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Disclosure Decoder #006: Celltrion cancels 544,299 treasury shares, shrinking share count September 30

The Filing

Celltrion (DART: 00413046) filed a share cancellation decision on 16 September 2026, announcing the retirement of 544,299 common shares from treasury on 30 September 2026. The board resolved this on the same day as the filing. No new buyback is involved: these shares were already held as treasury stock.

What It Literally Says

Celltrion will cancel 544,299 common shares, drawn entirely from existing treasury stock already on the balance sheet. The book value of those shares at the board resolution date is KRW 96.2bn (~$70M). Total issued common shares before cancellation stand at 232,617,176. Par value per share is KRW 1,000 (~$0.73). The cancellation date is targeted at 30 September 2026. The filing states explicitly that total issued share count will fall but paid-in capital will not change, because the shares were purchased from distributable profit, not via a capital reduction procedure. Five outside directors attended the board vote; none were absent.

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