POSCO : BUSINESS REPORT - Form 6-K

BUSINESS REPORT

(From January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021)

THIS IS AN ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF THE BUSINESS REPORT ORIGINALLY PREPARED IN THE KOREAN LANGUAGE (IN SUCH FORM AS REQUIRED BY THE KOREAN FINANCIAL SERVICES COMMISSION). THIS ENGLISH TRANSLATION IS NOT OFFICIAL AND IS PROVIDED FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY.

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BUSINESS REPORT

(From January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021)

To: Korean Financial Services Commission and Korea Exchange

/s/ Kim, Hag-Dong

Kim, Hag-Dong

Representative Director & Vice Chairman,

POSCO HOLDINGS INC. (Former POSCO)

POSCO Center, 440 Teheran-ro,Gangnam-gu, Seoul, Korea, 06194

Telephone: [phone]

/s/ Chung, Kyung-Jin

Chung, Kyung-Jin

Executive Vice President

POSCO HOLDINGS INC. (Former POSCO)

POSCO Center, 440 Teheran-ro,Gangnam-gu, Seoul, Korea, 06194

Telephone: [phone]

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I.		Overview			4
II.		Business			10
III.		Financial Statements			33
IV.		Corporate Governance			37

Independent auditors' reports on both Consolidated and Separate financial statements were filed to the SEC respectively on March 16, 2022.

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Report for consolidated financial statements :

File/Film Number 001-13368 22743735

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Report for separate financial statements :

File/Film Number 001-13368 22743748

As of the date of submission of this business report is after the Vertical Spin-off whereas the report was prepared as of the end of FY 2021

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I. OVERVIEW

1. Scope of Business

A.	POSCO (the "Company" as of December 31, 2021)

The Company's business scope is as follows :

Business

(1)   To manufacture, market, promote, sell and distribute iron, steel and rolled products;

(2)   To engage in harbor loading and unloading, transportation and warehousing businesses;

(3)   To engage in the management of professional athletic organizations;

(4)   To engage in the supply of gas and power generation as well as in the distribution business thereof and in the resources development business;

(5)   To engage in leasing of real estate and distribution businesses;

(6)   To engage in the supply of district heating business;

(7)   To engage in marine transportation, processing and sales of minerals within or outside of Korea;

(8)   To engage in educational service and other services related to business;

(9)   To engage in manufacture, process and sale of non-ferrous metal;

(10)  To engage in technology license sales and engineering business; and

(11)  To engage in all other conducts, activities or businesses which are related, directly or indirectly, to the attainment and continuation of the foregoing purposes

B.	POSCO Enterprise Group

(1)	Name of the Enterprise Group: POSCO (as of December 31, 2021)

(2)	Companies Belonging to the Enterprise Group

POSCO, POSCO CHEMICAL CO., LTD, POSCO INTERNATIONAL Corporation, POSCO COATED & COLOR STEEL Co., Ltd., POSCO ICT, POSCO M-TECH, Busan E&E Co., Ltd., SNNC, eNtoB Corporation, UITrans LRT Co. Ltd., POSCO O&M Co., Ltd., POSCO Humans, POSCO ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION., LTD., POSCO Research Institute, POSCO A&C, TANCHEON E&E, Pohang Scrap Recycling Distribution Center Co., Ltd., POSCO NIPPON STEEL RHF JOINT VENTURE CO., Ltd., POSCO-Terminal Co., Ltd., POSCO ENERGY CO., LTD., Gale International Korea, LLC, POSCO Venture Capital Co., Ltd., Pohang Special Welding Co., Ltd., POSCO MITSUBISHI CARBON TECHNOLOGY, Samcheok Blue Power Co.,Ltd. (By change of name from POSPower Co., Ltd), Songdo Posco family Housing, POSCO Group University, POSCO Research & Technology, Songdo Development PMC (Project Management Company) LLC., Korea Fuel-Cell, POSCO SPS, P&O Chemical Co., Ltd., POSCO LITHIUM SOLUTION Co., Ltd, POSCO HY Clean Metal Co., Ltd., NEH Co., Ltd.

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(3)	Related Laws and Regulations

The Korea Fair Trade Commission has designated POSCO as an Enterprise Group subject to the limitations on Cross Shareholding and Debt Guarantee for Affiliates under the Monopoly Regulation and Fair Trade Act (the "MRFTA").

Details

(a)

Prohibition on Cross Shareholdings (Article 9 (1) of the MRFTA)

(b)

Prohibition on Debt Guarantees for Affiliated Corporations (Article 10-2 of the MRFTA)

(c)

Prohibition on Shareholding of Venture Capitals for Subsidiaries (Article 9 (3) of the MRFTA)

(d)

Limitation of Voting Rights of Financial or Insurance Companies (Article 11 of the MRFTA)

(e)

Resolution of the Board of Directors and Publication on Large-Scale Intra-Group Transaction (Article11-2 of the MRFTA)

(f)

Disclosure of Important Facts such as Unlisted Shares (Article 11-3 of the MRFTA)

(g)

Disclosure of a corporate group (Article 11-4 of the MRFTA)

(h)

Report on Status of Shareholding (Article 13 of the MRFTA)

2. Business Organization

A. Highlights of the Company's Business Organization

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As of the date of submission of this business report (after the Vertical Spin-off), the name and location of the company is as follow whereas the report was prepared as of the end of FY 2021

(1)	Location of the Headquarters, Steel Works and Offices

		Before the Vertical Spin-off (FY2021)		After the Vertical Spin-off (From March 2, 2022~)
Name		POSCO		POSCO Holdings Inc.
Location of the Headquarters		6261 Donghaean-ro (Goedong-dong), Nam-gu,Pohang-si, Gyeongsangbuk -do, Korea		POSCO Center, 440 Teheran-ro,Gangnam-gu, Seoul, Korea, 06194
Steel Works and Offices		(a)   Pohang Steel Works: 6262 Donghaean-ro (Dongchon-dong), Nam-gu,Pohang-si,Gyeongsangbuk-do, Korea (b)   Gwangyang Steel Works: 20-26Pokposarang-gil (Geumho-dong), Gwangyang-si,Jeollanam-do, Korea (c)   Overseas Offices: In order to support international businesses, the Company operates five overseas offices as follows: United Arab Emirates(Dubai), Brazil(Rio de Janeiro), Argentina(Jujuy), European Union(Germany), and Australia(Perth).

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(2)	Major Changes in the Board of Directors (as of March 12, 2021)

(a)

Inside Directors

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Re-appointment :

Choi, Jeong-Woo (Representative Director & CEO), Kim, Hag-Dong (President), Chon, Jung-Son (Senior Executive Vice President), Jeong, Tak (Senior Executive Vice President)

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Newly-appointed :

Chung, Chang-Hwa (Senior Executive Vice President)

(b)

Outside Directors

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Newly-appointment : Yoo, Young-Sook, Kwon, Tae-Kyun

(c)

Audit Committee Member

•

New member : Kim, Sung-Jin (Outside director)

(3)	Changes of the Major Shareholders of POSCO

(a)

Since January 30, 2007, National Pension Service holds the largest number of common shares of POSCO.

(b)

For further reference, please refer to the public disclosures of changes in common shares of the largest shareholder on Financial Supervisory Service website (http://dart.fss.or.kr) with the filing dates given below:

January 30, 2007, July 27, 2007, January 29, 2008, July 25, 2008, January 21, 2009, March 2, 2009, July 22, 2009, October 9, 2009, January 26, 2010, July 20, 2010, January 28, 2011, July 22, 2011, January 31, 2012, August 1, 2012, February 1, 2013, August 1, 2013, January 14, 2014, January 23, 2014, July 29, 2014,January 23, 2015, August 5, 2015, January 6, 2016, January 26, 2016, March 15, 2016, April 12, 2016, July 4, 2016, July 5, 2016, July 21, 2016, October 7, 2016, October 11, 2016, January 10, 2017, April 10, 2017, July 12, 2017, October 13, 2017, January 10, 2018, April 11, 2018, July 9, 2018, October 10, 2018, January 9, 2019, April 9, 2019, July 9, 2019, October 8, 2019, January 8, 2020, February 10, 2020, March 11, 2020, April 7, 2020, May 8, 2020, June 3, 2020, July 7, 2020, August 6, 2020, September 7, 2020, and October 8, 2020, November 4, 2020, December 4, 2020, January 7, 2021, February 4, 2021, March 5, 2021, April 6, 2021, May 6, 2021, June 2, 2021, July 6, 2021, July 28, 2021, August 9, 2021, August 12, 2021, October 8, 2021

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B. POSCO's Merger, Acquisition and Handover of Businesses

(1)	March 2016 : Small scale merger of POSHIMETAL Co., Ltd into POSCO

(2)	May 2016 : Small scale merger of POSCO Green Gas Technology into POSCO

(3)	January 2019 : Small scale merger of POSCO Processing & Service Co., Ltd into POSCO

(4)	September 2019 : Small scale merger of By-Product Hydrogen Generation Business from POSCO ENERGY into POSCO after spin-off

(5)	March 2022 : Completion of Vertical Spin-off

Classification		Company Name		Business Unit
Surviving Company		POSCO Holdings Inc.		Development of future business portfolios and management of group's businesses
New Company		POSCO		Production and sale of steel

C. Major Changes in Production Facilities

Refer to the 'II. Business (5. Production and Facilities)'

3. Equity Capital

A. New Issuance of Registered Common Stock

[None]

4. Other Information Regarding Shares

A. Total Number of Shares

		(As of December 31, 2021)
Authorized Shares		Issued Shares
200,000,000			87,186,835

Currency of the Republic of Korea is Korean Won ("KRW").

Par Value: KRW 5,000 per share

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B. Treasury Stock Holding and Cancellation

																(As of December 31, 2021)
Method of Purchase		Type		Beginning Balance			Increased			Decreased			Cancelled			Ending Balance
Direct					7,071,194				-				-				-				7,071,194
Trust Contract		Common Stock			4,100,169				4,879,969				4,490,069				-				4,490,069
Total					11,171,363				4,879,969				4,490,069				-				11,561,263

*

The trust contract to engage in repurchases of treasury stocks was entered on April 10, 2020 and was terminated on April 12, 2021. Further details with regard to the issuance of exchangeable bonds and the decision to dispose treasury stocks are publicized on Financial Supervisory Service and Korea Exchange on August 13, 2021.

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Aforementioned number of treasury stocks includes 2,980,162 treasury stocks which are subject to the exchange of exchangeable bonds issued by the company on September 1, 2021. The treasury stock subject to this exchange is finalized at the time the exchange right is exercised and is currently deposited with the Korea Securities Depository.

***	The company has disposed of 223,605 treasury stocks to the employee stock ownership association on February 25, 2022.

