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Published: 2021-10-26 06:15:41 ET
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6-K 1 d200342d6k.htm FORM 6-K Form 6-K

 

 

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 October, 2021

Commission File Number: 1-13368

 

 

POSCO

(Translation of registrant’s name into English)

 

 

POSCO Center, 440 Teheran-ro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, Korea, 06194

(Address of principal executive office)

 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

Form20-F  ☒            Form 40-F  ☐

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1):  ☐

Note: Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1) only permits the submission in paper of a Form 6-K if submitted solely to provide an attached annual report to security holders.

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7):  ☐

Note: Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7) only permits the submission in paper of a Form 6-K if submitted to furnish a report or other document that the registrant foreign private issuer must furnish and make public under the laws of the jurisdiction in which the registrant is incorporated, domiciled or legally organized (the registrant’s “home country”), or under the rules of the home country exchange on which the registrant’s securities are traded, as long as the report or other document is not a press release, is not required to be and has not been distributed to the registrant’s security holders, and, if discussing a material event, has already been the subject of a Form 6-K submission or other Commission filing on EDGAR.

 

 

 

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This disclosure is release of information for the announcement of the 3rd quarter of 2021 provisional earnings and business plan.

 

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The below earnings information is composed based on K-IFRS (Korean International Financial Reporting Standards) and the independent auditors’ review is not finished. Therefore, the earnings information may change in the review process.

 

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This disclosure contains additional information with Exhibit 99.1.

1. Provisional Earnings in Consolidated Financial Statements Basis

 

                                      (In trillions of KRW)  
     3Q 2021      2Q 2021      Changes over
2Q 2021(%)		      3Q 2020      Changes over
3Q 2020(%)		  
Revenue    Current      20.64        18.29        12.85 %       14.26        44.74 % 
   Cumulative      55.00        34.36        —          42.53        29.32 % 
Operating Profit    Current      3.12        2.20        41.82 %       0.67        365.67 % 
   Cumulative      6.87        3.75        —          1.54        346.10 % 
Profit before Income Tax    Current      3.36        2.40        40.00 %       0.71        373.24 % 
   Cumulative      7.32        3.96        —          1.51        384.77 % 
Profit    Current      2.63        1.81        45.30 %       0.51        415.69 % 
   Cumulative      5.58        2.95        —          1.05        431.43 % 

Profit Attributable to Owners of the Controlling

Company

    Current      2.43        1.66        46.39        0.47        417.02 % 
   Cumulative      5.12        2.69        —          0.90        468.89 % 

2. Provisional Earnings in Separate Financial Statements Basis

 

 

                                      (In trillions of KRW)  
     3Q 2021      2Q 2021      Changes over
2Q 2021(%)		      3Q 2020      Changes over
3Q 2020(%)		  

Revenue

    Current      11.31        9.28        21.88 %       6.58        71.88 % 
   Cumulative      28.39        17.08        —          19.43        46.11 % 

Operating Profit

    Current      2.30        1.61        42.86 %       0.26        784.62 % 
   Cumulative      4.98        2.68        —          0.61        716.39 % 

Profit before Income Tax

    Current      2.47        1.83        34.97 %       0.28        782.14 % 
   Cumulative      5.61        3.14        —           0.85        560.00 % 

Profit

    Current      1.84        1.32        39.39 %       0.18        922.22 % 
   Cumulative      4.11        2.27        —          0.64        542.19 % 

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.

 

    POSCO
    (Registrant)
  Date: October 26, 2021     By   /s/ Chung, Kyung-Jin
        (Signature)
        Name: Chung, Kyung-Jin
        Title: Head of Finance Office