Samsung Electronics to buy $1.73 billion of its shares for employee compensation

< />SEOUL: <a id=” captionrendered=”1″ data-src=”https://etimg.etb2bimg.com/photo/126400254.cms” height=”442″ href=”http://hr.economictimes.indiatimes.com/tag/samsung+electronics” keywordseo=”Samsung-Electronics” loading=”eager” source=”Orion” src=”https://hr.economictimes.indiatimes.com/images/default.jpg” type=”General” weightage=”20″ width=”590″></img>Samsung Electronics on Wednesday said it ‌would ‌acquire 2.5 trillion ‌won ($1.73 billion) worth of its own shares for <a href=employee and executive compensation.

The shares will be ‌acquired ‍through ‍purchases on the stock market between ‌January 8 and April 7, Samsung said in a regulatory ‍filing.

The acquisition is part ‍of a ⁠performance-linked compensation ⁠scheme introduced in October 2025.

($1 = 1,446.1700 won) (Reporting by Kyu-seok Shim; Editing by Christian Schmollinger and Bernadette Baum)

  • Published On Jan 7, 2026 at 11:32 PM IST

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