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LG Electronics Inc.
Our company has compiled this Report to help investors understand the current status of our corporate governance in accordance with Clause 7-2 of
Article 8 of the Regulations on Issuance, Public Disclosure, etc. of Securities. The status of corporate governance in the Report was stipulated as of April
2, 2018. Any changes in the Report as of the date of its submission will be separately stated.
In addition, unless otherwise mentioned, the details of activities related to corporate governance in the Report were prepared from January 1, 2017 up to
the date of submitting the Report.
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I. Corporate Governance in General
Our company strives to secure transparency, stability, and soundness of the corporate governance and to establish corporate governance that shows our
company’s growth path and its organizational culture so as to increase shareholder value and protect the rights and interests of its shareholders.
In order to realize transparent corporate governance, our company is aiming to help our stakeholders understand how it operates the corporate
governance by disclosing explanations on the overall corporate governance structure, including the Articles of Incorporation and the status of operating
the BOD, through the homepage.
More than 50% of the board members (Four Independent Directors out of the seven board members in total) are comprised of Independent Directors in
order for the BOD to actually carry out its function of keeping the management’s business-conducting rights in check.
Furthermore, our Independent Directors are transparently and fairly elected by the Outside Director Candidate Recommendation Committee (where
Independent Directors have a majority).
Our company complies with the "principle of diversity” in forming the BOD in order to prevent it from having a specific common background or represent
certain interests. In actually operating the BOD, our company is trying to recruit people experienced with various professions as the board members so as
to prevent the BOD from tilting towards a specific background and profession. As the board members are comprised of experts from industrial,
financial/accounting and administrative fields, the BOD could take an in-depth look at the agendas suggested to it based on various personal
backgrounds and expertise and efficiently monitor how the management conducts its business.
At the same time, our company supports the board members to make the best business-related decisions by holding a preliminary briefing session about
the BOD prior to a BOD meeting and providing sufficient information on details of agendas through the BOD Secretariat.
Moreover, our company has established a business management committee under the BOD. The committee is entrusted with power to approve any of
the issues that do not require collective decision-making by all of the board members so as to efficiently implement corporate governance.
Our company has set up a corporate governance structure where there are mutual checks and balances among the BOD, the management and
Independent Directors based on such systems and mechanisms.
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(2) Organizational Chart Related to Corporate Governance
General
Shareholders’
Meeting
BOD
(Two executive directors, 1 non-
executive director, 4 independent The BOD Secretariat
directors) (Three persons)
Audit Committee
(Three independent
directors)
Ethics Consolidated Domestic Accounting
Secretariat Accounting Accounting Policy Team
(Four persons) Team Team (Two persons)
(Three persons) (Three persons)
Business Management
Committee
(2 executive directors, 1 non-
executive director)
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(3) Corporate Governance Features
Our company’s BOD, as the highest standing decision-making body, has the power to appoint and dismiss the CEO and is comprised mainly of
Independent Directors. At present, out of seven board members, the number of Independent Directors stands at four (accounting for 57% of the total)
thus comprising a majority.
To improve the efficiency of the BOD outside experts with various professions and backgrounds are recruited as board members, and to strengthen its
function of keeping the management in check through a number of Independent Directors with verified independence.
Our company’s BOD has three committees in total: the Audit Committee, the Business Management Committee and the Outside Director Candidate
Recommendation Committee.
Among them, the establishments of the Outside Director Candidate Recommendation Committee and the Audit Committee are obligated by relevant
laws, and the Business Management Committee is carrying out deliberations and decision-making jobs on matters delegated by the BOD.
Our company’s Independent Directors are comprised of experts from industrial, financial/accounting and administrative fields. Our company is selecting
a group of candidates for Independent Directors with very strict standards through interviews and pre-verification processes made by relevant divisions in
order to recruit the most suitable Independent Directors. The BOD Secretariat is supporting Independent Directors to carry out their jobs. Specifically, the
Secretariat holds a preliminary briefing session before a BOD meeting in order for the directors to review main issues in detail beforehand, and provides
internal and external training for newly appointed Independent Directors to swiftly adapt to our company’s BOD-led corporate culture.
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(4) Current Status of the Corporate Governance (Summary)
Approving BOD resolutions in accordance with laws and the Articles of Incorporation
Seong-Jin Jo
BOD Approving agendas to be proposed to a general shareholders’ meeting
4/7 (Executive director)
Approving main financial issues
Assessing the actual status of operating an internal accounting management system and the
operational status of the internal supervision system
Recommending Independent Directors after verifying the independence, diversity and capability of
Outside Director Candidate 2/3 Seong-Jin Jo a group of candidates for Independent Directors
Recommendation Committee (executive director) Managing and verifying a group of candidates for Independent Directors on a regular basis
Approving individual loans within the annual limit and the issuance of company bonds and CP
Business Management 0/3 Seong-Jin Jo (corporate bills)
Committee
(Executive director) Certifying payment of a certain amount and less, signing and extending an agreement on credit
limits
Approving businesses in general, financial issues and others delegated by the BOD
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II. Shareholders
1. Shareholder Rights
(1) Status of Holding a General Shareholders’ Meeting
Our company officially announces the date, place and agenda, results, and so forth related to a general shareholders’ meeting through DART. A regular
general shareholders’ meeting is held within three months after closing each business year, and an extraordinary shareholders’ meeting is held when
necessary. For the past three years, our company has held three general shareholders’ meetings in total but did not hold an extraordinary shareholders’
meeting. Our company’s status and details of holding general shareholders’ meetings for the past three years are as shown in the table below.
