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ENFORCEMENT RULES OF THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE ACT

ENFORCEMENT RULES OF THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE ACT

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ENFORCEMENT RULE OF THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE ACT

Wholly Amended by Ordinance of the Ministry of Finance No. 1232, Feb. 15, 1977 Amended by Ordinance of the Ministry of Finance No. 1258, May 9, 1977 Ordinance of the Ministry of Finance No. 1299, Nov. 10, 1977 Ordinance of the Ministry of Finance, No. 1340, May 20, 1978 Ordinance of the Ministry of Finance No. 1371, Dec. 19, 1978 Ordinance of the Ministry of Finance No. 1521, Apr. 1, 1982 Ordinance of the Ministry of Finance No. 1533, Jul. 23, 1982 Ordinance of the Ministry of Finance No. 1571, May 16, 1983 Ordinance of the Ministry of Finance No. 1583, Aug. 29, 1983 Ordinance of the Ministry of Finance No. 1593, Dec. 29, 1983 Ordinance of the Ministry of Finance No. 1687, Sep. 15, 1986 Ordinance of the Ministry of Finance No. 1745, Jan. 22, 1988 Ordinance of the Ministry of Finance No. 1879, Apr. 28, 1992 Ordinance of the Ministry of Finance No. 1942, Jul. 28, 1993 Ordinance of the Ministry of Finance No. 1975, Apr. 30, 1994 Ordinance of the Prime Minister No. 548, Feb. 12, 1996 Ordinance of the Prime Minister No. 623, Apr. 1, 1997 Ordinance of the Prime Minister No. 673, Dec. 31, 1997 Ordinance of the Ministry of Finance and Economy No. 94, Jun. 12, 1999 Ordinance of the Ministry of Finance and Economy No. 129, Mar. 15, 2000 Ordinance of the Ministry of Finance and Economy No. 167, Nov. 21, 2000 Ordinance of the Ministry of Finance and Economy No. 223, Sep. 28, 2001 Ordinance of the Ministry of Finance and Economy No. 271, Aug. 12, 2002 Ordinance of the Ministry of Finance and Economy No. 304, Mar. 10, 2003 Ordinance of the Ministry of Finance and Economy No. 371, Apr. 1, 2004 Ordinance of the Ministry of Finance and Economy No. 411, Jan. 27. 2005 Ordinance of the Ministry of Finance and Economy No. 429, Mar. 28, 2005 Ordinance of the Ministry of Finance and Economy No. 501, Mar. 30, 2006 Ordinance of the Ministry of Finance and Economy No. 527, Nov. 8, 2006 Ordinance of the Prime Minister No. 875, Mar. 3, 2008 Article 1 (Purpose)

The purpose of these Rules is to provide for the matters delegated from the Securities and Exchange Act (hereinafter referred to as the "Act") and the Enforcement Decree (hereinafter referred to as the "Decree") of the same Act and matters necessary for their enforcement. [This Article Newly Inserted by Ordinance of the Ministry of Finance No. 1975, Apr. 30, 1994] Article 1-2 (Definition)

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The definitions of terms used in these Rules shall be as prescribed by the Act and the Decree.

Article 1-3 (Designation of Securities)

(1) The term "securities or bonds issued by the standard as prescribed by Ordinance of the Prime Minister" in Article 2-3 (1) 6 and 7 of the Decree means the securities or bonds issued by the securities company under the provisions of Article 36-2 (2) 1 of the Decree.

(2) The term "standards as prescribed by Ordinance of the Prime Minister" in Article 2-3 (1) 8 of the Decree means the standards falling under each of the following subparagraphs:

1. It shall be the securities or bonds issued by the securities company under the provisions of Article 36-2 (2) 1 of the Decree (limited to cases of securities or bonds issued in connection with the price of the securities or the bond falling under any of the following items or changes in the numerical value of the index based thereon); (a) Stock certificates; and

(b) Things that have the character of the stock certificates of the things falling under the provisions of paragraph (3) 1;

2. An issuer shall receive the total amount of consideration at the same time when it issues the stock certificate or bond; and

3. No owner shall bear any additional payment obligation, regardless of what pretext it may be, other than for consideration to be paid under the provisions of subparagraph 2 during the duration of the securities or bonds (excluding cases where an owner exercises the right to trade or transact the securities or bonds).

(3) The term "thing as prescribed by Ordinance of the Prime Minister" in Article 2-3 (1) 8 (b) of the Decree means things falling under any of the following subparagraphs:

1. Things traded on the securities market or KOSDAQ market and a foreign market as a similar market as the thing that has the character of the securities under the provisions of the subparagraphs of Article 2 (1) of the Act;

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2. Currency; and

3. General merchandise (referring to general merchandise under the provisions of subparagraph 1 of Article 2 of the Futures Trading Act) [This Article Newly Inserted by Ordinance of the Ministry of Finance and Economy No. 304, Mar. 10, 2003]

Article 1-4 (Sale Price of Mediation, etc. of Trade using Electronic Data Processing System, etc.)

The term "price fixed by the method as prescribed by Ordinance of the Prime Minister" in Article 2 (8) 8 (b) of the Act means the price fixed by the method meeting the requirements of the following subparagraphs:

1. Time to receive the price requested to fix a single price shall be 30 minutes: Provided, That the time to receive the price requested may be extended or shortened within five minutes according to the conclusion of time of trade arbitrarily fixed by the information communications network or the electronic data processing system; and

2. The price requested shall be less than the price equivalent to 105/100 and more than the price equivalent to 95/100, based on the final quotation price of the securities concerned announced officially in the securities market or in the KOSDAQ market.

[This Article Newly Inserted by Ordinance of the Ministry of Finance and Economy No. 304, Mar. 10, 2003]

Article 1-5 (Scope of Foreign Corporations, etc.) The term "person as prescribed by Ordinance of the Prime Minister" in Article 2 (16) of the Act means any person falling under any of the following subparagraphs:

1. An international organization established by treaty;

2. A fund or cooperative established, supervised or managed by foreign Acts and subordinate statutes;

3. A fund or cooperative established, supervised or managed by a foreign government, foreign local government or foreign public agency; and

4. A fund or cooperative established, supervised or managed by an international financial institution or international organization by a treaty.

[This Article Newly Inserted by Ordinance of the Ministry of Finance and Economy No. 38, Aug. 10, 1998]

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Article 2 (Securities Issue subject to Report)

Cases in which to submit a report upon subscription or sales of the securities under the provisions in the main sentence of Article 8 (1) of the Act shall be as follows:

1. In cases where the total subscription value or sale value of the securities intended for the relevant subscription or sale and the subscription value or sale value (excluding the relevant sale value in cases where a minority stockholder (excluding the issuer and the underwriter of the securities concerned) under the provisions of Article 2-7 (5) of the Decree sells the securities by means of mediation under the provisions of Article 84-27 (5) of the Decree) on which the report has not been submitted as the subscription or sale of the securities of the same kind realized in the preceding one year (referring to the period after the report in cases where a report on the subscription or sale of the securities of the same kind and in the same period has been made) from the relevant subscription date or sale date is two billion won or more;

2. In cases where the total amount of all subscription invitations to be aggregated is two billion won or more, in cases of aggregation under the provisions of the main sentence of Article 2-4 (3) of the Decree; and

3. In cases where the amount calculated under the provisions of subparagraph 1 or 2 is one billion won or more, when the relevant securities are subscribed or sold to newly list the securities in the items of Article 5-4 (3) 5 of the Decree on the securities market or the KOSDAQ market.

