Maeil Holdings Co., Ltd. announces an Equity Buyback for KRW 3,000 million worth of its shares.
August 13, 2019 at 03:17 am EDT
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Maeil Dairies Co., Ltd. (KOSDAQ:A005990) announces a share repurchase program. Under the program, the company will repurchase up to KRW 3,000 million worth of shares pursuant to a trust contract with KB Securities Co., Ltd. The purpose of the share repurchase program is to stabilize the share price and to enhance shareholder value. The share repurchase program is valid until August 12, 2022. As of August 12, 2019, the company had 519,397 shares in treasury within scope available for dividend and had 3,479 shares in treasury through other repurchase.
Maeil Holdings Co Ltd, formerly Maeil Dairies Co Ltd, is a Korea-based company mainly engaged in the manufacture and marketing of dairy products. The Company's product portfolio consists of infant food, including powdered milk, baby food, functional powdered milk and others under the brand names of Absolute and Maeil Mamâma; milk, including regular milk, functional milk, sterilized milk and processed milk; fermented milk, including thick fermented milk, liquid fermented milk and stirred fermented milk, and beverages, including coffee beverages, soybean milk, cheese, wine and others. The Company also provides baby clothes and baby products. The Company distributes its products within domestic market and to overseas markets.