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As of the end of December, 2008, the number of total shares outstanding of Samsung Electronics is 170,132,764.

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 23,243,122(13.7%), with 20,263,429 common shares (13.8% 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
year	common	preferred	total	common	preferred	Total
2004	147,299,337	22,833,427	170,132,764	13,920,486	1,879,693	15,800,179
2005	147,299,337	22,833,427	170,132,764	16,679,040	2,179,693	18,858,733
2006	147,299,337	22,833,427	170,132,764	18,540,684	2,579,693	21,120,377
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

Ownership structure of Samsung Electronics as of the end of December, 2008

( Total Stock )


( Common Stock )	( Preferred Stock )

(1) Shareholding Structure

1) List of a Major Shareholder & Related Parties ( As of December 31, 2008 )

[ As of December 31, 2008 ](Unit: shares, %)
Name	Relationship	Class of Stock	Number of Shareholdings End of Quarter
Name	Relationship	Class of Stock	Number of Shares	% of Total
* 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	5,917,362	4.02
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	11,043,159	7.50
Samsung Life Insurance	Affiliate	Preferred Stock	87,774	0.38
Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance	Affiliate	Common stock	1,856,370	1.26
Samsung Securities	Affiliate	Common stock	0	0.00
Samsung Securities	Affiliate	Preferred Stock	0	0.00
Yoon-Woo Lee	BOD member	Common stock	10,000	0.01
Doh-Seok Choi	BOD member	Common stock	11,151	0.01
Goran S. Malm	BOD member	Common stock	744	0.00
Chae-Woong Lee	BOD member	Common stock	50	0.00
Total		Common stock	25,875,073	17.57
		Preferred stock	100,172	0.44
		Total	25,975,245	15.27

2) List of Shareholders with the Ownership of 5% and above

[ As of December 31, 2008 ](Unit: shares, %)
Ranks	Name	Common Stock		Preferred Stock		Sub Total
		Number of Shares	% of Total	Number of Shares	% of Total	Number of Shares	% of Total
* Capital Research and Management Company reported that its shareholding has decreased from 5.03% (7,409,604 common stocks) to 3.96% (5,837,137 common stocks) in its filing of changes in ownership of block shares dated May 6, 2008 * National Pension Service(NPS) reported that its shareholding has increased to 5.90% (8,691,647 common stocks) in its filing of changes in ownership of block shares dated March 2, 2009
1	Citibank N.A	8,661,570	5.88	3,402,937	14.90	12,064,507	7.09
2	Samsung Life Insurance	11,043,159	7.50	87,774	0.38	11,130,933	6.54
Total		19,704,729	13.38	3,490,711	15.29	23,195,440	13.63

3) Minority Shareholders, Major Shareholder & Affiliates, and Other Shareholders

[ As of December 31, 2008 ]
Entity	Number of Shareholders	% of Total	Number of Shares	% of Total
Minority Shareholders Total	156,492	99.97	94,675,524	55.65
Minority Shareholders (institutions)	4,747	3.03	82,694,094	48.61
Minority Shareholders (individuals)	151,745	96.94	11,981,430	7.04
Major Shareholders	40	0.03	25,975,245	15.27
Others Total	7	0.00	49,481,995	29.08
Others (institutions)	7	0.00	49,481,995	29.08
Others (individuals)	0	0.00	0	0.00
Total	156,539	100.00	170,132,764	100.00