CHAPTER III ACTIVITIES AND OPERATION OF DISCLOSURE CONTROL
Article 8 Regular Disclosure
The Company shall prepare quarterly disclosure documents and file them with the FSC and the KRX by the applicable due date.
Article 9 Business Department
(1) The head of each business department shall establish and execute detailed implementation plan by checking activities assigned to their department for regular disclosures and disclosure schedule, etc., in accordance with the disclosure business plan distributed by the head of the Disclosure Department.
(2) The head of each business department shall perform activities assigned to their department for regular disclosures, and submit results to the Disclosure Department by the due date specified by the Disclosure Department.
(3) Where the head of each business department expects that the due date under the preceding paragraph cannot be observed due to delay in pushing ahead with activities, etc., he/she shall immediately notify the Disclosure Department, and take necessary action as requested by the head of the Disclosure Department.
Article 10 Disclosure Department
(1) For regular disclosures, the head of the Disclosure Department shall check matters to be disclosed and the disclosure schedule, establish a disclosure business plan including activities assigned to each business department, and deliver it in writing to each business department.
(2) Where the head of the Disclosure Department is concerned about failing to observe the statutory submission deadline based on the findings and notification from business departments, he/she shall report to Disclosure Officer and take necessary action as instructed by Disclosure Officer, and to this end, may request business departments to provide necessary support.
(3) The head of the Disclosure Department shall compile data from business departments and prepare regular disclosure documents using the forms and entry methods as set forth in relevant laws and regulations, and submit it to Disclosure Officer by the due date as specified in the disclosure business plan.
(4) The head of the Disclosure Department shall obtain approval from the Disclosure Officer and the Representative Director and implement regular disclosures by the statutory submission deadline. In this case, a certificate by the Representative Director, etc. shall be attached if required by relevant laws and regulations.
Article 11 Disclosure Officer
(1) The Disclosure Officer shall check the progress of activities required for regular disclosures, and take necessary action if he/she is concerned about failing to observe the statutory submission deadline.
(2) The Disclosure Officer shall review regular disclosure documents submitted by the head of the Disclosure Department for whether it has been prepared properly in accordance with relevant laws and regulations as well as the accuracy, completeness, etc. and report the result to the Representative Director to obtain approval and have the head of the Disclosure Department execute disclosures.
Article 12 Representative Director
The Representative Director shall check and review in person the adequacy, etc. of regular disclosure documents reported by the Disclosure Officer and approve it, and certify it as required by relevant laws and regulations.
Article 13 Ex-post Inspection of Disclosed Information
(1) The head of the business department related to preparation of regular disclosure documents and the head of the Disclosure Department shall inspect the adequacy of the disclosed information immediately after disclosure.
(2) The head of the Disclosure Department shall take action required to immediately correct any entry errors or omissions found from inspection.
Article 14 Timely Disclosure
The Company shall prepare Timely Disclosure documents and file them with the KRX by the applicable due date.
Article 15 Business Department
(1) Where any matter requiring timely disclosure or any reason for canceling or changing already disclosed information occurs or is expected to occur, the relevant business department shall immediately inform the Disclosure Department.
(2) The business department shall immediately respond to any request from the head of the Disclosure Department to submit supplementary or additional materials for the information specified in Paragraph (1). Where the head of the business department judges that the information requires material security or confidentiality, he/she shall report it to Disclosure Officer and follow his/her instructions.
Article 16 Disclosure Department
(1) Where the Disclosure Department receives information on timely disclosure, etc., from a business department, it shall immediately review the information for whether it is subject to disclosure as well as its accuracy and completeness. The head of the Disclosure Department may request the business department to submit supplementary or additional materials for the information if necessary.