[This Article Wholly Amended by Ordinance of the Prime Minister No. 623, Apr. 1, 1997] Article 2-2 Deleted.

Article 2-3 (Presentation of Package Report)

(1) The securities on which a package report (hereinafter referred to as "package report") under the provisions of the proviso to Article 8 (1) of the Act may be presented, shall be the securities of the following subparagraphs, the scheduled period of the issuance shall exceed two months and shall be within one year from the effective date of the package report, and such securities shall be issued more than three times during the ENFORCEMENT RULES OF THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE ACT 5

scheduled period of the issuance:

1. Debentures (excluding convertible debentures, debentures with warrant, participating debentures and exchangeable debentures); and

2. Securities under the provisions of Article 2-3 (1) 6 through 8 of the Decree.

(2) A person who may present a package report shall be a person who meets the requirements of the following subparagraphs as a listed corporation, a KOSDAQ- listed corporation or a registered corporation (referring to a registered corporation under the provisions of Article 6 of the Act; hereinafter the same shall apply):

1. The actual results of subscription or sale of securities of the same kind as securities under the provisions of the subparagraphs of paragraph (1) shall fall under any of the following items:

(a) It shall have achieved of subscription or sale of the securities more than two times in the preceding three years as a person who has submitted a business report and a half year report in the preceding three years consecutively; and

(b) It shall have achieved of subscription or sale of the securities every year in the preceding three years;

2. The audit opinion of the auditor (referring to the auditor under the provisions of Article 3 of the Act on External Audit of Stock Companies; hereinafter the same shall apply in this Article) on the financial statements of the preceding three business years shall be unqualified or qualified; and

3. It shall not have be subject to any measure restricting the issuance of the securities from the Financial Services Commission within the preceding year.

(3) In cases where a corporation which is established or continues to exist ENFORCEMENT RULES OF THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE ACT 6

due to a split or a split and merger meets the requirements of the following subparagraphs, notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (2), it may submit the package report until have passed three business years since the relevant establishment or continuance:

1. A corporation before the split or the split and merger shall meet the requirements of paragraph (2); and

2. A corporation established due to the split or the split and merger shall be a listed corporation, KOSDAQ-listed corporation or registered corporation and the audit opinion of the auditor on the financial statements of the preceding business year shall be unqualified or qualified.

(4) Deleted [This Article Newly Inserted by Ordinance of the Ministry of Finance No. 1879 Apr. 28, 1992] Article 2-4 Deleted

Article 2-5 Deleted

Article 3 (Time of Effectuation of Reports)

Securities reports under the provisions of Article 9 (1) of the Act shall come into effect on the date when the period of the following subparagraphs has passed from the date of the securities report are accepted:

1. Fifteen days in cases of subscription or sale of the securities: Provided, That it shall be 10 days in cases of subscription to or sale of the securities of a listed corporation or KOSDAQ-listed corporation, seven days in cases of subscription or sale of securities by means of allocation to the stockholders or a third party;

2. Seven days in cases of subscription to or sale of corporate debentures: Provided, That it shall be five days in cases of corporate debentures falling under any of the following items:

(a) Secured debentures issued under the Secured Debentures Trust Act;

(b) Corporate debentures payment of the principal and interest of which is guaranteed by financial institutions, etc.;

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(c) Corporate debentures issued according to an asset-backed securitization plan; and

(d) Corporate debentures subscribed to or sold according to a package report;

3. Fifteen days in cases of subscription to or sale of securities, other than under subparagraphs 1 and 2; and

4. Period falling under subparagraphs 1 through 3 for the securities of Article 2 (1) 7 of the Act according to the character of the relevant securities or bonds or the objects of subscription or sale. (2) In cases where a corrected report is submitted under the provisions of Article 11 of the Act due to a change in the issuing price and issuing interest and matters related thereto, notwithstanding the provisions of the subparagraphs of paragraph (1), the relevant securities report shall come into effect on the date when three days has passed since the date the relevant corrected report is accepted: Provided, That in cases where the corrected report is accepted and it comes into effect before the period of the subparagraphs of paragraph (1) has passed, it shall be in accordance with the provisions of the subparagraphs of paragraph (1).

(3) In cases where it is necessary to advance the time of the effectuation of a securities report as it falls under any of the following subparagraphs, the Financial Services Commission may determine the time of the effectuation separately by reducing the period under the provisions of the subparagraphs of paragraph (1) and paragraph (2):

1. The contents of the securities report shall already be widely known to the general public or shall be easily understandable: and

2. The public character of the securities issuer shall already be recognized widely by the general public as a person established by law or under the supervision of the State and local governments, and the international institution or organization prescribed by the Financial Services Commission.

[This Article Wholly Amended by Ordinance of the Ministry of Finance No. 1521, Apr. 1, 1982] Article 3-2 Deleted.

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Article 3-3 Deleted.

Article 3-4 (Correction of Matters Stated in Securities Reports) The term "time when there is a change in important matters as prescribed by Ordinance of the Prime Minister" in the latter part of Article 11 (3) of the Act means the relevant time falling under any of the following subparagraphs:

1. When there is a change in the conditions of issuance, such as issuing price and issuing interest, etc.;

2. When there is a change in the basic date of allocation, subscription period or payment date;

3. When the purpose of use of a fund is changed;

4. When there is a change of underwriting institution, guarantee institution or depositing company;

5. When the financial statement or a half year report of the preceding business year is determined;

6. When the purpose of business of a company has changed;

7. When a contract for transfer and acquisition of business or for merger is entered into;

8. When it becomes a party to a suit, greatly affecting the management property, etc. of a company;

9. When a bill or check issued is dishonored or the transaction with a bank is suspended;

10. When a commencement request or a composition request for the company reorganization procedures has been made; and

11. When reason as prescribed by the Financial Services Commission arises as a reason corresponding to subparagraphs 1 through 10. [This Article Newly Inserted by Ordinance of the Ministry of Finance and Economy No. 38, Aug. 10, 1998]

Article 3-5 Deleted.

Article 4 (Keeping and Displaying Explanation of Business in Public) Places where the explanation of business should be kept under the provisions of Article 12 (1) of the Act shall be as set out in the following subparagraphs: 2008>

1. Head office and branch offices of the company issuing the relevant securities;

2. Financial Services Commission;

3. Korea Securities and Futures Exchange (hereinafter referred to as the "Exchange"); and

4. Place where the subscription business is conducted. [This Article Wholly Amended by Ordinance of the Prime Minister No. 623, Apr. 1, 1997] Article 4-2 Deleted.

Article 4-3 Deleted.

Article 4-4 Deleted.