5. Voting Rights

		(As of December 31, 2021)
Classification		Number of Common Shares			Remarks
(1) Number of Issued Shares			87,186,835			-
(2) Shares without Voting Rights			11,561,263			Treasury stock and trust holding
(3) Shares with Voting Rights			75,625,572	*		-

*	The above "(3) Shares with Voting Rights" is the number of shares based on holding voting rights as of December 31, 2021.

6. Earnings and Dividends

					(In millions of KRW)
		2021			2020			2019
(Consolidated) Profit*			6,617,239			1,602,148			1,835,087
(Separate) Profit			5,181,227			965,863			1,175,712
Earnings per Share (Consolidated, KRW)			85,377			20,165			22,823
Cash Dividend Paid			1,285,635			620,287			801,156
Pay-out Ratio (Consolidated, %)			19.4				38.7			43.7
Dividend per Share (KRW)			17,000			8,000			10,000
Dividend Yield (%)			6.0				3.0			4.1

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*	(Consolidated) Profit : Profit attributable to owners of the controlling company

**	Earnings per Share is based on consolidated financial statement prepared in K-IFRS

***	The above Cash Dividend Paid, Dividend per Share and the related indexes include the year-end cash dividend, KRW 5,000/share, which will be approved at the 54th Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders.

7. Stock Prices and Trading Volumes

The stock prices and trading volumes of POSCO for the last 6 months are as follows.

A. The Korean Stock Market

											(KRW/share, In thousands of shares)
		July 2021			August 2021			September 2021			October 2021			November 2021			December 2021
Common share		Highest Price			367,500			360,000			375,000			328,000			300,500			295,000
	Lowest Price			330,000			308,000			330,000			296,000			261,000			274,500
	Average Price			346,227			332,048			351,342			315,868			281,795			283,932
Trading volume		Daily highest			838			886			651			791			755			1,158
	Daily lowest			198			263			238			244			220			159
	Monthly			9,709			9,340			8,096			7,259			8,417			9,557
B. New York Stock Exchange
											(USD/ADS*, In thousands of ADS*)
		July 2021			August 2021			September 2021			October 2021			November 2021			December 2021
American Depositary Share (ADS)		Highest Price			79.8			77.2			79.2			69.5			63.5			61.8
	Lowest Price			71.4			65.7			69.0			63.3			55.2			57.5
	Average Price			75.4			71.4			74.3			67.0			59.6			60.0
Trading volume		Daily highest			378.2			372.7			331.4			258.9			791.9			334.0
	Daily lowest			85.3			109.2			132.3			78.8			112.8			98.8
	Monthly			3,126			4,003			4,028			3,546			5,176			4,080

*	ADS : American Depositary Share representing one-fourth of one share of Common Stock

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II. BUSINESS

1. Overview

A. Classification of Business

We classify our business into four segments:

Steel, Trading, Engineering & Construction, and Others.

B. Summary of Financial Status of Segment

											(In millions of KRW)
Segment		2021			2020			2019
	Sales			Operating Income (Loss)			Sales			Operating Income (Loss)			Sales			Operating Income (Loss)
Steel			41,093,405			8,123,117			28,892,877				1,372,852				32,078,453				2,786,517
Trading			25,065,608			488,884			19,345,222				394,954				22,157,131				542,724
Engineering & Construction			6,398,366			424,085			6,576,170				385,048				6,944,629				338,865
Others			3,774,966			202,003			2,978,527				250,181				3,186,635				200,749
Total			76,332,345			9,238,089			57,792,796				2,403,035				64,366,848				3,868,855

2. Business Status of Segments

A. Steel

(1) Summary of Business

There are 62 consolidated companies in the steel segment, including 2 domestic companies including POSCO and POSCO C&C, and 60 overseas companies including POSCO (Zhangjiagang) Stainless Co., Ltd. in China and overseas processing centers. POSCO produces steel materials such as hot rolled, cold rolled and stainless steel at Pohang Works and Gwangyang Works. POSCO C&C is a company specializing in manufacturing surface-treated steel products, POSCO (Zhangjiagang) Stainless Co., Ltd., is a stainless steel sheet manufacturer and seller, and there are other overseas processing centers that process and sell steel materials.

The steel industry is a fundamental industry that has taken pivotal roles in the national economic development since the 1970s by supplying basic steel materials to demanding industries such as automobiles, shipbuilding, home appliances, construction, etc. The steel industry is a capital and technology-intensive industry that requires enormous initial investments.

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World crude steel production has increased every year since 2017 due to China's continued implementation of its economic stimulus policy. Though the global crude steel production has decreased in 2020 affected by COVID-19, it has increased by +4.6% year-on-year to 1.951 billion tons in 2021 due to the economic recovery. Korea's crude steel production also increased by +5.2% year-on-year to 71 million tons. Global steel demand declined in the first half of 2020 affected by the spread of COVID-19. However, the steel demand showed a recovery mainly in China from the second half of 2020 as the demand industry recovered. In 2021, there was a difference depending on the pace of recovery by country and industry, but overall demand growth remained solid.

The Korean steel market is tariff-free, and especially within the Northeast Asian region, there is little difference in logistics costs among Korea, China and Japan, so it can be viewed as an open market. All iron ore and coking coal that are the main raw materials for steel manufacturing, are imported. In order to secure stable raw materials sourcing, the company is continuously increasing purchases through raw material development investments by acquiring shares of overseas raw materials companies. Environmental regulations for the steel industry are being strengthened. To protect the environment, POSCO has continuously invested in environmental facilities and has been actively responding to future environmental changes such as low-carbon and green growth by commercializing the world's first eco-friendly steel manufacturing method, FINEX and so on.

In the steel industry, automobiles, shipbuilding, and construction are the main demand industries, and steel products are used as raw materials for these demand industries. In terms of sales, the proportion of domestic sale is 60% of total sales and export sales are around 40%, and by export region, the proportion of China, Southeast Asia, and Japan is high. POSCO maintains order based production and sales system, and to secure stable sales, the proportion of direct sales to customers in domestic sales is maintained at about 60%. Under holding company system, the company will focus on the following management activities: First, POSCO Holdings will strengthen its steel business's future steel competitiveness by creating an eco-friendly steel base. Second, POSCO Holdings will step up its efforts to make secondary battery material business as a global top-tier by supporting its quantitative growth and securing differentiated competitiveness. Third, the company will cultivate its hydrogen business abilities in line with the market growth and expand venture investment in order to discover the group's future growth engines. Fourth, POSCO Holdings will shift the direction of the group businesses such as Energy/Construction/Agri-Bio to promote eco-friendly value and expand growth opportunities.

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(2) Market Share

								(Millions of Tons, %)
		2021			2020			2019
Category		Production			Market share			Production			Market share			Production			Market share
Crude Steel Production			70.6				100	%			67.1	%			100	%			71.4	%		100%
POSCO			38.3				54.2	%			35.9	%			53.5	%			38.0	%		53.2%
Others			32.3				45.8	%			31.2	%			46.5	%			33.4	%		46.7%

Source: World Steel Association (www.worldsteel.org)

B. Trading

(1) Market Share

					(Millions of US Dollars)
Category		2021			2020			Growth Rate
All Trading Companies in Korea			644,438				512,498			25.74%
POSCO International Corp.			8,741				5,341			63.66%

Source: Korea International Trade Association

(2) Summary of Businesses

POSCO International and its consolidated subsidiaries engage in three major businesses: trading, energy and others. In addition, POSCO International maintains a global network of over 80 subsidiaries and branches in major overseas regions. In the case of the trading business, POSCO International has been actively developing and expanding new businesses in fields such as secondary battery material business, agro-commodities and LNG trading based on the know-how accumulated over a long period of time in the traditional trading business and through its vast overseas networks. In the energy business, POSCO International conducts businesses such as natural gas and crude oil development, LNG infrastructure, natural resources and power generation infrastructure.

In addition to trading and energy business, POSCO International is actively exploring new business opportunities by establishing task force teams of four industries(smart farm, eco-friendly materials, green mobility, hydrogen) that have great growth potential. Meanwhile, the company strengths business basis of those new industries and creates synergy effects by supporting marketing of small and medium-sized domestic companies with its abundant trade experiences and broad networks around the world.

C. Engineering & Construction

POSCO E&C engages in mainly 3 businesses: plant, infrastructure and construction industry.

Plant business mainly focused on constructing integrated steel mills but it will be more focusing on electric furnace and investment of hydrogen-based reduction ironmaking process in line with global eco-friendly trend. In infrastructure business, the investment of eco-friendly facilities, expressways and railroads is expected to increase followed by government's green new deal policy and wide-area transportation 2030 policy. In the construction business, based on its know-how in the construction of skyscrapers and commercial complexes, POSCO E&C involves in a new city and private complex development projects.

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D. Others

(1) POSCO ENERGY

POSCO ENERGY started its commercial operation in February, 1972 as the only privately-owned power plant in Korea. Since the early 1990's, POSCO ENERGY continuously remodeled and built additional power plants meeting the increased demand for electricity in Korea. POSCO ENERGY acquired the LNG terminal business from POSCO in 2019, providing an opportunity to expand the LNG value chain. The LNG terminal business operates stable business structure through businesses such as tank rental, small scale LNG business, and ship trial run. POSCO ENERGY plans to secure stable profit base through the expansion of the LNG terminal in the future and grow into a general energy company focused on gas and power.

POSCO Energy has established a new fuel cell business division since 2007 to carry out projects such as manufacturing fuel cell facilities, marketing, long-term O&M services, and operating direct fuel cell power plants. The company has divided this specific sector and established Korea Fuel Cell Co., Ltd in order to strengthen business specialty and improve management efficiency.

(2) POSCO ICT

Based on the competitiveness in ICT, POSCO ICT has expanded Smart Factory and provided IT solutions to POSCO and POSCO subsidiaries. POSCO ICT has expanded Smart Factory based on the world's first continuous process platform "PosFrame" and next-generation production optimization system "MES 3.0". POSCO ICT has been actively applying smart technology for strategic businesses in manufacturing, logistics, trade, and energy sectors, such as building MES at the POSCO CHEMICAL's anode and cathode material factory, spreading the Smart Management of POSCO International, and spreading the Intelligent Power Plant of POSCO Energy in order to promote the digital transformation of POSCO subsidiaries and other businesses.

(3) POSCO CHEMICAL

POSCO CHEMICAL operates mainly 3 businesses: refractory, quicklime & chemical and energy material. In the refractory business, POSCO CHEMICAL produces and maintains refractories. In the quicklime & chemical business, POSCO CHEMICAL produces quicklime and chemical products such as coal tar and light oil. In the energy material business, POSCO CHEMICAL provides cathode and anode materials which are the main components for secondary cells: cathode, anode, electrolyte and separation membrane. Due to environment-friendly policy with less carbon emission worldwide, demands for Energy Storage System and Electric Vehicle are expected to grow continuously.

