Record Date for Proposed Dividends

Record Date for Proposed Dividends

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (KS005930, KS005935, SMSN, SMSD) ("SEC") announced that its Management Committee at their meeting on March 12, 2018 decided the record date for the proposed dividends to be presented to the Board of Directors (the "Board") for a vote at the Board's next meeting scheduled for the end of April, 2018. If the Board approves the proposal to pay and declare dividends, it will determine the payment of quarterly dividends and the payout ratio at the scheduled meeting. The corresponding book closure period for the dividends, during which period the shareholders' registry of SEC will be closed and no transfer of shares in SEC will be effective, is presented below. 

Dividend payments, if declared by the Board, will only be made to the shareholders of record at the close of business on March 31, 2018.

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- Book Closure Period: April 1~April 14, 2018

- Record Date: March 31, 2018

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