HANMI Semiconductor said on the 27th that Chair Gwak Dong-shin bought $3 billion won worth of treasury shares with personal funds. The purchase implements the company's treasury share acquisition plan disclosed on the 30th of last month.
According to the company, the purchase price was 315,407 won per share for a total of $3 billion won. With this, Chair Gwak Dong-shin has acquired a total of $56.5 billion won in treasury shares since 2023, and Gwak's equity stake in HANMI Semiconductor has risen to 33.57%.
Chair Gwak Dong-shin's successive treasury share purchases are intended to convey to the market confidence and conviction in the technology and future growth of the TC (thermocompression) bonder in the global HBM (high bandwidth memory) equipment market.
HANMI Semiconductor holds the No. 1 market share in TC bonders for global HBM production, and as HBM4 mass production begins in earnest this year, it is leading the supply of "TC Bonder 4" to global manufacturers and maintaining market leadership.
By the end of this year, the company plans to launch the "Wide TC Bonder" to support next-generation HBM production. The Wide TC Bonder is specialized equipment for next-generation HBM production with a greatly expanded die area compared with existing HBM, and it meets demand from next-generation artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure, where memory capacity and bandwidth requirements are rising.
It also plans to release a prototype of the "second-generation hybrid bonder" within the year, targeting the hybrid bonding market, which is expected to enter full mass production in 2029. In the first half of next year, it will begin full operation of the "hybrid bonder factory," aiming to secure leadership in the next-generation semiconductor packaging market ahead of time.
A HANMI Semiconductor official said, "This treasury share purchase is a strong expression of Chair Gwak Dong-shin's commitment to responsible management," adding, "As a 'first mover' in the global semiconductor equipment industry, we will achieve sustainable growth."