Samsung Electronics to Sell KRW 344.5 Billion in Treasury Shares for DX Division Employee Compensation

Samsung Electronics will sell approximately KRW 340 billion worth of its own shares to fund performance bonuses for employees in the DX (Device eXperience) division, which is responsible for the finished products business.

Samsung Electronics announced on the 7th that, following a resolution by the board of directors, it plans to dispose of 1,083,434 treasury shares. This decision is based on the labor-management agreement reached in May.

On the 7th, Samsung Electronics achieved its record highest performance in the second quarter. According to Samsung Electronics' preliminary earnings report for the second quarter of this year, the company's total sales reached 171 trillion won, and operating profit was 8.94 trillion won. These figures represent increases of 29.31% and 1810.26% respectively compared to the same period last year. The photo is of the Samsung Electronics Seocho Building in Seocho-dong, Seocho-gu, Seoul. 2026.07.07 Photo by Yoon Dong-joo

The value of the shares to be disposed of is approximately KRW 344.5 billion, based on the closing price of KRW 318,000 on July 6, the day before the board resolution.

According to the labor-management agreement, the recipients are 49,345 employees from the DX division and the CSS business team.

Under this year’s provisional labor-management agreement on performance bonuses, Samsung Electronics decided to pay a special management performance bonus equal to 10.5% of operating profit to the DS (Device Solutions) division, and to provide treasury shares worth KRW 6 million per person to the DX division and others as part of mutual cooperation.

At the end of last month, the company announced that it would grant 22.65 treasury shares per employee in the DX division and related areas as a performance bonus to be paid on July 8.

The amount of 22.65 shares was calculated based on the share price of KRW 264,822 as of May 27, the date of the labor-management wage negotiation agreement. Of these, 22 shares will be paid in stock, and the remaining 0.65 shares will be paid in cash equivalent to KRW 173,920.

As the share price has risen since the calculation date, employees in the DX division and the CSS business team will receive treasury shares worth KRW 6,996,000, based on the closing price as of July 6, and KRW 173,920 in cash.

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.