Samsung C&T, the mother company of the Samsung group, was founded in 1938. Since its designation as the first Korean general trading company in 1975, it has led the country's foreign businesses. In 1996 as it merged Samsung Construction, it had a general trading department and a construction department. With about 7,000 managers and personnel who are actively conducting the company's foreign business through 105 business points in 44 countries, it attained sales amounting to 11,811,600,000,000 Won in the end of the year 2008. We assure you that from this time onward, our general trading department will pursue the development of Samsung C&T into a "Global Company that Creates Value" through the development and pursuit of new businesses, maximizing the possibility of future growth.