• Winners for tournament's 16 participating nations picked
• Slogans will be displayed on official national team buses throughout UEFA EURO 2012 tournament
• More than 5,000 entries submitted

Hyundai Motor today announced winning slogans picked by fans to adorn the official buses of the 16 national teams participating in the upcoming UEFA EURO 2012 soccer tournament, as sponsored by the "Be There With Hyundai" fan contest.

The slogans will be wrapped around team buses for the duration of the UEFA EURO 2012 tournament, which will be held in Poland and Ukraine from June 8 to July 1.

The winning slogans for each of the 16 participating UEFA EURO 2012 nations and their English translations appear in the following table.

◈ UEFA EURO 2012 'Be There With Hyundai' National Team Slogans ◈

In addition to seeing their slogan wrapped around an official national team bus, each of the 16 winners receives two hospitality packages to a quarter-final match in Gdansk, Poland. Packages include flights, hotel accommodations, match tickets, food and tours.

The worldwide "Be There With Hyundai" contest allowed fans of the 16 participating nations to submit slogans that would wrap around the official bus carrying the team from their favorite nation. Fans began submitting slogans in December 2011.

In April, the top three slogans from each country were uploaded onto UEFA.com to allow all fans to vote on the slogans.

The winning slogans were picked from 5,250 entries submitted through UEFA.com as well as other channels, such as Hyundai Poland's Facebook page.

Hyundai is an official sponsor of the UEFA EURO 2012 tournament.

(Seoul, Korea) Hyundai Motor Company, South Korea's largest automaker, reports its domestic and overseas sales results for April 2012.

April 2012 Results

Unit = one vehicle

1. Commercial Vehicles (CV) include buses & trucks.
2. Hyundai Motor currently has 6 overseas plants in China, India, Turkey, U.S., the Czech Republic and Russia.

※ Excludes CKD (Complete Knock Down) unit sales.

Hyundai Motor Group, an official Global Partner, or top-level partner, of the Expo 2012 Yeosu Korea, today released photos of its exhibition pavilion. The Yeosu Expo will be open to the public on May 12, and run for three months.

Hyundai will operate a Hyundai Motor Group exhibition pavilion of 1,398 m2, the largest in size among corporate pavilions, which will provide visitors with an opportunity to experience what Hyundai is doing to realize its vision of “Together for a better future.”

Based on the concept, called “Vision Gate,” the pavilion’s front facade expresses Hyundai Motor Group’s closed-loop recycling system, connecting five core business areas of steel, automotive, engineering & construction, parts and logistics. The back of the pavilion represents a stylized letter “H,” symbolizing Hyundai Motor Group.

The pavilion principally consists of four districts titled “Connecting,” “Growing,” “Innovating” and “Gathering,” displaying Hyundai Motor Group’s vision in a variety of forms.

• Hyundai sells 1,072,679 units worldwide in the first quarter
• Sales revenue and net profit stand at 20.2 trillion won and 2.5 trillion won
• Continuous efforts of ‘value-pricing’ lead higher profitability

Hyundai Motor Company, South Korea’s largest automaker, sold 1,072,679 units (domestic: 154,800 / overseas: 917,879) worldwide in the first quarter of 2012, up 16.7 percent from the same period a year earlier, to continue its upward sales momentum.

In spite of global business uncertainties, Hyundai Motor’s continuing efforts in "value-pricing" -- or raising car prices to match their value -- paid off to result in increasing profitability.

While Hyundai Motor’s net profit rose 30.6 percent to 2.45 trillion won (including non-controlling interest) in the first quarter, compared to a year earlier, its operating profit jumped 24.9 percent to 2.28 trillion won. Due to a rise in sales volume and improved product mix, sales revenues increased 10.6 percent to 20.16 trillion won, as well. (Auto business: 17.25 trillion won / Finance and others: 2.92 trillion won)

In the Korean domestic market, sales were down by 7.1 percent to 154,800 units because of dropping consumer confidence caused by recent economic difficulties. In contrast, in overseas markets, Hyundai Motor’s sales increased 22.0 percent to 917,879 units. (export: 328,771 / overseas plants: 589,108)

Hyundai’s brand value is significantly enhanced through its persistent quality management, which also drives sales volumes.

As a result of qualitative growth based on enhanced brand awareness, Hyundai scored at an all-time high in the 2012 Vehicle Dependability Study, conducted by J.D. Power and Associates. Enhanced brand value led to significant jumps in both sales and profit, especially in the overseas markets.

