member subscriptions rather than government financial investment. They, in turn, 

raise capitals to fund NACF through institutional subscriptions. Cooperatives are governed by 

directly elected presidents, who, in turn, elect a chairman of the federation.

Over the past five decades, financial operations (bank, insurance, securities and et.c) of 

NACF have enjoyed substantial growth, leading it to become one of the largest financial 

institutions in Korea. On March 2, 2012, NACF physically separated its operations, 

establishing the two holding companies under the revised National Agricultural Cooperative 

Act and a resolution by the Board of Directors: the financial holding company (NongHyup 

Financial Group) and the agricultural holding company (NongHyup Agribusiness Group). 

NHFG is a financial holding company established and organized under the Financial Holding 
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Companies Act of Korea with its head office in Seoul, Korea. NHFG has been poised to 

flexibly respond to the ever-changing social, economic, and financial environments, while 

providing high-quality financial services to its customers through its subsidiaries, including 

the NongHyup Bank, NongHyup Life Insurance, NongHyup Property & Casualty Insurance, 

NH Investment & Securities, NH-Amundi Asset Management, NH Capital, NH REITs 

Management, and NH Savings Bank.

Exhibit 1: NACF Organization

Exhibit 2.1: NHFG Organizational Structure

NongHyup

Life 

Insurance

NongHyup

Property &

Casualty

Insurance

Co.Ltd

NH-Amundi 

Asset

Management

NH Investment

& Securities

NH Savings

Bank

NH Investment

& Securities

America

(100% Owned Sub)

NongHyup Bank

New York 

Branch

United States of America South Korea

100% 100% 100% 60% 49.1% 100%

100%

NH Capital NongHyup

Bank

NongHyup

REITs 

Management

NH Futures

100% 100%

Member Cooperatives (1,123)

NongHyup Agribusiness Group NongHyup Financial Group

100% 100%
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Exhibit 2.2: NHAG Organizational Structure

3. Core Business Line, Critical Operation & Material Entity

3.1. Core Business Lines

Core Business Lines are defined as the business lines of the Covered Company which are 

conducted in whole or material part in the U.S., and the failure of which would result in a 

material loss of revenue, profit, or franchise value to the Covered Company.

Based on analysis performed on a quantitative, as well as, a qualitative basis, failure of 

NACF’s U.S. operations would not have a material effect on the overall value of the covered 

company.

As such, for the purpose of this U.S. Resolution Plan, NACF has determined that it had no 

core business lines, banking and nonbanking that were conducted in the U.S. as of December 

31, 2017.

3.2. Critical Operations

Critical Operations are defined in the Regulation as those operations of a Covered Company 

which are conducted in whole or material part in the U.S., including associated services, 

functions and support, the failure or discontinuance of which, would pose a threat to the 

NongHyup Agribusiness Group

Nongwoo Bio NH Trading

NongHyup Hanaro Mart

NongHyup Food

NongHyup Checmical

NongHyup Red Ginseng

NongHyup Logistics Service

Agricultural Cooperative Busan Gyeongnam Marketing

Korea Agricultural Cooperative Markting

Nonghyup

America

(100% Owned Sub)

NH HAY

(100% Owned Sub)

United States of America South Korea

100% 57.9% 100% 100% 51~94.8%

Nonghyup

Feed

Nongwoo Seed 

America

(100% Owned Sub)

NongHyup Food Grain

Namhae Chemical

Agricultural Cooperative Chungbuk Marketing

Daejeon Agricultural Products Marketing

Agricultural Cooperative Agro

Orion NongHyup

NongHyup Heuksarang

NongHyup Moguchon
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stability of the U.S. financial system.

After a thorough review of its U.S. operations, NACF has determined that none of the 

operations, being insignificant to the U.S. financial market and easily substitutable, if 

discontinued, would pose a threat to the financial stability of the U.S. As such, for the 

purpose of this U.S. Resolution Plan, NACF has determined that it not have any Critical 

Operations.

