Matters Related to Ad Hoc Public Disclosure Obligation (Fair Disclosure)
1. Details of information Disclosure title Guide to the shareholder-friendly policy to enhance shareholder value
Summary of ad-hoc public disclosure Following the tentative change to the holding company structure, the Company would like to provide as below a guide to its shareholder-friendly policy in order to enhance the predictability of shareholder return and shareholder value:

① Retirement of treasury stock
- The Company will be retiring a portion of the currently owned treasury stocks within 2022 in order to meet the shareholders' expectation.

② Dividend policy
- According to the current mid-term dividend policy, the Company plans to pay 30% of the consolidated net income attributable to controlling interests as dividend until 2022 .
- Afterwards, in tandem with increasing corporate value, the Company plans to pay more than a minimum of KRW 10,000 per share.
Expected ad-hoc public disclosure date & time -
2. Details of information release Information providers IR Group
Information recipients Shareholders and investors, media and press, etc.
Date & time of information release To be disclosed as needed after this fair disclosure
Title and place of event held -
3. Contact points (department/phone number) IR Group (02-3457-0114)
4. Other matters to be factored into investment decisions
- The consolidated net income attributable to controlling interests (one-off costs not generating cash outflow adjusted) above signifies the amount calculated according to the consolidated financial statements, including the net income for the current term of the steel subsidiary to be newly incorporated following the split-off.
- The Company currently operates a quarterly dividend system, and the dividend for each quarter and the dividends and details, etc. of the fiscal year (within the limit of profits available for dividends according to the Commercial Act) will be finally decided through board resolution and approval at the general shareholders' meeting.
- Specific details including the scale and schedule of the treasury stock retirement will be separately disclosed when they are confirmed through board resolution.
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