KT (KT) 6-K/A Current report (foreign) (amended)

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

Form 6-K/A

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER

PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 OF

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the month of March 2023

Commission File Number 1-14926

KT Corporation

(Translation of registrant’s name into English)

90, Buljeong-ro,

Bundang-gu, Seongnam-si,

Gyeonggi-do,

Korea

(Address of principal executive offices)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F:

Form 20-F  ☑                Form 40-F  ☐

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): _____

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Indicate by check mark whether by furnishing the information contained in this Form, the registrant is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

Yes  ☐                No  ☑

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

Dated: March 27, 2023
KT Corporation
By:	/s/ Seunghoon Chi
Name: Seunghoon Chi
Title: Vice President
By:	/s/ Sanghyun Cho
Name: Sanghyun Cho
Title: Director

Explanatory Note

This Form 6-K/A is being filed to amend KT Corporation’s amended filing of Form 6-K/A on March 10, 2023 related to its Notice of the 41^st Annual General Meeting of Shareholders. KT Corporation is further amending its Agenda No. 1 (Election of Representative Director) to delete election of Mr. Yun since he resigned as a candidate for personal reason on March 27, 2023. Pursuant to Articles of Incorporation of the company, Agenda No. 4-1 (Election of Inside Director Candidate) and 4-2 (Election of Inside Director Candidate) will be discarded due to invalidation of the recommendation of the candidacy for inside director. Additionally, Agenda 7 (Employment Contract for the Representative Director) will be discarded due to the resignation of the Representative Director Candidate.

Notice of the 41^st Annual General Meeting of Shareholders

CONTENTS

Notice of the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders	3
ESG Management Scheme	4
Matters to be Reported	7
•  Business Report for the 41st Fiscal Year	8
•  Report on Evaluation Results of Management Performance for the 41st Fiscal Year	10
•  Report on Standards and Method of Payment for Remuneration of Directors	11
•  General Information for Voting	15
•  Report on Transaction with Major Stakeholders	16
Matters Requiring Resolution	17
•  Agenda No. 1 Election of Representative Director	18
•  Agenda No. 2 Approval of Financial Statements for the 41st Fiscal Year	19
•  Agenda No. 3 Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation	33
<Agenda No.3-1, Amendment to add items in Business Purposes>	34
<Agenda No. 3-2, Duty to report purpose of holding treasury stocks and plans for cancellation and disposal>	35
<Agenda No. 3-3, Shareholders approval required in case of acquisition of stock of other companies for cross shareholding through treasury stocks>	36
•  Agenda No. 4 Election of Directors	38
<Agenda No. 4-1, Inside Director Candidate>	40
<Agenda No. 4-2, Inside Director Candidate>	41
<Agenda No. 4-3, Outside Director Candidate>	42
<Agenda No. 4-4, Outside Director Candidate>	44
<Agenda No. 4-5, Outside Director Candidate>	46
<Agenda No. 4-6, Outside Director Candidate>	47
•  Agenda No. 5 Election of Members of Audit Committee	51
<Agenda No. 5-1, Election of Members of Audit Committee>	52
<Agenda No. 5-2, Election of Members of Audit Committee>	54
•  Agenda No. 6 Approval of Ceiling Amount on Remuneration for Directors	56
•  Agenda No. 7 Employment Contract for the Representative Director	57
•  Agenda No. 8 Amendment to Severance Pay Regulations for Executives	58

* To be presented at the meeting

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Notice of the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders

March 8, 2023

To our Shareholders,

KT Corporation will be holding the 41^st Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (“the Meeting”) on March 31^st, 2023.

At the Meeting, “Matters to be Report” will present information on the Company’s performance as well as material issues worth noting for FY2022. Agenda items including the election of Executive directors will be submitted for shareholders’ approval.

Holders of KT Corporation’s common stock as of the close of business on December 31, 2022 will be entitled to exercise voting rights at the Meeting. Each common stock is entitled to one vote for the election of each director position and one vote for each of the other agendas.

KT Corporation would like to thank our shareholders for their continued investment and support. The Company understands that shareholders consider a range of matters before submitting their vote. We hope that our shareholders will find the information in the Convocation Notice helpful to make an informed voting decision.

We invite you to attend our upcoming Annual General Meeting on Friday March 31^st, 2023. We wish you good health and look forward to your participation.

Hyeon-Mo Ku

Chief Executive Officer

• Date and Time: Friday, March 31^st 2023 at 9:00 a.m. (local time)

• Place: Lecture Hall (2F) of KT Corporation’s R&D Center located at 151 Taebong-ro, Seocho-gu, Seoul, Korea

• Record Date: December 31, 2022

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ESG Management Scheme

[2023 ESG(Environmental)]

Strengthen Net-Zero implementation based on enhanced DIGICO capabilities

1. Upgrade Net-Zero strategy and RE100 implementation

• Reestablish mid to long-term carbon neutral strategy

• Reinforce execution to achieve RE100

• Establish a system for climate change disclosures

2. Reinforcing partners for the internalization of ESG supply chain

• Expand recycle business for rental mobiles

• Establish a network cable/device renewing cycle

• Operate a customer-oriented carbon-neutral platform

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[2023 ESG(Social)]

Strengthening social responsibility by spreading digital citizenship

1. Activation of One-Team digital citizenship

• Establishment of the education infrastructure and expansion of education opportunities

• Finding and expansion of the Digital Clean Tech

• Support digital victims for the recovery of daily lives

2. Reinforcing partners for the internalization of ESG supply chain

• Support overall partners for the evaluation of ESG

• Intensive ESG consulting to be conducted for major 20 partners and minor 20 partners

3. Continuous resolution of the digital gap through DX linkage

• Advancement of the longterm social contributoin activities incorporating DIGICO technology

• Bolster accompanying with the socially disabled, utilizing govermental·municipal public budgets

• Promotion of nationwide sharing activities using APP developed by KT

4. Digital based safety management and spread of the safety culture

• Establish a safety first culture among KT, subsidiaries, and partners

• Systemize safety management system for the potential risk of serious disasters

• Introduce smart safety equipements and strengthen safety education

[2023 ESG(Governance)]

Establishment of the KT Group ESG management system and reinforcement of the cooperation between the labor union and the management

1. Enhancement KT group’s governance and compliance

• Upgrade of KT compliance self-inspection platform

• Conduct dedicated compliance diagnosis for the domestic and global subsidiary companies

• Improve governance of the listed group companies and support external ESG assessments

2. Joint ESG management of the labor union and the management, and inspiration of the employees’ pride

• Environmental campaign by the labor union and the management

• ESG activities using GenieVerse(KT metaverse)

• Campaign to spread digital citizenship

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[Enhancement of Compliance System]

<System>

• Established the Compliance Committee and recruited outside expert as Chair of Compliance(April 2020)

• Created compliance supporting group and regional HQs’ compliance teams

• Revised operating standards for the expenses, strengthened internal control including improvement of the security management system, and enacted a code of conduct to prevent corruption

<Infra>

• Established the Compliance Platform to systemize compliance-related management such as self-inspection, and awareness enhancement(March 2020)

• Expanded the Compliance Platform to the Group level

<Education>

• CEO’s continuous message of compliance control fostered the consensus to establish a compliance culture

• 290 times training session conducted for 317k employees in KT group for the past 3 years

• Quarterly Compliance Day Education conducted via Compliance Platform

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Matters to be Reported

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Business Report for the 41^st Fiscal Year

Pursuant to Article 447-2(Preparation of Business Report) and Article 449 of the Commercial Act (Approval and Public Notice of Financial statements, etc.), KT’s 41^st annual business report is as follows:

The year 2022 marked the 3^rd year since declaring transformation into a digital platform company (DIGICO), expanding business playgrounds and building a foundation for structural growth.

The telco business continued to show robust growth, and the DIGICO/B2B businesses showed accelerated growth. Moreover, KT Corporation (“the Company”) has firmly established a Group business portfolio around finance, media and contents, and real estate. (B2B+DIGICO portion accounts for 41 % of KT’s separate service revenue in FY22.)

In the B2B sector, revenue uptrend in Corp. line continued, and AI/DX businesses such as AICC began to see increases in the top-line. For Cloud/IDC business, the Company established a special entity ‘kt cloud’ on April 1^st to strengthen the competitiveness. In media and contents business, following the success of our original content <Extraordinary Attorney Woo>, in December, KT and CJ ENM merged their respective OTT businesses, Seezn and Tving. Consequently, the Company rapidly secured the competitiveness for becoming a local top-tier OTT player. In finance, the business performance of BC Card has improved, following the recovery of domestic consumption from COVID-19 peak-out. K bank has also seen all indicators uptrend including loans/deposits/subscribers widening its profit since it began to make profits in the second quarter of 2021.