Article 4-5 (Method of Calculating Number of Stocks, etc. Subject to Public Purchase)

(1) The number of stocks, etc. under the provisions of Article 21 (4) of the Act shall be as follows:

1. Number of stocks in cases of stock certificate;

2. Number of stocks which are the object of preemptive rights to new stocks in cases of bonds indicating such preemptive rights to new stocks (Number obtained by dividing the total issuing price concerned by the issuing price concerned, in cases where the total amount of issuing price and the issuing price of stocks which are the object of the preemptive rights to new stocks are indicated);

3. Number obtained by dividing the par value by the issuing price of the stocks to be issued by conversion in cases of convertible debentures. In such cases, fractions of less than 1 shall not be calculated;

4. Number of the stocks which are the object of preemptive rights to new stocks in cases of the debentures with warrant; and

5. Number falling under subparagraphs 1 through 4 classified by the securities subject to exchange in cases of exchangeable debentures. (2) Total number of stocks, etc. under the provisions of Article 21 (4) of the Act shall be the total number put the total number of issued stocks which have rights to vote on resolutions and the number of stocks possessed after purchasing, etc. of the issued stocks concerned (excluding stock certificates and stock certificates subject to exchange) together. ENFORCEMENT RULES OF THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE ACT 10

(3) In cases where the stock option (hereinafter referred to as "stock option") under the provisions of Article 189-4 of the Act has been granted, the number of stocks which have rights to vote on resolutions to be purchased by the exercise of the stock option concerned shall be added to the total number of stocks, etc. of paragraph (1) and the number of stocks, etc. of paragraph (2).

[This Article Newly Inserted by Ordinance of the Prime Minister No. 623, Apr. 1, 1997] Article 5 Deleted.

Article 6 Deleted.

Article 7 Deleted.

Article 7-2 Deleted.

Article 8 (Explanation of Public Purchases)

(1) The matters in the subparagraphs of Article 21-2 (2) of the Act shall be stated in the explanation of the public purchase under the provisions of Article 24 (1) of the Act: Provided, That in cases where a public purchaser is a listed corporation or KOSDAQ-listed corporation, a statement on the matters concerning the finances of the corporation concerned may be omitted. (2) The places where an explanation of public purchases should be kept under the provisions of Article 24 (1) of the Act shall be as follows:

1. Financial Services Commission;

2. The Exchange; and

3. Head office and branch offices of a public purchase business transactor. Article 9 Deleted.

Article 10 Deleted.

Article 11-2 (Limit of Securities Savings of Executives and Employees of ENFORCEMENT RULES OF THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE ACT 11

Securities Company)

(1) The amount of securities savings allowed to an executive or an employee of securities companies under the provisions of Article 42 of the Act shall be within 50/100 of a monthly salary: Provided, that if the calculated amount is less than 100 thousand won, it shall be 100 thousand won. (2) A monthly salary under paragraph (1) shall be calculated according to the method of calculating a monthly fixed amount of a salary under Article 17 (4) of the Enforcement Decree of the Income Tax Act.

[This Article Wholly Amended by Ordinance of the Ministry of Finance No. 1745, Jan. 22, 1988] Article 12 Deleted.

Article 13 (Outside Financial Derivatives Dealings, etc.) (1) The term "dealings as prescribed by Ordinance of the Prime Minister" in Article 36-2 (1) 1-2 of the Decree means dealings falling under any of the following subparagraphs :

1. Dealings for which the parties concerned enter into an agreement to give and receive the securities under the provisions of the subparagraphs Article 2 (1) of the Act or things (hereinafter referred to as "underlying assets" in this Article) falling under the subparagraphs of Article 1-3 (3) of these Rules at the previously fixed price, at a given time in the future (including, in cases of resale or repurchase, dealings of which accounts may be settled by giving and receiving the difference between the previously agreed amount and the amount at the time of resale or repurchase);

2. Dealings for which the parties concerned fix the prices of the underlying assets or the interest rate, or the agreed numerical value based on the index (hereinafter referred to as "index, etc." in this Article) on the basis thereof in advance and enter into an agreement to give and receive the money calculated by the difference from the numerical value of the index, etc. concerned at a fixed time in the future;

3. Dealings for which the parties concerned enter into an agreement to ENFORCEMENT RULES OF THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE ACT 12

exchange the basic assets at the previously fixed price for a given period in the future or exchange the money calculated by the index, etc.;

4. Dealings for which the parties concerned enter into an agreement that one party concerned gives the rights to materialize the dealings falling under any of the following items to the other party concerned, and the other party concerned who is given the rights pays the counterpart the price for such rights:

(a) Dealings under the provisions of subparagraphs 1 through 3; (b) Dealings of the basic assets; and

(c) Dealings to give and receive the money calculated by the difference of the agreed numerical value based on the index, etc. ;

5. Dealings similar to subparagraphs 1 through 4 as dealings in connection with the change of index of the credit risk (referring to changes in credit ratings, bankruptcy, rescheduling, etc. of the parties concerned or a third party)

(2) The term "amount of money as prescribed by Ordinance of the Prime Minister" in Article 36-2 (2) 1 (c) of the Decree means one hundred billion won based on the end of the quarter immediately preceding the date of filing an application for authorization.

[This Article Newly Inserted by Ministry of Finance and Economy No. 271, Aug. 12, 2002] Article 13-2 (Prohibited Conduct by Securities Company, etc.) The term "cases as prescribed by Ordinance of the Prime Minister" in the proviso to subparagraph 15 of Article 36-3 of the Decree means cases falling under any of the following subparagraphs:

1. In cases where it is hardly deemed that the contents of the research and analysis data or the transaction solicitation data (hereinafter referred to as "research and analysis data" in this Article) directly or indirectly solicit the transactions of the securities concerned;

2. In cases where it may not be deemed that the solicitation of transactions or the price change by the public announcement of the research analysis data has been intentionally utilized; and

3. In cases where it is proved that transactions have been made without awareness of the contents of the research and analysis data publicly ENFORCEMENT RULES OF THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE ACT 13

announced.

[This Article Wholly Amended by Ordinance of the Ministry of Finance and Economy No. 304, Mar. 10, 2003]

Article 13-3 Deleted.

Article 14 Deleted.

Article 14-2 Deleted. Article 14-3 Deleted.

Article 14-4 Deleted.

Article 14-5 Deleted. Article 14-6 Deleted.

Article 15 Deleted. Article 16 Deleted. Article 17 Deleted. Article 18 Deleted. Article 19 Deleted. Article 20 Deleted. Article 20-2 (Method, etc. of entrusted Transactions) (1) In cases where the securities company conducts entrusted transactions under the provisions of Article 107 (3) of the Act, it shall enter into a contract in writing with a customer in advance and designate the administrator of such account. In such cases, the contract period of the entrusted transactions shall be less than one year and the items entrusted shall be less than 10 items.

(2) In cases where the securities company has conducted entrusted transactions under the provisions of Article 107 (3) of the Act, it shall report the name of such customer, quantity, price and time of such transactions, etc. of the securities to the Financial Services Commission and the Exchange respectively by the tenth day of the month the date when such transactions have been conducted.

(3) The Financial Services Commission shall prescribe the form of contract for the entrusted transactions, the designation of the account administrator ENFORCEMENT RULES OF THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE ACT 14

and administration, the report on the entrusted transactions and other detailed matters necessary for the entrusted transactions. [This Article Wholly Amended by Ordinance of the Ministry of Finance and Economy No. 411, Jan. 27, 2005]

Article 21 Deleted. Article 22 Deleted. Article 22-2 Deleted. Article 23 Deleted.