3.3. Material Entities 

Material Entities are defined as a subsidiary or foreign office of the Covered Company that is 

significant to the activities of a Critical Operation or Core Business Line. None of the 

business lines of NACF conducted in the United States have been determined to be a “Core 

Business Line” or a “Critical Operation”. Therefore, for the purposes of this Resolution Plan, 

NHFG has no material entities.

3.4. U.S. operations of NHAG

NACF does not have material entities, critical operations and core business lines even when 

the three U.S. operations of NHAG are considered. Moreover, all financial operations of 

NACF are under the control of NHFG, and NHAG and its subsidiaries are independent of the 

U.S. financial system as they do not carry out any finance related business.

4. Summary of Financial Information Regarding Assets, Liabilities, Capital 

and Major Funding Sources

4.1. Financial Statements of NACF, NHFG and NHAG

NHFG and NHAG came into existence because of a split-off from NACF on March 2, 2012, 

for the purpose of controlling and managing companies that conduct financial business and to 

support funding.

In accordance with the provisions of the NACF Act 134-3, NongHyup Bank, NongHyup Life 

Insurance, NongHyup Property & Casualty Insurance, NH Investment & Securities, NHAmundi Asset Management, NH Capital, NH Futures, and NH Savings Bank became 

subsidiaries of the NHFG. NHAG is the parent company of 19 subsidiaries that provide 
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services related to marketing and supply of agricultural and livestock products. Among the 19 

subsidiaries are Nongwoo Bio, NongHyup Feed and NH Trading which operates subsidiaries 

in the U.S. 

The entity’s headquarter is located at 16 Saemoonan-ro (Chungjeong-ro 1 street) Joong-gu in 

Seoul. As of December 31, 2017, and the NACF owned 100% shares of NHFG and NHAG’s 

capital stock.

Exhibit 3: Non- consolidated balance sheet of NACF as of December 31, 2017 

(Units: ₩ Korean million, $ U.S. million)

Description 2017(KRW) 2017(USD)

Assets

Assets of General Business Sector 24,231,703 22,617

Assets of Administrative Sector 24,231,703 22,617

Current Assets 219,280 205

Quick Assets 219,280 205

Cash & Cash Equivalents 5,684 5

Accounts Receivable, net 1,012 1

Accrued income 14,658 14

Prepaid Expense 9,865 9

Others 188,061 176

Non-current Assets 24,012,423 22,412

Investment Assets 23,362,270 21,805

Tangible Assets 512,823 479

Intangible Assets 122,494 114

Others 14,836 14

Assets of Special Business Sector 97,446,376 90,952

Extension & Support Service 5,402,374 5,042

Mutual Credit Business 92,044,002 85,910

Total Assets 121,678,079 113,569

Liabilities

Liabilities of General Business Sector 11,059,034 10,322

Liabilities of Administrative Sector 11,059,034 10,322

Current Liabilities 1,983,160 1,851

Accounts Payable 66,075 62

Accrued Expenses 73,089 68
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Description 2017(KRW) 2017(USD)

Others 1,843,996 1,721

Non-Current Liabilities 9,075,874 8,471

Bonds payable 8,570,000 7,999

Discount on bonds payable (596) (1)

Accrued Severance Benefit 155,341 145

Pension Assets for severance benefit (149,658) (140)

Others 500,787 467

Liabilities of Special Business Sector 94,018,885 87,753

Extension & Support Service 372,562 348

Mutual Credit Business 93,646,323 87,406

Total Liabilities 105,077,919 98,075

 

Equity

Capital Stock 8,441,214 7,879

Capital Surplus 150,370 140

Capital adjustment (59,547) (56)

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (236,285) (221)

Retained Earning 8,304,408 7,751

Legal Reserve 4,149,193 3,873

Voluntary Reserve 3,581,910 3,343

Retained Earning 573,305 535

Total Equity 16,600,160 15,494

Total Liabilities & Equity 121,678,079 113,569

(USD 1$ = KRW 1,071.4 won)

