[김대호의 경제읽기] Article 13 Samsung Electronics with special allocation… What is the background of M&A declaration within 3 years?

[김대호의 경제읽기] Article 13 Samsung Electronics with special allocation… What is the background of M&A declaration within 3 years?
01-29 13:42

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Samsung Electronics, which made a high operating profit despite the corona crisis last year, announced a large-scale dividend plan of 13 trillion won and is drawing attention by saying that it will proceed with mergers and acquisitions within three years.

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Shinsegae Group Vice Chairman Jeong Yong-jin, who acquired the baseball team, met with Naver Lee Hae-jin.

From the background of the meeting, we will analyze the expected effect of holding hands and whether there are any concerns.

Let’s look at more details in Daeho Kim’s Economic Reading, Dr. Daeho Kim came out again today.

<질문 1> Samsung Electronics decided to pay a total of 13 trillion won in total dividends by adding a special dividend. Samsung’s family and the National Pension Plan each received a dividend of over KRW 1 trillion. What is the background of the decision to pay special dividends?

<질문 1-1> For individual shareholders, it will be important to know what the amount of real income is and when the dividend is paid. Some beginners who have recently entered the stock market are curious about whether they can receive dividends even if they buy Samsung Electronics stock today.

<질문 2> Samsung Electronics is also predicting a large-scale merger and acquisition. Why did you pull out the’M&A’ card at this point when there is a variable called total absence? What do you expect of a field or company with strong M&A?

<질문 3> Last year, Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong and Hyundai Motor Company Chairman Eui-sun Eui-seon met twice, attracting attention. Will that result? Samsung and Hyundai Motor Company have joined hands in the future car business in 10 years. What does it mean to say that they decided to install Samsung Display products on the upcoming Hyundai Motor Vehicles?

<질문 4> There is another meeting of the heads of companies that are eye-catching. Shinsegae Group Vice Chairman Jeong Yong-jin found Naver Lee Hae-jin. What do you say the two companies that are competitors in the distribution industry have met and talked about?

<질문 5> Currently, Shinsegae Group is expanding its stride by taking over the baseball team and Naver is cooperating with Big Hit. What is the background for aggressive expansion?
<질문 6> If the alliance between distribution and platform powers Shinsegae and Naver becomes a reality, the domestic distribution market is expected to change rapidly. Last year, there are voices of concern about growing the size of a company as Naver faced a penalty for disrupting competitors by changing the shopping search algorithm. Shouldn’t we need a precautionary measure?

<질문 7> Ant Group, a fintech company under the Alibaba Group, China’s largest e-commerce company, has been supervised by the Chinese authorities. There is an analysis that Ma Yun, former chairman of Alibaba, has actually raised a white flag. How do you view the situation?

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