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| Employees are passing by in front of the Samsung Electronics office building in Seocho-gu, Seoul. (yunhap news) |
Samsung Electronics is broadcasting its first shareholders’ meeting online this year.
On the 7th, Samsung Electronics opened an electronic voting system that allows shareholders to exercise their voting rights online ahead of the 52nd regular shareholders’ meeting held at the Suwon Convention Center in Gyeonggi-do on the 17th of this month.
Samsung Electronics said, “From 9 am on the 16th to 5 pm on this day, through electronic voting, shareholders can exercise their voting rights on each agenda without attending the shareholders’ meeting.”
The agendas of this general shareholders’ meeting include △approval of financial statements, △appointment of outside and inside directors, △appointment of outside directors to become members of the audit committee, and △approval of the limit of compensation for directors.
In particular, for the first time this year, for shareholders who cannot attend the general shareholders’ meeting, Samsung Electronics is broadcasting the general shareholders’ meeting online. Prior application is required to watch the online broadcast, and shareholders can apply during the e-voting event on the online broadcast homepage of the Samsung Electronics Shareholders’ Meeting.
Samsung Electronics plans to receive prior inquiries for shareholders who will watch the online broadcast, and shareholders can watch the broadcast on the day of the shareholders’ meeting and ask questions in real time. However, under the current law, it is impossible to vote online on the agenda of the shareholders’ meeting while watching the online broadcast on the day of the shareholders’ meeting.
Samsung Electronics introduced the electronic voting system last year, when the spread of Corona 19 began in earnest. As a result, shareholders can exercise their voting rights without time and physical restrictions such as the date or location of the shareholders’ meeting.
Shareholders can participate in the electronic voting by bill after accessing the electronic voting system of the Korea Securities Depository through PC or mobile. As a certificate for confirming shareholders, a certificate for Koscom stock trading or a certificate for personal use restriction of the KFTC can be used.
Previously, Samsung Electronics sent a notice of convening the 52nd regular shareholders’ meeting to shareholders, saying, “It is expected that it will be difficult to attend the general shareholders’ meeting this year due to COVID-19.” I have a bar.
Reporter Jang-hee Han [email protected]
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