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Possesion of Specified Securities and others by Major Shareholders and others

2009.03.30 No. 591

HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (HMC)
Corporate Disclosure to Korea Exchange

Disclosure Date : March 25, 2009
Disclosure Title     : Possesion of Specified Securities and others as defined in the ‘Capital Market and Financial Investment Business Act’ by major shareholders and others

1. Summary of Issuing Company :
   (1) Name of Company : KIA Motors Corporation
   (2) Ticker : 000270
   (3) Type of Entity : Stock listing company
   (4) Number of Shares Issued : 347,230,455 shares


2. Details on possession of specified securities and others :

   (1) Number and Percentage of specified Securities Possessed

	Date of Report	Specified Securities		Share
	Date of Report	Number of Specified Securities	Percentage	Number of Shares	Percentage
Previous Report	2001.06.08	134,285,491	34.47	134,285,491	34.47
Current Report	2009.03.25	137,318,251	39.20	134,285,491	38.67
Change		3,032,760	4.73	0	4.20

(2) Change in Total Number of Shares Issued by KIA motors

Date of Change	Type of Share	Number of Shares Changed	Note
2001.11.06	Common	(-)20,000,000	Cancelation of Capital stock
2002.11.25	Common	133,000	Debt-Equity Swap
2003.07.02	Common	(-)10,000,000	Cancelation of Capital stock
2004.05.28	Common	(-)12,500,000	Cancelation of Capital stock

(3) Details on change

Subject	Date of Change	Type of Specified Security	Shares in Possesion			Cost per Share (KRW)	Note
			Before	+/-	After
Purchase of Bond with warrant (+)	2009.03.19	Bond with warrant	0	3,032,760	3,032,760	6,880
Total			0	3,032,760	3,032,760	6,880