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Then in May,
Investor Relations
magazine honored us with its prestigious “Best IR by a Korean Company” award.
The year also saw us continue to climb the ranks of the world’s leading corporations in annual surveys by
Fortune
and
Forbes
. We were No. 7 on the
Fortune
Global 500 in electronics and electrical equipment as well as No. 24 in Asia
and No. 92 overall. The
Forbes
International 500 ranked us No. 1 in semiconductor equipment and No. 70 overall.
While the above recognition is very satisfying, the most memorable development of the year was the upgrade of
our credit rating to the highest levels since the 1997 Asian financial crisis, tracking Korea’s sovereign rating. On May 16,
Moody’s raised our rating from Baa3 to Baa2, one step below our top pre-crisis rating. Standard & Poor’s upgraded
our rating twice in 2001, raising it from BBB- to BBB on June 18 and once again to BBB+ on November 14, also one
step below our previous highest rating.
Feb 12 Industry’s first 32Mb UtRAM ships Feb 13 2002 Busan Asian Games multi-category sponsorship signed Feb 16 NV5500 TL notebook wins 05