As of the end of 2022, the number of 5G subscribers reached 8.45 million, which is about 62% of total handset subscribers. Due to the increased demand for high quality of internet service, the sales portion of GiGA internet has been expanded, and IPTV business has initiated “home media era” reinventing its brand as ‘Genie TV’ from “olleh TV” and introducing AI-based media portal service.

KT Corporation has prepared its financial statements in accordance with K-IFRS. On a separate basis, the Company recorded a total operating revenue of KRW 18,289.3 billion, operating income of KRW 1,168.1 billion and net income of KRW 763.8 billion in FY2022.

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Report on Evaluation Results of Management Performance for the 41^st Fiscal Year

Pursuant to Article 34 (Execution of Employment Contract with the Representative Director), evaluations results for Representative Directors performance shall be reported at the Meeting as described below.

The Evaluation and Compensation Committee has reviewed management’s performance for FY2022. The following table summarizes annual KPI and evaluation results for the Representative Director’s short-term performance.

	Annual KPI	Weight			Score
Quantitative     KPI	- Service Revenue of KT Corporation - Revenue Generated from DIGICO/B2B Business    (DIGICO: Digital Platform Company) - Operating Income of KT Corporation		65	%		64.87
Qualitative     KPI	- Accelerating Growth with ‘DIGICO’ - Enhancing Group Value and    Continuing Innovation of Management System - Strengthening Customer Trust in KT		35	%		34.50
Total			100	%		99.37

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Report on Standards and Method of Payment for Remuneration of Directors

Pursuant to Article 31 (Remuneration and Severance Allowance for Directors) of the KT’s Articles of Incorporation, the criteria in place to determine the remuneration for executive directors and the method of payment are reported as follows:

For clarification, executive director refers to an inside director, whereas non-executive director represents an outside director.

• Summary of Executive Compensation Program

The Company’s Executive Compensation program is designed to reward both short-term and long-term performances of management. The Company believes it is critical to maintain a well-balanced incentive program that encourages the management not only to achieve short-term performance, but also to strive for the Company’s long-term value enhancement. The Company operates the Evaluation and Compensation Committee, which dictates annual goals and conducts performance evaluation of the management on an annual basis. The Evaluation and Compensation Committee is also comprised of only outside directors in order to maintain objectivity and fairness of the program. Despite the existing norm among Korean companies do not disclose such standards and methods, the Company not only discloses but also reports such information to the AGM in order to guarantee transparency in executive compensation.

• Components of Executive Compensation

The remuneration for executive officers consists of annual salary, short-term performance based incentives, long-term performance based incentives, severance package.

The annual salary is further separated into two major factors — base salary and payment for the responsibility of office. Compensation shall be made on a monthly basis at an amount equivalent to one-twelfth of the annual salary.

Short-term performance based incentives are paid in cash. The amount varies in accordance with each director’s result of performance evaluation by the Evaluation and Compensation Committee. Specific payment schemes related to short-term incentives are as follows:

• Representative Director : 0~180% of base salary

• Other Inside Directors : 0~140% of base salary

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Long-term performance based incentives are paid in the form of a stock grant with a lock-up period of three years. The amount is determined based on TSR (Total Shareholder’s Return), Group EBITDA and Group Revenue. Specific payment schemes related to long-term incentives are as follows:

• Representative Director : 0~140% of base salary

• Other Inside Directors : 0~95% of base salary

Severance payment is calculated using the following formulas:

• Representative Director :

(Average monthly salary) x (number of years in service) x (5)

• Other Inside Directors :

(Average monthly salary) x (number of years in service) x (3)

Fringe benefits are paid in accordance with relevant standards.

• Criteria for Evaluation

The Company’s performance evaluation process begins with the setting up of annual goals by the Evaluation and Compensation Committee. Annual goals are established in alignment with the Company’s overall operational and financial goals and the ultimate goal of improving shareholders’ value.

Short-term Performance

Short-term performance is comprised of quantitative and qualitative factors. Typically, quantitative goals are related to financial and operational performances, whereas qualitative goals are focused on achieving operational and strategic goals to further enhance long-term competitiveness. Weighted Key Performance Index (KPI) is in place to assess annual short-term performance. Please refer to “Report on Evaluation Results of Management Performance for the 41^th Fiscal Year” for results of the Representative Director’s short-term performance for FY2022.

Long-term Performance

Long-term performance incentives are provided to reward management’s contribution to long-term financial and operational competitiveness. Incentive are offered in accordance with TSR (Total Shareholder Return), Group EBITDA and Group Revenue; each factor has a weight of 20%, 40% and 40% respectively. TSR is computed by the relative performance of the Company’s TSR against the TSR of KOSPI and other domestic telecommunication service providers. The following illustrates the formulas for TSR, Group EBITDA and Group Revenue:

• TSR : Share Price Return + Shareholders Return (Dividend and Share Retirement)

• TSR Result : 100% + {KT’s TSR – (Domestic Telco’s TSR x 80% + KOSPI TSR x 20%)}

• Group EBITDA : Operating profit + Depreciation & Amortization

• Group Revenue : Consolidated revenue

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• Compensation for Outside Directors

Until February 2010, the Company had no incentive based compensation program for outside directors. Instead, fixed amounts of compensation were paid to outside directors as allowances to execute their respective duties. However, the BoD introduced a new compensation program for outside directors in March 2010. The program consists of cash and stock grant in which stock grant requires a one year of lock-up period. The total remuneration for outside directors for FY2022 was recorded at KRW million. The stock grant will be offered in FY2023

• Summary of Total Compensation

1) Compensation Paid to Directors

(KRW millions)

Year	Inside Directors				Outside Directors				Total
	Total		Average		Total		Average
2020		6,680		2,227		764		96		7,444
2021		4,979		1,660		827		103		5,806
2021 excl. severance pay		3,439		1,146		827		103		4,266
2022		2,994		1,497		786		98		3,780

* The amount above represents actual cash payments executed each FY.

* The amount includes severance pay for former-inside directors following the Severance Pay Regulations for Executives.

* FY2021 severance pay for former-inside director Mr. Yoon-Young Park (13.32 years of service) was KRW 1,540 million

* From FY2020 to FY2021, the compensation was paid to three inside directors and eight outside directors; In FY2022, the compensation was paid to two inside directors and eight outside directors.

2) Comparison between total compensation paid and ceiling amounts on remuneration approved at the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders.

(KRW millions)

Year	Total Compensation(A)		Ceiling Amount on Remuneration(B)*		Payment Ratio(A/B)
2020		7,444		5,800		128.3	%
2021		5,806		5,800		100.1	%
2021 excl. severance pay		4,266		5,800		73.6	%
2022		3,780		5,800		65.2	%

* Maximum amounts of remuneration allowed per accrual basis

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Ceiling amount on remuneration for Directors for the year 2023 is proposed at the BoD meeting on March 8, 2023. Following the board’s resolution, proposed cap will be voted at the upcoming AGM. For further details, please refer to the Agenda No.6 – Approval of Ceiling Amount on Remuneration for Directors.

• Share Ownership of Directors

Inside directors can make personal decisions to purchase KT shares from the market. In addition, inside directors are also rewarded with stock grants as long-term performance incentives based on the TSR, Group EBITDA and Group Revenue formulas described above. Such grants are subject to a lock-up period of three years.

The following table represents current inside directors’ ownership of KT shares as of December 31, 2022.

Full Name	Number of Shares
Hyeon-Mo Ku		36,571
Kyung-Lim Yun		1,100

Outside directors are also rewarded with stock grant with a lock-up period of one year. The following table represents current outside directors’ ownership of KT shares as of December 31, 2022.

Full Name	Number of Shares
Dae-You Kim		1,979
Gang-Cheol Lee		1,892
Hee-Yol Yu		1,421
Chung-Gu Kang		949
Eun-Jung Yeo		949
Hyun-Myung Pyo		11,633
Yong-Hun Kim		—
Benjamin Hong		—

* Mr. Gang-Cheol Lee resigned from the outside director as of 12 January 2023.