Exhibit 4-1: Consolidated balance sheet of NHFG as of December 31, 2017

(Units: ₩ Korean million, $ U.S. million)

Description 2017(KRW) 2017(USD)

Assets

Cash and due from banks 13,716,039 12,802

Trading financial assets 31,232,489 29,151

Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss 

(FVTPL) 1,201,273 1,121

Derivative assets 2,432,355 2,270

Available-for-sale (AFS) financial assets 42,889,771 40,032

Held-to-maturity (HTM) financial assets 46,767,505 43,651
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Description 2017(KRW) 2017(USD)

Loans and receivables 243,309,585 227,095

Investments in associates and joint ventures 242,063 226

Tangible assets 3,304,521 3,084

Investment properties 878,397 820

Intangible assets 525,379 490

Current income tax assets 4,161 4

Current income tax assets 641,230 598

Other assets 1,596,915 1,490

Assets classified as held for sale 15 0

Total assets 388,741,698 362,835

Liabilities

Deposits 209,328,015 195,378

Trading financial liabilities 962,144 898

Financial liabilities at fair value through profit or 

loss 12,642,298 11,800

Derivative liabilities 2,196,840 2,050

Borrowings 27,751,286 25,902

Debentures 29,483,147 27,518

Provisions 488,332 456

Retirement benefit obligations 375,614 351

Insurance contract liabilities 67,548,940 63,047

Current income tax liabilities 84,552 79

Deferred tax liabilities 811 1

Other liabilities 16,760,546 15,644

Total liabilities 367,622,525 343,124

Equity

Equity attributable to equity holders of the parent 18,173,603 16,962

Capital stock 1,414,095 1,320

Other paid-in capital 14,149,916 13,207

Retained earnings 3,121,822 2,914

Other component of equity (512,230) (478)

Non-controlling shareholder's equity 2,945,570 2,749

Total equity 21,119,173 19,712

Total liabilities and equity 388,741,698 362,835

(USD 1$ = KRW 1,071.4 won)
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Exhibit 4-2: Consolidated balance sheet of NHAG as of December 31, 2017

(Units: ₩ Korean million, $ U.S. million)

Description 2017(KRW) 2017(USD)

Assets

Current Assets 7,961,458 7,431

Cash and due from banks 1,282,546 1,197

Trading financial assets 147,475 138

Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss (FVTPL) 31,732 30

Account receivable 2,839,536 2,650

Available-for-sale (AFS) financial assets 302 0

Held-to-maturity (HTM) financial assets 90 0

Inventory 859,656 802

Biological asset 28,490 27

Current income tax assets 3,471 3

Other current financial assets 1,359,982 1,269

Other current assets 1,408,178 1,314

Assets classified as held for sale - -

Non-Current Assets 5,092,436 4,753

Long-term financial asset 7,514 7

Long-term Account receivable 435,569 407

Available-for-sale (AFS) financial assets 89,836 84

Held-to-maturity (HTM) financial assets 604 1

Deferred income tax assets 43,223 40

Investments in associates and joint ventures 111,854 104

Tangible assets 2,444,940 2,282

Investment properties 639,748 597

Intangible assets 359,470 336

Biological asset 2,981 3

Other non-current financial assets 955,144 891

Other non-current assets 1,553 1

Total assets 13,053,894 12,184

Liabilities

Current Liabilities 5,528,035 5,160

Financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss 4,002 4

Account payable 1,254,874 1,171
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Description 2017(KRW) 2017(USD)