Article 24 (Receipt of Fund Deposits, etc. of Securities Finance Companies) (1) Securities finance companies may receive a fund deposits from persons of the following subparagraphs under the provisions of Article 161 (1) of the Act:

1. Listed corporations and KOSDAQ-listed corporations;

2. Insurance companies;

3. The State, local governments, various kinds of pension funds and other public funds or their management institutions;

4. Employee stock ownership associations;

5. Persons who has a transaction account in a securities company; and

6. Investment consulting companies. (2) An obligation as prescribed by Article 161 (2) of the Act shall be a bill the maturity of which arrives within a year after issuance. [This Article Wholly Amended by Ordinance of the Ministry of Finance No. 1521, Apr. 1, 1982] Article 24-2 (Matters to be notified to Korea Securities Depository) (1) The term "matter as prescribed by Ordinance of the Prime Minister" in Article 173-8 (1) of the Act means any matter falling under any of the following subparagraphs:

1. Turn of issue, kind and number of the securities;

2. Total issuing price;

3. Conditions of issue; and

4. Other matters requested by the Korea Securities Depository established by the provisions of Article 173 of the Act deemed necessary in connection with the information on the issue of securities.

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(2) The term "matter as prescribed by Ordinance of the Prime Minister" in Article 173-8 (2) of the Act means any matter falling under any of the following subparagraphs:

1. Issuing company, kind and number of securities in question;

2. Name and address of the reporter of the trouble; and

3. Other matters requested by the Korea Securities Depository deemed necessary in connection with the information on the securities in question.

[This Article Newly Inserted by Ordinance of the Prime Minister No. 623, Apr. 1, 1997] Article 25 (Matters to be stated in Account Ledger of Depositor) The matters to be stated in the account ledger of a depositor under the provisions of Article 174 (3) 3 of the Act shall be as follows subparagraphs:

1. Cause of increase and decrease in the quantity of deposited securities;

2. Name and address of a pledgee in an account for the deposited securities for the purpose of pledge;

3. Indication of the property in trust if the deposited securities are the property in trust; and

4. Matters concerning the restriction of disposal on deposited securities. [This Article Wholly Amended by Ordinance of the Ministry of Finance No. 1745, Jan. 22, 1988] Article 26 (Matters to be Stated in Account Ledger of Customer) The matters to be stated in the account ledger of a customer under the provisions of Article 174-2 (1) 3 of the Act shall be as the following subparagraphs:

1. Causes of increase or decrease in the quantity of deposited securities;

2. Name and address of a pledgee in an account for the deposited securities for the purpose of pledge;

3. Indication of the property in trust if the deposited securities are the property in trust; and

4. Matters concerning the restriction on disposal of the deposited securities. [This Article Wholly Amended by Ordinance of the Ministry of Finance No. 1745, Jan. 22, 1988] Article 26-2 (Restriction on Return, etc. of Securities Deposited by Customer)

(1) In cases where the Korea Securities Depository restricts the return or the transfer between accounts of securities deposited by customers under the provisions of Article 174-4 (3) of the Act, it shall announce the details ENFORCEMENT RULES OF THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE ACT 16

publicly in advance.

(2) When restricting the return or transfer between accounts of securities deposited by customers, the Korea Securities Depository may restrict it classified by kind of the securities as prescribed by the Financial Services Commission. [This Article Newly Inserted by Ordinance of the Ministry of Finance and Economy No. 38, Aug. 10, 1998]

Article 26-3 Deleted.

Article 27 (Aggregating Number of Stocks of Same Person) (1) The term "when a person stated as a stockholder in the register of the stockholders and a person stated as an actual stockholder in the register of the actual stockholders are deemed the same person" in Article 174-8 (3) of the Act means cases where the stated name is the actual name under the provisions of subparagraph 4 of Article 2 of the Act on Real Name Financial Transactions and Guarantee of Secrecy and are the same as each other.

(2) A person who is stated as a stockholder in the register of the stockholders shall exercise the right as the stockholder personally, such as the preemptive rights to new stocks additionally arising by aggregating the number of stocks under the provisions of Article 174-8 (3) of the Act. In such cases, the issuing company, etc. of the stock certificate concerned shall notify the Korea Securities Depository of its details.

[This Article Newly Inserted by Ministry of Finance No. 1745, Jan. 22, 1988] Article 27-2 (Issuance of Real Stockholder Certificates) (1) When the Korea Securities Depository has received an application for issuance of an actual stockholder certificate under the provisions of Article 174-19 of the Act, it shall issue the actual stockholder certificate pursuant to the account ledger of a depositor for his/her portion held of a depositor and pursuant to the account ledger of a customer of which the depositor concerned has notified the Korea Securities Depository for the portion deposited by the customer.

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(2) The matters of the following subparagraphs shall be stated in the real stockholder certificate under the provisions of paragraph (1):

1. Name or title and address of the actual stockholder;

2. Kind and Number of stocks held;

3. Details of stockholder's rights intended to be exercised; and

4. Period of exercise of stockholder's rights. (3) When the Korea Securities Depository issues an actual stockholder certificate, the purport that the disposal of the stock concerned is restricted during the period of exercise of the stockholder's rights under the provisions of paragraph (2) 4 shall be indicated in the account ledger of a depositor of the relevant depositor for the depositor's own possession by the Korea Securities depository and in the account ledger of a customer of the relevant customer for the customer's holding by the relevant depositor respectively, when the actual stockholder certificate is returned before the period of exercise of the relevant stockholder's rights expires, the indication of the purport that disposal of the relevant stock is restricted shall be erased. [This Article Newly Inserted by Ordinance of the prime Minister No. 623, Apr. 1, 1997] Article 28 Deleted. Article 29 Deleted. Article 30 Deleted. Article 31 Deleted. Article 32 Deleted. Article 33 Deleted. Article 34 Deleted. Article 34-2 Deleted.

Article 34-3 Deleted.

Article 34-4 (Exemption from Presentation of Business Reports) The cases exempted from presentation of business reports under the provisions of Article 83-2 (2) 2 of the Decree shall be as follows:

1. In cases where, as a corporation whose grounds for dissolution has arisen under the provisions of Article 157 of the Commercial Act and other Acts, the presentation of the business report of the preceding business year is actually impossible; and

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2. In cases where an issuer of a stock certificate falling under the requirements of the delisting is unable to present the business report due to a reason as recognized by the Financial Services Commission as a reason which is not the fault of the relevant corporation. [This Article Newly Inserted by Ordinance of the Ministry of Finance and Economy No. 38, Aug. 10, 1998]

Article 34-5 (Special Cases to Foreign Corporation, etc.) (1) Foreign public agencies and international financial institutions not governed by the provisions of Articles 186-2, 186-3 and 186-5 of the Act under the provisions of Article 38-4 (1) 3 of the Decree shall be as follows:

1. An agency, established by foreign law and managing the public utilities, whose stake is held by a foreign government or foreign local government; and

2. An international financial institutions falling under any of the subparagraphs of Article 2 (1) of the Act on the Measures for the Admission to International Financial Institutions. (2) Deleted [This Article Newly Inserted by Ordinance of the Ministry of Finance and Economy No. 38, Aug. 10, 1998]

Article 35 (Securities Subject to Restriction on Insider Trading) The term "other securities as prescribed by Ordinance of the Prime Minister" in Article 188 (1) of the Act means the securities falling under any of the following subparagraphs:

1. Participating debentures;

2. Exchangeable debentures claimable for exchange with stocks of the relevant corporation;

2-2. Securities under the provisions of Article 2-3 (1) 6 through 8 of the Decree (limited to cases falling under the transactions of the stock certificates as a result of the exercise of rights to the securities, when applying the provisions of Article 188 (1) of the Act, it is limited to cases of holding the position of seller of the stocks as cases in which such person is able to exercise the right or becoming the counterpart of the exercise of such rights); and

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3. Futures trading deemed as securities under Article 2-3 (2) of the Decree. [This Article Wholly Amended by Ordinance of the Ministry of Finance and Economy No. 271, Aug. 12, 2002]

Article 35-2 Deleted.

