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KT acquisitions, on the record

The businesses KT bought and sold, as its annual reports describe them, with the cash it reported paying for acquisitions each year and every deal filing since 2016.

Deals its annual reports describe

BusinessDealWhenValue
Hyundai HCN Co., Ltd. ("HCN")
Word for word“For example, in September 2021, KT Skylife Co., Ltd. (“KT Skylife”), in which we held a 50.3% interest as of December 31, 2023, completed its acquisition of a 100.00% interest in Hyundai HCN Co., Ltd. (“HCN”), which is Korea’s fifth largest cable operator.” 20-F for 2023
acquisitionSeptember 2021—
Epsilon Global Communications Pte. Ltd.
Word for word“In September 2021, KT ES Pte. Ltd., a subsidiary in which we held a 57.6% interest as of December 31, 2023, acquired a 100.0% interest in Epsilon Global Communications Pte. Ltd.” 20-F for 2023
acquisitionSeptember 2021—
BC Card
Word for word“In October 2011, we acquired a controlling interest in BC Card, a leading credit card solutions provider in Korea in which we held a 69.5% interest as of December 31, 2023.” 20-F for 2023
acquisitionOctober 2011—
Lolab Co., Ltd.
Word for word“Service costs decreased by 3.9%, or ₩ 88 billion, from ₩ 2,230 billion in 2023 to ₩ 2,142 billion in 2024 primarily due to the elimination of service cost related to Lolab Co., Ltd., following our divestiture.” 20-F for 2024
divestiture——
PlayD
Word for word“Our media and cont ent services revenue decreased by 0.7%, or W 22 billion, from W 3,107 billion in 2024 to W 3,085 billion in 2025 primarily due to the divestiture of PlayD, a subsidiary that provided online 48 Table of Contents advertising services.” 20-F for 2025
divestiture——

Read from KT’s annual reports (20-F for 2025, 20-F for 2024, 20-F for 2023) and the financial data it files with the SEC, as of 2026-04-29. Every quotation is word for word from the filing linked beside it; how these pages are built and checked. The full record is in its company data sheet.