Korea Exchange Announces The Korea Value Up Index

• Korea Exchange announced the long awaited Korea Value Up Index ("K Value Up Index") (composed of 100 stocks) today.

• Korea Exchange used a 5-step screening process to select the 100 companies in this index including market cap, profitability, shareholder returns, market evaluation, and capital efficiency.

• This Value Up index is part of the bigger "Corporate Value Up " program in Korea. These efforts to improve Korea's corporate governance policies is a marathon, not a sprint.