Article 35-3 Deleted.

Article 35-4 Deleted.

Article 35-5 Deleted.

Article 36 (Disclosing Information to Public)

The information made known to a large number of people under the provisions of Article 188-2 (2) of the Act shall be information falling under any of the following subparagraphs:

1. The information for which one day has passed from the date when the documents containing the details of the information were kept as prescribed by the Financial Services Commission and the Exchange as the information stated in the documents filed or reported to the Financial Services Commission and the Exchange under Acts and subordinate statutes;

2. The information for which one day has passed from the date when its details were reported in more than two newspapers distributed nationwide from among general daily newspapers or special daily newspapers in the field of economy under the Registration, etc. of Periodicals Act;

3. The information for which 12 hours have passed after the details of which were broadcasted through the broadcasting audible and visible nationwide from among the means of broadcastings (excluding special broadcasting) under the Broadcasting Act; and

4. The information for which 24 hours have passed after the details of which were made available to the public through electronic communication media established and operated by the Financial Services Commission or the Exchange.

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[This Article Newly Inserted by Ordinance of the Ministry of Finance No. 1879, Apr. 28, 1992] Article 36-2 (Scope of Special Relations)

A person who may entrust the transaction of securities for the manipulation of stability under the provisions of Article 83-8 (4) 3 of the Decree shall be the company concerned or its executive in cases where the issuer of the relevant securities subscribed or sold (hereinafter referred to as the "issuer of securities") is in a relationship falling under any of the following subparagraphs with another company, or other company is in a relationship falling under any of the following subparagraphs with the issuer:

1. Relationship possessing the stocks or the stake exceeding 30/100 of the total number of the stocks issued or total amount of the investment; and

2. Relations dominating by possessing the stocks or the stake exceeding 10/100 of the total number of stocks issued or total amount of the investment and maintaining the close relations continuously with the principal management activities.

[This Article Newly Inserted by Ordinance of the Prime Minister No. 623, Apr. 1, 1997] Article 36-3 Deleted.

Article 36-4 Deleted.

Article 36-5 Deleted.

Article 36-6 Deleted.

Article 36-7 (Elimination of Application of Period for Restriction on Disposal and Acquisition of One's Own Stocks)

Cases not subject to restriction on disposal and acquisition under the main sentence of Article 84-3 (2) 6 of the Decree under the provisions of the proviso to the same Article shall be cases falling under any of the following subparagraphs:

1. Cases of disposing of one's own stocks exceeding the limit under the ENFORCEMENT RULES OF THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE ACT 21

provisions of the subparagraphs of Article 189-2 (1) of the Act;

2. Cases of paying one's own stocks (including cases of investing in the fund under the Intra-company Labor Welfare Fund Act) for a retirement allowance, a reward for distinguished service and incentive wages to executives and employees;

2-2. Cases of disposing of one's own stocks to the employee stock ownership association under the Framework Act on Worker's Welfare;

3. Cases of disposing of one's own stocks inevitably by Acts and subordinate statutes or the fulfillment of obligations, etc.; 3-2. Cases where an enterprise governed by the Act on the Improvement of Managerial Structure and Privatization of Public Enterprises issues the exchangeable debentures claimable for exchange with the stocks of the relevant enterprise privatization;

3-3. Cases where an enterprise which has acquired its own stocks from the State or the Korea Deposit Insurance Corporation under the Depositor Protection Act issues the exchangeable debentures claimable in exchange for such stocks (including stock depositary receipts issued in lieu of its own stocks when the relevant enterprise issues such exchangeable debentures abroad). In such cases. it is limited to the exchangeable debentures claimable in exchange after six months from the date of acquisition of its own stocks subject to exchange: Provided, That in cases where, as cases of issuing the exchangeable debentures abroad, the exchangeable debentures claimable in exchange for stock depositary receipts issued in lieu of one's own stocks are issued, the provisions of restriction for six months shall not apply; and

4. Cases of disposing of one's own stocks to issue stock depositary receipts abroad based on one's own stocks after the lapse of the period set by the Financial Services Commission.

[This Article Wholly Amended by Ordinance of the Ministry of Finance and Economy No. 38, Aug. 10, 1998]

Article 36-8 Deleted.

Article 36-9 (Stock Option Grant Contracts, etc.) (1) A corporation which has granted stock options (hereinafter referred to as a "stock option grant corporation") under the provisions of Article 189-4 of the Act shall enter into a contract for the matters of the following ENFORCEMENT RULES OF THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE ACT 22

subparagraphs with the executives and employees who have been granted stock options, deliver the copy of the contract to the relevant executives and employees and retain the contract until the exercise period of the relevant stock option:

1. Price of the exercise of the stock options;

2. Matters concerning the adjustment of price of the exercise of the stock options;

3. Period of the exercise of the stock options;

4. Method and procedure for the exercise of the stock options;

5. Purport of restrictions on transfer and security offer, etc. of the stock options;

6. Performance period of the stock options grant corporation according to the exercise of stock options; and

7. Matters concerning the cancellation of the stock option grant. (2) In cases where any executive or employee who has been granted a stock option dies, retires from office or from the service the age limit, and retires from office or retires from service due to any reason not attributable to the fault of the person himself/herself, the stock option grant corporation may have them exercise the stock option during such period of exercise.

(3) In cases where the deadline for the exercise of an stock option is fixed on the date of retirement from office or from service of the executive or the employee concerned, when the relevant executive or employee retires from office or from service due to any reason not attributed to the fault of the person himself/herself, a period of exercise of more than three months from that date shall be further granted.

[This Article Newly Inserted by Ordinance of the Ministry of Finance and Economy No. 38, Aug. 10, 1998]

Article 36-10 (Limit on Grant of Stock Options)

When a corporation, other than a listed corporation or KOSDAQ-listed corporation has become a listed corporation or KOSDAQ-listed corporation and the limit on stocks providing on stock options has been reduced, the stock options shall not be granted until the allowances occur in such limit: Provided, That such rights of stock options already granted may be exercised ENFORCEMENT RULES OF THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE ACT 23

until such deadline for exercise. [This Article Newly Inserted by Ordinance of the Ministry of Finance and Economy No. 38, Aug. 10, 1998]

Article 36-11 (Reports and Public Announcements, etc.) (1) When the stock option grant corporation reports under the provisions of Article 84-6 (7) of the Decree, it shall attach the minutes of the general meeting of stockholders (in cases falling under the proviso to Article 189-4 (3), the minutes of the board of directors) to such report.

