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Samsung Electronics

13 dated events on the record · 5 primary-source · 0 contradictions · 2009–2025

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Recent events
2025-10-17 Transactions SECONDARY Samsung Electronics faces a separate tax dispute with Mexico's Tax Administration Service (SAT) exceeding MX$300 billion (US$16.2B) over alleged misuse of the IMMEX program's virtual import mechanism.
2025-08-21 Transactions SECONDARY The Trump administration formally stated its intent to demand equity in exchange for CHIPS Act grants to Samsung and other semiconductor companies, a policy shift that could require Samsung to issue shares proportional…
2025-06-15 Transactions PRIMARY Samsung Electronics was incorporated in 1969 and listed on the Korea Stock Exchange in 1975. It is headquartered in Suwon, South Korea, and as of FY2025 had approximately 128,881 employees and $244.8B in revenue.
2025-06-15 Other facts SECONDARY The Lee family controls Samsung Electronics through a complex cross-shareholding structure. Samsung Life Insurance holds 7.64%, National Pension Service 6.74%, BlackRock 4.99%, Samsung C&T Corp 4.49%, and Vanguard…
2025-03-01 Transactions SECONDARY India's tax authority ordered Samsung and its executives to pay $601M in back taxes and penalties in March 2025 for allegedly misclassifying imports of telecom equipment to evade tariffs between 2018-2021.
2025-02-02 Other facts SECONDARY Chairman Jay Y. Lee was acquitted of accounting fraud and stock manipulation charges by the Seoul High Court on February 2, 2025, after prosecutors sought a 5-year jail sentence in November 2024 over a 2015 merger of…
2025-01-31 Transactions PRIMARY Samsung Electronics reported 2024 net income of 34.45 trillion won ($23.8B), up 122.5% from a year earlier, on revenue of approximately 301 trillion won.
2024-12-31 Transactions PRIMARY Samsung Electronics America PAC raised $416,088 and contributed $338,000 to federal candidates in the 2023-2024 cycle, split 51.33% to Democrats and 47.49% to Republicans. Top recipients included John Carter (R-TX)…
2024-12-20 Transactions PRIMARY The U.S. Commerce Dept awarded Samsung Electronics up to $4.745B in direct CHIPS Act funding in December 2024 (down from the $6.4B preliminary MoU of April 2024) to support its $37B investment in a semiconductor…
2024-07-10 Other facts SECONDARY In July 2024, the National Samsung Electronics Union (NSEU) launched the first strike in Samsung's 55-year history, with about 6,500 workers participating in an indefinite strike at the Hwaseong semiconductor facility…
2024-06-15 Transactions PRIMARY Samsung Group spent a record $6.98M on U.S. lobbying in 2024 through subsidiaries Samsung Electronics America, Samsung Semiconductor, Samsung SDI America, and eMagin, employing 64 lobbyists across multiple firms…
2022-08-12 Other facts SECONDARY Jay Y. Lee served a combined 18 months in prison on bribery charges related to the Park Geun-hye scandal before being paroled in 2021 and pardoned by President Yoon Suk Yeol in 2022. He was also convicted of unlawful…
2009-03-02 Other facts SECONDARY Samsung Electronics filed filing with the SEC on 2009-03-02. Accession number: N/A.