Samsung El.gdr Regulatory News (SMSN)

Decision on Share Repurchase

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: [③] and [the larger of ① and ②].

 ① 10% of the number of shares to be repurchased: 2,200,000 common

 ② 25% of average daily transaction volume over the one month period preceding the date of the board resolution: 7,289,387 common

 ③ 1% of total number of issued shares: 59,196,379 common

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

* 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

* 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.