* Mr. Benjamin Hong resigned from the outside director as of 6 March 2023.

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General Information for Voting

• Number and Classification of Voting Shares

The record date to exercise voting rights at the AGM is December 31, 2022. As of the record date, the total number of KT shares issued was 261,111,808. The number of common shares, excluding treasury shares, entitled to exercise voting rights was 256,042,678 shares.

• Method of Resolution

Pursuant to the provisions of the Commercial Act, Agenda No. 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 shall be passed by a majority of the votes cast by the shareholders present at the meeting and at least one-fourth of the total shares that are entitled to vote. However, in which voting rights can be exercised electronically, Agenda No. 5 shall be passed with the approval of a majority vote of the shareholders present at the meeting is obtained. Agenda No. 3 shall be passed by at least two-thirds of the votes cast by the shareholders present at the meeting and at least one-third of total shares entitled to vote.

• Limit on Exercising Voting Rights for Election of the Members of the Audit Committee

The Article 409 of the Commercial Act stipulates that any shareholder who holds more than 3% of the total issued shares with voting rights may not exercise his or her vote in respect of such excess shares beyond the “3% limit” when exercising voting rights with respect to election of Member of the Audit Committee(Agenda No. 5). Please note that the shareholders who own more than 3% of KT’s voting shares, equivalent to 7,681,280 shares, are not entitled to exercise any voting rights exceeding the “3% limit”.

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Report on Transaction with Major Stakeholders

Pursuant to Article 542-9 of the Commercial Code (Transaction with the stakeholders, including major shareholders, etc.), such transaction for the period shall be reported at the Meeting as described below.

Background Information

The following transaction involves an outsourcing contract with an affiliated subsidiary specialized in the IT field.

Summary of Transaction

1. Purpose:

• To secure provision of high-quality IT related services from KT ds

• To achieve cost efficiency by leveraging core competency of KT ds

2. Counterparty: KT ds

3. Contract Amount

• Fixed(Flat) Amount : KRW 6,576 billion

• Variable Amount : KRW 1,773 billion (ITO increase expected by the establishment of new technology fields and the development of new services)

4. Contract Period

• January 2023 ~ December 2025 (3 Years)

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Matters Requiring Resolution

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Agenda No. 1

Election of Representative Director

<Not applicable>

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Agenda No. 2

Approval of Financial Statements for the 41^st Fiscal Year

Pursuant to Article 449 of the Commercial Act (Approval and Public Notice of Financial Statements), approval of the financial statements for the 41^th fiscal year is hereby requested.

Background Information

Subsequent pages include only financial statements for both consolidated and separate bases. The financial statements have been audited by an independent auditor. On March 8, 2023, a full copy of the Independent Auditor’s Report, including opinion pages and a report on ICOFR*, was uploaded to KT’s website(https://corp.kt.com/eng/html/investors/financial/audit_01.html , IR Audit Report), and will be filed with SEC as a Form 6-K on March 9, 2023. Financial notes is also included in the Independent Auditor’s Report and should be read in conjunction with financial statements.

* ICOFR : Internal Controls over Financial Reporting

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KT Corporation and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Statements of Financial Position

Years Ended December 31, 2022 and 2021

(in millions of Korean won)	Notes		December 31, 2022		December 31, 2021
Assets
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents		4,5,38	W	2,449,062	W	3,019,592
Trade and other receivables, net		4,6,38		6,098,072		5,087,490
Other financial assets		4,7,38		1,322,452		1,185,659
Current income tax assets				1,543		5,954
Inventories, net		8		709,191		514,145
Current assets held-for-sale		10		—		1,187
Other current assets		9		2,101,212		2,044,323
Total current assets				12,681,532		11,858,350
Non-current assets
Trade and other receivables, net		4,6,38		1,491,046		1,091,326
Other financial assets		4,7,38		2,501,484		822,379
Property and equipment, net		11		14,772,179		14,464,886
Right-of-use assets		21		1,280,334		1,248,308
Investment properties, net		12,38		1,933,358		1,720,654
Intangible assets, net		13		3,129,833		3,447,333
Investments in associates and joint ventures		14		1,480,722		1,288,429
Deferred income tax assets		30		578,443		423,728
Net defined benefit assets		18		311,142		17,585
Other non-current assets		9		820,608		776,363
Total non-current assets				28,299,149		25,300,991
Total assets			W	40,980,681	W	37,159,341

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KT Corporation and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Statements of Financial Position

Years Ended December 31, 2022 and 2021

(in millions of Korean won)	Notes		December 31, 2022			December 31, 2021
Liabilities
Current liabilities
Trade and other payables		4,15,38	W	7,333,165		W	6,641,422
Borrowings		4,16,38		1,827,042			1,731,422
Other financial liabilities		4,7,38		8,791			72,807
Current income tax liabilities				232,382			266,430
Other provisions		17		109,133			171,316
Deferred income		26		55,737			64,742
Other current liabilities		9		1,133,018			1,124,293
Total current liabilities				10,699,268			10,072,432
Non-current liabilities
Trade and other payables		4,15,38		1,064,099			1,338,781
Borrowings		4,16,38		8,179,643			6,706,281
Other financial liabilities		4,7,38		412,650			424,859
Net defined benefit liabilities		18		51,654			197,883
Other provisions		17		91,233			86,081
Deferred income		26		165,186			194,309
Deferred income tax liabilities		30		967,650			643,958
Other non-current liabilities		9		934,575			927,596
Total non-current liabilities				11,866,690			10,519,748
Total liabilities				22,565,958			20,592,180
Equity attribute to owners of the Controlling Company
Share capital		22		1,564,499			1,564,499
Share premium				1,440,258			1,440,258
Retained earnings		23		14,257,343			13,287,390
Accumulated other comprehensive income		24		(77,776	)		117,469
Other components of equity		24		(572,152	)		(1,433,080	)
				16,612,172			14,976,536
Non-controlling interest				1,802,551			1,590,625
Total equity				18,414,723			16,567,161
Total liabilities and equity			W	40,980,681		W	37,159,341

The above consolidated statements of financial position should be read in conjunction with the accompanying notes.

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KT Corporation and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Statements of Profit or Loss

Years Ended December 31, 2022 and 2021

(in millions of Korean won, except per share amounts)	Notes		2022			2021
Operating revenue		26	W	25,650,011		W	24,898,005
Operating expenses		27		23,959,923			23,226,181
Operating profit				1,690,088			1,671,824
Other income		28		595,351			307,654
Other expenses		28		314,607			280,081
Finance income		29		690,428			726,283
Finance costs		29		749,908			563,330
Share of net losses of associates and joint ventures		14		(17,285	)		116,061
Profit before income tax expense				1,894,067			1,978,411
Income tax expense		30		506,404			519,016
Profit for the year			W	1,387,663		W	1,459,395
Profit for the year attributable to:
Owners of the Controlling Company:			W	1,262,498		W	1,356,878
Non-controlling interest:				125,165			102,517
Earnings per share attributable to the equity holders of the Controlling Company during the year (in Korean won):		31
Basic earnings per share			W	5,209		W	5,759
Diluted earnings per share				5,205			5,747

The above consolidated statements of profit or loss should be read in conjunction with the accompanying notes.

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KT Corporation and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income

Years Ended December 31, 2022 and 2021

(in millions of Korean won)	Notes		2022			2021
Profit for the year			W	1,387,663		W	1,459,395
Other comprehensive income
Items that will not be reclassified to profit or loss:
Remeasurements of net defined benefit liabilities		18		181,429			55,822
Share of remeasurement loss of associates and joint ventures				(332	)		(1,596	)
Gain (loss) on valuation of equity instruments				(141,944	)		144,890
at fair value through other comprehensive income
Items that may be subsequently reclassified to profit or loss:
Loss on valuation of debt instruments at fair value through other comprehensive income				(16,630	)		(15,110	)
Valuation gain on cash flow hedge				64,091			141,855
Other comprehensive loss from cash flow hedges reclassified to profit or loss				(95,421	)		(136,583	)
Share of other comprehensive loss from associates and joint ventures				(10,851	)		(24,216	)
Exchange differences on translation of foreign operations				17,464			505
Total comprehensive income for the year			W	1,385,469		W	1,624,962
Total comprehensive income for the year attributable to:
Owners of the Controlling Company			W	1,236,679		W	1,510,373
Non-controlling interest				148,790			114,589

The above consolidated statements of comprehensive income should be read in conjunction with the accompanying notes.