(2) Each stock option grant corporation shall keep the documents of the following subparagraphs in the head office and branch offices and offer them for perusal by the executives and employees, the stockholders or the creditors. In such cases, the documents of subparagraphs 1 and 2 shall be retained from the day following the relevant special resolution date (the resolution date of the board of director in cases falling under the proviso to Article 189-4 (3) of the Act) or from the date of entering into contract to the deadline for exercise of stock options, respectively. The documents under subparagraph 3 shall be retained for two years after the end of the business year:

1. Documents reported under the provisions of Article 84-6 (7) of the Decree (including documents attached under the provisions of paragraph (1));

2. Written contract for the stock option grant; and

3. Present status of the stock option grant of the relevant business year as of the end of each business year.

[This Article Newly Inserted by Ordinance of the Ministry of Finance and Economy No. 38, Aug. 10, 1998]

Article 36-12 (Method of Calculating Value of Merger) (1) The value of a merger between listed corporations, between KOSDAQ-listed corporations or between a listed corporation and a KOSDAQ-listed corporation under the provisions of Article 84-7 (1) 1 of ENFORCEMENT RULES OF THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE ACT 24

the Decree shall be the lower value out of: the value of the arithmetical mean of the closing price of the following subparagraphs and the closing price of subparagraph 3, after setting the preceding day of the earlier date as the initial date in reckoning out of the date of the resolution of the board of directors for the merger and the date when a contract for the merger has been entered into. In such cases, the mean closing price of subparagraphs 1 and 2 shall be calculated on the weighted arithmetical mean of the closing price by the volume of dealings:

1. Mean closing price for the preceding month: Provided, That in cases where the period from the date of ex dividend or ex rights to the initial date in reckoning exceeds seven days as a case where there is ex dividend or ex rights during the period subject to calculation, it shall be the mean closing price during that period;

2. Mean closing price for the preceding week; and

3. Most recent closing price. (2) The term "case as prescribed by Ordinance of the Prime Minister" in the proviso to Article 84-7 (1) 2 (a) of the Decree means cases where the price under the provisions of the main sentence of item (c) is less than the asset value. (3) The term "price calculated by the method as prescribed by Ordinance of the Prime Minister" in the main sentence of Article 84-7 (1) 2 (b) of the Decree means the value on arithmetical mean of the value on the weighted arithmetical mean of asset value and profit value and the relative value, if the relative value is unable to be calculated, it means the value on the weighted arithmetical mean of the asset value and the profit value. (4) Deleted (5) The asset value, the profit value and their weighted arithmetical mean method, and the calculation method of the relative value under the provisions of paragraph (3) shall be as prescribed by the Financial Services Commission.

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[This Article Newly Inserted by Ordinance of the Ministry of Finance and Economy No. 38, Aug. 10, 1998]

Article 36-13 (Outside Appraisal Agency)

(1) An outside appraisal agency (hereinafter referred to as "outside appraisal agency") under the provisions of Article 84-7 (2) 1 of the Decree shall be a person falling under any of the Following subparagraphs:

1. A company permitted to conduct the procedures under Article 28 (2) 3 of the Act on the stock;

2. A person permitted to engage in credit appraisal business under the provisions of Article 4 of the Act on the Use and Protection of Credit Information Act; and

3. An accounting corporation under the Certified Public Accountants Act. (2) In cases where a person of the subparagraphs of paragraph (1) falls under any of the following subparagraphs, he/she shall not operate the appraisal business during such period: Provided, That in cases of subparagraph 4, he/she is unable to operate the appraisal business for the relevant specific enterprise, only:

1. That period of restriction in cases where a person under paragraph (1) 1 against whom measures have been taken for restriction on participation in subscription of stocks, from the Financial Services Commission;

2. That period of suspension of business in cases where a person under paragraph (1) 2 against whom measures have been taken for suspension of the credit appraisal business, from the Financial Services Commission in connection with credit appraisal business;

3. That period of suspension in cases where a person under paragraph (1) 3 against whom measures have been taken for suspension of business under the provisions of the Act on External Audit of Stock Companies; and

4. That period of restriction in cases where a person under paragraph (1) 3 against whom measures have been taken for restriction on the audit business on the specific company under the Act on External Audit ENFORCEMENT RULES OF THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE ACT 26

of Stock Companies.

(3) In cases where an outside appraisal agency is in a special relationship with a company subject to appraisal as prescribed by the Financial Services Commission, it shall not conduct the appraisal for the merger. (4) In cases where the appraisal by an outside appraisal agency is extremely deficient, or an executive or employee discloses any secret obtained in connection with the appraisal or uses it for any purpose other than the appraisal, the Financial Services Commission may restrict the appraisal business by such outside appraisal agency or may exclude it from outside appraisal agencies for a given period.

[This Article Newly Inserted by Ordinance of the Ministry of Finance and Economy No. 38, Aug. 10, 1998]

Article 36-14 (Special Cases to Issuance of Stocks without Rights to Vote on Resolutions)

(1) In cases where a listed corporation, KOSDAQ-listed corporation or corporation subscribing to or selling stocks to list the stocks newly issues the foreign securities as stocks without rights to vote on resolutions by the issuance requirements and methods as prescribed by the Financial Services Commission under the provisions of Article 192 (1) 4 of the Act, it shall not be included in the limit of the stocks without rights to vote on resolutions.

(2) Deleted [This Article Newly Inserted by Ordinance of the Ministry of Finance and Economy No. 38, Aug. 10, 1998]

Article 36-15 (Issuance of Depositary Certificates) (1) In cases where the Korea Securities Depository issues a depositary certificate under the provisions of the latter part of Article 84-16 (2) of the Decree, it shall issue a depositary certificate according to the account ledger of depositor for possession by the depositor and according to the account ledger of customer of which the depositor concerned has notified the Korea Securities Depository for the deposit on behalf of the customer. (2) The matters of the following subparagraphs shall be stated in a depositary certificate under the provisions of paragraph (1): ENFORCEMENT RULES OF THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE ACT 27

1. Name, title and address of depositor or actual owner on the account ledger of customer;

2. Kind and number of securities;

3. Purpose of use of depositary certificate;

4. Purport that it shall not be used for purpose other than payment in lieu of a guarantee or a deposit under the provisions of Article 84-16 (1) of the Decree; and

5. Purport that a person who has received a payment by a depositary certificate in lieu of a guarantee or a deposit under the provisions of Article 84-16 (1) of the Decree may apply for the transfer of the relevant depositary securities to his/her own account on the account ledger of the customer or the account ledger of the depositor. (3) When the Korea Securities Depository issues a depositary certificate, it shall be indicated on the account ledger of depositor of the depositor concerned by the Korea Securities Depository for his/her own possession of depositor, and on the account ledger of customer of the customer concerned by the depositor concerned for the deposit of customer that the disposition of the securities concerned shall be restricted until the depositary certificate concerned is returned or the application for transfer is made by a person who has received the payment in substitute under the provisions of Article 84-16 (4). The indication of such restriction shall be erased when the depositary certificate concerned is returned or the application for the transfer is made.

