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[Alpha Biz= Paul Lee] Busan, South Korea – June 30, 2025 – The Korea Securities Depository (KSD) announced that approximately 583.58 million shares from 55 listed companies will be released from lock-up registration in July. These shares had been under mandatory holding restrictions to protect general investors.
The breakdown includes 296.65 million shares from two KOSPI-listed companies and 286.93 million shares from 53 KOSDAQ-listed companies.
Under Korea’s mandatory lock-up registration system, certain shares held by major shareholders are electronically registered and restricted from trading for a set period.
The top three companies by number of shares released are:
Taeyoung Engineering & Construction (273.99 million shares),
Wemade Max (40.5 million shares),
Gangdong C&L (28.95 million shares).
The top three companies by lock-up release as a percentage of total shares outstanding are:
Taeyoung E&C (93.05%),
Dream Insight (59.30%),
Wemade Max (48.34%).
The majority of shares being released were locked up due to restrictions related to public offerings.
Alphabiz Reporter Paul Lee(hoondork1977@alphabiz.co.kr)