The Chairman and CEO Nominating Committee (the “Committee”) serving under the Board of Directors of KB Financial Group Inc. (“KBFG”) held its fourth meeting at the head office of KBFG in the afternoon of October 16, 2014. The Committee, chaired by Young Jin Kim, performed a comprehensive review and evaluation of the seven out of nine candidates on the first shortlist of candidates selected by the Committee, after two candidates resigned.

During the meeting, the members of the Committee were first briefed by two executive recruiting firms that had prepared a reputation inquiry report on each candidate.  Following a review of the results of the reputation inquiry reports, the members of the Committee discussed in detail the strengths and weaknesses of each candidate.

The Committee conducted a thorough evaluation of the seven candidates and further narrowed down the list of candidates to the following four candidates (in Korean alphabetical order):

With respect to the four candidates on the second shortlist of candidates selected after such extensive evaluations, the Committee plans to conduct an in-depth interview with each candidate and select the final nominee for chairman and chief executive officer of KBFG, which is scheduled to take place sometime next week.