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KT Corporation and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity

Years Ended December 31, 2022 and 2021

			Attributable to owners of the Controlling Company
(in millions of Korean won)	Notes		Share capital		Share premium		Retained earnings			Accumulated other comprehensive income			Other components of equity			Total			Non-controlling interest			Total equity
Balance as at January 1, 2021			W	1,564,499	W	1,440,258	W	12,155,420		W	86,051		W	(1,234,784	)	W	14,011,444		W	1,539,989		W	15,551,433
Comprehensive income
Profit for the year				—		—		1,356,878			—			—			1,356,878			102,517			1,459,395
Remeasurements of net defined benefit liabilities		18		—		—		47,348			—			—			47,348			8,474			55,822
Share of gain on remeasurements of associates and joint ventures				—		—		(1,559	)		—			—			(1,559	)		(37	)		(1,596	)
Share of other comprehensive loss of associates and joint ventures				—		—		—			(19,718	)		—			(19,718	)		(4,498	)		(24,216	)
Valuation gain on cash flow hedge		4,7		—		—		—			5,222			—			5,222			50			5,272
Gain on valuation of financial instruments at fair value through other comprehensive income		4,7		—		—		76,288			47,247			—			123,535			6,245			129,780
Exchange differences on translation of foreign operations				—		—		—			(1,333	)		—			(1,333	)		1,838			505
Total comprehensive income for the year				—		—		1,478,955			31,418			—			1,510,373			114,589			1,624,962
Transactions with owners
Dividends paid by the Controlling Company				—		—		(326,487	)		—			—			(326,487	)		—			(326,487	)
Dividends paid to non-controlling interest of subsidiaries				—		—		—			—			—			—			(23,762	)		(23,762	)
Effect of change in connection range				—		—		—			—			—			—			(17,566	)		(17,566	)
Change in ownership interest in subsidiaries				—		—		—			—			15,797			15,797			(22,620	)		(6,823	)
Appropriations of loss on disposal of treasury stock				—		—		(20,498	)		—			20,498			—			—			—
Acquisition of treasury stock				—		—		—			—			(190,105	)		(190,105	)		—			(190,105	)
Disposal of treasury stock				—		—		—			—			50,954			50,954			—			50,954
Recognition of the obligation to purchase its own equity				—		—		—			—			(101,829	)		(101,829	)		—			(101,829	)
Others				—		—		—			—			6,389			6,389			(5	)		6,384
Subtotal				—		—		(346,985	)		—			(198,296	)		(545,281	)		(63,953	)		(609,234	)
Balance as at December 31, 2021			W	1,564,499	W	1,440,258	W	13,287,390		W	117,469		W	(1,433,080	)	W	14,976,536		W	1,590,625		W	16,567,161

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KT Corporation and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity

Years Ended December 31, 2022 and 2021

			Attributable to owners of the Controlling Company
(in millions of Korean won)	Notes		Share capital		Share premium		Retained earnings			Accumulated other comprehensive income			Other components of equity			Total			Non-controlling interest			Total equity
Balance as at January 1, 2022			W	1,564,499	W	1,440,258	W	13,287,390		W	117,469		W	(1,433,080	)	W	14,976,536		W	1,590,625		W	16,567,161
Comprehensive income
Profit for the year				—		—		1,262,498			—			—			1,262,498			125,165			1,387,663
Remeasurements of net defined benefit liabilities		18		—		—		165,524			—			—			165,524			15,905			181,429
Share of gain on remeasurements of associates and joint ventures				—		—		(189	)		—			—			(189	)		(143	)		(332	)
Share of other comprehensive loss of associates and joint ventures				—		—		—			(8,291	)		—			(8,291	)		(2,560	)		(10,851	)
Valuation loss on cash flow hedge		4,7		—		—		—			(32,140	)		—			(32,140	)		810			(31,330	)
Loss on valuation of financial instruments at fair value through other comprehensive income		4,7		—		—		4,091			(160,785	)		—			(156,694	)		(1,880	)		(158,574	)
Exchange differences on translation of foreign operations				—		—		—			5,971			—			5,971			11,493			17,464
Total comprehensive income for the year				—		—		1,431,924			(195,245	)		—			1,236,679			148,790			1,385,469
Transactions with owners
Dividends paid by the Controlling Company				—		—		(450,394	)		—			—			(450,394	)		—			(450,394	)
Dividends paid to non-controlling interest of subsidiaries				—		—		—			—			—			—			(26,407	)		(26,407	)
Effect of change in connection range				—		—		—			—			—			—			3,152			3,152
Change in ownership interest in subsidiaries				—		—		—			—			88,924			88,924			32,695			121,619
Appropriations of loss on disposal of treasury stock				—		—		(11,577	)		—			11,577			—			—			—
Acquisition of treasury stock				—		—		—			—			763,081			763,081			—			763,081
Conversion of redeemable convertible preferred shares of subsidiaries to common shares				—		—		—			—			—			—			51,476			51,476
Others				—		—		—			—			(2,654	)		(2,654	)		2,220			(434	)
Subtotal				—		—		(461,971	)		—			860,928			398,957			63,136			462,093
Balance as at December 31, 2022			W	1,564,499	W	1,440,258	W	14,257,343		W	(77,776	)	W	(572,152	)	W	16,612,172		W	1,802,551		W	18,414,723

The above consolidated statements of changes in equity should be read in conjunction with the accompanying notes.

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KT Corporation and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

Years Ended December 31, 2022 and 2021

(in millions of Korean won)	Notes		2022			2021
Cash flows from operating activities
Cash generated from operations		33	W	3,835,879		W	5,829,607
Interest paid				(263,520	)		(257,809	)
Interest received				307,091			272,061
Dividends received				68,827			74,441
Income tax paid				(351,212	)		(356,466	)
Net cash inflow from operating activities				3,597,065			5,561,834
Cash flows from investing activities
Collection of loans				44,287			54,934
Disposal of financial assets at fair value through profit or loss				1,298,621			609,849
Disposal of financial assets at amortized cost				1,046,115			690,457
Disposal of financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income				97,932			244,994
Disposal of investments in associates and joint ventures				34,828			10,880
Disposal of assets held-for-sale				4,600			—
Disposal of property and equipment and investment properties				178,063			174,413
Disposal of intangible assets				20,088			11,624
Disposal of right-of-use assets				97			318
Increase in cash due to changes in scope of consolidation and others				6,754			39,340
Loans granted				(43,694	)		(54,128	)
Acquisition of financial assets at fair value through profit or loss				(1,317,175	)		(753,907	)
Acquisition of financial assets at amortized cost				(1,450,442	)		(623,924	)
Acquisition of financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income				(449,504	)		(131,674	)
Acquisition of investments in associates and joint ventures				(280,988	)		(487,828	)
Acquisition of property and equipment and investment properties				(3,439,857	)		(3,495,021	)
Acquisition of intangible assets				(545,190	)		(752,181	)
Acquisition of right-of-use assets				(2,090	)		(4,261	)
Decrease in cash due to changes in scope of consolidation and others				(41,088	)		(671,359	)
Net cash outflow from investing activities				(4,838,643	)		(5,137,474	)

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December 31, 2022 and 2021

Separate Statements of Financial Position

December 31, 2022 and 2021

(in millions of Korean won)	Notes		December 31, 2022		December 31, 2021
Assets
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents		4,5,36	W	966,307	W	1,708,714
Trade and other receivables, net		4,6,36		3,055,649		3,092,397
Other financial assets		4,7,36		232,837		104,062
Inventories, net		8		349,870		289,345
Other current assets		9		1,998,825		1,972,529
Total current assets				6,603,488		7,167,047
Non-current assets
Trade and other receivables, net		4,6,36		526,988		750,820
Other financial assets		4,7,36		1,993,893		591,201
Property and equipment, net		10		11,540,162		12,021,117
Right-of-use assets		20		983,049		1,078,129
Investment properties, net		11,36		1,137,489		997,344
Intangible assets, net		12		1,855,679		2,236,564
Investments in subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures		13		4,879,219		3,816,915
Net defined benefit assets		17		180,689		—
Other non-current assets		9		717,118		703,232
Total non-current assets				23,814,286		22,195,322
Total assets			W	30,417,774	W	29,362,369