Classification The 14th Regular General Shareholders’ Meeting The 15th Regular General Shareholders’ Meeting The 16th Regular General Shareholders’ Meeting
Meeting Decision Date Feb. 25, 2016 Feb. 23, 2017 Feb. 22, 2018
Meeting Announcement Date Feb. 25, 2016 Feb. 23, 2017 Feb. 22, 2018
Meeting Date Mar. 18, 2016 Mar. 17, 2017 Mar. 16, 2018
East Wing of LG Twin Tower, 128, Yeoui-daero, East Wing of LG Twin Tower, 128, Yeoui-daero, East Wing of LG Twin Tower, 128, Yeoui-daero,
Meeting Venue Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul, Korea Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul, Korea Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul, Korea
Main Auditorium in B1
Main Auditorium in B1 Main Auditorium in B1
Agendas Agenda 1: Approving the 14th financial statement Agenda 1: Approving the 15th financial statement Agenda 1: Approving the 16th financial statement
Agenda 2: Approving the amendment of the Agenda 2: Approving the amendment of the Articles of Agenda 2: Appointing directors (One executive director
Articles of Incorporation Incorporation and 1 Independent Director)
Agenda 3: Appointing directors (Two executive Agenda 3: Appointing directors (One non-executive Agenda 3: Appointing audit committee members (One
directors and 3 Independent Directors) director, one executive director and 1 Independent audit committee member out of the Independent Directors)
Director)
Agenda 4: Appointing audit committee members Agenda 4: Approving directors’ compensation limits
(Two audit committee members out of the Agenda 4: Appointing audit committee members (One
Independent Directors) audit committee member out of the Independent Directors)
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(2) Regarding Resolutions of a General Shareholders’ Meeting and Exercising Voting Rights
Our company has in place a solicitation system to exercise voting rights by proxy in order to secure a quorum for resolution and facilitate the exercise
of voting rights. In accordance with the Capital Market Act, our company draws up the relevant documents (including a copy of a letter of attorney) and
discloses them on DART up to two days before starting proxy solicitation. And, the copy of a letter of attorney is also made public on the company's
homepage. The number of shares, including those by proxy through letters of attorney, that attended the 16 th general shareholders’ meeting held on
March 16, 2018 was 120,814,942, accounting for 74.2% of all outstanding shares (162,884,642 of them) with voting rights. All agendas of the 16th
general shareholders’ meeting were subject to ordinary resolutions and were approved as they were since all voting results fulfilled relevant resolution
qualifications. The status of votes on each of the agendas is as shown in the table below.
※ In case of the appointment of audit committee members, those shareholders that have an excess of 3% of the voting shares are restricted from
exercising their voting rights related with the shares in excess under Clause 12 of Article 542 of the Commercial Law. Therefore, the number of shares
in excess of 3%, which cannot exercise relevant voting rights, is not counted in the number of total shares present at the meeting.
For your reference, there have been no shareholders’ proposals at our company’s general shareholders’ meetings for the past three years, and
consequently our company did not separately state the status of implementing shareholders’ proposals. March 16, the date the general shareholders’
meeting for 2018 was held, was not designated as the date of the general shareholders’ meeting.
Our company can distribute profits in money and shares based on the Articles of Incorporation. Our company determines dividends after
comprehensively considering investments to improve shareholder value and to expand returns for shareholders, cash flow, financial structure and
distribution stability. Distribution stability means that downward adjustment of dividends per share is avoided. However, it could be flexibly applied to
increase growth and continue to improve shareholder value from a long-term point of view after considering business-related environmental changes,
business strategies including future investment plans, and so forth. Our company has continued to pay cash dividends and has never paid difference
dividends and interim dividends during the past three years. Details of dividends for the past three years are as shown in the table below.
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Business Years Share Dividends Cash Dividends
Dividends per share (won) (Consolidated) dividend Total dividend amount (won) Dividend yield Payout date
payout ratio
None 400 won per ordinary share 72,885,442,700 won 0.4% for the ordinary shares
2017 4.2% 2018-04-16
450 won per preferred share 1.0% for the preferred shares
None 400 won per ordinary share 0.8% for the ordinary shares
2016 94.8% 72,885,443,100 won 2017-04-14
450 won per preferred share 1.85% for the preferred shares
None 400 won per ordinary share 0.8% for the ordinary shares
2015 58.6% 72,885,443,100 won 2016-04-15
450 won per preferred share 1.6% for the preferred shares
※ The (consolidated) dividend payout ratio is the percentage of total dividends as for the consolidated current net income based on the dominant company
owner’s equity; and the dividend yield is the percentage of dividends per share as for the numeric mean price of the final prices created at the exchange market
for the past week from two trading days before the closing date of shareholders list related to the dividends for the current year.
(4) Deviations and Reasons (Vote in Writing / Electronic Vote Not in Place )
Although Article 368-3 of the Commercial Law stipulates the introduction of a vote-in-writing system through which shareholders can exercise their voting rights
via written letters without attending a general shareholders’ meeting as defined in the Articles of Incorporation, our company does not have any grounds related to
vote in writing in its Articles of Incorporation, and has never introduced an electronic vote system in accordance with Article 368-4 of the Commercial Law. As our
company has in place a solicitation system to exercise voting rights by proxy in order to facilitate the exercise of voting rights, the same goal can be attained
through a proxy solicitation system without introducing a vote in writing and electronic vote. Our company is planning to come up with various measures for
shareholders to exercise their voting rights more easily.
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2. Fair Treatment of Shareholders
(1) Status of Outstanding Shares
Under our company’ Articles of Incorporation, the total number of issuable shares is 600,000,000 (5,000 won per share), and the total number of shares
issued by our company so far stands at 180,833,806. Out of them, our company has issued 163,647,814 registered ordinary shares and 17,185,992
registered preferred shares. For your reference, our company’s preferred shares have no voting rights, but they do receive dividends in money annually
by 1% more compared with what is paid to ordinary shares on the basis of the face value. In addition, there have been no separately-held general
meetings of any specific class of shareholders for the past three years.
