Employee Benefits

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2022

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Employee Benefits

13.Employee Benefits

The Controlling Company and certain subsidiaries’ defined benefit plans provide a lump-sum payment to an employee based on final salary rates and length of service at the time the employee leaves the Controlling Company or certain subsidiaries.

The defined benefit plans expose the Group to actuarial risks, such as the risk associated with expected periods of service, interest rate risk, market (investment) risk, and others.

(a)Net defined benefit liabilities (defined benefit assets) recognized as of December 31, 2021 and 2022 are as follows:

(In millions of won)
	December 31, 2021			December 31, 2022
Present value of partially funded defined benefit obligations	₩	1,684,096			1,602,697
Fair value of plan assets		(1,750,783	)		(2,048,687	)
	₩	(66,687	)		(445,990	)
Defined benefit liabilities, net	₩	1,589			1,531
Defined benefit assets, net	₩	68,276			447,521

(b)Changes in the present value of the defined benefit obligations for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2022 are as follows:

(In millions of won)	2021			2022
Defined benefit obligations at January 1	₩	1,397,542			1,684,096
Current service cost		150,136			173,534
Interest cost		35,902			59,104
Remeasurements (before tax)		205,318			(195,908	)
Benefit payments		(101,973	)		(116,472	)
Net transfers from (to) related parties		(2,798	)		(1,363	)
Others		(31	)		(294	)
Defined benefit obligations at December 31	₩	1,684,096			1,602,697

Weighted average remaining maturity of defined benefit obligations as of December 31, 2021 and 2022 are 15.63 years and 12.95 years, respectively.

(c)Changes in fair value of plan assets for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2022 are as follows:

(In millions of won)
	2021			2022
Fair value of plan assets at January 1	₩	1,621,041			1,750,783
Expected return on plan assets		41,797			64,378
Remeasurements (before tax)		(15,483	)		(30,044	)
Contributions by employer directly to plan assets		201,417			371,398
Benefit payments		(97,989	)		(107,828	)
Fair value of plan assets at December 31	₩	1,750,783			2,048,687

The estimated contributions payable in the following financial year W204,867 million.

(d)Plan assets as of December 31, 2021 and 2022 are as follows:

(In millions of won)	December 31, 2021		December 31, 2022
Guaranteed deposits in banks	₩	1,750,783		2,048,687

As of December 31, 2022, the Group maintains the plan assets primarily with Mirae Asset Securities Co., Ltd., KB Insurance Co., Ltd. and others.

13.Employee Benefits. Continued

(e)Expenses related to defined benefit plans recognized in profit or loss for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2021 and 2022 are as follows:

(In millions of won)
	2020			2021			2022
Current service cost	₩	163,652			150,136			173,534
Net interest cost		(2,983	)		(5,895	)		(5,274	)
	₩	160,669			144,241			168,260

Expenses are recognized in the consolidated statements of comprehensive income (loss) as follows:

(In millions of won)
	2020		2021		2022
Cost of sales	₩	122,369		110,750		128,706
Selling expenses		8,505		6,631		8,017
Administrative expenses		17,875		16,496		18,780
Research and development expenses		11,920		10,364		12,757
	₩	160,669		144,241		168,260

(f)Remeasurements of net defined benefit liabilities (assets) included in other comprehensive income (loss) for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2021 and 2022 are as follows:

(In millions of won)	2020			2021			2022
Balance at January 1	₩	(72,289	)		38,154			(125,293	)
Remeasurements
Actuarial profit or loss arising from:
Experience adjustment		36,769			(124,974	)		(83,376	)
Demographic assumptions		(2,584	)		(7,206	)		(8,020	)
Financial assumptions		121,515			(73,138	)		287,304
Return on plan assets		(7,264	)		(15,483	)		(30,044	)
Group’s share of associates regarding remeasurements		39			(84	)		32
	₩	148,475			(220,885	)		165,896
Income tax	₩	(38,032	)		57,438			(43,503	)
Balance at December 31	₩	38,154			(125,293	)		(2,900	)

13.Employee Benefits. Continued

(g)Principal actuarial assumptions as of December 31, 2021 and 2022 (expressed as weighted averages) are as follows:

	December 31, 2021			December 31, 2022
Expected rate of salary increase		3.7	%		4.7	%
Discount rate for defined benefit obligations		3.1	%		5.4	%

Assumptions regarding future mortality are based on published statistics and mortality tables. The current mortality underlying the values of the liabilities in the defined benefit plans are as follows:

		December 31, 2021			December 31, 2022
Teens	Males		0.00	%		0.00	%
	Females		0.00	%		0.00	%
Twenties	Males		0.01	%		0.01	%
	Females		0.00	%		0.00	%
Thirties	Males		0.01	%		0.01	%
	Females		0.00	%		0.00	%
Forties	Males		0.02	%		0.02	%
	Females		0.01	%		0.01	%
Fifties	Males		0.04	%		0.04	%
	Females		0.02	%		0.02	%

(h)Reasonably possible changes to respective relevant actuarial assumptions would have affected the defined benefit obligations by the following amounts as of December 31, 2022:

(In millions of won)	Defined benefit obligations
	1% increase			1% decrease
Discount rate for defined benefit obligations	₩	(178,526	)		211,370
Expected rate of salary increase		220,949			(188,732	)