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Hyundai Motor Company was established in December 1967. In June 1974, Hyundai Motor Company was listed on the Korea Exchange through initial public offering.

Hyundai Motor Company receives annual credit ratings by leading domestic and overseas credit rating agencies and maintains stable credit ratings

 

Credit Ratings

Rating Agency		Corporate Bond	Commercial Paper
Korea	KMCC	AA+	-
	KIS	AA+	-
	NICE	AA+	-
Overseas	Moody's	Baa2	-
	S&P	BBB	-

 

For further details on HMC's credit rating, please refer to the menu "Corporate Information > Credit Ratings" on our IR website.

Hyundai Motor Company's Board of directors consists of 9 members, including 5 outside directors.

BOD Composition (Registered)

Classification	Title(Employment Status)	Name	Appointment Date	Term	Office	Liability Insurance
Internal Director	Chairman (Standing)	Mong Koo Chung	2011-03-11	3 years	Chairman & CEO	O
	President (Standing)	Seung Suk Yang	2010-03-12	3 years	President & CEO	O
	President (Standing)	Eok Jo Kim	2011-03-11	1 years	President & CEO	O
	Director (Standing)	Eui Sun Chung	2010-03-12	3 years	Vice Chairman	O
External Director	Director (Non-Standing)	Se Bin Oh	2011-03-11	3 years	Member of Audit Committee	O
	Director (Non-Standing)	Il Hyung Kang	2009-03-13	3 years	Member of Audit Committee	O
	Director (Non-Standing)	Young Chul Yim	2009-03-13	3 years	Member of Audit Committee	O
	Director (Non-Standing)	Sung Il Nam	2010-03-12	3 years	Member of Audit Committee	O
	Director (Non-Standing)	You Jae Yi	2011-03-11	2 years	-	O

 

For further details on the BOD, please refer to the menu "Corporate Information>BOD>Board of Directors" on our IR website.

Hyundai Motor Company's fiscal year is based on the Calendar year, starting on January 1st and ending on December 31st every year. Earnings results are released within 45 days after the end of each quarter and are released within 90 days after the end of the Fiscal year. For specific dates of each quarter's earnings results release, please refer to the IR Calendar on our IR website or "http://dart.fss.or.kr"

Financial statements and the Annual reports can be found in "Financial Information>Financial Statements" and "Financial Information>Annual Report" on our IR website.

Hyundai Motor Company shares are listed in Seoul(Common share, Preferred share), Luxemburg(GDR Common share), and London (GDR Preferred share).

The series 1 preferred shares pay dividends in cash in the amount which is the sum of 1% per annum of par value which is ￦5,000 and the amount of dividends declared on the common shares. The series 2 preferred share pay dividends as declared by the Board of Directors which may not be less than 2% per annum of par value. The series 3 preferred shares pay dividends as declared by the Board of Directors which may not be less than 1% per annum of par value. The option for conversion of preferred share to common share is not included in the series 1, 2 and 3 preferred share.

As of September 1, 2008, the total number of common shares outstanding is 219,873,808, while the number of preferred shares outstanding is 65,202,146. For further details on number of outstanding shares, please refer to the menu "Corporate Information>BOD>Shareholders" on our IR website.

Hyundai Motor Company's payout ratio for FY 2007 was 16.4%. Hyundai Motor Company decides the reasonable payout ratio each year with consideration for both the company's future growth and returns for shareholders. Dividend history can be found on "Stock Information>Dividend History" on our IR website.

Hyundai Motor Company's sales data including 'sales by model', 'export by region', 'overseas plant sales', 'US and Europe retail sales' can be found on "Sales performance" on our IR website.