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The company's cathode material production capacity is expected to increase from 61 thousand tons/year in 2021 to 106 thousand tons/year in 2025. Furthermore, the production capacity of anode materials is expected to increase significantly from 40 thousand tons/year in 2021 to 275 thousand tons/year in 2025.

(4) POSCO M-TECH

POSCO M-TECH is a specialized supplier of steel products packaging and steel supplementary materials such as aluminum deoxidizers. In the case of steel products packaging, POSCO M-TECH continuously develops packaging automated molding machines and applies environment-friendly packaging materials. In addition, aluminum deoxidizers engage in primarily 3 types : Pellet, Mini-Pellet and Ingot. POSCO M-TECH has expanded the sales of aluminum deoxidizers in overseas markets.

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3. Key Products

A. Sales of Key Products (The Year 2021)

						(In hundred millions of KRW, %)
Business Area		Item		Specific Use		Total Sales			Ratio
Steel		Hot-rolled Product (HR)		Steel pipe, Shipbuilding, etc.			125,297				19.7	%
	Cold-rolled Product (CR)		Automobile , Home appliances, etc.			199,285				31.4	%
	Stainless Steel Products		Tableware, pipes, etc.			122,434				19.3	%
	Others		Plates, Wire rods, etc.			188,473				29.6	%
	Gross Sum			635,489				100.0	%
	Deduction of Internal Trade			(224,555	)
	Sub Total			410,934
Trading		Steel, Metal			363,486				80.3	%
	Chemical, Strategic Item, Energy			40,887				9.0	%
	Others			48,531				10.7	%
	Gross Sum			452,904				100.0	%
	Deduction of Internal Trade			(202,248	)
	Sub Total			250,656
Engineering & Construction		Domestic Construction		Architecture			35,633				48.1	%
	Plant			13,272				17.9	%
	Civil Engineering			6,771				9.1	%
	Others			1,763				2.4	%
	Overseas Construction			8,097				10.9	%
	Owned Construction			7,736				10.4	%
	Others			853				1.2	%
	Gross Sum			74,125				100.0	%
	Deduction of Internal Trade			(10,141	)
	Sub Total			63,984
Others		Electricity Sales, etc.			67,879
	Deduction of Internal Trade			(30,129	)
	Sub Total			37,750
Total Sum			763,323

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B. Price Movement Trends of Key Products

		(In thousands of KRW/ Tons, KRW/kWh)
Business Area		Products		2021			2020			2019
Steel		Hot-rolled Product (HR)			970				622				695
	Cold-rolled Product (CR)			1,035				759				800
Others		Electric Power			98				72				94
	Refractory			913				965				1,073
	Lime			104				106				111

Trade and Engineering & Construction businesses are not reflected on the table above due to difficulties in measuring the price movement trend.

[Steel]

(1)	Criteria for Calculation

(a)

Subjects for Calculation: Unit sales prices of the standard hot-rolled product and cold-rolled product

(b)

Calculation Method and Unit: The average price of each product based on its total sales including the freight costs during the given period.

(2)	Factors of Price Changes

Since 2016, prices have continued to rise, but after a slight decline in 2019 as the domestic and overseas demand industry worsened, prices fell sharply due to COVID-19 in 2020.

In 2020, sales prices of major products fell year-on-year due to the contraction of the steel demand industry affected by COVID-19. In contrast, rapid recovery of the demand industry and tight steel supply condition influenced by Chinese government's steel production control and export regulation policies pushed the steel products' price up sharply in 2021.

[Others]

(1)	Criteria for Calculation

(a)

Electric Power = Price of electric power / Total amount of power generated

(b)

Refractory and lime: Average sales price including freight cost

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4. Major Raw Materials

A. Current Status of Major Raw Materials

(In hundred millions of KRW)

Business Area

Type of Purchase

Item

Specific Use

Purchase Amount (Portion, %)

Remarks

Steel

Raw Materials

Materials for Iron-making

Iron Ore for Blast Furnaces

172,485 (60.9

)

Iron Ore, Coal

Sub-materials

Sub-materials for Iron-making, Steelmaking

53,015 (18.7

)

Iron Material, Alloy Iron, Non-ferrous Metal, Limestone, etc.

Stainless Steel Materials

Key Materials for STS Production

57,610 (20.4

)

Nickel, Ferrochrome, STS Scrap Iron, etc.

Engineering & Construction

Raw Materials

Ready-mixed Concrete

Construction of Structure

1,783 (14.2

)

Steel Reinforcement

Strengthening Concrete

2,202 (17.5

)

Cable

Electricity Transfer

207 (1.6

)

Steel Pile

Foundation of Structure

266 (2.1

)

Others

Construction of Pipe and Structure etc.

8,131 (64.6

)

Others

Raw Materials

LNG

Material for Power Generation

12,788 (58.8

)

Limestone

Production of Lime

934 (4.3

)

Others

Engineering business etc.

8,024 (36.9

)

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B. Price Movement Trends of Major Raw Materials

				(In thousands of KRW)
Business Area		Category		2021			2020			2019
Steel		Iron Ore(per ton)			169				120				102
	Coal(per ton)			257				147				207
	Scrap Iron(per ton)			563				348				347
	Nickel(per ton)			21,130				16,254				16,148
Engineering & Construction		Ready-mixed Concrete (per m3)			68				65				63
	Steel Pile (per m)			272				102				136
	Steel Reinforcement (per kg)			1				1				1
	Cable (per m)			1				1				1
Others		LNG (per ton)			702				484				668
	Lime (per ton)			19				19				20

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[Steel]

Price Movement Trend of Major Raw Materials

(1) Iron Ore																													(In US Dollars/ Tons)
		'21.4Q			'21.3Q			'21.2Q			'21.1Q			'20.4Q			'20.3Q			'20.2Q			'20.1Q			'19.4Q			'19.3Q			'19.2Q			'19.1Q
Trend of International Benchmark Price (Free On Board, "FOB")			96				148				188				158				126				110				88				83				80				92				94				77

(2) Coal																													(In US Dollars/ Tons)
		'21.4Q			'21.3Q			'21.2Q			'21.1Q			'20.4Q			'20.3Q			'20.2Q			'20.1Q			'19.4Q			'19.3Q			'19.2Q			'19.1Q
Trend of International Benchmark Price (FOB)			369				264				137				127				109				115				118				155				140				161				203				206

(3) Scrap Iron																													(In US Dollars/ Tons)
		'21.4Q			'21.3Q			'21.2Q			'21.1Q			'20.4Q			'20.3Q			'20.2Q			'20.1Q			'19.4Q			'19.3Q			'19.2Q			'19.1Q
Trend of Purchase Price (Cost and Freight, "CFR")			527				500				497				443				361				289				254				274				270				290				312				325

(4) Nickel

'21.4Q

'21.3Q

'21.2Q

'21.1Q

'20.4Q

'20.3Q

'20.2Q

'20.1Q

'19.4Q

'19.3Q

'19.2Q

'19.1Q

Trend of London Metal Exchange ("LME") Cash Price

USD 8.99 /lb USD 19,821/ton

USD 8.68 /lb USD 19,125/ton

USD 7.87 /lb USD 17,359/ton

USD 7.97 /lb USD 17,570/ton

USD 7.23 /lb USD 15,930/ton

USD 6.45 /lb USD 14,210/ton

USD 5.54 /lb USD 12,215/ton

USD 5.77 /lb USD 12,723/ton

USD 7.01 /lb USD 15,450/ton

USD 7.05 /lb USD 15,540/ton

USD 5.56 /lb USD 12,258/ton

USD 5.61 /lb USD 12,369/ton

LME : London Metal Exchange

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[Engineering and Construction]

(1) Criteria for Calculation

Products		Criteria for Calculation
Ready-mixed Concrete		Standard 25-210-15
Steel Pile		SPIRAL, 609.6, 9T, STP275, KS F 4602
Steel Reinforcement		SD400 D10mm
Cable		TFR-3, 0.6/1KV, 2.5SQ, 2C

[Others]

(1)	Criteria for Calculation

LNG: The average price between LNG purchased from Korea Gas Corporation and LNG purchased directly from foreign suppliers

Refractory and lime: Purchase prices including freight costs

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5. Production and Facilities

A. Production Capacity

[Steel]

				(Thousands of Tons)
Business Area		Products		2021			2020			2019
Steel		Crude Steel			45,330				45,330				47,534

[Others]

(Electric Power: MW/year, Lime: Thousands of Tons/year)
Business Area		Products		2021			2020			2019
Power Generation		Electric Power		Incheon			3,412				3,412				3,412
	Gwangyang			-				-				284
	Pohang			-				-				290
Lime		Lime			2,190				2,196				2,190

B. Production Result and Capacity Utilization Rate

[Steel]

(1) Production

				(Thousands of Tons)
Products		2021			2020			2019
Crude Steel			42,964				40,579			42,948
Products		Hot-Rolled Steel			9,243				9,128			8,739
	Plate			6,832				7,009			7,191
	Wire Rod			2,688				2,666			2,756
	Pickled-Oiled Steel			2,880				2,432			2,967
	Cold-Rolled Products			7,898				6,795			7,416
	Coated Steel			7,446				6,316			6,526
	Electrical Steel			1,032				826			819
	Stainless Steel			4,099				3,900			3,850
	Others			3,106				4,691			5,761
		Total			45,224				43,763			46,025

The amount of products is the aggregate amount of POSCO's production and production of POSCO subsidiaries, which may include interested parties' transactions.

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(2) Capacity Utilization Rate

							(Thousands of Tons, %)
		Company		Capacity			Production			Utilization Rate
Crude Steel Production		POSCO			40,680			38,263			94.1	%
	PT.KRAKATAU POSCO			3,000			3,135			104.5	%
	POSCO YAMATO VINA STEEL JOINT STOCK COMPANY			550			577			104.9	%
	POSCO (Zhangjiagang) Stainless Steel Co., Ltd.			1,100			989			89.9	%
	Total			45,330			42,964			94.8	%

POSCO YAMATO VINA STEEL JOINT STOCK COMPANY had production capacity of crude steel 1,100 thousand tons/year: section steel 550 thousand tons/year and reinforcing bar 550 thousand tons/year. However, after the exit of the reinforcing bar business in November 2019, the current crude steel production capacity is 550 thousand tons/year.

Trade and Engineering & Construction businesses are not reflected on the table due to difficulties in measuring capacity, production and utilization rate of such businesses.

