KT&G's board approved a cash dividend of ₩2,000 per share on August 6, totalling ₩207.6bn, with an August 21 record date and payment due September 7. Against 2025 net income of about ₩1.10tn that is roughly 19% of a year's profit, and against the ₩18.1tn market capitalization about 1.1% — which is exactly the yield the filing prints. For the tobacco and ginseng group, whose 2025 revenue of ₩6.58tn produced ₩1.34tn of operating profit, a payment of this size twice a year is a routine call on cash rather than a stretch. Six outside directors attended, none absent, and no shareholder meeting was required.