[Alpha Biz=(Chicago) Reporter Kim Jisun] SM Group, which entered the HMM acquisition race, recently bought additional HMM shares in large quantities.

According to the securities industry on the 2nd, SM Group recently bought about 500,000 HMM shares in the market. The buyer is SM Dong-A Construction Industry, which is known to have purchased tens of thousands of shares several times.

Based on the closing price of the previous day, it is worth 10 billion won, and the stake is about 0.1%. Shareholders with a stake of 5% or more must disclose within five business days when their holdings change by about 1%. This time, the share fluctuation is not large, so it is expected to be combined and disclosed if additional purchases are made.

As a result, SM Group's stake rose to 6.66% from 6.56%. SM Group is held by Woo Ki-won, vice president of Woo, son of Woo, SM Merchant Marine and Daehan Shipping, who share HMM shares. He is the third largest shareholder after the Korea Development Bank and the Korea Maritime Promotion Agency.

 

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