[This Article Newly Inserted by Ordinance of the Ministry of Finance and Economy No. 38, Aug. 10, 1998]

Article 36-16 (Retention Place of Convocation Notice of General Meeting of Stockholders and Matters of Official Announcement) Places where a listed corporation or KOSDAQ-listed corporation should a notice of the convocation of the general meeting of stockholders or the matters of an official announcement under the provisions of Article 191-10 (3) of the Act shall be as follows:

1. Head office and branch offices of a listed corporation or KOSDAQ-listed corporation;

2. Transfer agency; ENFORCEMENT RULES OF THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE ACT 28

3. Financial Services Commission; and

4. The Exchange. [This Article Newly Inserted by Ordinance of the Ministry of Finance and Economy No. 38, Aug. 10, 1998]

Article 36-17 Deleted.

Article 36-18 (Standard of Outside Financial Derivatives Dealings) (1) The term "foreign exchange market as prescribed by Ordinance of the Prime Minister" in subparagraph 1 of Article 84-28 of the Decree means the exchange market where dealings are made according to a standardized procedure and method.

(2) The term "person as prescribed by Ordinance of the Prime Minister" in subparagraph 2 of Article 84-28 of the Decree means a person under the following subparagraphs:

1. A person falling under any of the subparagraphs of Article 61 (2) of the Enforcement Decree of the Corporate Tax Act;

2. A fund governed by the Framework Act on Fund Management;

3. A corporation operating a mutual aid business pursuant to law;

4. A postal insurance reserve under the Act on Special Accounts for Postal Insurance;

5. An indirect investment organization (including a foreign indirect investment asset management business operator) under the Indirect Investment Asset Management Business Act;

6. A futures business operator under the Futures Trading Act;

7. A listed corporation, KOSDAQ-listed corporation or corporation whose credit rating is above investment grade;

8. The Government, local governments or government-invested institutions under the Framework Act on the Management of Government-Invested Institutions; and

9. A foreign financial institution (including a subsidiary whose performance of outside derivative securities dealings is guaranteed by a foreign financial institution) whose credit appraisal rating of a credit appraisal agency internally recognized is above investment grade. ENFORCEMENT RULES OF THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE ACT 29

(3) The term "limit as prescribed by Ordinance of the Prime Minister" in subparagraph 3 of Article 84-28 of the Decree means 30/100 of the equity capital. (4) The term "limit as prescribed by Ordinance of the Prime Minister" in subparagraph 3-2 of Article 84-28 of the decree means 5/100 of the equity capital. (5) The term "person as prescribed by Ordinance of the Prime Minister" in subparagraph 5 of Article 84-28 of the Decree means the person of subparagraphs 1 through 6 and 9 of paragraph (2).

[This Article Newly Inserted by Ordinance of the Ministry of Finance and Economy No. 271, Aug. 12, 2002]

Article 36-19 (Audit Completion Reports)

An auditor under the provisions of the Act on External Audit of Stock Companies shall submit an audit completion report attached with an audit report to the Financial Services Commission seven days prior to the date of a regular general meeting of the stockholders of the relevant audited corporation, and the Financial Services Commission shall notify the Exchange of the audit report without delay when an audited corporation is a listed corporation or KOSDAQ-listed corporation: Provided, That when an audit is made during a fiscal year, an audit completion report shall be submitted immediately after completion of an audit.

[This Article Newly Inserted by Ordinance of the Ministry of Finance and Economy No. 38, Aug. 10, 1998]

Article 36-20 (Special Cases of Audit on Foreign Corporations, etc.) (1) A foreign public agency or an international financial institution deemed to have been audited under the provisions of Article 84-31 (1) 1 of the Decree shall be the agency and the organization under the subparagraphs of Article 34-5 (1): (2) Deleted [This Article Newly Inserted by Ordinance of the Ministry of Finance and Economy No. 38, Aug. 10, 1998]

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Article 36-21 (Place to Retain Reference Documents) Places where reference documents concerning the proxy exercise of the right to vote on resolutions under the provisions of Article 85 (1) of the Decree should be retained shall be the places in the subparagraphs of Article 36-16.

[This Article Newly Inserted by Ordinance of the Ministry of Finance and Economy No. 38, Aug.

10. 1998] Article 37 Deleted.

Article 38 (Person Exempted from Duty to Report on Holdings Status, etc.)

A person who is exempted from the duty to report on the stock holding status and details of changes therein under the provisions of Article 86-3 (1) 5 of the Decree shall be the issuer of the relevant stocks, etc. [This Article Wholly Amended by Ordinance of the Ministry of Finance and Economy no. 38, Aug. 10, 1998]

Article 38-2 (Payment Notice, etc. of Penalty Surcharges) (1) When the Financial Services Commission notifies the payment of a penalty surcharge under the provisions of Article 91 (3) of the Decree, it shall be notified by notice in which the details in the following subparagraphs are stated. The same shall also apply when the payment of a penalty surcharge is notified by the extension of payment period or the determination of the payment in installments under the provisions of Article 206-15 (1) of the Act:

1. Issuance number;

2. Payer of penalty surcharge;

3. Date of violation;

4. Classification of violation;

5. Amount of penalty surcharge payable;

6. Payment deadline; and

7. Receiving agency. (2) A person who intends to apply for an extension of the payment deadline or for payment of a penalty surcharge in installments under the provisions of Article 92 (3) of the Decree shall apply with an application in which the matters of the following subparagraphs are stated. In such cases, the ENFORCEMENT RULES OF THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE ACT 31

documents proving the matter of subparagraph 6 shall be attached:

1. Issuance number of the payment notice of penalty surcharge;

2. Date of violation;

3. Classification of violation;

4. Imposition Amount of penalty surcharge;

5. Payment deadline; and

6. Reason for application for the extension, etc. of payment deadline. (3) Form of notice and an application under the provisions of paragraphs (1) and (2) shall be prescribed by the Financial Services Commission. [This Article Newly Inserted by Ordinance of the Ministry of Finance and Economy No. 94, Jun. 12, 1999]

Article 39 (Procedure for Collection of Fines for Negligence) The Enforcement Rules of the Management of National Funds Act shall apply mutatis mutandis to the procedure for collection of fines for negligence under the provisions of Article 94 (4) of the Decree. In such cases, the method of raising objection and period, etc. within which to raise objections shall be stated together in a notice of payment.

[This Article Newly Inserted by Ordinance of the Ministry of Finance No. 1975, Apr. 30, 1994] ADDENDA Article 1 (Enforcement Date)

These Rules shall enter into force on the date of their promulgation. Article 2 (Transitional Measures Concerning Accounting Firm and Counting Houses)

(1) Any accounting firm or counting house registered with the Ministry of Finance at the time when these Rules enter into force shall be deemed to have been registered under these Rules, and the constituents belonging to such firm or such counting house shall be deemed to have joined the relevant accounting firm or counting house on the date of these Rules enter into force.

(2) In cases where an accounting firm or counting house is unable to audit a corporation subject to audit because a number of certified public accountants belonging to an accounting firm or counting house is less than the standard in subparagraph 2 of Article 32, the Minister of Finance ENFORCEMENT RULES OF THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE ACT 32

may adjust the standard under the provisions of the same Article limited to during the year of 1977 only.