[Others]

(1) Production Result

							(Gwh, Thousands of Tons)
Business Area		Products		2021			2020			2019
Power Generation		Electric Power			13,493				13,998				15,928
Lime		Lime			2,477				2,345				2,542

(2) Capacity Utilization Rate

(Hour, %)

Business Area

Products

2021 Capacity

2020 Production

Utilization Rate

Power Generation

Incheon Power Plant

8,760

5,516

63.0

%

(Thousands of Tons, %)

Business Area

Products

Capacity

Production

Utilization Rate

Lime

Lime

2,190

2,477

111.7

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C. Production Facilities

(1) The current status of production facilities

[Land]

											(In millions of KRW)
Business Area		Beginning Book Balance			Increased			Decreased			Depreciation			Ending Book Balance
Steel			2,013,822			-			(169,543	)			-			1,844,279
Trade			50,688			133,032			-			-			183,720
Engineering & Construction			25,579			65			-				-			25,644
Others			499,998			149,074			-			-			649,072

[Buildings]

											(In millions of KRW)
Business Area		Beginning Book Balance			Increased			Decreased			Depreciation			Ending Book Balance
Steel			3,258,592			268,388			(26,297	)			(292,941	)			3,207,742
Trade			374,644			125,241			(7,724	)			(30,114	)			462,047
Engineering & Construction			81,702			11,705			-			(2,251	)			91,156
Others			446,462			21,599			-			(24,556	)			443,505

[Structures]

											(In millions of KRW)
Business Area		Beginning Book Balance			Increased			Decreased			Depreciation			Ending Book Balance
Steel			2,433,141			310,184			(26,126	)			(206,931	)			2,510,268
Trade			2,071			25,025			-			(1,783	)			25,313
Engineering & Construction			4,456			539			(54	)			(427	)			4,514
Others			585,558			36,375			(1,104	)			(29,129	)			591,700

[Machinery and Equipments]

											(In millions of KRW)
Business Area		Beginning Book Balance			Increased			Decreased			Depreciation			Ending Book Balance
Steel			14,864,929			2,106,344			(564,358	)			(2,156,684	)			14,250,231
Trade			266,848			149,068			-			(42,562	)			373,354
Engineering & Construction			5,071			1,706			(36	)			(1,013	)			5,728
Others			1,720,459			301,210			(70,208	)			(160,618	)			1,790,843

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[Vehicles]

											(In millions of KRW)
Business Area		Beginning Book Balance			Increased			Decreased			Depreciation			Ending Book Balance
Steel			22,881			29,171			(10,682	)			(10,122	)			31,248
Trade			5,469			4,491			(2,331	)			(1,692	)			5,937
Engineering & Construction			1,133			1,767			(1,145	)			(364	)			1,391
Others			7,673			4,239			(1,336	)			(3,122	)			7,454

[Tools and Fixtures]

											(In millions of KRW)
Business Area		Beginning Book Balance			Increased			Decreased			Depreciation			Ending Book Balance
Steel			54,166			28,434			(19,441	)			(18,203	)			44,956
Trade			1,363			35,304			(7,106	)			(7,870	)			21,691
Engineering & Construction			1,027			936			(228	)			(447	)			1,288
Others			3,745			15,940			(5,412	)			(4,413	)			9,860

[Equipment]

											(In millions of KRW)
Business Area		Beginning Book Balance			Increased			Decreased			Depreciation			Ending Book Balance
Steel			66,145			92,561			(22,072	)			(28,543	)			108,091
Trade			25,298			14,618			(7,583	)			(9,917	)			22,416
Engineering & Construction			3,532			10,006			(8,205	)			(1,626	)			3,707
Others			32,484			10,814			(3,634	)			(7,716	)			31,948

[Financial Lease Assets]

											(In millions of KRW)
Business Area		Beginning Book Balance			Increased			Decreased			Depreciation			Ending Book Balance
Steel			490,290			179,727			(16,637	)			(43,716	)			609,664
Trade			95,191			134,521			(93,075	)			(48,462	)			88,175
Engineering & Construction			82,876			78,034			(48,889	)			(40,443	)			71,578
Others			105,343			46,462			(12,107	)			(41,369	)			98,329

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[Biological Assets]

											(In millions of KRW)
Business Area		Beginning Book Balance			Increased			Decreased			Depreciation			Ending Book Balance
Steel			-			-				-			-				-
Trade			149,965			42,374			(28,393	)			(9,264	)			154,682
Engineering & Construction			-			-				-			-				-
Others			-			-				-			-				-

[Assets under Construction]

											(In millions of KRW)
Business Area		Beginning Book Balance			Increased			Decreased			Depreciation			Ending Book Balance
Steel			1,438,271			2,049,509			(2,211,860	)			(164,906	)			1,111,014
Trade			58,150			68,397			(64,863	)			(25,650	)			36,034
Engineering & Construction			2,043			515			(397	)			-			2,161
Others			119,076			711,682			(154,800	)			-			675,958

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(2) New Facility Establishment, Purchase, Etc.

(a) Investments under Construction

[Steel]		(In hundred millions of KRW)

Company		Date		Project		Total Investment			Invested Amount			Amount to Be Invested
POSCO		Expansion/ Establishment		October 2008 ~ December 2026		P)  Establishment of #6 Coke plant			17,121				7,236				9,885
	November 2021 ~ December 2025		G)   Increased production capacity of electrical steel for eco-friendly vehicles in Gwangyang			9,088				2				9,086
	Maintenance/ Improvement		September 2015 ~ October 2028		P)  Improvement of #2 Hot strip mill furnace			11,579				3,259				8,320
	August 2020 ~ August 2022		G)   2nd renovation of #4 Furnace			3,307				1,586				1,722
POSCO SPS		Expansion/ Establishment		October 2020 ~ January 2022		Machinery, etc (HEV)			101				38				63
	February 2021 ~ January 2022		Cheonan factory			123				102				21
	June 2021 ~ March 2022		Machinery, etc.(Pohang)			152				3.0				149
PT. KRAKATAU POSCO		Expansion/ Establishment		July 2021 ~ August 2022		Establishment of SPM (Skin Pass Mill)			117			32			85

P stands for Pohang Steel Works.

G stands for Gwangyang Steel Works.

Ongoing investments over KRW 10 billion as of December 31, 2020 are listed on the table.

[Others]		(In hundred millions of KRW)

Company		Date		Project		Total Investment			Invested Amount			Amount to Be Invested
POSCO ICT		Establishment/ Expansion		January 2020 ~ December 2021		System improvement, IT facility purchase, etc.			194				14				180
	Establishment/ Expansion		January 2020 ~ December 2021		Expansion of SM server			148				67				81
POSCO CHEMICAL		Establishment/ Expansion		July 2020 ~ November 2022		The 3rd stage of cathode material factory in Gwangyang			2,895				1,653				1,242
	Establishment/ Expansion		November 2020 ~ March 2024		The 4th stage of cathode material factory in Gwangyang			2,758				869				1,889
	Establishment/ Expansion		December 2021 ~ August 2022		The stage of cathode material factory in Pohang			272				240				32
	Establishment/ Expansion		November 2019 ~ December 2022		The 2nd stage of production line up expansion in #2 anode material factory			1,651				1,225				426
	Establishment/ Expansion		February 2020 ~ May 2024		Establishment of artificial graphite anode factory			2,177				1,142				1,035
	Establishment/ Expansion		November 2019 ~ December 2021		Renovation of refractory factory for production increase			499				499				0
	Establishment/ Expansion		October 2020 ~ November 2022		Facilities rationalization of refractory sintering plant in Pohang			327				21				306
POSCO Energy		Establishment/ Expansion		March 2020 ~ December 2021		Expansion of evaporator for Gwangyang LNG Terminal			360				304				56
	Establishment/ Expansion		January 2021 ~ June 2024		Gwangyang LNG #6 Tank			1,437				341				1,096
POSCO M-TECH		Establishment/ Expansion		November 2021 ~ June 2023		Prevent safety risks and increase logistics/manpower management efficiency			113				0				113

Ongoing investments over KRW 10 billion as of December 31, 2020 are listed on the table.

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6. Product Sales

[Steel]		(In hundred millions of KRW)

Items		2021			2020			2019
Domestic		Hot-Rolled Products			70,117			39,663				42,605
	Cold-Rolled Products			54,864			37,870				39,716
	Stainless Steel			35,722			23,746				21,167
	Others			94,737			63,111				77,026
Export		Hot-Rolled Products			55,180			37,368				41,064
	Cold-Rolled Products			144,421			101,808				125,658
	Stainless Steel			86,712			72,140				80,181
	Others			93,736			66,877				70,667
Total		Gross Sum			635,489			442,583				498,084
	Internal Transaction			(224,555	)			(153,654	)			(177,299	)
	Total			410,934			288,929				320,785

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[Trading]		(In hundred millions of KRW)

Items		2021			2020			2019
Domestic		Merchandise			63,137			33,565				29,315
	Product			8,757			2,028				5,120
	Others			1,174			240				1,101
Export		Merchandise			137,741			75,922				69,347
	Product			1,223			528				205
	Others			207			1,191				638
Trades among the 3 countries			240,665			209,446				270,522
Gross Sum			452,904			322,920				376,248
Internal Transaction			(202,248	)			(129,468	)			(154,677	)
Total			250,656			193,452				221,571

[Engineering & Construction]		(In hundred millions of KRW)

Items		2021			2020			2019
Domestic		Building			35,633			42,761				44,681
	Plant			13,272				12,887				10,953
	Civil Engineering			6,771			6,177				6,098
	Others			1,763			-				-
Overseas			8,097			7,089				7,190
Own Construction			7,736			4,866				5,712
Other Subsidiary company sales			853			2,320				2,246
Gross Sum			74,125			76,100				76,880
Internal Transaction			(10,141	)			(10,338	)			(7,434	)
Total			63,984			65,762				69,446

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[Others]

		(In hundred millions of KRW)
Items		2021			2020			2019
Electric Power Sales			37,750				29,785				31,866

7. Derivatives

We use forward exchange contracts to hedge against the exchange rate risk for foreign currency loans. As of December 31, 2021, we assessed the fair value of our currency swap contracts to be USD 0.5 billion(expiring August, 2023), USD 0.5 billion(expiring July, 2024) USD 0.5 billion(expiring November, 2022), USD 0.5 billion(expiring January, 2023), USD 0.44 billion(expiring January, 2025), and EUR 0.5 billion(expiring January, 2024).

The transaction gain of forward exchange contracts is KRW 16,300 million(expiring April, 2021). Also, we recognized KRW 261,963 million of valuation gain on currency swap contracts. The transaction gain of currency swap contracts is KRW 2,910 million.