Our company holds regular conference calls for quarterly performance explanations in January, April, July and October every year, and each of the calls
is webcast live via our company’s homepage (http://www.lge.co.kr/lgekor/company/ir/irMain.do) in order for all investors to have fair access. Relevant
business outcome materials are made public and provided through the homepage. In addition, IR activities are suspended after the end of each quarter
and before announcing the performance in order to secure fairness in providing information. For your reference, our company has disclosed
performance calculated tentatively three weeks before a conference call in order to increase investors’ understanding since the 1st quarter performance
announcement in 2016. Moreover, our company is frequently carrying out IR activities by attending conferences held by stock firms, holding meetings
with investors, holding conference calls, and so forth.
Furthermore, information on our company is made public through the homepage (http://www.lge.co.kr), DART (http://dart.fss.or.kr) and KIND
(http://kind.krx.co.kr). Via our company’s homepage, the Sustainability Report, the Business Report, the Audit Report, and others are available; and
business-related information on the status of the board members and how the BOD is operated, the status of shares and shareholders and financial
information is also accessible. And, our company’s electronic announcements are also posted on the homepage.
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(4) Status of Internal Control Measures against Internal Transaction s and Personal Transactions
Our company stipulates that "approval of transactions between a director and the company" is subject to the BOD resolution in Article 14 of the BOD
regulations in order to prevent any of the management members and dominant shareholders from making internal transactions and transactions for
him/herself for the purpose of his/her own personal benefit. And, our company is also -reinforcing the controls against internal transactions and personal
transactions by prohibiting any of the directors that have a specific interest as to the BOD resolution from exercising his/her voting rights. In accordance
with Clause 3 of Article 542-9 of the Commercial Law, prior approval from the BOD is necessary when the size of annual transactions with LG (the
largest shareholder), its affiliate persons and our company’s affiliate persons stands at more than 5% of total assets/sales, or if the size of each
transaction is more than 1% of total assets/sales. Furthermore, under Article 398 of Commercial Law, any of the transactions made with LG as a major
shareholder, LG’s subsidiary and its subsidiary where LG holds more than 50% of the shares respectively, and a company where the CEO holds another
position causing concerns over a conflict of interest should be approved by the BOD. As mentioned above, our company is taking steps to control
internal transactions and personal transactions. In addition, as the Fair Trade Act stipulates that large-sized internal transactions worth more than 5 billion
Korean won with its affiliated company should be approved by the BOD and be made public, our company, as one of the LG Group companies, is
disclosing any of the relevant transactions after legitimately passing through the BOD approval process, and related disclosures are available on DART.
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Ⅲ. Board of Directors
1. Functions of BOD
Our company’s BOD, as the highest standing decision-making body of the company established based on the Commercial Law, makes decisions on
major issues subjected to the BOD approval in accordance with relevant laws and the Articles of Incorporation, important financial matters exceeding a
certain amount of money, mid/long-term strategies and business policies, personnel issues and other main issues related to committees under the BOD.
Details of matters that should be deliberated and decided by our company’s BOD are stipulated in Article 32 of the Articles of Incorporation and Article 14
of the BOD regulations. Relevant main contents are as shown in the table below.
Signing, amending or cancelling a contract on which all operating profits and losses are shared with others or a similar contract equivalent to the former
Purchasing all or a part of a business that has an important effect on the company’s business
Issues to be presented at a Paying out share dividends
general shareholders’ meeting Reducing capital
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Classification Main issues to be approved
Providing assurance and security for others (However, in the event that surety and security are provided for a subsidiary, only cases worth more than 100
Acquiring and selling a business and assets (Only cases worth more than 100 billion won are subject to approval.)
Selling investments and shares (Only cases worth more than 100 billion won are subject to approval.)
Important financial issues Investing in facilities (Only cases worth more than 100 billion won are subject to approval.)
Setting and increasing the annual limit of loans (excluding loans secured by receivables) and of issuing corporate bonds and CP (corporate bills)
Approving a transaction made with the company’s largest shareholder (his/her affiliated person) and an affiliated person or approving the total amount of
transactions
Selling investments or shares that would be used to incorporate, establish or exclude a subsidiary under Fair Trade Act
business policies Assessing the current year business performance and planning the next year business, agreeing on goals
Personnel issues (excluding assignment to a position) on executives and issues on their compensations
Others I Issues defined by other laws or the Articles of Incorporation, issues delegated at a general shareholders’ meeting and issues that the BOD chairperson
acknowledges to be necessary
Clause 1 of Article 33 of our company’s Articles of Incorporation and Clause 1 of Article 13 of the BOD regulations stipulate that the Audit Committee, the
Outside Director Candidate Recommendation Committee and other committees needed to operate the BOD should be established. Furthermore, some
of the BOD powers can be delegated to the committees within the BOD to the extent that it does not breach relevant laws and the Articles of
Incorporation in accordance with Clause 2 of Article 13 of the BOD regulation. Therefore, our company has assigned some of the important financial
matters defined in Item 3 of Clause 1 of Article 14 of the BOD regulations to the business management committee in order to improve the efficiency in
operating the BOD. At the same time, matters subject to the resolution of the business management committee are informed to each of the directors as
stipulated in Article 13 of the business management committee regulation in order for the BOD to control such matters. In addition, in the event that
matters deliberated and decided by the business management committee considerably exceed the scope assigned by the BOD or are against the
purpose of the assignment, directors can request for a BOD meeting to re-deliberate and re-decide such matters that have already resolved by the
business management committee in accordance with Article 14 of the business management committee. Please refer to "III. BOD – 5. Committees within
the BOD" stated below for matters to be assigned to each of the committees within the BOD.
