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Statistics

KSFC has been the sole administrator, trustee and custodian of employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs) in Korea since 1977.

ESOAs in Korea

(as of June 30, 2014)

Categories Stock Market KOSDAQ Market Other Market Total
No. of ESOAs(A) 671 815 1,584 3,070
No. of Companies(B) *Annotation 1) 772 1,004 487,482 489,258
ESOA/Company ratio (A/B; %) 86.92 81.18 0.32 0.63
No. of ESOA members 904,647 118,893 267,308 1,290,848

*Annotation 1) Statistical Yearbook of National Tax in 2012 Released by National Tax Service

ESOP Stocks deposited with KSFC

(as of June 30, 2014)

Categories Stock
Market
KOSDAQ
Market
Other
Market
Total
No. of Depositing ESOAs 236 246 552 1,034
No. of Depositing ESOA members 269,381 20,532 53,848 343,761
No. of Deposited Shares
(in thousands)
260,506 41,936 90,861 393,302
Share Acquisition Price
(in million won)
4,858,288 232,540 661,085 5,751,913
Equity Stake Held by ESOA(%) 1.29 0.76 1.05 1.14

ESOAs and ESOP stock deposits by year

(year-end basis)

Categories 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
No. of ESOAs 2,768 2,818 2,921 2,981 3,043
No. of Depositing ESOAs 988 1,001 1,024 1,025 1,028
No. of Deposited Shares(in millions) 401 388 436 457 431
Share Acquisition Price(in 100 million won) 45,589 54,210 59,706 56,624 58,352