Borrowings 3,345,974 3,123

Current income tax liabilities 15,019 14

Provisions 4,406 4

Deferred income 6,361 6

Other current financial liabilities 20,908 20

Other current liabilities 876,491 818

Non-Current liabilities 1,789,280 1,670

Long-term account payable 24,454 23

Borrowings 1,457,950 1,361

Retirement benefit obligations 183,056 171

Deferred tax liabilities 65,086 61

Provisions 37,652 35

Other non-current financial liabilities 19,268 18

Other non-current liabilities 1,814 2

Total liabilities 7,317,315 6,830

Equity

Equity attributable to equity holders of the parent 5,352,088 4,995

Capital stock 3,657,440 3,414

Other paid-in capital 1,415,485 1,321

Retained earnings 357,382 334

Other component of equity (78,219) (73)

Non-controlling shareholder's equity 384,491 359

Total equity 5,736,579 5,354

Total liabilities and equity 13,053,894 12,184

(USD 1$ = KRW 1,071.4 won)

4.2. Capital Adequacy

NHFG is required to maintain its capital adequacy ratio against risk-weighted assets in 

accordance with the criteria set by the Bank of International Settlements (the ‘BIS capital 

adequacy ratio’), and it must be 8/100 or more according to the Financial Holding Companies 

Act. The Bank for International Settlements’ Basel Committee for International Banking 

Supervision has drawn up global standards for capital adequacy determining how much 

capital financial institutions should set aside as a proportion of risky assets. BIS capital 

adequacy ratio is calculated as the sum of the basic and supplementary capital reflecting 
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items deducted from capital, which is divided by risk-weighted assets.

The basic capital consists of paid-up capital, statutory reserves and retained earnings for 

permanent capital; and supplementary capital consists of the items of capital contribution 

containing liability characteristics that meet the criteria as determined and announced by the 

Financial Services Commission with the limit of 100% of basic capital. Deduction items are 

deducted from basic and supplementary capital for the purpose of capital management, which 

has no capital characteristics, such as deferred tax assets.

Details of the NHFG’s BIS capital adequacy ratio as of December 31, 2017 and 2016 are as 

follow.

Exhibit 5: Capital Adequacy of NHFG 

(Unit: %)i

Classification

Year ended December 31

2017 2016

Equity capital ratio 13.47 13.49

Basic capital ratio 11.49 11.24

Common Equity capital ratio 10.49 10.02

Total Equity=Basic capital+Supplementary capital,

Basic capital=Common Equity capital+other basic capital

5. A Description of Derivative activities an Hedging activity

5.1. NHFG

NHFG enters into a variety of derivative contracts to manage its exposure to interest rate and 

foreign exchange rate risk associated with financials instruments, including currency forward 

contracts, interest rate swaps and cross-currency swaps.

Derivatives are initially recognized at fair value at the date the derivative contract is entered 

into and are subsequently re-measured to their fair value at the end of each reporting period. 

Derivatives used for trading purposes are recognized as financial assets and liabilities at 

FVTPL (Fair Value Through Profit and Loss) and derivatives for hedging purposes are

recognized as hedging-purpose derivative assets and liabilities on the consolidated financial 

statements at fair value.
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The resulting gain or loss is recognized in net income immediately, unless the derivative is 

designated and effective as a hedging instrument, in such case the timing of the recognition in 

net income depends on the nature of the hedge relationship. Fair value hedge accounting or 

cash flow hedge accounting is applied to the derivatives, when the derivatives meet the 

certain requirements for hedging.

A derivative instrument with a positive fair value is recognized as a financial asset; and a 

derivative with a negative fair value is recognized as a financial liability.

5.2. U.S. operations

NongHyup Bank New York branch (‘NHBNY’) is not a party dealing with any swaps, 

repurchase agreement, or derivative transactions, and therefore, NongHyup Bank does not 

have any exposure related to such activities in connection with its U.S. operations. 

NH Investment & Securities America, Inc (‘NHISA’) acts as an agent for institutional clients 

for the purchase and sale of Korean and U.S. Securities. However, NHISA does not perform 

any trading or derivative transactions on its own behalf. 

This section is not applicable to the U.S. Operations of NHAG as they carry out non-financial 

businesses.

