Samsung Electronics disclosed on Jan. 7 that it decided to acquire 2.5002 trillion won worth of its own shares. The acquisition period runs from Jan. 8 to April 7. The planned purchase is 18 million common shares. The amount was calculated based on the previous day’s closing price of 138,900 won.

The company will buy the shares on-market on the Korea Exchange main bourse. The brokers are Samsung Securities, Shinhan Investment and KB Securities. The daily purchase order limit is 5,746,531 common shares. The actual number of shares acquired may vary depending on share-price moves.

The purpose of the acquisition is employee stock compensation. The company plans to use the shares for stock-based compensation, including the performance-linked stock unit (PSU) plan introduced in October last year and the payment of performance incentives.

Earlier, Samsung Electronics bought back 10 trillion won of its own shares from November 2024 to September 2025. It announced a plan to cancel 8.4 trillion won of that amount. The remaining 1.6 trillion won will be used for employee compensation. This buyback is separate from the previous purchases.

This buyback may act as a factor lifting the share price. If the number of shares circulating in the market declines, the per-share value rises. Before this acquisition, Samsung Electronics held 91,828,987 common shares as treasury stock. That is 1.6 percent of shares outstanding.

Samsung Electronics shares are setting fresh record highs. As of Jan. 7, the stock finished at 141,000 won, up 1.51 percent from the previous day. It rose as high as 144,400 won during the session.