(1) Where shareholders exercise their voting rights by electronic means pursuant to Article 368-4 of the Act (hereafter in this Article referred to as "electronic voting"), shareholders shall identify themselves by any of the following means and use their digital signatures defined in subparagraph 2 of Article 2 of the Digital Signature Act for electronic voting: <Amended on Jan. 29, 2020; Dec. 8, 2020>
1. A method of identification provided by a certification-service provider acknowledged to have obtained an accreditation under Article 8(2) of the Digital Signature Act;
2. Means of identification provided by an identification service agency prescribed in Article 23-3 of the Act on Promotion of Information and Communications Network Utilization and Information Protection.
(2) A company that has determined the exercise of voting rights by electronic means pursuant to Article 368-4 of the Act shall include the following information in the notice or public announcement for holding a general meeting of shareholders:
1. The website address for electronic voting;
2. The period of electronic voting (which shall be closed on the day immediately before the date on which the general meeting of shareholders is held);
3. Other technical matters necessary for electronic voting.
(3) Deleted. <Jan. 29, 2020>
(4) In order to ensure the efficiency and fairness of electronic voting, a company may designate an agency for the management of electronic voting and commission the agency to operate a process for the exercise of voting rights, including verification of shareholders' identifications.
(5) No company, agency designated for the management of electronic voting under paragraph (4), or person in charge of the management of electronic voting shall divulge the results of electronic voting or use such results for any purpose other than those for official duties, until vote counting starts at the general meeting of shareholders.
(6) A company or an agency designated for the management of electronic voting under paragraph (4) may re-notify the matters referred to in the subparagraphs of paragraph (2) to shareholders by electronic document three days before the date electronic voting ends. In such cases, it may notify such matters using telephone numbers, etc., if shareholders give consent thereto. <Added on Jan. 29, 2020>