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(3) Regarding Succession to the CEO
Our company stipulates that the BOD has a right to appoint the CEO in accordance with Article 31 of the Articles of Incorporation and the BOD
regulations. In the event that the CEO cannot perform his duties due to his/her absence, one of the next level executives (chairperson, vice-
chairperson, president, vice-president, executive director, managing director), a non-executive director or a person separately chosen by the BOD
takes over and continues the duty by proxy in order to fill the vacancy. For general succession to the CEO, the BOD selects and recommends a
candidate for the CEO position after thoroughly reviewing his/her capability to see if he/she is able to lead the company in the direction that is in line
with the interests of the company and the shareholders and to efficiently implement the core values and vision of the company.
Our company’s internal risk management and control are conducted mainly by the audit committee in order to secure objectivity and expertise. The
audit committee i) sets, executes and evaluates internal audit plans; reports on our company’s financial statement on a quarterly basis; has an audit
process done by external auditors; identifies financial risks and relevant corrections and offers its advice to the management members. In addition, the
committee ii) thoroughly monitors business management activities by evaluating and approving the internal accounting management system and
internal audit system in accordance with the Act on External Audit of Stock Companies, the Financial Investment Services and Capital Markets Act,
and other relevant laws.
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2. Structure of the BOD and Appointment of Directors
Our company’s BOD is comprised of more than three and less than seven directors as stipulated in Article 28 of the Articles of Incorporation. In
accordance with Article 383 of the Commercial Law, the BOD is made up of at least three directors and the number could increase up to seven for
efficient operation and decision-making process of the BOD. As it is comprised of seven directors as of 2018 (two executive directors, one non-executive
director and four Independent Directors), it is complying with requirements stated in Article 542-8 of Commercial Law, which stipulates that there should
be at least three Independent Directors and they should hold a majority of the total BOD members. The current status of our company’s BOD as of the
date of submitting the report is as shown in the table below.
Seong-Jin Jo Executive director CEO Mar.18, 2016 March, 2021 when a The business management committee
committee President of
the outside director
candidate
recommendation
committee
Do-Hyun Jung Executive director CEO Mar.14, 2008. March, 2019 when a The business management committee
meeting is held
Bon-Joon Koo Non-executive - Mar.17, 2017 March, 2020 when a The business management committee
meeting is held
Chang-Woo Lee Independent Director President of the audit Mar.15, 2013 March, 2019 when a The audit committee
Joon-Keun Choi Independent Director - Mar.19, 2015 March, 2021 when a The audit committee
general shareholders’
meeting is held
Dae-Hyung Kim Independent Director - Mar.18, 2016 March, 2019 when a The audit committee
meeting is held
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Main career details of each of the directors are as shown in the table below.
Seong-Jin Jo Yongsan Technical High School Do-Hyun Jung Bachelor of business management from Seoul National University
President and HA Company President in LG Electronics Vice-President and Head of Finance Team of LG
President and H&A Company President in LG Electronics CFO and Vice-President of LG Electronics
CEO and H&A Company President in LG Electronics (Currently) CEO, CFO and President of LG Electronics
Bon-Joon Koo MBA from the University of Chicago Chang-Woo Lee Ph.D. in business management from the University of California,
Head of LG New Growth Business Drive Chairperson of the BOD of the Korean Accounting Institute
Joon-Keun Choi Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering at Pusan National Dae-Hyung Kim MBA from the University of Chicago
Yong-Ho Baek Doctor of Economics from the State University of New York
Our company complies with relevant laws such as Clause 3 of Article 382 and Clause 2 of Article 542-8 of the Commercial Law and the regulation of the
Outside Director Candidate recommendation committee in order to secure fairness and independence in appointing Independent Directors and follows a
strict screening process conducted by the Outside Director Candidate recommendation committee to see if a candidate is able to carry out his/her duty
with independence and expertise as an Independent Director before finally appointing him/her as an Independent Director at a general shareholders’
meeting.
Our company discloses and notifies its shareholders of information on the appointment of directors at least three weeks before holding a general
shareholders’ meeting in order to provide detailed information on the director candidates and to secure sufficient time to examine them. In accordance
with Clause 4 of Article 28 of the Articles of Incorporation, directors are appointed in an ordinary way where each of the shareholders exercises his/her
one voting right per share.
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(3) Deviations and Reasons (not separating the CEO and the Chairperson, not appointing a senior Independent Director and
not introducing the executive office system)
As our company’s BOD regulations stipulate that the BOD chairperson should be appointed among the existing directors, the executive directors
including the CEO or the non-executive directors are not the only ones that are eligible to be candidates for the chairperson. However, one of the
current chief executive officers, who is capable of properly fulfilling the roles and responsibilities defined in relevant laws and internal regulations, is
appointed as the BOD chairperson, while Independent Directors are provided with sufficient information to efficiently run the BOD.
Our company has the first-appointed Independent Director to lead and represent the rest of the Independent Directors and act as a senior
Independent Director. Even without the executive officer system, our company’s decision-making process, supervision and execution authorities are
comprehensively and efficiently conducted by the BOD and the CEO.
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3. Independent Directors
In order to fairly and transparently appoint Independent Directors, our company has personnel/legal divisions thoroughly verify qualifications (as stated in
Article 382 and Clause 8 of Article 542 of Commercial Law and Clause 2 of Article 28 of the Articles of Incorporation) of candidates for Independent
Directors. Legal qualifications are checked as well as various matters to see if candidates have independence, expertise, and fairness to conduct their
duties and ethical responsibilities. We also check if they are well-experienced in various fields before finally appointing them as Independent Directors.
Our company is supporting the BOD and committees under the BOD for their smooth activities by establishing the BOD secretariat in accordance with
Article 17 of the BOD regulations. The secretariat is comprised of one executive-level employee and two working-level employees and is carrying out
such jobs as explaining BOD agendas on Independent Directors in advance and supporting requests needed for Independent Directors to conduct their
duties.