Hyundai Motor expects the auto industry to remain uncertain throughout the remainder of 2012. Although the U.S. market shows signs of recovery, the European markets still face the potential of economic crisis.

In the emerging markets, competition will increase to win slowing demand in China and India. Stronger governmental policies to protect the local auto industry are expected in Brazil and Russia, as well.

Under such tough circumstances, Hyundai Motor will continue to seek qualitative growth, focusing on better profitability, rather than hasty sales volume expansion.

In addition to selling Elantra (Avante) and Sonata in the global market, Hyundai will reinforce sales of local strategic models -- such as i30 in Europe, Solaris in Russia and Eon and i10 in India -- to raise brand awareness in the global market.

Hyundai Motor will increase capacity in emerging markets with the completion of a third plant in China and a plant in Brazil -- its seventh plant outside of Korea -- in the second half of this year.

• Hyundai Motor launches ‘Skills for the Future’ – a pan-European initiative
• The company teams up with JA-YE Europe (Junior Achievement-Young Enterprise) to help young people prepare for their future careers
• New initiative announced today at European Business Summit

Caroline Jenner, CEO Junior Achievement - Young Enterprise with Tak Uk Im, President of Hyundai Motor Europe.

Brussels, 26 April 2012
Today at the European Business Summit (EBS), Hyundai Motor Europe announced a new initiative that sets out to prepare young people with the skills they need for the job market of tomorrow.

‘Skills for the Future’, developed in partnership with JA-YE Europe (Junior Achievement-Young Enterprise), is a three-year programme starting this year. Launching in five countries first – Germany, UK, Italy, Spain, and the Czech Republic – it will give approximately ten thousand (10.000) vocational school students in 15 countries across the European Union the chance to try their hand at enterprise, learn valuable STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) skills and apply their knowledge to practical use in their future careers. They will be exposed to a variety of learning-by-doing approaches, like creating and managing their own technical micro-companies. As well as being a formative introduction to entrepreneurship, the programme will also nurture softer skills like teamwork, management and organisation.

Students will have the opportunity to work with over 400 Hyundai Motor business volunteers from across Europe, who will serve as invaluable role models and provide insights from their fields. Every year, a Hyundai Motor prize will be awarded for the best idea for an automotive service or product among the student companies.

Hyundai has a proven track record for CSR (corporate social responsibility) initiatives in individual Member States, and ‘Skills for the Future’ is the company’s first pan-European CSR initiative.

Speaking at EBS, Allan Rushforth, Senior Vice President and COO of Hyundai Motor Europe, said: “Hyundai Motor Europe is committed to innovation – and at the heart of innovation are people. ‘Skills for the Future’ isn’t just about tackling youth unemployment – it’s also about nurturing a vibrant talent pool of people primed for the jobs of the future.”

The launch of ‘Skills for the Future’ comes at a time when youth unemployment in Europe is at an all-time high. The theme of this year’s European Business Summit – ‘Skills for Growth’ – makes it an ideal platform for the launch of this new programme. Hyundai is a main sponsor of the European Business Summit.

Hyundai is a committed corporate citizen, leading car manufacturer and prominent employer in Europe. In the Czech Republic alone, the company has created 10.000 jobs – either through Hyundai or its suppliers, and 95% of Czech nationals living in Moravia-Silesia are now either directly or indirectly employed by the company.

Hyundai Motor continues to expand and invest in Europe despite the economic slowdown: in 2011, it counted 5 million sales in Europe since imports began in 1977 and now boasts its best-ever European market share of 3,3%.

The ‘Skills for the Future’ initiative has been warmly welcomed by Koos Richelle, Director General of the European Commission’s DG for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion: “‘Skills for the Future’ is an excellent initiative that fits squarely both with the Commission’s initiative ‘Europe 2020,’ which strives to equip young people with the right skills for the jobs of today and tomorrow, and the Commission’s strategy for Corporate Social Responsibility.”

The partnership will not only target students, it is also designed to connect teachers and parents with business leaders. Through the Hyundai Motor ‘Master Class’, teachers and parents from participating schools – together with Hyundai Motor employees – will brainstorm ways to improve the quality of skills education and bridge the gap between business and learning.

Tak Uk Im, President of Hyundai Motor Europe with Caroline Jenner, CEO Junior Achievement - Young Enterprise.