Korea Stock Exchange Year-End Market Holiday Schedule

The KSE will close its markets on December 31, 2003. Consequently, the ex-dividend date for the listed companies whose fiscal year ends on December 31 will be on December 29, 2003.

On January 2, 2004, the first trading day of the new year, the trading hours of the KSE market will be temporarily changed from 09:00-15:00 to 10:00-15:00.