In addition, our company holds an orientation meeting for newly appointed Independent Directors to understand the business management status at an
early stage and also give them opportunities for directly visiting business places at home and abroad in order to help them to gain clearer insights into
our company’s business activities.
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4. Operation of the BOD
In accordance with Article 8 of the BOD regulations, our company holds board meetings on a quarterly basis in principle. Considering, however,
submission of a financial statement subject to the BOD approval to the audit committee six weeks before a general shareholders’ meeting in accordance
with Clause 3 of Article 447 of the Commercial Law, prior approval from the BOD for agendas subject to approval from a general shareholders’ meeting
and convocation of a general shareholders’ meeting in March, our company holds a board meeting every month from January to March. Furthermore,
extraordinary board meetings are held as often as necessary, especially when irregular agendas that should be present at a board meeting occur.
Each board meeting is convened by the chairperson in accordance with Clause 1 of Article 9 of the BOD regulations, and the convocation should be
notified to each of the directors at least 12 hours before holding a meeting in accordance with Clause 1 of Article 10 of the BOD regulations. However,
when there is a unanimous consent of all directors, such convocation procedures may be skipped. For those directors who cannot physically attend a
meeting, it is still possible for them to join it through telecommunications means.
Our company provides prior explanations and face-to-face responses to questions regarding each of the agendas until the very last day before holding
each board meeting in order for directors to make the best decisions in deliberating and approving agendas. Our company is also working hard to
faithfully provide materials requested by directors in order for them to take an in-depth look into each of the agendas and to efficiently run the BOD.
As for proceedings of a board meeting, the BOD secretariat takes minutes of meeting agendas, deliberation results, directors that have voted against and
their reasons why they have voted against. And, directors present at the meeting are required to append their seals and signatures to or sign their names
on the minutes.
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(2) Status of Holding Board Meetings and Details of Each Director’s Decision s
<2017 >
1) The 1st Board Meeting for 2017: Jan. 24, 2017
1. Approving the 15th financial statement and the business Approved For For For For
report
2. Approving business plans for 2017 Approved For For For For
3. Approving limits of total transactions made with affiliated Approved For For For For
For
persons for 2017
Approval
4. Approving limits of annual loads for 2017 Approved For For For For
6. Appointing members of the Outside Director Candidate Approved For For For For
recommendation committee
7. Approving the amendment of personnel regulations on Approved For For For For
executives
8. Approving the maintenance of contracts with advisers and Approved For For For For
consultants
2016
management system
1. Convening a regular general shareholders’ meeting Approved For For For For
(1) Approving the 15th financial statement Approved For For For For
For
Approval (2) Approving the amendment of the Articles of Incorporation Approved For For For For
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(3) Appointing directors Approved For For For For
(4) Appointing members of the audit committee Approved For For For For
(5) Approving limits of directors’ compensations Approved For For For For
3. Approving transactions made by directors for themselves Approved For For For For
2. Appointing members of the business management Approved For For For For
committee
3. Approving the amendment of personnel regulations on Approved For For For For
For
executives
Approval
4. Approving the payment of compensations for directors for Approved For For For For
2017
5. Approving financial resources to pay special bonuses for Approved For For For For
executives
6. Approving the maintenance of contracts with consultants Approved For For For For
7. Approving the goal of special bonuses (short term) for Approved For For For For
8. Approving lease/rental contracts on LG Twin Tower Approved For For For For
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4) The 4th Board Meeting for 2017: Apr. 25, 2017
1. Approving the participation in capital increase by issuing Approved For For For For
Approval
2. Approving change of special bonus norms for executives Approved For For For For
3. Approving the maintenance of contracts with consultants Approved For For For For
For 1. Approving the personnel on executives Approved For For For For
Approval
3. Approving payment guarantee for subsidiaries Approved For For For For
For
Approval
4. Approving transactions made by directors for themselves Approved For For For For
5. Approving transactions made by directors for themselves Approved For For For For
(construction)
6. Approving lump-sum treatment payment for retired Approved For For For For
executives
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7. Approving the maintenance of contracts with consultants Approved For For For For
2017
For
Approval
2. Approving disciplinary dismissal of executives Approved For For For For
3. Approving the maintenance of contracts with consultants Approved For For For For
1. Approving the renewal of the contract to use LG Approved For For For For
For trademark
Approval
2. Approving the maintenance of contracts with consultants Approved For For For For
3. Approving a periodic personnel of executive for 2018 Approved For For For For
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<2018>
1) The 1st Board Meeting for 2018: Jan. 23, 2018
3. Approving limits of total transactions made with affiliated Approved For For For For
branches
- - - - -
To Report 1. Reporting the business performance for the 4th quarter of
2017
management system
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2) The 2nd Board Meeting for 2018: Feb. 22, 2018
1. Convening a regular general shareholders’ meeting Approved For For For For
(3) Appointing members of the Audit Committee Approved For For For For
(4) Approving limits of compensations for directors Approved* For For For For
3. Approving the maintenance of contracts with consultants Approved For For For For
3. Appointing members of the business management Approved For For For For
For committee
Approval
4. Approving the amendment of personnel regulations on Approved For For For For
executives
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5. Approving the payment of compensations for directors for Approved For For For For
2018
6. Approving financial resources to pay special bonuses for Approved For For For For
executives
7. Approving the appointment of full-time advisers and Approved For For For For
consultants
8. Approving the goal of special bonuses (short term) for Approved For For For For
10. Approving lease/rental contracts on LG Twin Tower Approved For For For For
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4) The 4th Board Meeting for 2018: Apr. 26, 2018
1. Approving payment guarantee for subsidiaries Approved For For For For
For
Approval
2. Approving stock transfer Approved For For For For
3. Approving the signing of a contract between shareholders Approved For For For For
4. Approving the maintenance of contracts with consultants Approved For For For For
2018
For
2. Approving business transfer Approved For For For For
Approval
3. Approving the maintenance of contracts with consultants Approved For For For For
Our company’s BOS has three committees: the audit committee; the Outside Director Candidate recommendation committee; and the business
management committee. Out of these committees, it is mandatory to establish the audit committee and the Outside Director Candidate recommendation
committee as required by Commercial Law. The business management committee has been created based on the autonomous decision made by the
BOD in order to enhance the expertise, independence and efficiency of the BOD.
