YFH announces on behalf of YSK that the plaintiffs filed an appeal against the civil second instance judgement of the Seoul High Court.

Parties to the legal matter:

Plaintiff: Won-IL Seo and the others (as selected parties to class actions)

Defendant: Yuanta Securities (Korea)

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

Reference/Case number of relevant documents of the legal matter: 2023NA2011017

Date of occurrence of the event: 2024/02/16

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 Seoul Central District Court dismissed the plaintiffs' complaint on 2023/01/19. The plaintiffs filed an appeal against the first instance judgement for KRW113.007 billion. The appeal was then dismissed by the Seoul High Court on 2024/01/24.

Handling procedure: Yuanta Securities (Korea) was informed that the plaintiffs filed an appeal against the civil second instance judgement on 2024/02/16.

Impact on the Company's finance and business and projected amount: There is no material effect on 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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