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KT Corporation

Separate Statements of Financial Position

December 31, 2022 and 2021

(in millions of Korean won)		December 31, 2022			December 31, 2021
Liabilities
Current liabilities
Trade and other payables	4,14,36	W	4,411,056		W	4,523,621
Borrowings	4,15,36		984,720			1,338,207
Other financial liabilities	4,7,36		—			17,807
Current income tax liabilities	29		127,944			104,481
Provisions	16		87,720			155,660
Deferred income	25		44,042			48,977
Other current liabilities	9		665,968			779,967
Total current liabilities			6,321,450			6,968,720
Non-current liabilities
Trade and other payables	4,14,36		979,050			1,259,709
Borrowings	4,15,36		6,510,841			5,611,447
Other financial liabilities	4,7,36		37,566			5,572
Net defined benefit liabilities	17		—			116,456
Provisions	16		79,374			77,284
Deferred income	25		158,161			187,309
Deferred income tax liabilities	29		763,113			487,107
Other non-current liabilities	9		710,139			783,871
Total non-current liabilities			9,238,244			8,528,755
Total liabilities			15,559,694			15,497,475
Equity
Share capital	21		1,564,499			1,564,499
Share premium			1,440,258			1,440,258
Retained earnings	22		12,347,403			11,931,481
Accumulated other comprehensive income	23		(72,672	)		125,610
Other components of equity	23		(421,408	)		(1,196,954	)
Total equity			14,858,080			13,864,894
Total liabilities and equity		W	30,417,774		W	29,362,369

The above separate statements of financial position should be read in conjunction with the accompanying notes.

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KT Corporation

Separate Statements of Profit or Loss

Years Ended December 31, 2022 and 2021

(in millions of Korean won, except per share amounts)	Notes	2022		2021
Operating revenue	25	W	18,289,243	W	18,387,434
Operating expenses	26		17,121,140		17,319,161
Operating profit			1,168,103		1,068,273
Other income	27		408,025		346,907
Other expenses	27		228,723		244,261
Finance income	28		577,334		638,931
Finance costs	28		653,996		488,533
Profit before income tax			1,270,743		1,321,317
Income tax expense	29		506,993		330,826
Profit for the year		W	763,750	W	990,491
Earnings per share
Basic earnings per share	30	W	3,153	W	4,211
Diluted earnings per share	30		3,152		4,203

The above separate statements of profit or loss should be read in conjunction with the accompanying notes.

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KT Corporation

Separate Statements of Comprehensive Income

Years Ended December 31, 2022 and 2021

(in millions of Korean won)	Notes		2022			2021
Profit for the year			W	763,750		W	990,491
Other comprehensive income (loss)
Items that will not be reclassified to profit or loss:
Remeasurements of net defined benefit liabilities		17		114,154			31,025
Gain (loss) on valuation of equity instruments at fair value through other comprehensive income				(149,638	)		116,913
Items that may be subsequently reclassified to profit or loss:
Loss on valuation of debt instruments at fair value through other comprehensive income		4		(13,902	)		(15,110	)
Valuation gain on cash flow hedges		4,7		56,259			137,865
Other comprehensive loss from cash flow hedges reclassified to profit or loss		4		(91,012	)		(133,728	)
Total other comprehensive income (loss)			W	(84,139	)	W	136,965
Total comprehensive income for the year			W	679,611		W	1,127,456

The above separate statements of comprehensive income should be read in conjunction with the accompanying notes.

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KT Corporation

Separate Statements of Changes in Equity

Years Ended December 31, 2022 and 2021

(in millions of Korean won)	Notes		Share capital		Share premium		Retained earnings			Accumulated other comprehensive income			Other components of equity			Total
Balance at January 1, 2021			W	1,564,499	W	1,440,258	W	11,233,714		W	42,906		W	(1,077,820	)	W	13,203,557
Comprehensive income
Profit for the year				—		—		990,491			—			—			990,491
Gain on valuation of financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income		4,29		—		—		23,236			78,567			—			101,803
Remeasurements of net defined benefit liabilities		17,29		—		—		31,025			—			—			31,025
Valuation gain on cash flow hedge		4,29		—		—		—			4,137			—			4,137
Total comprehensive income for the year				—		—		1,044,752			82,704			—			1,127,456
Transactions with equity holders
Dividends paid		31		—		—		(326,487	)		—			—			(326,487	)
Appropriation of retained earnings related to loss on disposal of treasury stock		22		—		—		(20,498	)		—			20,498			—
Acquisition of treasury stock		23		—		—		—			—			(190,105	)		(190,105	)
Disposal of treasury stock		23		—		—		—			—			50,954			50,954
Others				—		—		—			—			(481	)		(481	)
Balance at December 31, 2021			W	1,564,499	W	1,440,258	W	11,931,481		W	125,610		W	(1,196,954	)	W	13,864,894
Balance at January 1, 2022			W	1,564,499	W	1,440,258	W	11,931,481		W	125,610		W	(1,196,954	)	W	13,864,894
Comprehensive income
Profit for the year				—		—		763,750			—			—			763,750
Loss on valuation of financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income		4,29		—		—		(11	)		(163,529	)		—			(163,540	)
Remeasurements of net defined benefit liabilities		17,29		—		—		114,154			—			—			114,154
Valuation loss on cash flow hedge		4,29		—		—		—			(34,753	)		—			(34,753	)
Total comprehensive income for the year				—		—		877,893			(198,282	)		—			679,611
Transactions with equity holders
Dividends paid		31		—		—		(450,394	)		—			—			(450,394	)
Appropriation of retained earnings related to loss on disposal of treasury stock		22		—		—		(11,577	)		—			11,577			—
Disposal of treasury stock		23		—		—		—			—			763,081			763,081
Others				—		—		—			—			888			888
Balance at December 31, 2022			W	1,564,499	W	1,440,258	W	12,347,403		W	(72,672	)	W	(421,408	)	W	14,858,080

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KT Corporation

Separate Statements of Cash Flows

Years Ended December 31, 2022 and 2021

(in millions of Korean won)	Notes		2022			2021
Cash flows from operating activities
Cash generated from operations		32	W	4,128,185		W	4,998,368
Interest paid				(202,579	)		(228,368	)
Interest received				211,170			230,509
Dividends received				98,874			76,629
Income tax paid				(173,297	)		(117,810	)
Net cash inflow from operating activities				4,062,353			4,959,328
Cash flows from investing activities
Collection of loans				133,864			47,254
Disposal of current financial instruments at amortized cost				900			189,976
Disposal of financial assets at fair value through profit or loss				1,695			33,651
Disposal of financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income				—			36,749
Disposal of investments in subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures				36,028			70,785
Disposal of property and equipment				60,619			40,722
Disposal of intangible assets				17,047			6,036
Disposal of right-of-use assets				96			110
Loans granted				(125,146	)		(42,815	)
Acquisition of current financial instruments at amortized cost				(117,764	)		—
Acquisition of non-current financial instruments at amortized cost				(226,030	)		—
Acquisition of financial assets at fair value through profit or loss				(115,415	)		(71,899	)
Acquisition of financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income				(442,176	)		(40,182	)
Acquisition of investments in subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures				(348,607	)		(383,221	)
Acquisition of property and equipment				(2,980,008	)		(2,946,975	)
Acquisition of intangible assets				(307,689	)		(633,847	)
Acquisition of right-of-use assets				(1,984	)		(3,330	)
Net cash outflow from in investing activities				(4,414,570	)		(3,696,986	)
Cash flows from financing activities
Proceeds from borrowings and bonds				1,741,962			1,038,456
Settlement of derivative instruments (inflow)				76,280			216
Dividend paid				(450,394	)		(326,487	)
Repayments of borrowings and debentures				(1,359,117	)		(1,223,841	)
Settlement of derivative instruments (outflow)				(41,197	)		—
Acquisition of treasury stock				—			(190,105	)
Decrease in lease liabilities				(357,337	)		(393,634	)
Net cash outflow from financing activities		33		(389,803	)		(1,095,395	)
Effect of exchange rate change on cash and cash equivalents				(387	)		557
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents				(742,407	)		167,504
Cash and cash equivalents
Beginning of the year		5		1,708,714			1,541,210
End of the year		5	W	966,307		W	1,708,714

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Agenda No. 3

Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation

In order to expand subscriber base and to strengthen communication with shareholders regarding treasury stocks matter, approval of the following changes to the Articles of Incorporation is requested. .

