TOKYO (Standard&Poor's) Nov. 22, 2005--Standard&Poor's Ratings Services today assigned its 'A-' rating to Woori Bank's (A-/Stable/A-2) proposed Euro US$300 million senior unsecured floating-rate notes. The securities will have a five-year maturity and are to be priced and drawn down from the bank's US$4 billion global MTN program. In view of the typical convergence of risks that occur among subsidiaries of a common holding company, the ratings on Woori take into consideration the collective credit profiles of Woori Financial Group (WFG), which includes Woori Finance Holdings Co. Ltd. (WFH; BBB/Stable/A-2) and other subsidiaries. "A supporting factor for the ratings on Woori is WFG's possession of the third-largest banking branch network among Korea's commercial banking groups. This market