8. Significant Contracts

Company		Contract		Date		Remarks
POSCO		Small scale merger of POSCO Processing &Service		August 2018		1)  Purpose: To increase operational efficiency 2)  Information: POSCO Processing & Service(POSCO P&S) is merged into POSCO •   The merger ratio is 1 : 0.1456475 (POSCO : POSCO P&S) •   POSCO will distribute its treasury shares to the shareholders of POSCO P&S, and new shares will not be issued. 3)  Conclusion of a contract: August 23, 2018 4)  Date of merger: January 1, 2019 5)  Registration of merger: February 1, 2019
	Small scale merger withBy-product Hydrogen Generation Business after spin-off from POSCO ENERGY		April 2019		1)  Purpose: To increase operational efficiency 2)  Information: By-product Hydrogen Generation Business of POSCO ENERGY will be merged into POSCO •   The merger ratio is 1 : 0.1145836 (POSCO : POSCO ENERGY) 3)  Conclusion of a contract: April 16, 2019 4)  Date of merger: September 1, 2019 5)  Registration of merger: September 9, 2019
	LNG Terminal Business Transfer Agreement		April 2019		1)  Business transferee: POSCO ENERGY 2)  Conclusion of a contract: April 16, 2019 3)  Date of transfer: September 1, 2019 4)  Transfer amount : KRW 608,019 million 5)  Information: LNG Terminal Business of POSCO in Gwangyang will be transferred to POSCO ENERGY

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POSCO International Corporation		Investment on the 2nd stage development of A-1 / A-3 block in Myanmar gas field		June 2018		1)  Investment amount: KRW 511,709,005,500 (USD 473,235,000) 2)  Development period: August 1, 2017 ~ December 31, 2022 3)  Gas production schedule: By additionally developing Shwe gasfield and newly developing Shwe Phyu gasfield, production will start in 2021 from Shwe and 2022 from Shwe Phyu 4)  Other Information •   Location: North-west offshore, Myanmar •   This investment is the 2nd stage of development, which consists of 3 stages in Myanmar gas field development. The purpose of investment is to maintain current gas production level by completing more drilling and adding more production wells to current Shwe platform. •   In July 2018, facility design and construction began, and production is scheduled to start in 2021 in Shwe and in 2022 in She Phyu. But the development period includes the duration of feasibility test and basic design from August 2017 to May 2018. •   POSCO International Corporation : 51.0% •   ONGC VIDESH(Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Videsh Limited) : 17.0% •   MOGE(Myanmar Oil and Gas Enterprise): 15.0% •   GAIL (India) Limited : 8.5% •   KOGAS(Korea Gas Corporation): 8.5% •   Investment size of USD 473,235 thousand, applying the exchange rate of 1USD=1,081.30 KRW, was disclosed on the date of the BOD resolution (May 31, 2018). •   Detailed information and future timeline on this resource development investment is subject to change.    Disclosure date : May 31, 2018 (Decision on natural resources investment)
	Small scale merger with Steel segment after spinoff from POSCO Processing &Service		November 2016		1)  Purpose: Expanding the company's capabilities in steel trading business and enhancing global competitiveness of the company's steel business 2)  Information: POSCO International merges with the steel segment and others of POSCO P&S at the merger ratio of 1: 0.4387662, after the spin off from POSCO P&S 3)  Conclusion of a contract: November 4, 2016 4)  Date of merger: March 1, 2017 5)  Registration of merger: March 2, 2017
	Split-off of Domestic steel processing businesses		October 2019		1)  Purpose : To specialize in steel processing business by splitting-off business division 2)  Method : Split-off 3)  Resolution date of Board of Directors : October 25, 2019 4)  Shareholders' meeting for approval : March 30, 2020 5)  Date of Split-off : March 31, 2020 6)  Registration date of Split-off : April 3, 2020
	Investment on the 3rd stage development of A-1 / A-3 block in Myanmar gas field		June 2020		1)  Investment amount: KRW 365,786,302,000 2)  Development period: September 1, 2019 ~ December 31, 2024 3)  Schedule : Installation Completion of low-pressure gas compression platform and commenced operation in 2024 4)  Other Information •   Location: North-west offshore, Myanmar •   This investment is the 3rd stage of development, which consists of 3 stages in Myanmar gas field development. The purpose of investment is to maintain current gas production level stably by installing low-pressure gas compression platform. •   In the first quarter of 2021, the design and production of the equipment for this work will be started, and it is planned to start operation in 2024. The "(2) Development period" above is the period including the basic design progress period, September 2019 to September 2020. •   Participation rate of each company in gas production and offshore pipeline transportation business •   POSCO International Corporation : 51.0% •   ONGC VIDESH(Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Videsh Limited) : 17.0% •   MOGE(Myanmar Oil and Gas Enterprise): 15.0% •   GAIL (India) Limited : 8.5% •   KOGAS(Korea Gas Corporation): 8.5% •   Investment size of USD 315,170 thousand, applying the exchange rate of 1USD=1,160.60 KRW, which is the date of the BOD resolution. •   Detailed information and future timeline on this resource development investment is subject to change.    POSCO International disclosure date : September 22, 2020 (Decision on natural resources investment)
	Decision to acquire shares of Senex Energy (Australia)		December 2021		1)  Purpose : To specialize in steel processing business by splitting-off business division 2)  Method : Cash acquisition 3)  Resolution date of Board of Directors : December 10, 2021 4)  Acquisition amount (Expected) : KRW 371,971,889,470 5)  Number of shares acquired (Expected) : 92,819,070 Shares 6)  Expected date of acquisition : March 31, 2022 7)  equity structure (after acquisition of shares) : •   POSCO International : 50.1% •   Hancock Energy (Australia) : 49.9%

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POSCO ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION		Small scale merger with POSCO ENGINEERING CO., LTD.		November 2016		1)  Purpose: Production and development of land gas field in eastern Australia 2)  Information: POSCO E&C merges with POSCO Engineering at the merger ratio of 1:0, and POSCO E&C will not be issuing new shares 3)  Conclusion of a contract: November 23, 2016 4)  Date of merger: February 1, 2017 5)  Registration of merger: February 14, 2017
POSCO O&M		Small scale merger with Blue O&M and MegaAsset		February 2019		1)  Purpose: Enhancing foundation of growth by improving management efficiency and creating synergies among businesses 2)  Information: POSCO O&M merges with Blue O&M and MegaAsset 3)  Date of merger: February 1, 2019 4)  Registration of merger: February 11, 2019
POSCO ENERGY		Contract of Shares Transfer		July 2018		1)  Contract Parties: Nonghyup Bank(The third agent of KIAMCO PowerEnergy Private Special Assets Investment Trust), Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction, POSCO E&C, Industrial Bank of Korea(The first agent of Multi Asset POSPower Samcheok coal-fired private investment trust) 2)  Signed Date: July, August, 2018 3)  Contract Amount : KRW 343,706 million 4)  Information: Contract of shares transfer for disposal of 68.5%(July) and 2.5%(August) POSPower shares
	Spin-off By-product Hydrogen Generation Business for merger into POSCO		April 2019		1)  Contract counterpart: POSCO 2)  Conclusion of a contract: April 16, 2019 3)  Date of merger: September 1, 2019 4)  Merger payment : KRW 1,163,692 million (No issuance of new shares from POSCO) 5)  Information : POSCO merges with Hydrogen Generation Business of POSCO ENERGY at the merger ratio of 1:0.1145836
	LNG Terminal Business Transfer Agreement		April 2019		1)  Business transferor: POSCO 2)  Conclusion of a contract: April 16, 2019 3)  Date of transfer: September 1, 2019 4)  Transfer amount : KRW 608,019 million 5)  Information: LNG Terminal Business of POSCO in Gwangyang will be transferred to POSCO ENERGY
	Merger		May 2020		1)  Contract counterpart : PSC Energy Global Co., Ltd. 2)  Signed date : May 26, 2020 3)  Date of merger : August 1, 2020 4)  Merger ratio : 1.0000000 : 0.0000000 5)  Information : POSCO ENERGY merges PSC Energy Global Co., Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of POSCO ENERGY
POSCO YAMATO VINA STEEL JOINT STOCK COMPANY (Former, SS VINA JOINT STOCK COMPANY		Joint stock contract with YAMATO KOGYO CO., LTD. and SIAM YAMATO STEEL CO., LTD. to improve business structure		March 2020		1)  Purpose: To improve business structure by collaborating with leading company in section steels 2)  Information: POSCO's 100% share of POSCO SS VINA changes to 51% YAMATO KOGYO CO., LTD. takes 30% of shares and SIAM YAMATO STEEL CO., LTD. takes 19% of shares. 3)  Conclusion of a contract: March 18, 2020 4)  Registration of joint stock company : April 28, 2020

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9. Research and Development

A. Research and Development ("R&D") Organization

Business Area		Company		Organization
Steel		POSCO		Steel Production and Technology Strategy Office
	Environmental Planning Office
	Technical Research Laboratories
	Steel Product Research Lab
	Process and Engineering Research Lab
	Automotive Steel Research Lab
	Steel Solution Research Lab
	LiB Materials Business Office
	POSCO COATED & COLOR STEEL Co,. Ltd.		Production & Marketing Strategy Office
	POSCO (Zhangjiagang) Stainless Co., Ltd.		R&D Center
	POSCO MOBILITY SOLUTION		STS Business Office R&D Group
	Core Business Office Product Process Development Group
		Core Business Office Mold Research Group
Engineering & Construction		POSCO Engineering & Construction,. LTD.		R&D Center
	POSCO A&C		R&D Center
Others		POSCO ENERGY CO., LTD.		Energy Business Development Office
	POSCO ICT		R&D Center
	POSCO CHEMICAL		R&D Center
	Energy Material R&D Center
	POSCO M-TECH		R&D Center (Pohang)

B. R&D Expenses in 2021 (In millions of KRW)

Category		Business Area
	Steel			Trade			Engineering & Construction			Others			Total
Selling and Administrative Cost			84,583				-				3,868				35,174				123,628
Manufacturing Cost			342,209				-				3,042				207				345,457
R&D Cost (Intangible Assets)			(5,503	)			-				1				11,814				6,312
Total*			421,289				-				6,911				47,195				475,397
Government Subsidy											536				-				536
R&D/Sales Ratio (%)**			1.03	%			0.00	%			0.11	%			1.25	%			0.62	%

*	Total is R&D expenditure before deducting government subsidy

**	Total R&D expenses/ current sales volume x 100

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III. Financial Statements

1. Consolidated Financial Statements

A. Summary

(In millions of KRW)

Account		2021			2020			2019
		As of December 31, 2021			As of December 31, 2020			As of December 31, 2019
[Total current assets]			46,621,631			35,830,815			34,842,374
Cash and cash equivalents			4,775,166			4,754,644			3,514,872
Other receivables, net			2,104,609			1,494,239			1,581,517
Other short-term financial assets			13,447,717			11,709,209			8,996,049
Trade accounts and notes receivable, net			10,061,982			8,120,619			9,078,351
Inventories			15,215,098			9,051,790			10,920,320
Other current assets			1,017,059			700,314			751,265
[Total non-current assets]			44,849,983			43,256,158			44,216,287
Other receivables, net			1,415,143			1,195,962			1,140,878
Other long-term financial assets			2,119,674			1,561,807			1,669,389
Investments in associates and joint ventures			4,514,647			3,876,249			3,927,755
Property, plant and equipment, net			29,596,698			29,400,141			29,925,973
Intangible assets, net			4,166,309			4,449,432			4,908,473
Other non-current assets			3,037,512			2,772,567			2,643,819
Total assets			91,471,614			79,086,973			79,058,661
[Total current liabilities]			21,083,623			16,854,968			16,323,690
[Total non-current liabilities]			15,583,048			14,557,413			14,940,264
Total liabilities			36,666,671			31,412,381			31,263,954
[Equity attributable to owners of the controlling company]			50,427,355			44,331,350			44,471,873
Share capital			482,403			482,403			482,403
Capital surplus			1,387,960			1,310,547			1,376,251
Hybrid bonds			199,384			199,384			199,384
Retained earnings			51,532,888			46,111,457			45,080,118
Other equity attributable to owners of the controlling company			(3,175,280	)			(3,772,441	)			(2,666,283	)
[Non-controlling Interests]			4,377,588			3,343,242			3,322,834
Total equity			54,804,943			47,674,592			47,794,707

