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3Q FY2011
As of the end of December, 2011, the number of total shares outstanding of Samsung Electronics is 170,132,764.
ownership

The numbers of common shares outstanding and preferred shares outstanding are 147,299,337 (86.6%) and 22,833,427 (13.4%), respectively. The number of total treasury stocks of Samsung Electronics is 19,892,307(11.7%), with 16,912,614 common shares (11.5% of common shares outstanding) and 2,979,693 preferred shares (13.0% of preferred shares outstanding).

* Number of shares outstanding & treasury stocks of Samsung Electronics for the recent 5 years

year shares outstanding treasury stocks
common preferred total common preferred Total
2007 147,299,337 22,833,427 170,132,764 20,872,261 2,979,693 23,851,954
2008 147,299,337 22,833,427 170,132,764 20,263,429 2,979,693 23,243,122
2009 147,299,337 22,833,427 170,132,764 19,027,950 2,979,693 22,007,643
2010 147,299,337 22,833,427 170,132,764 17,456,260 2,979,693 20,435,953
2011 147,299,337 22,833,427 170,132,764 16,912,614 2,979,693 19,892,307
Ownership structure of Samsung Electronics as of the end of December, 2011
( Total Stock )
ownership
( Common Stock )
( Preferred Stock )
ownership ownership
(1) Shareholding Structure

1) List of a Major Shareholder & Related Parties ( As of December 31, 2011 )


(Unit: shares, %)
Name Relationship Class of
Stock
Number of Shareholdings
End of Quarter
Number of Shares % Port.
* Samsung Life's ownership includes shares in special accounts
Kun-Hee Lee Major shareholder Common stock 4,985,464 3.38
Kun-Hee Lee Major shareholder Preferred Stock 12,398 0.05
Samsung Corporation Affiliate Common stock 5,976,362 4.06
Samsung Welfare
Foundation
Affiliate Common stock 89,683 0.06
Samsung Foundation of
Culture
Affiliate Common stock 37,615 0.03
Ra-Hee Hong Family member Common stock 1,083,072 0.74
Jae-Yong Lee Family member Common stock 840,403 0.57
Samsung Life Insurance Affiliate Common stock 11,012,709 7.48
Samsung Life Insurance Affiliate Preferred Stock 25,337 0.11
Samsung Fire & Marine
Insurance
Affiliate Common stock 1,856,370 1.26
Samsung Everland Affiliate Common stock 0 0.00
Cheil Industries Affiliate Common stock 9,679 0.01
Yoon-Woo Lee BOD member Common stock 5,000 0.00
Gee-Sung Choi BOD member Common stock 9,000 0.01
Ju-Hwa Yoon BOD member Common stock 9,000 0.01
Chae-Woong Lee BOD member Common stock 100 0.00
Total Common stock 25,914,457 17.59
Preferred stock 37,735 0.17
Total 25,952,192 15.25

2) List of Shareholders with the Ownership of 5% and above [ As of December 31, 2011 ]


(Unit: shares, %)
Ranks Name Common Stock Preferred Stock Total
  Number of
Shares
% Port. Number of
Shares
% Port. Number of
Shares
% Port.
1 Citibank N.A 7,316,976 4.97 3,092,581 13.54 10,409,557 6.12
2 Samsung Life
Insurance
11,012,709 7.48 25,337 0.11 11,038,046 6.49
3 National Pension
Service
9,764,440 6.63 176,783 0.77 9,941,223 5.84
Total 28,094,125 19.07 3,294,701 14.43 31,388,826 18.45

3) Minority Shareholders, Major Shareholder & Affiliates, and Other Shareholders
[ As of December 31, 2011 ]


Entity Number of
Shareholders
% Port. Number of
Shares
% Port.
Minority Shareholders Total 149,502 99.96 98,099,769 57.66
Minority Shareholders (institutions) 6,231 4.17 90,546,838 53.22
Minority Shareholders (individuals) 143,271 95.79 7,552,931 4.44
Major Shareholders 55 0.04 25,952,192 15.25
Others Total 7 0.00 46,080,803 27.09
Others (institutions) 7 0.00 46,080,803 27.09
Others (individuals) 0 0.00 0 0.00
Total 149,564 100.00 170,132,764 100.00