(2) Structural Status of Committees under the BOD and Details of Their Duties
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B. The Outside Director Candidate Recommendation Committee
In accordance with Clause 4 of Article 542-8 of the Commercial Law and Article 28-2 of the Articles of Incorporation, our company has established and
has been operating the Outside Director Candidate recommendation committee in order to recommend candidates for Independent Director positions.
This committee is comprised of two Independent Directors (Chang-Woo Lee, Dae-Hyung Kim) and one executive director (Seong-Jin Jo) with
Independent Directors holding a majority in accordance with the same law and the regulation of the Outside Director Candidate Recommendation
Committee in order to secure fairness and independence in appointing Independent Directors, and in running the committee. Details of the activities
conducted by the committee are as shown in the table below.
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Independent Directors
Choi Kim
Feb.23, 2017 For Approval 1. Recommending candidates for Independent Directors Approved For For
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Independent Directors
Choi Kim
Feb.22, 2018 For Approval 1. Recommending candidates for Independent Directors Approved For For
In accordance with Article 33 of the Articles of Incorporation and Articles 13 and 14 of the BOD regulations, our company’s business management
committee is taking care of matters assigned by the BOD and ordinary business issues in order to flexibly respond to changes in the business
environment and fluctuation in interest rates and to intensively and efficiently operate the BOD.
The structural status of the business management committee and its main activities are as shown in the table below.
1) Structural Status
Committee Structure Names of Directors Purpose of the establishment and details of its powers
Name
The Business One non-executive director Jung (full-time) Deliberating and deciding on matters assigned by the BOD to the Business Management
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2) Details of Main Activities
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Jan.12, 2017 (Shinhan Bank) Signing an agreement on business credit transactions Approved
Jan. 25, 2017 (HSBC Bank) Signing an agreement on Bank Guarantee C/L Approved
Feb. 20, 2017 (KookminBank) Extending the agreement on committed line Approved
Mar.13, 2017 (Development Bank) Extending the term of the agreement on export-receivables-backed loan limits Approved
(Shinhan Bank) Extending the agreement on payment guarantee limits for overseas branches Approved
Apr.03, 2017 (SC Bank) Extending the term of the agreement on comprehensive credit limits Approved
(Novascotia Bank) Extending the term of the agreement on export-receivables-backed loan limits Approved
Issuing of the 83-1st, 83-2nd and 83-3rd unsecured debentures of LG Electronics Approved
Apr. 24, 2017 (Australia and New Zealand Bank) Extending the term of the agreement on export-receivables-backed loan limits Approved
May 15, 2017 (Kookmin Bank) Extending the term of the agreement on export-receivables-backed loan limits Approved
(Credit Agricole Bank) Extending the term of the agreement on export-receivables-backed loan limits Approved
(MUFG Bank) Signing an agreement on payment guarantee limits for overseas branches Approved
(The Exchange-Import Bank of Korea) Borrowing loans for facility funds Approved
May 30, 2017 (KEB Hana Bank) Extending the term of the agreement on comprehensive credit limits Approved
(Shinhan Bank) Signing an agreement on the HQs payment guarantee for loan lines of Shinhan Bank branch in Kazakhstan Approved
Jun.15, 2017 (Industrial Bank of Korea) signing an agreement on business credit transactions Approved
(The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ) Extending the term of the agreement on export-receivables-backed loan limits Approved
Jun.26, 2017 (KEB Hana Bank) Extending the term of the agreement on comprehensive credit limits Approved
Jul.26, 2017 (Shinhan Asia Ltd) Issuing floating-rate debentures in foreign currency Approved
Aug.17, 2017 (Woori Bank) Extending the term of the agreement on export-receivables-backed loan limits Approved
Sep.26, 2017 (Kookmin Bank) Extending the agreement on committed line Approved
Oct.20, 2017 (KEB Hana Bank New York Branch) Borrowing floating-rate foreign currency loans Approved
Nov.15, 2017. (ICICI Bank) Guaranteeing payment of foreign currency for overseas branches Approved
Dec.29, 2017. (Deutsche Bank) Extending the term of the agreement on export-receivables-backed loan limits Approved
(Societe Generale Bank) Extending the term of the agreement on export-receivables-backed loan limits Approved
Dec. 12, 2017 (ING Bank) Extending the term of the agreement on export-receivables-backed loan limits Approved
(Chinese Bank) Extending the term of the agreement on export-receivables-backed loan limits Approved
Dec.20, 2017 Issuing the 87th unsecured privately-placed bonds of LG Electronics Approved
(The Export-Import Bank of Korea) Borrowing foreign currency loans for facility funds for US branches Approved
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<2018>
Jan. 17, 2018 (Shinhan Bank) Signing an agreement on business credit transactions Approved
Jan. 30, 2018 (Woori Bank) Signing an agreement on foreign currency payment guarantee limits for overseas branches Approved
Feb.14, 2018 (Kookmin Bank) Signing an agreement on business credit transactions Approved
Mar.15, 2018 (Shinhan Bank) Signing an agreement on payment guarantee limits for overseas branches Approved
Mar.29, 2018 Issuing the 90th unsecured privately-placed bonds of LG Electronics Approved
Apr.19, 2018 (SC Bank) Extending the term of the agreement on comprehensive credit limits Approved
(Australia and New Zealand Bank) Extending the agreement on export-receivables-backed loan limits Approved
Issuing the 91-1st, 91-2nd and 91-3rd unsecured publically-placed bonds of LG Electronics Approved
May 10, 2018 (Kookmin Bank) Extending the agreement on export-receivables-backed loan limits Approved
(Credit Agricole Bank) Extending the agreement on export-receivables-backed loan limits Approved
(KEB Hana Bank branch in London) Borrowing floatinf-rate foreign currency loans Approved
May 16, 2018 (KEB Hana Bank) Extending the term of the agreement on comprehensive credit limits Approved
Although there is no compensation committee separately established under the BOD, overall operation norms on the assessment of and compensation
to the management members of our company are subject to the BOD approval. In addition, the assessment of the management members and payment
of compensation to them are made only after all directors including Independent Directors have reviewed such issues and the BOD has approved them
to make sure that the management members receive appropriate rewards.
