Korea Securities Depository (KSD) said on the 26th that it held a launch ceremony on the 25th for the "2026 regular shareholders meeting e-voting support team."
The support team plans to focus its response through a dedicated organization on the practical processing and customer inquiries needed for issuers and shareholders to use the depository's e-voting system (K-VOTE). It will operate through April 3.
The depository said interest in voting rights has grown recently due to two amendments to the Commercial Act last year and the government's push to revitalize the capital market. As a result, convenient and stable handling of voting-rights business has become important.
At the launch ceremony the previous day, President Lee Sun-ho of the depository said, "The role of the electronic voting-rights infrastructure to support the policy goal of revitalizing the capital market is drawing more attention than ever," and urged, "We must do our utmost to ensure there is no shortfall in providing services that both issuers and shareholders can be satisfied with and trust."
The support team plans to assist issuers holding regular shareholders meetings in March—expected to total around 1,000—with the use of e-voting. It will also provide customized services by customer type, including assigning dedicated staff for each issuer and supporting bulk voting by institutional-investor shareholders such as the National Pension Service.
A depository official said, "KSD plans to further strengthen its capabilities as a comprehensive e-voting support platform by continuing efforts such as launching the electronic shareholders meeting service in 2027 and improving the environment for foreign shareholders to exercise their voting rights."