Lee Jae-yong to Receive 11,158,000 Samsung Electronics Shares from Hong Ra-hee... Stake to Rise from 1.58% to 1.75%
Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Jae-yong is set to receive 11,158,000 common shares of Samsung Electronics as a gift from Hong Ra-hee, honorary director of the Leeum Museum of Art. According to a regulatory filing submitted on the 13th, the report on the trading plan for specific securities by exe

Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Jae-yong is set to receive 11,158,000 common shares of Samsung Electronics as a gift from Hong Ra-hee, honorary director of the Leeum Museum of Art.
According to a regulatory filing submitted on the 13th, the report on the trading plan for specific securities by executives and major shareholders, filed by Chairman Lee that day, listed the purpose of the transaction as 'acquisition through gift.' The donor is Honorary Director Hong Ra-hee, the recipient is Chairman Lee Jae-yong, and the gift agreement was concluded on October 12, 2026. The scheduled transaction date is November 12, 2026. The subject of the transaction is 11,158,000 common shares of Samsung Electronics, with the transaction method listed as acquisition by gift. As it is a gift-based transaction, the acquisition price per share and transaction amount were not separately disclosed.
◆ Stake: 1.58% → 1.75%
At the time of submitting the trading plan, Chairman Lee held 105,219,053 shares of Samsung Electronics, a 1.58% stake. If the gift is completed as planned, his holdings will increase to 116,377,053 shares, bringing his stake to 1.75%. Based on the filing, his stake will rise by 0.17 percentage points.
◆ Report also includes off-market purchase of 7,667,100 shares over prior six months
The filing also included details of Chairman Lee's off-market purchase of 7,667,100 common shares of Samsung Electronics over the six months prior to the transaction start date. The settlement date for that transaction was October 12, 2026, with an acquisition price of 250,500 won per share and a total transaction value of 1,920,685,500,000 won.
Combined, the shares to be gifted and the volume traded over the prior six months total 18,825,100 shares. The trading ratio of specific securities was stated as 0.28% in the filing. This report is a trading plan prepared as of October 13, 2026, and the projected number of shares and stake after completion of the gift are figures based on the plan.
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