Korea Securities Depository Returns 142.5 Billion Won in Unclaimed Assets... 3.3 Times the Previous Year’s Total

[Financial News] The Korea Securities Depository returned assets worth a total of 142.5 billion won, including shares and cash payments, to their rightful holders through its “Find Unclaimed Shares” campaign. The amount returned was more than three times last year’s total.
The Korea Securities Depository said on the 13th that it had concluded its “2026 Intensive Campaign to Find Unclaimed Shares,” which ran for four weeks from the 12th of last month through the 6th of this month.
The unclaimed assets distributed through the campaign totaled 142.5 billion won, including shares worth approximately 142.3 billion won and cash payments of approximately 150 million won. The total was about 3.3 times the previous year’s 43.1 billion won. Individuals received 49,294,710,000 won, while corporations received 93,207,150,000 won.
This year, the depository also held a joint campaign with companies active in returning value to shareholders, including Meritz Financial Group Inc., Amorepacific Holdings and Amorepacific. The Korea Securities Depository believes that issuers’ participation in promoting the campaign helped increase the amount of unclaimed assets returned.
The depository continues to improve its remote services for checking and receiving shares and cash payments, as well as its asset inquiry service for heirs. Even after the campaign ends, people can check whether they hold unclaimed assets and how to claim them through the Korea Securities Depository’s securities agency website and other channels. 

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