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The BOD of SAMSUNG Electronics authorized a share buyback on January 12, 2007, and completed the share buyback on March 16, 2007

Details of the share buyback are as the following :

1 .Number of shares repurchased
  • 2,800,000 common shares
  • 400,000 preferred shares
2. The total buyback cost

About KRW 1,645 billion for common shares, and about KRW 180 billion for preferred shares.
*The total buyback cost includes fees.

3. Buyback period

January 16, 2007 ~ March 16, 2007

4. Purpose of the buyback

To stabilize stock prices.

Treasury shareholding as of March 20, 2007
  • Common share : 21,210,630 shares (14.4% of outstanding shares of common stock)
  • Preferred share: 2,979,693 shares (13.1% of outstanding shares of preferred stock)
Share buyback history (most recent 5 years)
(Unit: 100 million KRW, 10,000 shares)
2007 2006 2005 2004 2003
Amount of shares purchased Common 16,453 16,141 20,400 36,974 18,771
Preferred 18,011 1,934 1,094 945 1,510
Total 18,254 18,075 21,494 37,919 20,281
Number of shares purchased Common 280 260 380 706 525
Preferred 40 40 38 26 80
Number of treasury shares outstanding Common 2,121 1,854 1,668 1,392 1,251
Preferred 298 258 218 188 216

*The buyback amount includes transaction fees and any other costs of purchase.


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