(2) Where the results of the review under the preceding paragraph show that the matter is subject to timely disclosure, the head of the Disclosure Department shall prepare a review report and timely disclosure documents for the information and submit to Disclosure Officer and obtain approval from Disclosure Officer and make disclosure in accordance with the method as prescribed in the relevant laws and regulations. Where it is difficult to obtain approval from Disclosure Officer due to, for example, his/her absence, however, the head of the Disclosure Department may make disclosure, in which case he/she shall subsequently report to Disclosure Officer.
(3) Where the result of the review under Paragraph (1) shows that the matter is not subject to disclosure, the head of the Disclosure Department shall document the reason and review details and report to Disclosure Officer.
(4) The head of the Disclosure Department shall review whether the matter subject to timely disclosure falls under “disclosure of large-scale internal trading” prescribed in Article 11-2 of the Monopoly Regulation and Fair Act before making disclosure.
Article 17 Disclosure Officer
(1) Disclosure Officer shall review whether the review details and disclosure documents under Paragraphs (2) and (3) of the preceding article have been prepared appropriately in accordance with relevant laws and regulations, and decide whether to approve disclosure.
(2) The Disclosure Officer shall report material matters related to timely disclosure to the Representative Director.
Article 18 Ex-post Examination of Disclosure Contents
Provisions under Article 13 shall also apply to timely disclosure with any necessary modifications, with “regular disclosure document” substituted by “timely disclosure document.”
Article 19 Fair Disclosure
The Company shall prepare fair disclosure documents and file them with the KRX by the applicable due date.
Article 20 Fair Disclosure Information Provider and Recipient
(1) Fair disclosure information provider refers to any of the following persons.
- The Company and its representative.
- The Company’s directors and officers (directors, auditors or equivalent)
- The Company’s employees with access to FD information
(2) Fair disclosure information recipient refers to any of the following persons.
- Legitimate investment traders, investment brokers, investment firms, collective investors, investment advisers and discretionary investment firms and their directors/officers and employees and their delegated or affiliated persons.
- Professional investors (other than specified in Subparagraph 1) and their directors/officers and employees.
- Foreign professional investors and their directors/officers and employees who perform the same or similar activities to those of the persons as specified in Subparagraphs 1 and 2.
- The media, including broadcasting firms under the Broadcasting Act and newspapers and news agencies under the Act on the Guarantee of the Freedom and Function of the Press, and their directors/officers and employees.
- Securities information site operators using information and communications networks under the Act on Promotion of Information and Communications Network Utilization and Information Protection and their directors/officers and employees.
- Securities owners who are expected to trade the Company’s securities using information subject to fair disclosure.
- A person designated by the KRX.
Article 21 Ban on Circumvention of Fair Disclosure Obligation
The fair disclosure information provider (as defined in Article 15(2) of the Disclosure Regulations) may not indirectly provide information subject to fair disclosure to fair disclosure information recipients (as defined in Article 15(3) of the Disclosure Regulations) before disclosure by providing information on various ratios, amount of variation, etc.
Article 22 Application with Necessary Modifications
Provisions under Articles 13 and 15 to 17 shall also apply to fair disclosure with any necessary modifications, with “regular disclosure documents” under Article 13 substituted by “fair disclosure documents” and “timely disclosure” under Articles 15 to 17 substituted by “fair disclosure.”
Article 23 Inquired Disclosure
The Company shall prepare inquired disclosure documents and file them with the KRX by the applicable due date.
Article 24 Disclosure Department
(1) Upon receiving a request from the KRX for inquired disclosure, the head of the Disclosure Department shall immediately check facts and any material information, and prepare disclosure documents accordingly, obtain approval from the Disclosure Officer and make inquired disclosure.
(2) To check facts and essential information as set forth in the preceding paragraph, the head of the Disclosure Department may request each business department to submit materials or provide opinions, in which case, the business department shall respond to such request. When the head of the business department judges that the information requires material security or confidentiality, he/she shall report it to Disclosure Officer and follow his/her instructions.
