Decision on Share Repurchase

Summary by AI BETAClose X

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. announced a share repurchase program to acquire 22,000,000 common shares for approximately 3,572,800,000,000 Korean won, commencing on January 30, 2026, and concluding by April 29, 2026. This repurchase is intended to facilitate employee stock-based compensation and will be executed through open market purchases. The company's board resolution for this action was confirmed on January 28, 2026, with six independent directors in attendance. Prior to this repurchase, Samsung held 107,973,999 common shares as treasury stock, representing 1.8% of its total common shares.

Disclaimer*

Samsung Electronics Co. Ld
29 January 2026
 

Decision on Share Repurchase

1. Number of shares to be repurchased

Common

22,000,000

Other

-

2. Value of shares to be repurchased (Korean won)

Common

3,572,800,000,000

Other

-

3. Expected repurchase period

Start date

January 30, 2026

End date

April 29, 2026

4. Expected holding period

Start date

-

End date

-

5. Purpose of repurchase

To facilitate employee stock-based compensation

6. Method of repurchase

Open market

7. Consignment investment brokers

Samsung Securities Co., Ltd.

Shinhan Securities Co., Ltd.

KB Securities Co., Ltd.

8. Holding status of treasury shares before repurchase

Repurchase within the allowable distribution profit (shares)

Common

107,973,999

Ratio (%)

1.8

Other

13,603,461

Ratio (%)

1.7

Other repurchase (shares)

Common

-

Ratio (%)

-

Other

-

Ratio (%)

-

9. Date of board resolution (confirmation date)

January 28, 2026

- Attendance of Independent Directors at the Board of Directors meeting

Present

6

Absent

-

- Attendance of auditors who are not

 Independent Directors

-

10. Daily order quantity limit

Common

7,289,387

Other

-

 

11. Other information to consider:

- Shares denoted as "other" are preferred shares.

- In Item 1 above, number of shares to be purchased was calculated based on the closing price on the day of the Board's resolution (January 28, 2026).

(KRW 162,400 per common share)

- The Company plans to acquire treasury shares based on the value of shares to be repurchased in Item 2 above. The actual amount may change depending on future stock price movements.

- With respect to Items 4 and Items 5 above, the Company is repurchasing shares that will be held in treasury for use in stock-based compensation programs, including Performance Stock Units (PSUs; introduced in October 2025) as well as in other programs to incentivize employee performance (e.g., OPI, LTI).

- In Item 9 above, all Audit Committee members are Independent Directors.

- The calculation method for Item 10 above is the smaller of: [] and [the larger of and ].

  10% of the number of shares to be repurchased: 2,200,000 common

  25% of average daily transaction volume over the one month period preceding the date of the board resolution: 7,289,387 common

  1% of total number of issued shares: 59,196,379 common

 

- Limit on the amount of repurchased shares (Korean won)

1. Limits to Dividend eligible profit under Commercial Act as of end-2024

226,239,016,662,399

2. Amount of repurchased shares since end-2024

10,689,713,358,920

3. Amount of dividends on profits and reserves for related profits decided at a general meeting of shareholders since end-2024

2,454,306,524,450

4. The interim dividend amount and related profit reserves decided by the board of directors since end-2024

7,354,421,579,302 

5. Amount of trust contract

-

6. Acquisition cost of the shares in disposing of treasury shares since end-2024

424,245,826,067

Limit on the amount of repurchased shares

(1-2-3-4-5+6)

206,164,821,025,794

 

* As of the reporting date (January 29, 2026), 'limits to Dividend eligible profit under Commercial Act as of end-2024' in item 1 above has been prepared based on end-2024 financial data as the 2025 financial statements cannot be approved until the shareholders' meeting.

- Holding status of treasury shares before purchase (number of shares)

* on-market direct purchase

Stock type

Initial quantity

Changes

End quantity

Purchase

Disposal

Cancellation

Common

91,828,987

17,297,034

1,152,022

-

107,973,999

Other

13,603,461

-

-

-

13,603,461

 

* The 'Initial quantity' represents the number of shares held on as of January 1, 2026, the first day of the fiscal year in which the disclosure document was prepared; and the 'End quantity' refers to the number of shares held on January 29, 2026, the day the disclosure document was prepared.

 

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