6. A List of Memberships in Material payment, Clearing and Settlement 

systems

Each of U.S. operations holds memberships in financial market utilities (‘FMUs’) for 

payment, clearing, and settlement services, in order to conduct essential financial transactions.

The following Exhibit 6 is the list of NHBNY and NHISA’s memberships in material 

payment, clearing, and settlement systems:

Exhibit 6: Memberships in Payment, Clearing, and Settlement Systems

Entity Holding 

Membership Name Description

NHBNY

Fedwire U.S. Dollar payment system

FEDLine

Advantage Services

Access to FRB-provided advanced 

payment service, Fedwire Funds Service
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SWIFT Society for Worldwide Interbank 

Financial Telecommunication

NHISA APEX Clearing

U.S. Clearing / Settlement Systems, U.S. 

Dollar Payment System, Securities 

System 

This section is not applicable to the U.S. Operations of NHAG as they carry out non-financial 

businesses. 
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7. A Description of Foreign operation

7.1. U.S. Operations

In the United States, NHFG operates a branch of NongHyup Bank, Korea, and a registered 

broker-dealer, NH Investment & Securities America, Inc., which is a wholly-owned 

subsidiary of NH Investment & Securities, Korea. NHBNY and NHISA were opened in 2013 

and 1992 respectively and both have located in New York. NHBNY is engaged in corporate 

banking operations such as remittance/money transmittal services; trade finance services, 

such as letters of credit and bankers acceptances; financing for Korean and other companies 

with subsidiaries or branches in the United States; and funding activities, such as 

borrowings in the U.S., Korea or other countries' money market and issuing Yankee 

Certificate of Deposit. NHISA acts as an agency for institutional clients for the purchase and 

sale of Korean and U.S. Securities. 

NHISA executes and clears Korean securities trades through its parent company, NH 

Investment & Securities, while it clears U.S. securities trades through third-party vendors. 

However, NHISA does not perform any trading or derivative transactions on its own behalf. 

NHAG’s U.S. operations include NH-HAY(‘NHHAY’), Nongwoo Seed America(‘NWSA’) 

and Nonghyup America(‘NHA’), whose parent companies are Nonghyup Feed, Nongwoobio 

and NH Trading, respectively. NHAG is the major shareholder of the three parent companies.

NHAG’s U.S. subsidiaries were incorporated for agricultural business, including sales of 

agricultural products. Nongwoo Bio is a seed provider involved in R&D, production and 

sales of seeds and plant genetics which incorporated Nongwoo seed America in April 1994 

for R&D in American produces. Nonghyup Feed produces animal feeds and incorporated NH 

HAY in August 2008 for the purpose of research and manufacturing of animal feeds.

Nonghyup America is the subsidiary of NH Trading and serves the role of Overseas operation 

frontline of NHAG. 

7.2. Other Foreign Operations

As of December 31, 2017 NongHyup Bank operates 1 subsidiary, 2 branches and 2 

representative offices in 5 countries around the world, and NH Investment & Securities 
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operates 6 subsidiaries and 2 representative office in 6 other countries around the world.

NHAG operates 3 branches in the U.S. and 7 branches or representative offices in 6 other 

countries around the world.

Exhibit 7: Financial information of Foreign Operations

(Units: $ U.S. million)

Geographic 

Area

NHFG NHAG

Domestic U.S. Other 

Countries Domestic U.S. Other Countries

Total Asset 363,368 404 48 12,135 24 58 

Revenue 11,289 15 1 10,910 33 68 

Net Income 994 (8) (1) 45 1 8 

(USD 1 = KRW 1,071.4)

8. Material Supervisory Authority

NHBNY is licensed by the state banking authority of the State of New York and is therefore 

subject to regulation and examination by the New York State Department of Financial 

Services (‘NYSDFS’) and Federal Reserve Bank of New York (‘FRBNY’). NHISA is 

regulated primarily by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (‘FINRA’) and the Securities 

and Exchange Commission (‘SEC’). In addition to these regulators, NHISA is also subject to 

regulation by the New York Stock Exchange (‘NYSE’), the U.S. Department of Treasury, the 

Federal Reserve and the Commodities Futures Trading Commission (‘CFTC’).

