Hanwha Aerospace scheduled an extraordinary shareholders’ meeting for September 18 to elect business head Lee Boo-hwan as an inside director.
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MNC Solution's KRW26.54 billion supply contract with Hanwha Aerospace for Egypt F100 HSU KIT is scheduled to end on 28 August 2026.
SNT Dynamics remains scheduled to file its 1H 2026 semiannual report by August 14 after releasing preliminary first-half results on July 31.
Firstec's H1 2026 semiannual report is due by August 14, 2026 under the statutory 45-day reporting timetable.
Hyundai Wia is required to file its H1 2026 semiannual report by August 14, 2026, the 45th day after the June 30 half-year end.
Hanwha Aerospace is due to file its first-half 2026 semiannual report by August 14, 2026, providing the statutory detailed follow-up to its preliminary Q2 results.
Woori Technology is due to file its H1 2026 semiannual report by 14 August 2026.
SNT Holdings is due to file its 2026 first-half report by 14 August 2026 under Korea's 45-day periodic-reporting deadline.
Hanwha Ocean is due to file its 2026 semiannual report by August 14, 2026, which will provide finalized first-half financial statements after its preliminary Q2 release.
Hyundai Rotem is scheduled to re-disclose by August 14 whether it has made a concrete decision on potential defense-business expansion, including the reported integration of Hyundai Wia’s gun-barrel business.
SNT Motiv is due to file its 2026 H1 report by 14 August 2026, providing the statutory financial statements that will validate or revise the 31 July preliminary results.
HJ Shipbuilding & Construction is due to file its H1 2026 report, including Q2 results, by August 14, 2026.
Satrec Initiative is expected to file its H1 2026 interim report by August 14, 2026, the 45-day statutory deadline after the June 30 half-year end.
SK oceanplant's statutory 2026 first-half report, containing Q2 results, is due by 14 August 2026, replacing the previously unverified estimate of an 18 August preliminary-results release.
Poongsan's H1 2026 semiannual report remains due by 14 August 2026 and will provide the auditor-reviewed confirmation of its July 31 preliminary results.
Hanwha Systems is due to file its H1 2026 semi-annual report by 14 August 2026 under Korea's 45-day post-half-year periodic-reporting deadline.
HD Hyundai Heavy Industries is scheduled to file its H1 2026 semiannual report by 14 August under Korea's 45-day periodic-reporting deadline.
Sphere's statutory deadline to file its H1 2026 report, including Q2 results, is 2026-08-14.
Samhyun’s 2026 half-year report is due by 2026-08-14, providing the next statutory disclosure of its operating and financial performance.
Independent financial calendars list MNC Solution's release of June-quarter 2026 results for 13 August 2026.
Hanwha Systems completed its KRW 499.851 billion open-market purchase of Korea Aerospace Industries shares, raising its holding to 4.98%.
Sphere invested KRW 11.79 billion in its wholly owned Singapore subsidiary Sphere Nickel Cobalt to fund nickel-smelter operating and financing costs.
Artisan Partners reported that it had reduced its MNC Solution holding to 1,153,758 shares, or 4.20%, as of 31 July 2026 through market sales for investment-fund recovery.
Hanwha Ocean confirmed that its KHNP-led consortium was selected as preferred bidder for the 800MW Southwest Offshore Wind Expansion Complex Phase 1, while its own contract value remains undecided.
Hanwha Aerospace and its affiliates increased their KAI holding by 1,217,053 shares to 15,490,353 shares, or 15.89%, through Hanwha Systems’ on-market purchases through August 7.
HJ Shipbuilding & Construction was selected as bidder for Section 4 of the Namyangju–Chuncheon Second Gyeongchun National Road project, with a KRW104.42 billion company share.
HD Hyundai Heavy Industries signed a KRW 956.0 billion conditional contract to supply engine generators to Corban Energy Group in the United States.
LIG Defense & Aerospace reported preliminary Q2 2026 consolidated revenue of KRW 1.1101 trillion and operating profit of KRW 105.7 billion, up 17.4% and 29.5% year over year, respectively.
LIG Defense & Aerospace reported preliminary consolidated Q2 2026 revenue of KRW 1.1101 trillion and operating profit of KRW 105.7 billion, with period-end order backlog of KRW 24.57 trillion.
Sphere disclosed completion of its KRW 20.32 billion special-alloy supply contract and continued limited disclosure because of the counterparty's confidentiality requirements.
Woori Technology disclosed that the KRW 40.0 billion privately placed Series 20 convertible bonds are scheduled to fund nuclear-control, i-SMR, offshore-wind-vessel, and waste-recycling operating expenditures.
HJ Shipbuilding & Construction amended its Pyeongtaek East Expressway private-investment construction contract, increasing its contract value to KRW110.09 billion and extending completion to June 9, 2027.
Song Moo-seok's acting-in-concert group kept its 8.81% SK oceanplant stake while increasing pledged shares to 1.90% through an extension and collateral increase.
Hanwha Systems called an extraordinary shareholders’ meeting for 18 September 2026 to vote on the election of Yang Ki-won and Kim Seung-mo as new inside directors.
Sphere extended the scheduled end date of one KRW 2.61 billion special-alloy supply contract from August 17 to September 30, 2026, with delivery progress of approximately 25%.
KRX designated Samhyun as an investment-warning issue effective August 4 after the stock met the post-preliminary-notice price-rise, 15-day-high, and concentrated-buying conditions.