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Total Number of Issued Shares (last 5 years)

Year

Total Number of Issued Shares by Year
Year Issued shares (common) Treasury stock (common) %
2021 405,363,347 4,432,331 1.09
2020 405,363,347 4,432,084 1.09
2019 405,363,347 4,432,084 1.09
2018 405,363,347 4,432,084 1.09
2017 405,363,347 4,432,084 1.09
2016 405,363,347 4,432,084 1.09

* As of the end of 2021

Shareholders

Shareholder

Shareholders table
Shareholder Number of shares Ownership
Hyundai Motor Company 137,318,251 33.88%
Employee stock ownership 4,383,176 1.08%
Treasury stock 4,432,331 1.09%
NPS 33,401,012 8.24%
Foreigner 134,743,829 33.24%
Others (financial institutions) 91,084,748 22.47%
Total 405,363,347 100%

* As of the end of 2021

Related Parties

Name

Related Parties table
Name Relationship Type of share Number of shares Ownership Remarks
Hyundai Motor Company Affiliate (largest shareholder) Common 137,318,251 33.88% -
Eui-Sun Chung Executive Common 7,061,331 1.74% -
Ho-Sung Song Executive Common 2,500 0.00% -
Jun-Young Choi Executive Common 1,718 0.00% -
Woo-Jeong Joo Executive Common 22,740 0.00% -
Dong-One Kim Executive Common 800 0.00% -
Total - - 144,407,340 35.62% -

* As of the end of 2021

Shareholder Protection

Year

Shareholder Protection table
Category Content 2019 2020 2021
Shareholders’ equity Shares owned by the largest shareholder and its related parties (%) 35.62% 35.62% 35.62%
Shares owned by registered officers excluding the largest shareholder and its related parties (%) N/A N/A N/A
Disclosure of shareholders who acquire more than 5% of the shares excluding the largest shareholder and its related parties (including officers and affiliates) National Pension Service 7.48% National Pension Service 8.89% National Pension Service 8.24%
Dividends Interim or quarterly dividends (business results exist) N/A N/A N/A
Ownership structure Transactions between affiliates Transactions accounting for more than 5% of the last business year’s revenue
· Hyundai Mobis : KRW 5,365,342mil
· Hyundai WIA : KRW 2,528,846mil
Transactions accounting for more than 5% of the last business year’s revenue
· Hyundai Mobis : KRW 6,146,154mil
· Hyundai WIA : KRW 2,323,415mil
Transactions accounting for more than 5% of the last business year’s revenue
· Hyundai Mobis : KRW 7,342,633mil
· Hyundai WIA : KRW 2,621,472mil
· Hyundai Motor Company : KRW 2,010,502mil
Total credit granted* to affiliates against equity capital N/A N/A N/A

* As of the end of 2021

Cumulative voting and voting in writing

Cumulative voting and voting in writing table
Classification Date of Introduction Remarks
Cumulative voting N/A -
Voting in writing N/A -
Electronic voting March 24, 2020 At the 76th Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders

* As of the end of 2021

Annual General Shareholders’ Meeting

Year

Annual General Shareholders’ Meeting by Year
Item 2019 2020 2021
Number of voting rights present at the last General Meeting of Shareholders 325,902,844 326,604,838 316,634,966
Attendance of those excluding the largest shareholder and its related parties 45.27% 45.44% 43.00%

* As of the end of 2021

Outcome of 78th Annual Shareholders’ Meeting (2021)

Outcome of 77th Annual Shareholders’ Meeting table
Item Approval Rate Opposition &
Abstention Rate
Approval/
Opposition
Agenda 1.
Approval of the Financial Statements for the 78th Fiscal Year
94.5% 5.5% Approval
Agenda 2-1.
Appointment of Inside Director (Ho Sung Song)
95.1% 4.9% Approval
Agenda 2-2.
Appointment of Inside Director (Eui-Sun Chung)
89.5% 10.5% Approval
Agenda 2-3.
Appointment of Outside Director (Jennifer Hyunjong Shin)
99.9% 0.1% Approval
Agenda 3.
Appointment of audit committee members (Dong-One Kim)
90.4% 9.6% Approval
Agenda 4.
Approval of Directors’Compensation Limit
98.8% 1.2% Approval

Dividend History (last 5 years)

Year

Dividend History (last 5 years) table
Year Gross amount of cash dividend (100 mil KRW) Cash dividend per share (KRW) Payout ratio Dividend yield ratio Dividend / Face value
2021 12,028 3,000 25.30% 3.60% 60.00%
2020 4,009 1,000 27.0% 1.6% 20.0%
2019 4,611 1,150 25.2% 2.6% 23.0%
2018 3,608 900 31.2% 2.7% 18.0%
2017 3,207 800 33.1% 2.4% 16.0%

Shareholder proposal & Protection of minority shareholders

We are committed to protecting the rights of the Company’s minority shareholders, whose rights are set forth below.

  • Right to call general meetings of shareholders

    In accordance with the Commercial Code, shareholders who own more than 1.5% of outstanding shares with voting rights of the Company for more than six months may request to convene extraordinary general meetings.

  • Right to present shareholder proposals concerning annual general meeting

    In accordance with the Commercial Code and the Articles of Incorporation, shareholders who own more than 0.5% of outstanding shares with voting rights for more than six months may present shareholder proposals at an AGM. The Board shall accept the proposal as an agenda item of a general meeting of shareholders, state the item in the notice of convocation of the meeting, except where such proposal is in violation of laws or the Articles of Incorporation, or where it is subject to the rejection of a shareholder proposal as stipulated in Article 12 of the Enforcement Degree of the Commercial Code. When requested by the shareholder who made the proposal, the details of the agenda item shall be stated in the notice of the meeting, and the shareholder will be given the opportunity to present the proposal at the meeting. Compliance Management Team is responsible for tasks related to agenda proposals by shareholders. Once a proposal is submitted, the shareholder will be identified, a legal review will be conducted, and then a letter or electronic notice will be sent to the shareholder to verify submission.
    (Address: 12, Heolleung-ro, Seocho-gu, Seoul 06797 Republic of Korea, Compliance Management Team / kiacm@kia.com)