NHBNY and NHISA are subsidiaries of NHFG which is a financial holding company under 

the Financial Holding Companies Act of Korea. Hence, NHBNY and NHISA are subject to 

regulation, supervision, and enforcement by the home country regulators.

Exhibit 8: Identities of Material Supervisory Authority 

Legal Entity Primary Regulator

NHBNY New York State Department of Financial Services(NYSDFS) 

Federal Reserve Bank of New York(FRBNY)

NHISA

Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA)

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

U.S. Department of Treasury

New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)
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Federal Reserve and the Commodities Futures Trading Commission 

(CFTC)

NHHAY Not Applicable

NWSA Not Applicable

NHA Not Applicable

9. The Identities of the Principal Officers

The Exhibit 9 and 10 below list Directors and Senior Management of NACF, NHFG and 

NHAG.

Exhibit 9: NACF Board Member

Name Title

KIM BYEONG-WON Chairman

HEO SIK Vice Chairman / President & CEO, Planning & Extension

SO SEONG-MO President & CEO, Cooperative Bank

NA YONG-SEOK Director

SHIN KWAN-WOO Director

LEE JONG-KEUN Director

KANG HO-DONG Director

AHN HYEON-GOO Director

LEE JOO-SEON Director

KOO HEE-WOO Director

PARK TAE-JOON Director

YANG YONG-CHANG Director

KIM BYEONG-KOOK Director

SEO JIN-KON Director

YEO WON-KOO Director

KIM BONG-HAK Director

SON KYU-SAM Director

KIM WON-CHEOL Director

SON YEON-SIK Director

LEE SEONG-HO Director

KANG HYE-JUNG Outside Director
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Name Title

KIM BYEONG-HWA Outside Director

LEE JOON-WON Outside Director

LEE MAN-WOO Outside Director

LEE BYEONG-KYU Outside Director

KIM JA-HYE Outside Director

KWON HYE-OK Outside Director

Exhibit 10-1: NHFG Board Member

Exhibit 10-2: NHAG Board Member

Name Title

KIM YONG-HWAN Chairman

OH BYEONG-KWAN Vice Chairman / President & CEO, Planning & Extension

YOO NAM-YEONG Director

SON SANG-HO Outside Director

MIN SANG-KI Outside Director

JEON HONG-RYEOL Outside Director

JEONG BYEONG-WOOK Outside Director

Name Title

KIM WON-SEOK President & CEO, Marketing & Supply

KIM TAE-HWAN President & CEO, Livestock

GOO HEE-WOO Director

KIM WON-CHEOL Director

PARK TAE-JOON Director

SHON GYU-SAM Director

SHIN GWAN-WOO Director

LEE JOO-SEON Director

KIM BYEONG-RYUL Outside Director

KIM JI-SIK Outside Director

PARK CHI-BONG Outside Director
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10. A Description of the Corporate Governance Structure and Processes related 

to Resolution Planning

As indicated in the exhibit below, the following key departments were established or given 

the responsibilities for resolution planning:

Exhibit 11: NACF Resolution Planning Governance Structure

10.1. NACF

NACF’s Board of Directors (‘BOD’) is the top-tier governance body of NACF. It is 

ultimately responsible for the safety and soundness of NACF’s daily operations on a global 

basis. The BOD provides high-level guidance, approves and evaluates NACF’s U.S. 

Resolution Plan. Moreover, NACF’s NH Future Management Research Institute and Global 

Strategy Office works closely with NHFG’s Global Strategy Department to periodically 

reviews the resolution plan and provide specific feedback.

10.2. NHFG 

NHFG is the financial holding company engaged in managing its subsidiaries and business 

affairs incidental to managing its subsidiaries. NHFG formulated the specifics of the 

resolution strategies by supporting department, such as information technology, accounting

and legal. 