(3) When the Company receives a request for inquired disclosure and makes disclosure of the fact that it is in the process of decision making (the “Disclosure of Non-determination”) accordingly, the head of the Disclosure Department shall check the determined details or progress of the matter subject to disclosure, obtain approval from the Disclosure Officer, and make re-disclosure within one month after the disclosure of non-determination was made. Where he/she determines it is practically impossible to make a re-disclosure within one month, he/she shall specify the deadline for re-disclosure and make the disclosure accordingly.
Article 25 Application with Necessary Modifications
Provisions under Article 13 and Article 17, and proviso of Article 16(2) shall also apply to inquired disclosure with necessary modifications, with “regular disclosure” under Article 13 substituted by “inquired disclosure”, “timely disclosure” under Articles 16 and 17 substituted by “inquired disclosure”, and “review details and disclosure documents under Paragraphs (2) and (3)” substituted by “checked details and disclosure documents under Paragraph (1).”
Article 26 Voluntary Disclosure
The Company may prepare voluntary disclosure documents and file them with the KRX by the applicable due date.
Article 27 Judgment of Whether or Not the Matter Requires Voluntary Disclosure and Collection of Information
(1) Where any matter considered to require voluntary disclosure or any reason for canceling or changing already disclosed information occurs or is expected to occur, the Disclosure Officer may order the head of the Disclosure Department to collect necessary information and prepare disclosure documents.
(2) When any matter requires voluntary disclosure or any reason for canceling or changing a already disclosed information occurs or is expected to occur, or if there is an order from the Disclosure Officer under the preceding paragraph, the head of the Disclosure Department may request the head of the business department to provide necessary information or to submit materials.
(3) When any matter requires voluntary disclosure or any reason for canceling or changing already disclosed information occurs or is expected to occur, or if there is a request from the head of the Disclosure Department to provide necessary information or submit materials in relation to this in accordance with the provisions under the preceding paragraph, the head of the business department shall immediately deliver such information or materials in documents to the Disclosure Department through the method as prescribed in Article 7(2).
(4) Upon receiving a request from the head of the Disclosure Department for supplementary or additional materials for the delivered information under the preceding paragraph, the head of the business department shall immediately respond to the request. Where he/she judges that the information requires material security or confidentiality, however, he/she shall report it to the Disclosure Officer and follow his/her instructions.
Article 28 Application with Necessary Modifications
Provisions under Articles 13, 16 and 17 shall also apply to voluntary disclosure with necessary modifications, with “regular disclosure” under Article 13 substituted by “voluntary disclosure”, “review the information for whether it is subject to disclosure” under Article 16(1) substituted by “review the information for whether it requires disclosure” and “the matter is subject to timely disclosure” under Article 16(2) substituted by “When the matter is determined to be subject for disclosure.”
Article 29 Issuance Disclosure and Essential Information Reporting
The Company shall prepare issuance disclosure and essential information reporting documents and file them with the FSC by the applicable due date.
Article 30 Establishment of a Business Plan
When any matter subject to issuance disclosure or essential information reporting under Article 161(1)6 to 8 of the Act occurs or is expected to occur, the head of the Disclosure Department shall check matters to be disclosed and disclosure schedule, etc., and establish a business plan for issuance disclosure and essential information reporting, obtain approval from the Disclosure Officer, and deliver it in documents to each business department.
Article 31 Application with Necessary Modifications
(1) Provisions under Article 9(3), Article 10(2) to (3), and Articles 11 to 13 shall also apply to issuance disclosure and essential information reporting under the preceding article with necessary modifications, with the “disclosure business plan” under Article 10(3) substituted by a “business plan for issuance disclosure and essential information reporting” and “regular disclosure documents” under Article 10(3) and Articles 11 to 13 substituted by “issuance disclosure and essential information reporting documents.”
(2) For essential information reporting under Article 161(1)1 to 5 and 9, provisions under Articles 15 to 18 shall apply with necessary modifications, with “timely disclosure” and “timely disclosure documents” substituted by “essential information reporting” and “essential information reporting documents.”