The Zhitong Finance App learned that on Thursday, SK Hynix (SKHY.US) rose more than 5% to $164.77. According to the news, SK Hynix officially announced the market's long-awaited shareholder return policy after closing on August 19, 2026 — plans to repurchase and cancel 40 trillion won worth of shares, involving 24.07 million shares (3.3% of shares issued as of the end of the second quarter of 2026), equivalent to about US$28.9 billion. This scale is not only the largest share repurchase in the history of a Korean listed company, but also exceeds the approximately 26.5 billion US dollars that Hynix raised through ADR financing in the US in early July this year.
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The Zhitong Finance App learned that on Thursday, SK Hynix (SKHY.US) rose more than 5% to $164.77. According to the news, SK Hynix officially announced the market's long-awaited shareholder return policy after closing on August 19, 2026 — plans to repurchase and cancel 40 trillion won worth of shares, involving 24.07 million shares (3.3% of shares issued as of the end of the second quarter of 2026), equivalent to about US$28.9 billion. This scale is not only the largest share repurchase in the history of a Korean listed company, but also exceeds the approximately 26.5 billion US dollars that Hynix raised through ADR financing in the US in early July this year.
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