(3) An accounting firm or counting house which has entered into an audit contract with a corporation to be audited at the time when these Rules enter into force shall be deemed to have entered into an audit contract under these Rules. In such cases, the provisions of Article 32 shall not apply.

ADDENDUM These rules shall enter into force on the date of their promulgation. ADDENDUM These Rules shall enter into force on the date of their promulgation. ADDENDA (1) (Enforcement Date) These Rules shall enter into force on the date of their promulgation.

(2) (Transitional Measures) Interest rates concerning the credit offering at the time when these Rules enter into force shall be deemed to have obtained the approval of the Minister of Finance under this Rule. ADDENDUM These Rules shall enter into force on January 1, 1979. ADDENDUM These Rules shall enter into force on the date of their promulgation. ADDENDA (1) (Enforcement Date) These Rules shall enter into force on the date of their promulgation.

(2) (Transitional Measures concerning Transitional Period after Effectuation) In cases where the securities report has come into effect under the provisions of Article 8 (1) of the Act prior to these Rules entering into force, a transitional period for subscription and sale of the securities concerned and issuance ENFORCEMENT RULES OF THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE ACT 33

of new stocks shall be in accordance with the former provisions notwithstanding the amended provisions of Article 1.

(3) (Transitional Measures concerning Time of Effectuation of Report) Time of effectuation on the securities report accepted under the provisions of Article 9 (1) of the Act prior to these Rules entering into force shall be in accordance with the former provisions notwithstanding the amended provisions of the proviso to Article 3 (1) 3.

(4) (Transitional Measures concerning Time of Effectuation of Corrected Report) Time of effectuation on the corrected securities report accepted under the provisions of the former Article 3 (20) prior to the enforcement of these Rules shall be in accordance with the former provisions notwithstanding the amended provisions of Article 3 (2).

ADDENDA (1) (Enforcement Date) These Rules shall enter into force on the date of their promulgation.

(2) (Applicability) These Rules shall apply from the securities report submitted to the Securities Management Commission under the provisions of Article 8 of the Act after these Rules enter into force.

ADDENDUM These Rules shall enter into force on the date of their promulgation. ADDENDUM These Rules shall enter into force on the date of their promulgation. ADDENDUM These Rules shall enter into force on the date of their promulgation and shall apply from the first securities report submitted to the Securities Management Commission under the provisions of Article 8 of the Act after these Rules enter into force.

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(1) (Enforcement Date) These Rules shall enter into force on the date of their promulgation.

(2) (Abrogation of other Acts and subordinate Statutes) A designation ordinance of the securities payable in lieu of a guarantee, etc. shall be abrogated.

ADDENDA (1) (Enforcement Date) These Rules shall enter into force on the date of their promulgation.

(2) (Applicability) The amended provisions of Article 15 (2) and (4) shall apply from the business year firstly commenced after these Rules enter into force.

ADDENDA (1) (Enforcement Date) These Rules shall enter into force on the date of their promulgation.

(2) (Applicability concerning Time of Effectuation of Reports) The amended provisions of Article 3 concerning the time of effectuation of securities reports shall apply from the first securities report accepted after these Rules enter into force.

ADDENDA (1) (Enforcement Date) These Rules shall enter into force on the date of their promulgation.

(2) (Transitional Measures concerning Notice to Korea Securities Depository) The term "Korea Securities Depository" in the amended provisions in the latter part of Article 27 (2) shall be deemed "Transfer Settlement Company" until the Korea Securities Depository is established under the Securities and Exchange Act.

ADDENDA (1) (Enforcement Date) These Rules shall enter into force on the date of their promulgation.

(2) (Transitional Measures concerning Fee, etc.) Fees, etc. shall be in ENFORCEMENT RULES OF THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE ACT 35

accordance with the former provisions until the Commission sets the rate under the amended provisions of Articles 22 and 22-2. ADDENDA (1) (Enforcement Date) These Rules shall enter into force on April 1, 1997. (2) (Transitional Measures concerning Securities Issue Report) In cases where a securities report has been submitted to the Commission at the time when these Rules enter into force, it shall be in accordance with the former provisions. (3) (Transitional Measures concerning Business Incidental to Securities Business) A business which a securities company is operating concurrently under the authorization of the Minister of Finance and Economy under the provisions of the proviso to Article 51 of the former Act prior to the enforcement of this Rule shall be deemed to have been reported to the Commission under the amended provisions of Article 13-2 (2).

ADDENDA Article 1 (Enforcement Date)

These Rules shall enter into force on the date of their promulgation. Articles 2 through 4 Omitted

ADDENDUM

These Rules shall enter into force on the date of their promulgation. ADDENDA

(1) (Enforcement Date) These rules shall enter into force on the date of their promulgation: Provided, That the amended provisions of Article 2-2 shall enter into force on July 1, 1999 and the amended provisions of Articles 34-3 and 34-5 shall enter into force on January 1, 2000. (2) (Applicability) The amended provisions of Articles 2-2 and 3 shall apply from the first securities report submitted after these Rules enter into force, the amended provisions of Article 11-2 (1) from the first securities savings deposit paid after these Rules enter into force, and the amended provisions of Article 20-2 (2) from the first contract entered into after these Rules ENFORCEMENT RULES OF THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE ACT 36

enter into force.

ADDENDUM

These Rules shall enter into force on the date of their promulgation. ADDENDUM

These Rules shall enter into force on the date of their promulgation. ADDENDA

(1) (Enforcement Date) These Rules shall enter into force on the date of their promulgation.

(2) (Applicability concerning Market Creation Period) The amended provisions of Article 36-3 shall apply from the business explanation in which the matters concerning the market creation are first stated after these Rules enter into force.

(3) (Transitional Measures concerning Presentation of Securities Report) The securities report presented to the Financial Services Commission at the time these Rules enter into force shall be in accordance with the former provisons, notwithstanding the amended provisions of Article 2. ADDENDUM

These Rules shall enter into force on the date of their promulgation. ADDENDA

(1) (Enforcement Date) These Rules shall enter into force on the date of their promulgation.

(2) (Applicability) The amended provisions of Article 3 (1) shall apply from the first securities report submitted after these Rules enter into force. ADDENDA 2004>

(1) (Enforcement Date) These Rules shall enter into force on the date of their promulgation.

(2) (Transitional Measures Concerning Method of Calculating Merger Value) The method of calculating the merger value of the merger whose merger report has been submitted to the Financial Services Commission at the time when this Rule enters into force, shall be in accordance with the former provisions notwithstanding the amended provisions of Article 36-12 (1). ADDENDUM

These Rules shall enter into force on the date when the Exchange has registered its establishment under the provisions of Article 11 of ADDENDA to Act No. 7112, the Korea Securities and Futures Exchange Act. ADDENDA

(1) (Enforcement Date) These Rules shall enter into force on March 29,

2005. (2) (Term of Validity) The amended provisions of Article 13 (2) shall have effect until March 28, 2007 and the amended provisions of Article 36-18 (4) shall remain in effect until March 28, 2008, respectively. ADDENDUM

These Rules shall enter into force on the date of their promulgation. ADDENDUM

These Rules shall enter into force on the date of their promulgation. ADDENDA Article 1 (Enforcement Date)

These Rules shall enter into force on the date of their promulgation. Articles 2 through 5 Omitted.


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