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		From January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021			From January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020			From January 1, 2019 to December 31, 2019
Revenue			76,332,345			57,792,796			64,366,848
Operating profit			9,238,089			2,403,035			3,868,855
Profit			7,195,890			1,788,152			1,982,637
[Profit attributable to owners of the controlling company]			6,617,239			1,602,147			1,835,086
[Profit attributable to non-controlling interests]			578,651			186,005			147,551
Total comprehensive Income			8,013,489			1,570,204			2,129,105
[Total comprehensive income attributable to owners of the controlling company]			7,384,572			1,415,132			1,997,731
[Total comprehensive income attributable to non-controlling interests]			628,917			155,072			131,374
Earnings per share(KRW)			87,330			20,165			22,823
Number of Consolidated Companies			170				167				164

B. The Standards Used for Reporting the Financial Statements

The Company prepared its financial statements in accordance with the Korean-International Financial Reporting Standards (the "K-IFRS") and applied it to each Company's final financial statements.

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2. Separate Financial Statements

A. Summary

								(In millions of KRW)
Account		2021			2020			2019
		As of December 31, 2021			As of December 31, 2020			As of December 31, 2019
[Total current assets]			25,918,880			19,579,954			18,216,066
Cash and Cash equivalents			2,042,274			1,822,660			978,139
Trade accounts and notes receivable, net			6,017,508			3,693,535			3,987,041
Other receivables, net			545,341			279,555			321,352
Other short-term financial assets			9,605,522			9,607,632			7,858,979
Inventories			7,623,202			4,093,829			4,988,530
Other current assets			85,033			82,743			82,025
[Total non-current assets]			38,323,879			37,215,015			37,494,700
Other receivables, net			274,253			84,037			56,468
Other long-term financial assets			1,326,565			1,072,817			1,257,896
Investments in Subsidiaries, associates, and joint ventures			16,002,640			14,883,152			15,069,857
Property, plant and equipment, net			19,772,299			20,216,932			20,132,199
Intangible assets, net			551,410			621,926			708,915
Other non-current assets			396,712			336,151			269,365
Total assets			64,242,759			56,794,969			55,710,766
[Total current liabilities]			7,868,269			5,089,111			3,331,446
[Total non-current Liabilities]			7,339,065			6,591,154			6,765,135
Total liabilities			15,207,334			11,680,265			10,096,581
[Share capital]			482,403			482,403			482,403
[Capital surplus]			1,339,289			1,339,289			1,252,220
[Hybrid bonds]			199,384			199,384			199,384
[Retained earnings]			49,734,492			45,781,777			45,372,411
[Other equity]			(2,720,143	)			(2,688,149	)			(1,692,233	)
Total equity			49,035,425			45,114,704			45,614,185

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Account		2021			2020			2019
		From January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021			From January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020			From January 1, 2019 to December 31, 2019
Revenue			39,920,201			26,509,920			30,373,511
Operating profit			6,649,600			1,135,197			2,586,359
Profit			5,181,227			965,863			1,175,712
Earnings per share(KRW)			68,360			12,123			14,592

B. The Standards Used for Reporting the Financial Statements

The company prepared its financial statements in accordance with the Korean - International Financial Reporting Standards (the "K-IFRS").

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IV. CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

1. Overview of Corporate Governance

A. Board of Directors ("BoD")

(1) Board of Directors

The Board of Directors consists of five inside directors (Choi, Jeong-Woo, Kim, Hag-Dong, Chon, Jung-Son, Chung, Chang-Hwa and Jeong, Tak) and seven outside directors (Chang, Seung-Wha , Kim, Shin-Bae, Chung, Moon-Ki, Kim, Sung-Jin, Pahk, Heui-Jae Kim, Yoo, Young-Sook, and Kwon, Tae-Kyun).

The Board of Directors manages the following six Special Committees:

(a) ESG Committee

(b) Director Candidate Recommendation Committee

(c) Evaluation and Compensation Committee

(d) Finance Committee

(e) Audit Committee

(f) Executive Management Committee

Composition of the Special Committees under the BoD and their Functions(as of March 10, 2022)

Category		Composition		Directors		Major Functions
ESG Committee		3 Outside Directors, 1 Inside Director		Kim, Shin-Bae (Chairman) Chang, Seung-Wha Yoo, Young-Sook Kim, Hag-Dong		(1)   Review of low-carbon policies related to environment and climate change (2)   Preliminary review on safety and health plans (3)   Preliminary review of the operation of BoD and Special Committees A. Development of agenda and establishment of operation standards for the BoD and Special Committees B. Preliminary review of amendment or repeal of the Operational Regulations of the BoD C. Preliminary review of establishment and operation of Special Committees within the BoD (4)   Execution monitoring and report publication related to ESG (5)   Deliberation and resolution on donations exceeding KRW 100 million and KRW 1 billion and less, as well as preliminary review on donations exceeding KRW 1 billion (6)   Matters related with internal transactions in accordance with the Monopoly Regulation and Fair Trade Act A. Review of issues and improvement measures in relation to internal transactions B. Preliminary review of internal transactions (KRW 100 billion or more in transaction amount) C. Deliberation and resolution on internal transactions (KRW 5 billion or more and less than KRW 100 billion in transaction amount) (7)   Appointment of fair trade compliance officer

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Director Candidate Recommendation Committee		3 Outside Directors		Chung, Moon-Ki (Chairman) Kim, Sung-Jin Kwon, Tae-Kyun		(1)   Qualification assessment of Outside Director candidates and candidate nomination at the general meeting of shareholders (2)   Pre-screening and qualification assessment of Inside Director candidates (3)   Preliminary review of appointing the Committees members (4)   Preliminary review of appointing the Representative Directors among Inside Directors (excluding the CEO) (5)   Operation of the Outside Director Candidate Recommendation Advisory Group (6)   Other matters necessary to nominate Outside Director candidates
Evaluation and Compensation Committee		4 Outside Directors		Pahk, Heui-Jae (Chairman) Chung, Moon-Ki Kim, Sung-Jin Yoo, Young-Sook		(1)   Development of management succession and executive development plans (2)   Establishment and execution of executive evaluation and compensation plans (3)   Preliminary review on compensation and retirement allowance of Directors
Finance Committee		3 Outside Directors; 1 Inside Director		Kwon, Tae-Kyun (Chairman) Kim, Shin-Bae Chang, Seung-Wha Chon, Jung-Son		(1)   Establishment of policies for company's internal values and financial soundness (2)   Preliminary review in case of filing in litigation or arbitration, or responding to reconciliation or mediation in the process of trial or taking any equivalent level of legal actions with the amount of KRW 100 billion or more (3)   External Investments A. Preliminary review of new external investments, capital increase and disposal of share in the invested entity executed by a non-steel business division (KRW 100 billion or more. Investment and capital increase include borrowings and liabilities that the company takes) B. Approval of new external investments, capital increase and disposal of share in the invested entity executed by a non-steel business division (From KRW 10 billion to less than KRW 100 billion. Investment and capital increase includes borrowings and liabilities that the company takes) (4)   Deliberation and resolution on bond issuance and important borrowings (including refinancing borrowings exceeding KRW 100 billion) (5)   Preliminary review on bond issuance and important borrowings (new long-term borrowings exceeding KRW 100 billion) (6)   Deliberation and resolution on offering non-current assets as collateral (7)   Deliberation and resolution on takeover of debt such as collateral, guarantee, etc. from invested company (excluding the case involving steel investment)

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Audit Committee		3 Outside Directors		Kim, Sung-Jin (Chairman) Chung, Moon-Ki Pahk, Heui-Jae		(1)   Setting the work scope of the committee (2)   Matters that the BoD or Representative Directors delegated (3)   Request for Extraordinary general meeting of shareholders (4)   Consulting of external experts (5)   Audit of the legitimacy of management's business execution (6)   Review soundness and validity of the company's financial activities and the appropriateness of financial reporting (7)   Review the validity of important accounting standards or changes in accounting estimates (8)   Evaluation of the operation status of the internal accounting management system (9)   Evaluation of the internal control system (10)  Agreement on appointment or dismissal of internal audit department representative (11)  Contract for appointment, remuneration and non-audit services of independent auditors (12)  Evaluation of independent auditors' audit activities (13)  Report internal audit department's annual audit plan and results (14)  Report on the evaluation results of the company's ethical compliance (15)  An independent auditor reports on important facts of the company's Directors' misconduct or violation of laws or Articles of Incorporation (16)  Report that independent auditors violation of the company's accounting standards (17)  Other matters deemed necessary by each committee member

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Executive Management Committee		5 Inside Directors		Choi, Jeong-Woo (Chairman) Kim, Hag-Dong Chon, Jung-Son Kim, Hag-Dong Chung, Chang-Hwa Jeong, Tak		1. Business (1)   Important matters in the corporate employee hierarchy, development of human resources and adjustment (2)   Important changes in terms of working conditions and welfares (3)   New establishment plan for chair-professor (4)   Housing Policy Establishment (Housing fund support standard and plan for housing construction) (5)   Decision on closure of shareholders' registry 2. Finance (1)   Preliminary review on in-house investment plan (New establishment or expansion investment of KRW 200 billion or more) (2)   Approval of in-house investment plan •   New establishment or expansion investment from KRW 10 billion to less than KRW 200 billion •   Investment other than new establishment or expansion: KRW 10 billion or more.(In the case of ordinary investment, the investment amount is for KRW 5 billion or more) (3)   Preliminary review on steel business division: New external investments, capital increase and disposal of shares in the invested entity (From KRW 100 billion or more, Investment and capital increase includes borrowings and liabilities that the company takes) (4)   Approval on steel business division: New external investment, capital increase, and disposal of shares in the invested entity (From KRW 10 billion to less than KRW 100 billion, investment and capital increase to includes borrowings and liabilities that the company takes) (5)   Acquisition or disposal of tangible· intangible fixed assets and important investment assets from KRW 10 billion to less than KRW 200 billion (6)   Approval technology application and technology sales contract over USD 1 million (7)   Acquisition of debt such as guarantee for invested company's collateral involving steel investments 3.  Other matters that the Chairman deems necessary or are deemed necessary by each committee member

*	In order to strengthen the roles of the Board of Directors regarding ESG related matters, the Special Committees were reorganized including new establishment of the ESG Committee at the General Meeting of Shareholders held on March 12, 2021.

