Samsung Securities "Easily Manage Employee Stock Compensation Programs"

Development of Dedicated System for 'Workplace WM Service'

Samsung Securities announced on the 3rd that it has developed a dedicated system for the 'Workplace WM Service,' which assists corporate employees in designing and operating stock compensation plans.

Samsung Securities' Workplace WM Service is designed to meet the financial welfare needs of corporate clients' employees. It provides a wide range of asset management services, including the design of corporate employee stock compensation plans, support for detailed processes, and financial counseling for employees. It also features monitoring functions related to pre-disclosure of insider trading for listed companies and direct deposit functions for overseas stocks.

Since starting stock compensation management for foreign corporations in 2011, the first among domestic securities firms, Samsung Securities has managed over 2 trillion KRW worth of domestic and international stock compensation for 30,000 employees over 14 years. Currently, it offers various services covering the entire process from plan design to actual stock trading for many major domestic and international companies, including large-scale IT firms.

Jung Yeon-gyu, Executive Director of SNI and Corporate Strategy at Samsung Securities, said, "Stock compensation plans implemented by global companies are gradually being introduced in South Korea as well. Samsung Securities will provide comprehensive solutions necessary for corporations and employees through headquarters-led consulting, leveraging over 10 years of accumulated know-how in employee stock compensation services and expertise in tax and asset management services."

Meanwhile, at the 'Corporate Finance Seminar (CFS)' held on the 2nd, Samsung Securities conducted a survey on stock compensation plans among corporate representatives attending the event. Of the 112 respondents, 32.1% answered that they have implemented or plan to implement stock compensation plans soon, and 46.4% expressed strong interest in adopting such plans. The advantages of introducing stock compensation plans were cited as "enhancing employees' corporate loyalty" by 35.7% and "securing talented personnel" by 26.8%. Among the features of Samsung Securities' Workplace WM Service, respondents identified "providing a dedicated corporate page," "Samsung Securities' dedicated corporate management system," and "customized asset management services for corporate employees" as the most convenient functions. The CFS event is held quarterly to provide investment insights to fund managers of major listed and unlisted domestic and international corporations, with over 200 fund managers from 120 companies attending this year.

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