Samsung SDI President: "Preparing for a Year of Strengthening Fundamentals through Technology Differentiation and Quality Competitiveness"

Samsung SDI held its 51st Annual General Meeting of Shareholders on the 17th at The-K Hotel located in Yangjae-dong, Seoul.

[Asia Economy Reporter Jeong Hyunjin] Jeon Younghyun, President of Samsung SDI, emphasized on the 17th that this year will be prepared as a year to strengthen internal capabilities along with business growth through securing differentiated technology, enhancing quality competitiveness, and ESG (Environment, Social, Governance) management.

President Jeon made these remarks in his greeting at the 51st regular shareholders' meeting held at The-K Hotel Seoul in Seocho-gu, Seoul. He stated that the key focus this year is to secure differentiated technology to become a game changer and to raise quality competitiveness to the PPB level, which is 1,000 times stronger than the PPM defect indicator based on one million units. He also emphasized ESG management.

At the shareholders' meeting, three agenda items were approved: approval of financial statements, appointment of directors, and approval of the director remuneration limit. The dividend amount was decided to be the same as the previous year, with 1,000 KRW for common stock and 1,050 KRW for preferred stock. Newly appointed inside directors were Vice Presidents Jang Hyuk and Kim Jongsung. Samsung SDI maintains a total of seven board members, including three inside directors and four outside directors.

The director remuneration limit was also set at 19 billion KRW, the same as last year. The company explained, "Last year, a total of 10.1 billion KRW was paid including salaries and long-term performance bonuses," and added, "This year, the remuneration limit was set at the same level as last year."

Samsung SDI introduced electronic voting for the first time at this year's shareholders' meeting.

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