Background Information

Proposed changes to the Articles of Incorporation have been drafted following a resolution by the Board of Directors. The amendment includes –

1) Adding items in Business Purposes in the Article of Incorporation in order to expand subscriber base of DIGICO B2C to initiate rental service

2) Strengthening communication with Shareholders regarding treasury stock matters

Background information is drafted to improve shareholder’s understanding. For more accurate excerpts, please refer to the subsequent pages. If any potential conflicts exist, the following information shall prevail.

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<Agenda No. 3-1, Amendment to add items in Business Purposes>

Before Amendment	After Amendment	Purpose
Article 2. (Purpose) The objective of KT is to engage in the following business activities: 35. Any and all other activities or businesses incidental to or necessary for attainment of the foregoing.	Article 2. (Purpose) The objective of KT is to engage in the following business activities: 35. Facility rental business 36. Any and all other activities or businesses incidental to or necessary for attainment of the foregoing.	Added a business purpose to promote rental business to expand DIGICO B2C customer base

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<Agenda No. 3-2, Duty to report purpose of holding treasury stocks and plans for cancellation and disposal >

Before Amendment	After Amendment	Purpose
<New>	Article 48-2 (Treasury Stock Report) KT shall report the purpose, plans for retirement and disposal of the treasury stock held at the annual general shareholder’s meetings.	Strengthening communication with Shareholders regarding treasury stock matters

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<Agenda No. 3-3, Shareholders approval required in case of acquisition of stock of other companies for cross shareholding through treasury stocks>

Before Amendment	After Amendment	Purpose
<New>	Article 48-3 (Acquisition of Stock of Other Companies for Cross Shareholding) When KT acquires the stocks of other companies for cross shareholding by way of selling or exchanging treasury stocks, it shall be approved by the General Meeting of Shareholders.	Strengthening communication with Shareholders regarding treasury stock matters

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Addendum

Before Amendment	After Amendment	Purpose
	ADDENDUM (March 31, 2023) Article 1. (Enforcement Date) These Articles of Incorporation shall become effective from the date on which a resolution on the foregoing amendments is adopted at the General Meeting of Shareholders.	Amended to add effective date of amended Articles of Incorporation as of date of the resolution at the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders

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Agenda No. 4

Election of Directors

Pursuant to Article 382(Appointment of Directors, Relationship with Company and Outside Directors) and Article 542-8(Appointment of Outside Directors) of the Commercial Act, Article 25(Election of the Representative Director and Directors) and Article 42(Outside Director Candidates Recommendation Committee) of the Articles of Incorporation, approval of the election of directors is hereby requested.

At the 41^th Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, a total of 3 directors shall be elected – three outside directors. The Outside Director Nominating Committee has nominated three outside director candidates.

[Board Composition and Election Process]

Our board of directors has the ultimate responsibility for the administration of our affairs. Our articles of incorporation provide for a board of directors consisting of:

• up to three inside directors, including the Representative Director; and

• up to eight outside directors.

All of our directors are elected at the general shareholders’ meeting. Under our articles of incorporation, the term of office for an inside director is up to three years. Pursuant to an amendment to our articles of incorporation in March 2020, the term of office for an outside director changed from up to ten years to up to six years, which change was made to reflect an amendment to the enforcement decree of the Commercial Code of Korea.

According to our articles of incorporation, Outside Director Nominating Committee must consist of one inside director and all of our outside directors, other than for election of an outside director resulting from the expiration of the term of the office, in which case such outside director whose term is expiring may not be a member of the committee. Our Outside Director Candidate Nominating Committee nominates outside director candidates for appointment at the general shareholders’ meeting.

Representative Director recommends Inside Director candidates with the consent of the Board of Directors and candidates are elected at the general shareholders’ meeting. And in accordance with the company’s Articles of Incorporation, one person recommended by the CEO among the inside directors can be additionally appointed as a representative director by a resolution of the Board of Directors.

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▣ Nomination and Election Process for Outside Director

Biographies of candidates are disclosed in the subsequent pages.

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<Agenda No. 4-1, Inside Director Candidate>

<Not applicable>

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<Agenda No. 4-2, Inside Director Candidate>

<Not applicable>

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<Agenda No. 4-3, Outside Director Candidate> Full Name: Mr. Chung-Gu Kang Current Occupation: Professor, College of Engineering, Korea University
Date of Birth	December 12, 1962
Recommended by	Outside Director Nominating Committee
Relation to the Largest Shareholder	None
Transactions with the Company (recent three years)	None
Taxes in Arrears / Management of any Insolvent Companies / Statutory Reasons for Disqualification (recent five years)	None
Other Board Service	None
Service Term	March 31, 2023 to the 2024 AGM (one-year term)

• Educational Background

• 1993	Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California at Irvine
• 1989	Master’s in Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California at Irvine
• 1987	Bachelor’s in Electrical Engineering, University of California at San Diego
• Professional Associations
• 1994 – Present	Full Professor, School of Electrical Engineering, Korea University
• 2020 – Present	Chair, Executive Committee, SatCom Forum
• 2020 – Present	Member, The National Academy of Engineering of Korea
• 2019 – 2020	Chair, Consultative Committee for Radio Policy, Ministry of Science and ICT
• 2018 – Present	Honorary President at Korea Institute of Communication and Information Sciences
• 2015 – 2018	Chair at Technology Development & Standardization Subcommittee, 5G Strategic Planning Committee, Ministry of Science and ICT

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• Rationale for Recommendation

Mr. Kang, as an expert in ICT industry, currently serves as a professor at Korea University School of Electrical Engineering, and during the past three years of working as an outsider director, he has presented the company’s development direction based on strategic decisions related to telecommunications technology and future businesses.

In 2022, as a Chairperson of the Board of Directors, including delivering various opinions from internal and external stakeholders’ of a company to the management, he made efforts to ensure a balanced board operation. In particular, as the Chair of Representative Director Candidate Examination Committee (the “RDCEC”), he contributed greatly to the selection of the best CEO candidate to lead the KT Group, operating the committee fairly and transparently.

Based on the professionalism and balanced perspectives that the candidate has demonstrated through board activities, He is recommend as an outside director since he is expected to decide company’s management goals and management policies for the benefit of the company and shareholders, and to contribute to enhancing the corporate value to the next level, supervising management activities for the transparent management.

• Candidate’s Plan as Outside Director

Mr. Kang will continue to monitor and support activities to ensure proper investment, stability in the network, and basic infrastructure so that the management can go back to basics and prevent potential risks. As an ICT expert, through preemptively establishing a 6G vision, he will support future standardization led by operators, and will also review frequency·technology strategies as well as mid-to long-term investment plans.

As a member of the board of directors, Mr. Kang will support KT’s business portfolio strengthening for its sustainable growth, and contribute to the company’s growth as a digital platform company through systematic review of performance. In particular, Mr. Kang will strive to introduce sustainable evaluation index necessary for technology accumulation and human resource management for the internalization of basic technologies. Mr. Kang will improve communication with stakeholders to strengthen the independence of the board of directors and the stability of governance structure. Moreover, Mr. Kang will support to become a company that meets market expectations and become a trusted company through continuously monitoring compliance performance at the board level.

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<Agenda No. 4-4, Outside Director Candidate> Full Name: Mrs. Eun-Jung Yeo Current Occupation: Professor, College of Business, Chuang-Ang University
Date of Birth	February 15, 1973
Recommended by	Outside Director Nominating Committee
Relation to the Largest Shareholder	None
Transactions with the Company (recent three years)	None
Taxes in Arrears / Management of any Insolvent Companies / Statutory Reasons for Disqualification (recent five years)	None
Other Board Service	Outside Director and Audit Committee Chairperson at Krafton Inc.
Service Term	March 31, 2023 to the 2024 AGM (one-year term)

• Educational Background

• 2006	Ph.D. in Economics, University of Michigan
• 1998	Master’s in Chemical Engineering, Seoul National University
• 1996	Bachelor’s in Chemical Engineering, Seoul National University
• Professional Associations
• 2009 – Present	Professor at College of Business, Chung-Ang University
• 2022 – Present	Member of Advisory Committee, Korea Deposit Insurance Corporation
• 2021 – Present	Non-Executive Officer, KOMSCO(Korea Minting & Security Printing & ID Card Operating Corporation)
• 2020 – Present	Auditor, Financial Information Society of Korea
• 2019 – Present	Director in MBA Program, School of Business Administration, Chung-Ang University
• 2018 – Present	Member of Asset Management Committee for Employment Insurance / Industrial Insurance Fund, Ministry of Employment and Labor
• 2018 – Present	Risk Management Committee, Deposit Insurance Fund, Korea Deposit Insurance Corporation
• 2015 – Present	Member of Evaluation Committee for Public Funds, Ministry of Strategy and Finance

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• Rationale for Recommendation

Mrs. Eun-Jung Yeo, a candidate for outside director, is an engineering graduate with a Ph.D. in economics. She is a financial expert, actively engaged with many different positions, serving as a professor of College of Business at Chung-Ang University, a Chair of Financial Innovation Committee at the Korea Securities Association, and a non-executive officer at the KOMSCO(Korea Minting & Security Printing & ID Card Operating Corporation)Korea Minting and Security Printing Corporation). The candidate has the financial/accounting expert qualifications required by Article 37 (Audit Committee) of the Enforcement Decree of the Commercial Act. During her tenure as an outside director at KT, she made efforts to strengthen the compliance system as the chair of the Audit Committee, thereby improving management supervision based on his financial expertise and through this, contributed to the improvement of the management supervision function based on financial expertise.

