Article 27-22-4Compensatory Liability for Damage Due to Failure to Disclose or False Disclosure

①An issuer that fails to make a disclosure or issue a notice under paragraph (1) or (2) of the preceding Article (hereinafter collectively referred to as "disclosure" in this Article) with regard to a material fact requiring disclosure, or an issuer that makes a false disclosure with regard to such a fact, is liable to compensate a person that sells, etc. its listed share certificates, etc. in response to the tender offer, for damage arising from the company's failure to make disclosure or from its false disclosure; provided, however, that this does not apply in the following cases:

②In a case to which the main clause of the preceding paragraph is applicable, an officer of an issuer at the time of a tender offer is jointly and severally liable with the issuer for compensation under the preceding paragraph; provided, however, that this does not apply if the officer proves that the officer did not know that the material fact had occurred at the issuer or that the content of the disclosure was false, and in the exercise of reasonable care could not have known this at the time of the tender offer.