When an Independent Director is about to complete his/her term in office, our company’s personnel division and the BOD secretariat comprehensively
assess him/her by looking into: His/her attendance at the board meetings; whether or not he/she has made practical suggestions on the agendas
present at such meetings; whether or not he/she has provided proper advice on major business decisions; his/her ability to internally control important
financial risks of the company as an auditor; his/her contribution to the operation of the supervision system and others in order to make an internal
decision on his/her re-appointment. Our company conducts a qualitative assessment of each Independent Director by comprehensively considering
each of his/her activities, but has not introduced a quantitatively-assessing method where separate items are configured.
The same amount of compensation within the limit approved at a general shareholders’ meeting is paid to all our company’s Independent Directors.
Performance-based bonuses that reflect the evaluation of an Independent Director’s activities, expenses needed to carry out his/her duties,
transportation fees, meeting attendance pay and other actual expenses are not included in the compensation.
(2) Deviations and Reasons (External Evaluation of Independent Directors Not Conducted)
Our company is comprehensively assessing details of activities carried by each Independent Director based on internal criteria related to meeting
attendance, status of activities, independency, and others on a regular basis, but is not separately conducting an external assessment.
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Ⅳ. Audit Organization
The audit committee audits accounting and main business tasks including: assessing the status of operating an internal accounting management system;
inspecting the status of operating the internal surveillance system; and supervising the implementation of duties of directors and the management
members to help them make reasonable business decisions. In carrying out its audit-related jobs, the audit committee maintains objectivity, being
independent from the BOD, the management and other business-executing bodies. When it is acknowledged to be necessary for the implementation of
its duties, the audit committee can request relevant executives and external auditors to attend the committee in accordance with Article 14 of the audit
committee regulation and ask for help from experts at the expense of the company in accordance with Article 21 of the audit committee regulation. Our
company has defined specific roles of the audit committee members in Article 11 of the audit committee regulation as shown in the table below.
Matters related to directors and the BOD Handling issues assigned by the BOD
Making corrective measures in accordance with a report of directors as stipulated in Article 412-1 of Commercial Law
Making corrective measures in accordance with notifications from external auditors as stipulated in Article 10 of Act on External
Matters related auditors Reviewing appropriateness and validity when changing important accounting standards or estimates
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Classification Main Matters Subject to Approval
Matters other than audits Approving the appointment, change and dismissal of external auditors
Making and submitting an audit report and stating opinions at a general shareholders’ meeting
Matters related with a general shareholders’ meeting Requesting for an extraordinary shareholders’ meeting
Taking care of matters defined by other laws or assigned by the Articles of Incorporation and the BOD
Others Taking care of important matters acknowledged by the CEO to be reported to the committee and necessary measures to handle
such matters
The audit committee is comprised of more than three directors in accordance with Article 415-2 and 542-11 of the Commercial Law and Article 4 of the
audit committee regulation. And, more than two-thirds of the members should comprise Independent Directors. And, at least one of them needs to be an
accounting or financial expert as defined by relevant laws. Our company’s audit committee is made up of three Independent Directors including
accounting experts to give independent opinions on reasonable business decisions made by the management.
Name Independent Director or Position Appointment Date Term Expiry Date Accounting/ Financial
Chang-Woo Lee Independent Director Chairperson Mar. 16, 2018 March, 2019 when a general Accounting expert
Joon-Keun Choi Independent Director Member Mar. 16, 2018 March, 2021 when a general -
(re-appointed)
Dae-Hyung Kim Independent Director members Mar. 17, 2017 March, 2019 when a general Accounting expert
shareholders’ meeting is held
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(3) Status of Holding Audit Committee Meetings and Details of Activities of Each Auditor
<2017>
1) The 1st Audit Committee Meeting for 2017: Jan. 24, 2017
Independent Directors
Lee Choi
To Report
management system
2) The 2nd Audit Committee Meeting for 2017: Feb. 23, 2017
Independent Directors
Lee Choi
Resolution 2.Resolving the evaluation report on the status of running Approved For For For
3.Resolving the evaluation of the status of operating internal Approved For For For
3) The 3rd Audit Committee Meeting for 2017: Apr. 25, 2017
Independent Directors
To Report 1.Reporting the financial statement for the 1st quarter of 2017 - - - -
auditors
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4) The 4th Audit Committee Meeting for 2017: Jul. 26, 2017
Independent Directors
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5) The 5th Audit Committee Meeting for 2017: Oct. 24, 2017
Independent Directors
To Report 1. Reporting the financial statement for the 3rd quarter of 2017 - - - -
<2018>
1) The 1st Audit Committee Meeting for 2018: Jan. 23, 2018
Independent Directors
To Report
management system
auditors
2) The 2nd Audit Committee Meeting for 2018: Feb. 22, 2018
Independent Directors
Resolution 2. Resolving the evaluation report on the status of running Approved For For For
3. Resolving the evaluation of the status of operating internal Approved For For For
accounting management system
3) The 3rd Audit Committee Meeting for 2018: Apr. 26, 2018
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Independent Directors
To Report 1. Reporting the financial statement for the 1st quarter of 2018 - - - -
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(4) Audit Report Bodies
Our company has appointed executives in charge of legal affairs as compliance officers in order to check if compliance control norms are followed or not
in accordance with Article 542-13 of Commercial Law. And, a compliance surveillance team has been established within the legal division to inspect
compliance with the law and to provide preventive training. In addition, compliance officers are making an assessment of the effectiveness of our
company’s compliance control norms, an inspection to see if such norms are followed or not, and a report to the BOD every year in accordance with
Clause 3 of Article 542-13 of the Commercial Law and Article 21 of compliance control norms.
