{"id":14510,"date":"2026-05-12T23:16:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T23:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/14510\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T23:16:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T23:16:11","slug":"sk-grants-10-3-billion-won-in-treasury-shares-to-executives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/14510\/","title":{"rendered":"SK Grants 10.3 Billion Won in Treasury Shares to Executives"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img alt=\"SK Seorin Building. SK - Seoul Economic Daily Finance News from South Korea\" title=\"SK Grants 10.3 Billion Won in Treasury Shares to Executives\" fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"w-full h-auto rounded-sm\" style=\"color:transparent;object-fit:contain;object-position:center\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/news-p.v1.20260214.957f81ea69ce4d9b9bc7b5d5fb7c6448_P1.png\"\/>SK Seorin Building. SK<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-[var(--color-text)] leading-relaxed\">SK (034730.KS) will grant more than 10 billion won worth of treasury shares to key current and former executives within the group as long-term incentive (LTI) compensation. The move is seen as aligning executive compensation with the company&#8217;s medium- to long-term corporate value, keeping pace with shareholder-friendly policies and strengthening accountability in management.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-[var(--color-text)] leading-relaxed\">SK disclosed Wednesday that it will dispose of 10.26715 billion won worth of treasury stock for the purpose of &#8220;stock compensation payment following the exercise of long-term incentives&#8221; to 33 current and former executives, including SK Ecoplant Vice Chairman and CEO Jang Dong-hyun, SK On President and CEO Lee Yong-wook, SK SUPEX Council President Yoon Pung-young, and former SK Inc. Vice Chairman Cho Dae-sik.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-[var(--color-text)] leading-relaxed\">The treasury shares being disposed of amount to 17,981 common shares, valued based on the previous trading day&#8217;s closing price of 571,000 won. The scheduled disposal period runs from the 13th of this month to the 12th of next month.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-[var(--color-text)] leading-relaxed\">Notably, the treasury stock disposal will not be conducted through on-market sales that would release large volumes into the market. Instead, the shares will be directly deposited into the personal securities accounts of the targeted executives. This measure fundamentally blocks concerns commonly raised during treasury stock disposals about increased market circulation and stock price declines, known as overhang concerns.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-[var(--color-text)] leading-relaxed\">The treasury share grant is part of the LTI program that SK Group has been continuously pursuing. LTI is an advanced compensation system that encourages executives to focus on long-term share price appreciation and corporate value enhancement rather than short-term financial results or performance. By having executives directly hold company stock, the program aligns their interests with those of general shareholders. In line with the government&#8217;s recent corporate Value-up initiative, such stock compensation systems are being actively utilized across the business community to enhance shareholder value.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-[var(--color-text)] leading-relaxed\">&#8220;The system was implemented to provide strong motivation to executives by linking medium- to long-term corporate value enhancement with compensation,&#8221; SK said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-[var(--color-text)] leading-relaxed\">SK also drew a line against potential concerns about the dilution of equity value that could arise from the treasury stock disposal. &#8220;The shares scheduled for disposal account for only 0.02% of total issued shares,&#8221; an SK official said. &#8220;The impact on market circulation volume will be extremely small, so the dilution effect on existing shareholders&#8217; stock value will be negligible.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SK Seorin Building. 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