Samsung Electronics says it will double dividend payouts from 2018 to 2020, as part of its efforts to improve shareholder value.
 
Samsung said in a regulatory filing on Tuesday that it increased dividend payouts for this year by 20 percent from a year ago, and it will increase them by 100 percent for 2018 and keep the level for 2019 and 2020.
 
Samsung also said that it will not deduct mergers and acquisitions(M&As) when calculating its free cash flow in order to prevent massive M&As from reducing funds for its shareholder return program. 
 
The electronics giant added that its capital investment will reach a record high of 46-point-two trillion won this year, compared to 25-point-five trillion won last year.