Moreover, our company is also running an accounting policy team as a control division for its internal accounting management system and ethics
secretariat as an internal audit division in order to efficiently help the audit committee to evaluate the status of operating the internal accounting
management system and to inspect the status of running the internal surveillance system. Our company’s accounting policy team is helping the audit
committee conduct specific jobs, based on the internal accounting management system standard rules, in inspecting whether our company’s internal
accounting management system is efficiently designed and operated to prevent or identify any errors and illegal acts that would result in the deterioration
of the financial statement, while the ethics secretariat is carrying out actual tasks in assessing the appropriateness of the operation of internal accounting
management system, internal audit activities and the BOD and the audit committee in order to help the audit committee make a relevant evaluation report.
2. External Auditors
Our company, as a stock-listed corporation, has approved the very same auditor to conduct the audit process for three consecutive business years in
accordance with Article 4-2 of Act on External Audit of Stock Companies (Appointment of Auditors for Stock-listed Corporations), and the audit committee
is approving the appointment of external auditors for the company. When approving the appointment of external auditors for the company, the audit
committee comprehensively assesses their audit and non-audit work outcomes, understanding of the company, audit implementation strategies, audit
quality management plan, details of inspection and lawsuits related with accounting audit, the number of audit participants, expertise, and so forth. The
audit committee assesses the results of audit activities conducted by external auditors every year after considering the appropriateness of audit
methodology, the level of cooperation with the internal audit division, the status of sanctions levied by the supervisory authorities, periodic replacement of
partners in charge of audit process and others.
In order to manage the independence of an external auditor, Samil PwC, as an external auditor, is carrying out a part of non-audit jobs that an external
auditor can carry out to the extent there are no specific concerns over the management of the independence of an external auditor after obtaining prior
consent or approval from the audit committee in accordance with restrictions on duties and other relevant rules as stipulated in the Certified Public
Accountants Act. The audit committee comprehensively reviews whether the contracted jobs are complying with Article 21 (Restrictions on Duties) of the
Certified Public Accountants Act and Article 14 (Restrictions on Duties) of the enforcement ordinance of the same Act, if there is any chance of damaging
independence and if the contract is necessary and the contractual price is proper. As of today, the non-audit tasks contracted by and between our
company and Samil PwC are about due diligence and value evaluation and established regulations and questions on local taxes.
Samil PwC, as an external audit, is stating its views or answering questions made by shareholders at our company’s general shareholders’ meetings in
accordance with Article 11 (Attendance at General Shareholders’ Meetings) of Act on External Audit of Stock Companies.
In addition, the audit committee is receiving quarterly audit result reports directly from Samil PwC and is exchanging views on main issues in order to
check our company’s important accounting standards, results of auditing and reviewing quarterly (half-yearly) financial statement, illegal acts of the
management in conducting their duties or significant issues that breach relevant laws or the Articles of Incorporation.
Our company strives to take its corporate social responsibility by actively responding to requests made by internal and external stakeholders including
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shareholders, customers and local communities. To this end, our company is publishing Sustainability Report that contains corporate governance,
corporate ethics, safe environment and others every year. And, the Report is made public through our company’s homepage.
LG Electronics Sustainability Report: http://www.lge.co.kr/lgekor/company/sustainability/report.do
Moreover, our company is sharing "Value Creation for Customers" and "Business Management Based on Respect for People" as it business principles in
accordance with LG ethics standards. Also, it is promoting autonomous business management based on autonomy and responsibility in accordance with
its business management charter; is respecting free market economy orders that aim for free and fair competition; and is pursuing common benefits with
all stakeholders based on mutual trust and cooperation to continue to grow as a world-renowned excellent company. In particular, as LG ethics standards
stipulate corporate responsibilities for the nation and the society, our company is planning to grow as a sound company through reasonable business
expansion in order to protect shareholders’ benefits, to enrich the lives of the people and to develop society.
For your reference, our company has not faced any pubic sanctions or lawsuits over the past three in relation to its corporate governance.
Our company operates an annual salary system and is also paying differential annual salaries to each of the employees and executives based on their
individual performance evaluations. In addition to basic annual salaries, our company is operating a separate incentive system (frequent incentives for
performance, periodic incentives and project/task incentives). In particular, such differential incentives are paid according to individual goal achievements.
If payable and necessary, differential performance-based bonus for each of the organizations is also paid once per year to each of them based on the
company's business results.
Meanwhile, our company has simplified wage items in order to rationalize its wage system in accordance with the payment regulations. Basic salaries are
individually set based on each position, rank, performance evaluation/capability evaluation result and others, and the scope of individual annual salary
increases all differ from each other.
Classification Total Compensation for Employees and No. of Employees and Executives Average Compensation for Employees
※ The number of employees and the amount of compensation are on the basis of the headquarters. The registered executives are excluded.
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