Her knowledge and experience related to financial accounting that the candidate has demonstrated through her board activities will continue to be a great help to the interests of company as well as shareholders. Through transparent management supervision, Mrs. Yeo can contribute to enhancing long-term corporate value by reconciling conflicting interests between company’s management and shareholders including supervising the adequacy and effectiveness of the internal control system.

• Candidate’s Plan as an Outside Director

KT’s corporate value and shareholder value enhancement are the top priorities, and Mrs. Yeo plans to continue to strive for the independent and effective functioning of the Board of Directors and Audit Committee. Mrs. Yeo will provide a wide range of advice on valuation and financial risk factors according to the company’s new business in the future, take a close look at internal control as well as related tasks to ensure that the agreement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is fully implemented, and will supervise the company to thoroughly implement preparations in response to the introduction of the consolidated internal accounting management system.

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<Agenda No. 4-5, Outside Director Candidate>

<Not applicable>

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<Agenda No. 4-6, Outside Director Candidate> Full Name: Mr. Hyun-Myung Pyo Current Occupation: Outside Director, Hankook Tire & Technology
Date of Birth	October 21, 1958
Recommended by	Outside Director Nominating Committee
Relation to the Largest Shareholder	None
Transactions with the Company (recent three years)	None
Taxes in Arrears / Management of any Insolvent Companies / Statutory Reasons for Disqualification (recent five years)	None
Other Board Service	Outside Director at Hankook Tire & Technology
Service Term	March 31, 2023 to the 2024 AGM (one-year term)

• Educational Background

• 1998	Ph.D. in Telecommunication Engineering, Korea University
• 1983	Master’s in Telecommunication Engineering, Korea University
• 1977	Bachelor’s in Electronic Engineering, Korea University
• Professional Associations
• 2021 – Present	Outside Director at Hankook Tire & Technology
• 2019 – 2020	Outside Director at JB Financial Group Co., Ltd.
• 2015 – 2018	CEO at Lotte Rental Co., Ltd.
• 2014 – 2015	CEO at KT Rental Co., Ltd.
• 2010 – 2014	President at KT Corporation, KT

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• Rationale for Recommendation

Mr. Pyo is a well-respected expert both in the ICT sector with a Ph.D. in telecommunication Engineering and in corporate management with myriad experiences including his former position as CEO of Lotte Rental. As an outside director of KT for the past three years, the candidate spared no advice for the Company’s advancement based on his past experience as a successful CEO.

During his tenure as the Company’s outside director, Mr. Pyo presented the Company with the direction for sustainable management as the Chairman of the Sustainable Management Committee and contributed to the declaration of KT’s ESG management by advising the Company to prepare a differentiated ESG roadmap. Furthermore, he proposed the path for the Company’s advancement such as strengthening the competitiveness of major businesses and revamping the portfolio, and contributed to enhancing the corporate value through requesting a stronger alignment between management goals and executive evaluations for a robust growth of KT Group.

Based on the expertise shown by the Candidate through Board activities and diverse corporate experiences, Mr. Pyo is expected to contribute significantly to positioning the Company as an exemplary company in terms of governance through with practical advice on digital-based eco-friendly policies and solutions to social issues.

• Candidate’s Plan as Outside Director

Mr. Pyo plans to encourage an active Board so that the Company’s governance structure can be reach a top-tier level on a global standard. In particular, he will upgrade the CEO succession process to a global level. Mr. Pyo will strive to implement ESG management throughout the entire KT Group, to internalize the company’s compliance system, and to publicize it. In addition, he will fully support an upgrade to the communication network and IT infrastructure to a level will satisfy customers by providing advice on ways to strengthen the Group’s IT capabilities such as fostering and securing IT personnel and internalizing core technologies.

Mr. Pyo will advocate an innovation to the business portfolio to enhance long-term shareholder values and will also spare no advice on ways to strengthen the competitiveness of the Company’s Mobility business with specific action plans based on management experience in the mobility business. Furthermore, to achieve a global standard Group management scheme, Mr. Pyo will advocate upgrading the authority delegation system so that CEOs of subsidiaries can fully execute responsible management, and as a result increase the portion of subsidiaries’ revenue.

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Board of Directors - Activity & Tenure Status

1) Summary of the BoD Meeting Attendance

Outside Directors	Percentage of Attendance*	The Number of Meetings	The Number of Attendance
• Outside Directors
Dae-You Kim	100%	23	23
Gang-Cheol Lee	100%	23	23
Hee-Yol Yu	100%	23	23
Hyun-Myung Pyo	100%	23	23
Chung-Gu Kang	100%	23	23
Eun-Jung Yeo	95.7%	23	22
Yong-Hun Kim	100%	16	16
Benjamin Hong	100%	16	16

* Percentage of attendance is calculated over FY 2022

2) Comparison of the BoD Members

In 2023, as an outside director Benjamin Hong resigned just before the notice of the 41^st AGM, there was a limit to nominate new outside director candidate.

(  ) Gender in parenthesis, Represents directors who are candidates for KT Board of Directors

Before AGM	After AGM
• Inside Directors
Hyeon-Mo Ku (M)
Kyoung-Lim Yun (M)
• Outside Directors
Dae-You Kim* (M)	Dae-You Kim* (M)
Gang-Cheol Lee (M)	Hee-Yol Yu (M)
Hee-Yol Yu (M)	Yong-Hun Kim* (M)
Eun-Jung Yeo* (F)	Chung-Gu Kang* (M)
Chung-Gu Kang* (M)	Eun-Jung Yeo* (F)
Hyun-Myung Pyo (M)	Hyun-Myung Pyo (M)
Yong-Hun Kim* (M)
Benjamin Hong (M)

* Members of the Audit Committee

Gang-Cheol Lee voluntarily resigned on January 12, 2023

Benjamin Hong voluntarily resigned on March 6, 2023

Seung-Tae Lim voluntarily resigned on March 10, 2023

Kyoung-Lim Yun voluntarily resigned on March 27, 2023

Pursuant to Articles of Incorporation of the company, the candidacy for Chang-Seok Seo and Kyung-Min Song is no longer available due to the invalidation of recommendation of the candidacy by Representative Director Candidate.

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3) Tenure Status of the BoD Members

Refers to directors who are candidates for KT Board of Directors

	Name	Initial Appointment	Recent Appointment	End of Tenure
Outside Directors	Dae-You Kim	March 2018	March 2021	AGM 2024
	Hee-Yol Yu	March 2019	March 2022	AGM 2025
	Yong-Hun Kim	March 2022	March 2022	AGM 2025
	Chung-Gu Kang	March 2020	March 2023*	AGM 2024*
	Eun-Jung Yeo	March 2020	March 2023*	AGM 2024*
	Hyun-Myung Pyo	March 2020	March 2023*	AGM 2024*

* implies the date under the assumption of approval of election at the 41st AGM.

4) Committees of the BOD

	Corporate Governance Committee	Audit Committee	Evaluation and Compensation Committee	Related- Party Transactions Committee	Sustainability Management Committee	Outside Director Candidate Nominating Committee	Management Committee
Hyeon-Mo Ku
Kyoung-Lim Yun
Dae-Yoo Kim
Gang-Cheol Lee
Hee-Yol Yu
Eun-Jung Yeo
Chung-Gu Kang
Hyun-Myung Pyo
Yong-Hun Kim
Benjamin Hong

chairperson

* In 2023, Inside Director Kyoung-Lim Yun did not attend Outside Director Candidate Nominating Committee meetings for Outside Director candidate examination and recommendation

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Agenda No. 5

Election of Members of Audit Committee

Pursuant to the Article 542-11(Audit Committee) and Article 542-12(Composition of Audit Committee) of Commercial Code, approval of the election of the members of the Audit Committee is hereby requested.

