Samsung Electronics Company, Ltd.

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. is a global leader in semiconductor, telecommunications and digital convergence technology. The company manufacturers a wide range of products from consumer audio/visual and computer-related products, telecommunications and home appliances to semiconductors and is the world's largest producer of memory chips, TFT-LCDs, CDMA mobile phones, monitors and VCRs. Established in 1969, today it employs more than 63,000 people in 47 countries worldwide. Samsung Electronics is listed on the Korea Stock Exchange(05930) and reported total sales of $25.9 billion in 2001. BusinessWeek ranked Samsung Electronics first in its information technology global ranking for 2002.