10.3. NHAG 

NHAG is the agribusiness holding company engaged in managing its subsidiaries and 

NH Bank New York 

Branch

NH Investment

& Securities America NH Hay NongHyup America

NongHyup Agribusiness Group

NongWoo Seed 

America

Nonghyup Feed Nongwoo Bio NH Trading

NongHyup Financial Group

NH Bank NH Investment & 

Securities

LEE SANG-GUIL Outside Director
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business affairs incidental to managing its subsidiaries. NACF and NHFG requested NHAG 

to provide management and financial information regarding the U.S. operation of NHAG 

subsidiaries that are necessary for the preparation of the Resolution Plan. 

11. A Description of Material Management Information Systems

As the Covered Company of NHBNY, NHISA, NHHAY, NWSA, and NHA, NACF has 

established its own management information system to prove comprehensive management 

support across its subsidiaries. In this system, the management information associated with 

NACF’s subsidiaries is categorized mainly into the three sections: general status, financial 

report, and non-financial report. 

Specifically, the general status section contains 18 sub-items outlining each subsidiary, and 

the financial report section contains 15 financial items (i.e., key performance index) used to 

analyze financial conditions of NACF’s subsidiaries. Moreover, the non-financial report 

section contains 15 managerial items associated with non-financial business issues, such as

reporting to regulators. 

Exhibit 12: Task Process of Management Information System for NACF
National Agricultural Cooperative Federation

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12. A Description of the Covered Company’s Resolution Strategy

NACF has determined that it has no Material Entities, Critical Operations, or Core Business 

Lines within the U.S. operations. However, NACF has performed a limited analysis of 

resolution strategies for each of its U.S. operations in the event of material financial distress

or failure as described below.

12.1. NHBNY 

NHBNY is licensed by the state banking authority of the State of New York and is therefore 

subject to regulation and examination by the New York State Department of Financial 

Services (‘NYSDFS’). In addition, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve Bank of 

New York, (‘FRBNY’) has supervisory and regulatory authority over NHBNY.

The U.S. Resolution Plan contemplates that NHBNY would be subject to New York bank 

insolvency law rather than the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, in the event of the insolvency. The law 

generally includes a ring-fencing insolvency regime that effectively draws a fence around the 

NHBNY and treats it as a separate entity from NongHyup Bank. Assets of the NHBNY may 

be seized and liquidated by the receiver to pay off the claims of creditors of the NHBNY. 

12.2. NHISA

Although NHISA is a registered broker-dealer and a member of the Securities Investor 

Protection Corporation (‘SIPC’), NHISA would only be eligible for resolution under the 

Securities Investor Protection Act (‘SIPA’), if it has “customers” as defined under SIPA upon 

its entry into resolution. Generally, SIPA is applicable only when the customers entrust assets 

to the broker-dealer. As an Introducing Broker-Dealer, NHISA does not hold any customer 

assets in the ordinary course of business. 

Therefore, NACF assumes that NHISA would be resolved through reorganization under 

Chapter 11 of Bankruptcy Code and wound down in an orderly manner. The primary 

objective of the Chapter 11 proceedings would be to maximize the value realized from the 

assets and businesses of NHISA. If NHISA’s financial distress has passed the stage of 

reorganization and must sell off its assets, it will be resolved through liquidation under the 

Chapter 7 of Bankruptcy Code.
National Agricultural Cooperative Federation

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12.3. U.S. Operation of NHAG

U.S. operations of NHAG comprises of subsidiaries incorporated for the purpose of providing 

support for NHAG’s trading business and to increase market share, which are independent of 

the U.S. financial system. Also, Head office in Korea provides 100% of capital to its 

subsidiaries, which means that there will be no financial impact on investors in the U.S. in 

case of failure of operation. In the event of a U.S. business with NHAG, an orderly process 

will be implemented in accordance with the laws on bankruptcy and resolution related to each 

company.