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Korea’s New Tender Offer Rules: What you need to know about the pending mandatory tender offer rules
November 2, 2026

Korea has been reforming its capital markets and corporate governance rules to strengthen minority shareholder protection and make corporate acquisitions more transparent.  As part of this effort, a new mandatory tender offer regime recently advanced through a National Assembly committee.  While its final passage (approval by the National Assembly’s plenary session and subsequent promulgation by the government) has been delayed, there is a ground swell of interest as to what the proposed new rules provide, and how it would affect the capital market and market players.   

 
1. What is the Proposed New Rule?
2. Why is this rule being introduced?
3. Who is affected by this new rule?
4. What are the implications?
5. In Closing
 

 

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