Appointment of external director

HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (HMC)

Corporate Disclosure to Korea Exchange

Disclosure date : March 11, 2011

Disclosure title :  Appointment of External Director

1. Detail of Appointed External Director :

- Name : You Jae Yi

- Term of Appointment : March 11, 2011 ~ March 11, 2013

2. Previous Term : No

3. Major Career and Current Office :

- Professor at Seoul National University, Business Administration (Current)

- President of the Korean Marketing Association (Former)

4. Current Status of External Directors after Appointment

- Total number of director : 9 persons

- Total number of External directors : 5 persons

- Portion of External directors : 55.6%

5. Applicability as a large-scale corporation : Yes

6. Others

- The date of March 11, 2011 in #1 above is the initial date of appointment.