At this Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, an outside director who will serve as Members of the Audit Committee will be elected

Limit on Exercising Voting Rights for Election of the Members of the Audit Committee

The Article 409 of the Korean Commercial Code stipulates that any shareholder who holds more than 3% of the total issued shares with voting rights may not exercise his or her vote in respect of such excess shares beyond the “3% limit” when exercising voting rights with respect to election of members of the audit committee (Agenda No. 5). Please note that the shareholders who own more than 3% of KT’s voting shares, equivalent to 7,681,280 shares, are not entitled to exercise any voting rights exceeding the “3% limit”.

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<Agenda No. 5-1, Election of Members of Audit Committee>

Full Name: Mr. Chung-Gu Kang

Current Occupation: Professor, College of Engineering, Korea University

Date of Birth	December 12, 1962
Recommended by	Outside Director Nominating Committee
Relation to the Largest Shareholder	None
Transactions with the Company (recent three years)	None
Taxes in Arrears / Management of any Insolvent Companies / Statutory Reasons for Disqualification (recent five years)	None
Other Board Service	None
Service Term	March 31, 2023 to the 2024 AGM (one-year term)

• Educational Background

• 1993	Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California at Irvine
• 1989	Master’s in Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California at Irvine
• 1987	Bachelor’s in Electrical Engineering, University of California at San Diego

• Professional Associations

• 1994 – Present	Full Professor, School of Electrical Engineering, Korea University
• 2020 – Present	Chair, Executive Committee, SatCom Forum
• 2020 – Present	Member, The National Academy of Engineering of Korea
• 2019 – 2020	Chair, Consultative Committee for Radio Policy, Ministry of Science and ICT
• 2018 – Present	Honorary President at Korea Institute of Communication and Information Sciences
• 2015 – 2018	Chair at Technology Development & Standardization Subcommittee, 5G Strategic Planning Committee, Ministry of Science and ICT

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• Rationale for Recommendation

Chung-Gu Kang served as a member of KT’s Audit Committee for the past three years, faithfully fulfilling the role as the management supervisor by complying with laws and principles. The candidate has a PhD in electronic computer engineering and is an expert in the field of mobile communications and wireless networks. Consequently, he has secured technical expertise as an audit committee member, contributing to the diversity of the audit committee’s professional fields.

In addition, the candidate has obtained a macroscopic view of the telecommunications industry as a whole through active external activities, including Chairman of the Spectrum Policy Advisory Group, of the Ministry of Science and ICT, Chairman of technology development standard subcommittee of the 5G Strategy Committee, member of the 5G Forum Committee, and the Executive Chairman of the Satellite Communication Forum. Such activities and related technology development experience will contribute to objective and transparent supervision of 5G and future 6G investments.

The appointment of Mr. Kang as a member of the Audit Committee will diversify the Audit Committee’s professional fields which will allow for effective audits, and it will enhance corporate value as well as protecting shareholder rights and interests.

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<Agenda No. 5-2, Election of Members of Audit Committee>

Full Name: Mrs. Eun-Jung Yeo Current Occupation: Professor, College of Business, Chuang-Ang University
Date of Birth	February 15, 1973
Recommended by	Outside Director Nominating Committee
Relation to the Largest Shareholder	None
Transactions with the Company (recent three years)	None
Taxes in Arrears / Management of any Insolvent Companies / Statutory Reasons for Disqualification (recent five years)	None
Other Board Service	Outside Director and Audit Committee Chairperson at Krafton Inc.
Service Term	March 31, 2023 to the 2024 AGM (one-year term)

• Educational Background

• 2006	Ph.D. in Economics, University of Michigan
• 1998	Master’s in Chemical Engineering, Seoul National University
• 1996	Bachelor’s in Chemical Engineering, Seoul National University

• Professional Associations

• 2009 – Present	Professor at College of Business, Chung-Ang University
• 2022 – Present	Member of Advisory Committee, Korea Deposit Insurance Corporation
• 2021 – Present	Non-Executive Officer, KOMSCO(Korea Minting & Security Printing & ID Card Operating Corporation)
• 2020 – Present	Auditor, Financial Information Society of Korea
• 2019 – Present	Director in MBA Program, School of Business Administration, Chung-Ang University
• 2018 – Present	Member of Asset Management Committee for Employment Insurance / Industrial Insurance Fund, Ministry of Employment and Labor
• 2018 – Present	Risk Management Committee, Deposit Insurance Fund, Korea Deposit Insurance Corporation
• 2015 – Present	Member of Evaluation Committee for Public Funds, Ministry of Strategy and Finance

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• Rationale for Recommendation

Eun-Jung Yeo is an engineering graduate with a Ph.D. in economics, and is an expert in finance and accounting under the Commercial Act. She has an exceptional understanding of corporate finance, financial brokerage, and financial investment, and her expertise has been verified through professional committee activities in public institutions such as the Financial Services Commission and the Fair Trade Commission.

In 2022, she served as the Chair of the Audit Committee, and as an expert qualified as a financial/accounting expert according to Article 37 of the Enforcement Decree of the Commercial Act (Audit Committee), she contributed to the improvement of KT’s internal accounting management system.

The candidate has made provided countless advice for strengthening management transparency, and she is expected to contribute greatly to transparent internal accounting management as an audit committee member.

Her appointment as a member of the Audit Committee will strengthen the independence of the Audit Committee, increase corporate value and protect shareholder rights and interests, therefore justifying the recommendation.

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Agenda No. 6

Approval of Ceiling Amount on Remuneration for Directors

Pursuant to Article 388 (Remuneration of Directors) of the Commercial Act and Article 31 (Remuneration and Severance Payment for Directors) of Articles of Incorporation of KT, approval of a ceiling amount on remuneration for directors is hereby requested.

The compensation of all directors is deliberated by the Evaluation and Compensation Committee which consists of outside directors only. The committee also is responsible for evaluating the performance of the Representative Director, and proposing the ceiling amount on the directors’ remuneration for shareholders’ approval.

In determining the ceiling amount on remuneration for directors, the following factors are considered: annual salary, short-term and long-term performance based incentives as well as provisions for severances and allowances. Actual amounts paid for the recent three years are disclosed in the “Report on Standards and Method of Payment for Remuneration of Directors.” Included herein.

For FY2023, ceiling amount, proposed by the BoD, on remuneration for directors is KRW 5.8 billion.

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Agenda No. 7 Employment Contract for the Representative Director

<Not applicable>

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Agenda No. 8

Amendment to Severance Pay Regulations for Executives

Pursuant to Article 31-4 (Remuneration and Severance Payment for Directors) of Articles of Incorporation, approval of the following changes is hereby requested.

Background Information

Proposed changes to the Articles of Incorporation have been drafted following a resolution by the Board of Directors. The amendment includes clarification of the distinctions between Representative Director, who is elected by a resolution of the General Meeting of Shareholders, and Representative Director appointed by the Board of Directors, who is elected by a resolution of the Board of Directors.

Background information is drafted to improve shareholder’s understanding. For more accurate excerpts, please refer to the subsequent pages. If any potential conflicts exist, the following information shall prevail.

Before Amendment	After Amendment	Purpose
Article 6. (Calculation of Severance Payment) Severance pay shall be calculated by the following formula: Base rate * (Years of Service + Days of Service less than a full year / 365) <Newly Established>	Article 6. (Calculation of Severance Payment) 1 Severance pay shall be calculated by the following formula: Base rate * (Years of Service + Days of Service less than a full year / 365) 2 If an Executive enrolled in the Defined Benefit/Defined Contribution (DB/DC) Combo Plan or the DC plan requests to reserve his/her short-term incentive bonus to the severance payment, the Company shall pay 40% of the short-term incentive bonus (30% for Senior Vice Presidents) to each severance pay account. However, the payment rate is applied up to the limit of Executive Retirement Income under the Income Tax Act, at the time of payment.	Amended in accordance with the Enforcement Decree of the Income Tax Act (Article 38), to allow executives to reserve part of their short-term incentive bonus to their severance payment

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