Recent Announcement on Commitment to Shareholders

Along with the company’s earnings announcement on 29th of January 2015, Samsung Electronics revealed shareholder returns for 2014. The company’s board of directors approved on the same day a year-end dividend of KRW 19,500 per share. Including the interim dividend of KRW 500, the total dividend paid for 2014 was KRW 20,000 per share, a 40% increase from the previous year.

There is one more thing. The company announced a buyback program in November 2014. As of January 26, 2015, Samsung Electronics has so far completed share repurchase of 1.65 million common shares and 250,000 preferred shares for KRW 2.45 trillion.

Despite the fact that Samsung Electronics’ net income and free cash flow decreased year-on-year by approximately KRW 7 trillion and KRW 10 trillion, respectively, in 2014, the company returned a total of KRW 5.4 trillion to shareholders, which is 2.5 times greater compared to 2013.

Such measures are part of Samsung Electronics’ efforts to enhance shareholder value by increasing shareholder return, despite a decline in earnings and the weak Korean stock market in 2014. Against this backdrop, Samsung Electronics enhanced its competitiveness through CAPEX and R&D investments, and also focused on implementing more shareholder-friendly policies during 2014.

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