*	In order to strengthen independence of the Director Candidate Recommendation Committee, on August 13, 2021, the Board of Directors amended the Operational Regulation of Board of Directors so that the Director Candidate Recommendation Committee consists of only Outside Directors.

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(2) List of Outside Directors (As of December 31, 2021)

Name		Experience		Relation with Majority Shareholder		Remarks
Chang, Seung-Wha		•   Dean of Seoul National University School of Law (June 2018 ~ Present) •   Professor of Law, Seoul National University (1995 ~ Present) •   World Trade Organization(WTO) as the Appellate Body Member (May 2012 ~ September 2016) •   Member, International Chamber of Commerce(ICC) Court of Arbitration (2000 ~ 2013) •   LL.M and Doctorate in International Trade Law from Harvard Law School (1994)		None		Chairman of the Board of Directors
Yoo, Young-Sook		•   Chairperson of the Board(non-permanent), Climate Change Center(January 2020 ~Present) •   Principal Research Scientist, Korea Institute of Science and Technology(KIST)(March 1994 ~May 2021) •   Director(non-permanent), Research Institute of Industrial Science & Technology(2014) •   Co-President, Climate Change Center(2014) •   Minister, Ministry of Environment(2011~2013) •   Vice President, KIST(2009) •   Head of Biological Science Research, KIST(2007) •   Senior Research Scientist, KIST(1990)		None
Kwon, Tae-Kyun		•   Senior Adviser, Yulchon LLC.(2015~June. 2021) •   Outside Director, SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.(2014~2020) •   Outside Director, MIRAE ASSET DAEWOO CO., LTD.(2017~2019) •   Ambassador, Korea to the United Arab Emirates(2010~2013) •   Chief Administrator, Public Procurement Service(2009) •   Head of Trade and Investment Office, Ministry of Knowledge Economy(2008) •   Deputy Minister for Free Economic Zone Planning, MOFE(2007) •   Commissioner, Korea Financial Intelligence Unit, MOFE(2006) •   Economic Councilor, OECD Representative(2001) •   Finance and Economy Adviser, Office of the President(1996) •   Country Officer, Asian Development Bank(1992)		None
Kim, Shin-Bae		•   Vice Chairman, SK Group (January 2010 ~ February 2013) •   President, Korea IoT (Internet of Things) Association (March 2005 ~ March 2012) •   President and CEO, SK Telecom (March 2004 ~ December 2008) •   M.B.A., Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania (1985)		None
Chung, Moon-Ki		•   Professor in Accounting, Sungkyunkwan University (2016~Present) •   Partner and Chief Quality Officer, Samil PwC (1981~2012) •   Committee Member, Accounting Review Committee of Financial Supervisory Service •   Ph.D. in Accounting, Sungkyunkwan University		None
Kim, Sung-Jin		•   Adjunct Professor at Department of Economics, Seoul National University (2011 ~ Present) •   Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (2006 ~ 2007) •   Administrator of the Small and Medium Business Administration (2004 ~ 2006) •   Ph.D. in Economics Kansas State University (1991)		None
Pahk, Heui-Jae		•   Professor in Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Seoul National University (March 1993 ~ Present) •   Chairman of the Board, Korea Youth Foundation (May 2016 ~ Present) •   Head of R&D Strategic Planning, Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (April 2013 ~ April 2016) •   SNU Precision CEO (February 1998 ~ December 2016) •   Ph.D in Mechanical Engineering, Seoul National University (1990)		None

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(3) List of Key Activities of the Board of Directors (January 1, 2021 ~ March 10, 2022)

No.		Date		Agenda		Approval
2021-1		January 20, 2021		1. Approval of participation in POSCO CHEMICAL's capital increase with consideration		All 1 Case Approved
2021-2		January 28, 2021		•   Deliberation Agenda 1.  Approval of the 53rd financial statements and schedule for the general meeting of shareholders •   Report Agenda 1.  Business performance of the fiscal year of 2020 2.  Report on internal control over financial reporting 3.  Assessment on the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting		All 1 Case Approved
2021-3		February 18, 2021		1.  Plans to strengthen roles of the Board of Directors in relation to ESG 2.  Recommendation of Inside Directors candidates (other than the candidate for the Representative Director & CEO) 3.  Agendas for the 53rd general meeting of shareholders		Correction Approval Approved Approved
2021-4		March 12, 2021		1.  Appointment of the Chairman of the BoD 2.  Appointment of the Representative Director CEO 3.  Appointment of Representative Directors and Inside Directors 4.  Appointment of Special Committees members		All 4 Cases Approved
2021-5		April 9, 2021		1.  Investment on commercial plant for hard rock lithium		All 1 Case Approved
2021-6		May 14, 2021		•   Deliberation Agenda 1.  Resolution on the dividend for the 1st quarter of 2021 2.  POSCO health and safety plan for 2021 3.  Joint Venture company establishment with HBIS Group Co., Ltd. 4.  Equity investment in an Australian nickel production company 5.  Transaction Plans with affiliates for the fiscal year of 2021 •   Report Agenda 1.  Business performance of the 1st quarter of 2021 2.  Status of global steel growth strategy implementation 3.  The performance and assessment of Board of Directors for 2020		All 5 Case Approved
2021-7		August 13, 2021		•   Deliberation Agenda 1.  Resolution on the dividend for the 2nd quarter of 2021 2.  Financing plan of 2021 3.  Financial contribution to the joint labor welfare fund with partner companies 4.  Amendment of the Operational Regulation of Board of Directors •   Report Agenda 1.  Implementation status of the BoD resolved agendas 2.  Business performance of the 2nd quarter of 2021 3.  Group research center establishment plan		All 4 Cases Approved
2021-8		November 15, 2021		•   Deliberation Agenda 1.  Resolution on the dividend for the 3rd quarter of 2021 2.  Increase production capacity of eco-friendly electrical steel of Gwangyang Steel Works 3.  Contributed acceptance of sculpture in Pohang Hwanho park •   Report Agenda 1.  Business performance of the 3rd quarter of 2021		All 3 Cases Approved

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2021-9		December 10, 2021		•   Deliberation Agenda 1.  Approval of the vertical spin-off plan, convocation of an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders, and setting a reference date 2.  Mid-term business strategy and business plan for 2022 3.  POSCO Argentina's capital increase and payment guarantee 4.  Year-end donation for the underprivileged 5.  Improvement of executive compensation system and performance evaluation •   Report Agenda 1.  Implementation status of the BoD resolved agendas for the fiscal year of 2021 2.  Review of the compliance system observance 3.  Safety and Health activities for 2021 and future plans		All 5 Case Approved
2022-1		January 4, 2022		1.  Amendment of articles of incorporation of new steel subsidiary related to vertical spin-off		All 1 Case Approved
2022-2		January 28, 2022		•   Deliberation Agenda 1.  Approval of the 54th financial statements and schedule for the general meeting of shareholders 2.  Disposal of treasury stocks in accordance with employee stock ownership program implementation •   Report Agenda 1.  Business performance of the fiscal year of 2021 2.  Report on internal control over financial reporting 3.  Assessment on the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting		All 2 Cases Approved
2022-3		February 17, 2022		•   Deliberation Agenda 1.  Recommendation of Inside Directors candidates and Non-Standing Director candidate 2.  Agendas for the 54th general meeting of shareholders •   Report Agenda 1.  Amendment of the Operational Regulation of Board of Directors in accordance with conversion to a holding company		All 2 Cases Approved
2022-4		March 2, 2022		1.  Approval of public notice replacing general shareholder's meeting to report the completion of Spin-off and inaugural general meeting 2.  Approval of registration of relocation of Headquarters		All 2 Cases Approved

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Major Activities of Outside Directors on the Board of Directors (January 1, 2021 ~ March 10, 2022)

No.		Date		Participation of the Outside Directors (the Number of total Outside Directors)		Remarks
2021-1		January 20, 2021		7 (7)		-
2021-2		January 28, 2021		7 (7)		-
2021-3		February 18, 2021		7 (7)		-
2021-4		March 12, 2021		7 (7)		-
2021-5		April 9, 2021		7 (7)		-
2021-6		May 14, 2021		7 (7)		-
2021-7		August 13, 2021		7(7)		-
2021-8		November 15, 2021		7(7)		-
2021-9		December 10, 2021		7(7)		-
2022-1		January 4, 2022		7(7)		-
2022-2		January 28, 2022		7(7)		-
2022-3		February 17, 2022		7(7)		-
2022-4		March 2, 2022		7(7)		-

(4)	Special Committees under the BoD and Their Activities (From January 1, 2021 to March 10, 2022)

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Major Activities of Director Candidate Recommendation and Management Committee (January 1, 2021~March 10, 2022)

Date		Agenda		Approval
January 28, 2021		•   Deliberation Agenda 1.  Qualification review and recommendation of the Outside Directors candidates		Approved
February 18, 2021		•   Deliberation Agenda 1.  Recommendation of the Outside Directors candidates •   Preliminary Review 1.  Qualification review of the Inside Directors candidates 2.  Plans to strengthen roles of the Board of Directors in relation to ESG matters		Approved - -

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Major Activities of Finance and Related Party Transaction Committee (January 1, 2021~March 10, 2022)

Date		Agenda		Approval
January 28, 2021		•   Deliberation Agenda 1.  Contribution to the Labor Welfare Fund		Approved

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Major Activities of Evaluation and Compensation Committee (January 1, 2021~March 10, 2022)

Date		Agenda		Approval
January 27, 2021		•   Deliberation Agenda 1.  Evaluation of the business performance for the fiscal year of 2020		- Approved

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Major Activities of Evaluation and Compensation Committee (March 12, 2021~March 10, 2022)

Date		Agenda		Approval
November 4, 2021		•   Preliminary Review 1.  Improvement of executive compensation system and company performance evaluation		-
December 10, 2021		•   Preliminary Review 1.  Improvement of executive compensation system and performance evaluation		-
January 27, 2022		•   Deliberation Agenda 1.  Evaluation of the business performance for the fiscal year of 2021		Approved

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Major Activities of Director Candidate Recommendation Committee (March 12, 2021~March 10, 2022)

Date		Agenda		Approval
August 13, 2021		•   Report Agenda 1.  Review on Outside Director candidate pool		-
December 10, 2021		•   Deliberation Agenda 1.  Operation of the Outside Director Candidate Recommendation Advisory Panel •   Report Agenda 1.  Review on Outside Director candidate pool		Approved -
January 28, 2022		•   Deliberation Agenda 1.  Qualification review and recommendation of the Outside Directors candidates		Approved
February 17, 2022		•   Deliberation Agenda 1.  Recommendation of the Outside Directors candidates •   Preliminary Review 1.  Qualification review of the Inside Directors candidates and Non-Standing Director candidate		Approved -

