UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of August 2023
Commission File Number 1-14926
KT Corporation
(Translation of registrant’s name into English)
90, Buljeong-ro,
Bundang-gu, Seongnam-si,
Gyeonggi-do,
Korea
(Address of principal executive offices)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F:
Form 20-F ☑ Form 40-F ☐
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
| Dated: August 1, 2023 | ||
| KT Corporation | ||
| By: | /s/ Seunghoon Chi | |
| Name: Seunghoon Chi | ||
| Title: Vice President | ||
| By: | /s/ Sanghyun Cho | |
| Name: Sanghyun Cho | ||
| Title: Director | ||
Result of Acquisition of Treasury Shares
| 1. | Relating Report Submission Date : 11 May, 2023 (Title : Decision to Acquire of Treasury Shares) |
| 2. | Period of acquisition : From July 27, 2023 to July 31, 2023 |
| 3. | Result of acquisition |
| Types of shares | Numbers | Acquisition price per share* | Total amount of acquisition * | |||||||||||||
| Ordered | Acquired | |||||||||||||||
Common shares | 4,994 | 4,994 | KRW 31,350 | KRW 156,561,900 | ||||||||||||
| * | The method of acquisition is over-the-counter acquisitions, not by broker-dealers. |
| * | The purpose of the acquisition is to acquire treasury shares due to the cancellation of long-term performance shares previously paid. |
| * | The number of shares acquired is 4,994 shares as disclosed in the 6-K Decision to Acquire Treasury Shares on May 11, 2023. |
| * | Acquisition price per share is the closing price on the day before the BOD decision to acquire treasury shares. |
| * | The total amount of the purchase price is the number of shares acquired multiplied by the purchase price per share. |
| 4. | Matching the result of acquisition against the information on acquisition reporting |
| (Unit : Share) | ||||||||
Numbers of shares to be acquired | Numbers of shares acquired | Match or not | ||||||
Common shares | Other shares | Common shares | Other shares | |||||
| 4,994 | 4,994 | Matching | ||||||
| 5. | Treasury Shares after the Acquisition |
| (Unit : million KRW, Share, %) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Types of shares | Treasury Shares Under the Regulation of of Act 3 of Article 165 | Treasury Shares Under the Trust contract of Act 3 of Article 165 | Total | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Numbers | % | Amount | Numbers | % | Amount | Numbers | % | Amount | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Common shares | 4,942,434 | 1.89 | 197,989 | 9,755,952 | 3.74 | 300,086 | 14,698,386 | 5.63 | 498,075 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
