Parties to the legal matter: Won-IL Seo and the others (as selected parties to class actions).

Name of the court or punishing agency of the legal matter: Seoul Central District Court

Reference/Case number of relevant documents of the legal matter: 2014Gahap31627

Date of occurrence of the event: 2023/02/09

Details of occurrence (including the matter under dispute): 1246 plaintiffs filed a class action against Tongyang Securities (currently, Yuanta Securities (Korea)) for KRW492.5 billion, claiming for the losses they suffered as a result of Tongyang Group's filing of court receivership on 2013/9/30 after they subscribed bonds issued by Tongyang Group. This case has been entered into a substantial review and has been presided by the Seoul Central District Court since 2020/2/21. The plaintiffs then reduced the claim amount to KRW113.5 billion. The complaint was then dismissed by Seoul Central District Court on 2023/01/19.

Handling procedure: Yuanta Securities (Korea) was informed that the plaintiffs filed an appeal against the civil first instance judgement on 2023/02/09.

Impact on the Company's finance and business and projected amount: There is no material effect to the finance and business of Yuanta Securities (Korea) and YFH.

Countermeasures and improvement status: Yuanta Securities (Korea) will engage attorneys to duly respond to such appeal.

Any other matters that need to be specified (the information disclosure also meets the requirements of Article 7, subparagraph 2 of the Securities and Exchange Act Enforcement Rules, which brings forth a significant impact on shareholders rights or the price of the securities on public companies.): N/A

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