Year end Cash Dividend

15 Jan 2008 07:00

Samsung Electronics Co. Ld15 January 2008 Year-end Cash Dividend On January 15, 2008, the BOD of Samsung Electronics authorized the cash dividendplan. 1. Dividend per share (Dividend yield) - Common shares: KRW 7,500 (1.3%) - Preferred shares: KRW 7,550 (1.8%) * The dividend yield was calculated as follows: (Dividend per share) divided by (average of ending prices of the stock for theweek leading up to two days prior to the record date) multiplied by (100) 2. Record date: December 31, 2007 3. Dividend pay date: within one month after AGM Approval * Samsung Electronics has not finalized its 39th AGM date. * Year-end Dividend Current year Previous year Dividend per share Common shares 7,500 5,000 (KRW) Preferred shares 7,550 5,050 Dividend yield (%) Common shares 1.3 0.8 Preferred shares 1.8 1.0 Total pay out (KRW billion) 1,098.1 746.1 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange