HPSP (403870) approved distributing up to 51,517 common treasury shares to 37 employees and officers between August 7 and October 30, the company said in a filing, settling vested stock options and restricted stock units. The reference price is the prior day's close of KRW 35,800, for a maximum value of about KRW 1.84 billion.
The filing notes the final share count may shrink if recipients leave the company or miss vesting conditions before the period ends. It is not HPSP's first such distribution in 2026: the company disclosed transferring 4,410, 86,969 and 4,587 treasury shares under the same compensation program across three separate dates in May and June, and separately retired 1,699,120 treasury shares outright on March 13.
HPSP holds a near-monopoly in high-pressure hydrogen annealing equipment used to repair defects in advanced chips. The 51,517 shares represent about 0.1% of its 82,300,000 shares outstanding.
The maximum KRW 1.84 billion payout is roughly 0.044% of HPSP's KRW 4,147.9 billion market capitalization.
4,147.9 billion won market cap.
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| Symbol | Last Price |
|---|---|
| 403870HPSP Co., Ltd. | ₩50,800 +1.2% |