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Major Activities of ESG Committee (March 12, 2021~March 10, 2022)

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Date		Agenda		Approval
April 22, 2021		•   Deliberation Agenda 1.  Plan for publishing Corporate Citizenship Report 2020 •   Report Agenda 1.  2050 Carbon Neutral Declaration and Implementation Status		Approved -
May 13, 2021		•   Preliminary Review 1.  POSCO health and safety plan for 2021		-
August 13, 2021		•   Preliminary Review 1.  Amendment of the Operational Regulation of Board of Directors 2.  Financial contribution to the joint labor welfare fund with partner companies •   Deliberation Agenda 1.  Venture fund investment for new growth businesses 2.  The 2nd investment in POSCO-HY Clean Metal •   Report Agenda 1.  Fair Trade Voluntary Compliance Program Operation Status in 2021		- - Approved Approved -
November 4, 2021		•   Preliminary Review 1.  Contributed acceptance of sculpture in Pohang Hwanho park •   Deliberation Agenda 1.  Investment in kind on Dongho-an site for 2nd LNG terminal (Internal Transaction) 2.  Lease contract for lime calcination plant(Internal Transaction)		- Approved Approved
December 9, 2021		•   Preliminary Review 1.  Year-end donation for the underprivileged •   Deliberation Agenda 1.  Acquisition of POSCO Terminal shares(Internal Transaction) 2.  POSCO brand license contract with POSCO E&C(Internal Transaction) 3.  Donation of traffic control cameras outside Pohang Steel works gate		- Approved Approved Approved
January 28, 2022		•   Deliberation Agenda 1.  Contribution to the Labor Welfare Fund(Internal Transaction) 2.  Financial contribution to the joint labor welfare fund with partner companies (Internal Transaction)		- Approved Approved

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Major Activities of Finance Committee (March 12, 2021~March 10, 2022)

Date		Agenda		Approval
April 9, 2021		•   Preliminary Review 1.  Investment on commercial plant for hard rock lithium		-
May 14, 2021		•   Preliminary Review 1.  Equity investment in an Australian nickel production company		-
August 11, 2021		•   Deliberation Agenda 1.  Venture fund investment for new growth businesses 2.  Payment Guarantee Plan for PT. Krakatau POSCO •   Preliminary Review 1.  Financing plan of 2021		Approved Approved -
October 8, 2021		•   Deliberation Agenda 1.  Payment Guarantee Plan for developing Hardey mining area of API		Approved
November 4, 2021		•   Deliberation Agenda 1.  Investment in kind on Dongho-an site for 2nd LNG terminal		Approved
December 9, 2021		•   Preliminary Review 1.  POSCO Argentina's capital increase and payment guarantee •   Deliberation Agenda 1.  Establishment of a joint venture for solid electrolyte business 2.  Short-term borrowing limits set in 2022 3.  Payment guarantee plan of POSCO Asia 4.  Acquisition of POSCO Terminal shares		- Approved Approved Approved Approved
February 17, 2022		•   Deliberation Agenda 1.  Equity investment in an all-solid-state battery manufacturing company		Approved

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Major Activities of Executive Management Committee (January 1, 2021 ~ March 10, 2021)

Date		Agenda		Approval
March 23, 2021		•   Deliberation Agenda 1.  Exhaust gas purification facility replacement at Gwangyang #1 sintering factory 2.  EIC facility replacement at Gwangyang #2-4 casting machine 3.  Reclamation work for Gwangyang facility expansion site 4.  Carbon credit trading plan		All 4 Cases Approved
April 20, 2021		•   Preliminary Review 1.  Joint Venture company establishment with HBIS Group Co., Ltd. •   Deliberation Agenda 1.  Pohang education center dormitory construction 2.  Gwangyang education center construction 3.  Construction of Park1538 Gwangyang PR Hall		- Approved Approved Approved
May 25, 2021		•   Deliberation Agenda 1.  Improvement of facilities in Gwangyang #2 power plant		Approved
June 15, 2021		•   Deliberation Agenda 1.  Establishment of refrigeration facilities in Pohang #2 Chemical conversion factory to increase desulfurization capacity		Approved
July 20, 2021		•   Deliberation Agenda 1.  Investment in high-purity nickel refining business for batteries 2.  Replacement of air blowing facilities in Gwangyang #3, #4 and #5 blast furnace		All 2 Cases Approved
August 24, 2021		•   Deliberation Agenda 1.  Improvement of #2 Hot strip mill furnace of Pohang Steel Works 2.  Automization of #2 Hot strip mill HPL of Gwangyang Steel Works 3.  Carbon credit trading plan		All 3 Cases Approved
September 28, 2021		•   Deliberation Agenda 1.  Improvement of Electrical substation of Gwangyang 2.  Trial run of INNOVILT(Steel product for construction) used housing project 3.  Establishment of oxygen and nitrogen tank		Approved Approved Correction Approval
October 19, 2021		•   Preliminary Review 1.  Increase production capacity of eco-friendly electrical steel of Gwangyang Steel Works •   Deliberation Agenda 1.  Increase abililty of dust collection machine of 3,4 Sintering factory of Pohang 2.  Establishment of Smart integrated logistics system		- Approved Approved
November 16, 2021		•   Deliberation Agenda 1.  Establishment of a new facility management system		Approved
December 14, 2021		•   Deliberation Agenda 1.  Improvement of Pohang #3 KR slag cooling-field environment		Approved

B. Audit Committee

(1) Composition of the Audit Committee

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Name		Qualifications		Remarks
Kim, Sung-Jin Chung, Moon-Ki Pahk, Heui-Jae		Satisfies the requirements stipulated in the Korean Commercial Act		Chairman - -

(2) Major Activities of the Audit Committee (January 1, 2021 ~ September 30, 2020)

Session		Date		Agenda		Approval
1		January 27		•   Deliberation Agenda 1.  Consent to appoint the head of the internal audit department 2.  Assessment of internal control over financial reporting in 2020 3.  Approval of audit and non-audit services for POSCO and subsidiaries •   Report Agenda		All 3 Cases Approved
			1.  Report of operation of internal control over financial reporting in 2020		-
			2.  Report on approval of POSCO E&C's audit service contract		-
			3.  The result of internal audit for the fiscal year of 2020 and audit plans for the fiscal year of 2021		-
			4.  Audit Committee activities in 2020		-
				5.  The assessment on the executives' and employees' conformity to the code of ethics for the fiscal year of 2020		-
2		February 17		•   Deliberation Agenda 1.  Internal audit result for the 53rd term •   Report Agenda 1.  External audit result for the 53rd term		Approved -
3		February 18		•   Deliberation Agenda 1.  Review of agenda for general meeting of shareholders		Approved

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At the 53rd General Meeting of Shareholders held on March 12, 2021, due to Bahk, Byong-Won's expiration of term in the Audit Committee, a new Audit Committee member, Kim, Sung-Jin was elected.

Session		Date		Agenda		Approval
4		March 12		•   Deliberation Agenda 1.  Appointment of the chairman of the audit committee		Approved
5		April 23		•   Report Agenda
			1.  POSCO E&C and POSCO ICT deficit projects status and management plans		-
			2.  Operation plan for Internal Accounting Management Policy in 2021		-
			3.  Results of internal audit on the consolidated financial statements for the 1st quarter of 2021		-
			4.  Review of the impact of amendments to the U.S. listed company regulations on independence of external auditors		-
				5.  The results of the 20-F audit for 2020 and the results of external reviews on the consolidated financial statements for the 1st quarter of 2021		-

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Session		Date		Agenda		Approval
6		August 12		•   Deliberation Agenda 1.  Approval on audit contract for POSCO Lithium Solution and POSCO-HY Clean Metal •   Report Agenda		Approved
			1.  Approval report for PT.KP audit service contract change		-
			2.  Approval report for POSCO non-audit service contract		-
			3.  Results of internal audit on the consolidated financial statements for the 2nd quarter of 2021		-
			4.  Results of external review of the consolidated financial statements for the 2nd quarter of 2021		-
			5.  External Auditor Audit Activity Evaluation Results for the year 2020		-
				6.  Internal audit performance in the 1st half of 2021 and plans for the 2nd half of 2021		-
7		October 8		•   Report Agenda 1.  Audit trends and issues including PCAOB Supervising case		-
8		November 11		•   Deliberation Agenda 1.  Approval of POSCO non-audit service contract 2.  Approval of POSCO audit service contract 3.  Results of interal audit on the consolidated financial statements for the 3rd quarter of 2021 4.  Internal audit performance of 2021 and plans for 2022 •   Report Agenda		All 4 Cases Approved
			1.  Result of external review of the consolidated financial statement for the 3rd quarter of 2021		-
				2.  Result of inspection for core business checklist of overseas corporation		-

Changes after December 31, 2021 (January 1, 2022 ~ March 10, 2022)

Session		Date		Agenda		Approval
1		January 27		•   Deliberation Agenda 1.  Assessment of internal control over financial reporting in 2021 2.  Review of the agendas for the extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders 3.  Approval of audit and non-audit services for POSCO and subsidiaries 4.  Audit Committee activities in 2021 5.  The assessment on the executives' and employees' conformity to the code of ethics for the fiscal year of 2021 •   Report Agenda		All 5 Cases Approved
				1.  Report of operation of internal control over financial reporting in 2021		-
2		February 16		•   Deliberation Agenda 1.  Internal audit result for the year 2021 •   Report Agenda 1.  External audit result for the year 2021		Approved -
3		February 17		•   Deliberation Agenda 1.  Review of the agendas for the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders		Approved

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C. Voting Rights of Shareholders

(1)	The Cumulative Voting System: The cumulative voting system was introduced at the 36th general meeting of shareholders on March 12, 2004.

(2)	Voting by Mail: The voting-by-mail system was introduced at the 36th general meeting of shareholders on March 12, 2004.

(3)	The Electronic Voting System: The electronic voting system was determined at the Board of Directors meeting on February 20, 2019.

D. Compensation of Directors and Officers

(1) The Salary of Directors and Audit Committee Members

(In millions KRW)

Category		No. of people			Total payment			Average payment (Per person)			Ceiling amount approved at the general meeting of shareholders		Remarks
Inside Director			5				6,247				1,122			10,000			-
Outside Director (Excluding Audit Committee Members)			4				360				81				-
Members of the Audit Committee			3				259				86				-

No. of people : The number of Directors and the Audit Committee members who are in office as of December 31, 2021.

Total payment : The total amount of remuneration paid to all Directors, including the Audit Committee members, who served from January 1 to December 31, 2021.

Average payment per person is calculated based on the paid amount to the current Directors and Audit Committee members as of December 31, 2021.

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