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7 Jan 2026 10:28
Decision on Share Repurchase
1. Number of shares to be repurchased | Common | 18,000,000 | ||||
Other | - | |||||
2. Value of shares to be repurchased (Korean won) | Common | 2,500,200,000,000 | ||||
Other | - | |||||
3. Expected repurchase period | Start date | January 8, 2026 | ||||
End date | April 7, 2026 | |||||
4. Purpose of repurchase | To facilitate employee stock-based compensation | |||||
5. Method of repurchase | Open market | |||||
6. Consignment investment brokers | Samsung Securities Co., Ltd. Shinhan Securities Co., Ltd. KB Securities Co., Ltd. | |||||
7. Holding status of treasury shares before repurchase | Repurchase within the allowable distribution profit (shares) | Common | 91,828,987 | Ratio (%) | 1.6 | |
Other | 13,603,461 | Ratio (%) | 1.7 | |||
Other repurchase (shares) | Common | - | Ratio (%) | - | ||
Other | - | Ratio (%) | - | |||
8. Date of board resolution (confirmation date) | January 7, 2026 | |||||
- Attendance of Independent Directors at the Board of Directors meeting | Present | 6 | ||||
Absent | - | |||||
- Attendance of auditors who are not Independent Directors | - | |||||
9. Daily order quantity limit | Common | 5,746,531 | ||||
Other | - | |||||
10. 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 prior to the Board's resolution (January 6, 2026).
(KRW 138,900 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 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 8 above, all Audit Committee members are Independent Directors.
- The calculation method for Item 9 above is the smaller of: [③] and [the larger of ① and ②].
① 10% of the number of shares to be repurchased: 1,800,000 common
② 25% of average daily transaction volume over the one month period preceding the date of the board resolution: 5,746,531 common
③ 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 | 8,189,263,404,980 |
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. Acquisition cost of the shares in disposing of treasury shares since end-2024 | 343,754,747,955 |
Limit on the amount of repurchased shares (1-2-3-4+5) | 208,584,779,901,622 |
* As of the reporting date (January 7, 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 | 29,700,000 | 118,314,495 | 6,040,880 | 50,144,628 | 91,828,987 |
Other | 4,050,000 | 16,465,497 | - | 6,912,036 | 13,603,461 |
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