Listed companies, 5% or more of which are owned by foreigners, and large cases of foreign shareholding (compared to the year ending 2004)
Stock Market
- 189 companies -> 201 companies: a 6.35% increase (29.52% of the total market)
- Cases: 293 -> 321: a 9.56% increase
- 172 companies -> 184 companies: a 6.98% increase (20.86% of the KOSDAQ market)
- Cases: 244 -> 266: a 9.02% increase
Foreigners owning a 5% or more stake and the number of shares owned by foreigners (compared to the year ending 2004)
Stock Market
- Foreigners: 151 -> 166: a 9.93% rise
- Number of shares: 1,676 million -> 1,735 million: 3.52% growth
- Foreigners: 127 -> 132: a 3.94% increase
- Number of shares: 770 million -> 764 million: a decrease of 0.78%
Market value of the stocks owned by foreigners with large shareholdings (as of the end of June 2005)
Stock Market
- As of the end of June 2005: 32,885 billion won - an increase of 1,158 billion won, or 3.65%, from a year ago
- LSF-KEB Holdings, SCA (Belgium) held the largest stock ownership for a single company with a 64.62% stake in Korea Exchange Bank, followed by CRMC (U.S.), which holds a total of 3,759 billion won in 26 companies, and Sovereign Asset Management Limited (British Virgin Islands), which holds 2,022 billion won in 3 companies.
- As of the end of June 2005: 3,015 billion won - an increase of 498 billion won or 19.15% from a year earlier
- AIF Twenty (Malaysia) held 472 billion won, or a 40.32% stake, in Hanaro Telecom, followed by Photronics (U.S.), which owns 209 billion won in one company, and Starlight Finance B.V (the Netherlands), which owns 202 billion won in one company.
Foreigners Owning 5% or More Stocks for Managerial Control (as of the end of June 2005)
Stock Market
- Templeton Asset Management Ltd.(Singapore) invested a total of 1,419 billion won in 12 companies including Kangwon Land, and The Bau Post Group LLC (U.S.) purchased 68 billion won in shares of 6 companies including Samil Pharm.
- 36 foreigners hold an average of 22.86% in 50 companies.
- The London office of ABN Amro Bank N.V. (the Netherlands) bought 31 billion won in shares of 13 companies including Bosung Powertech, and Lion Heart Investment (UK) invested 27 billion won in 12 companies including JMP.
