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Korean IPO Allocation Math: Equal vs Proportional Shares

Retail IPO shares in Korea split roughly half into equal allocation and half into proportional allocation. Headcount decides one, deposit size decides the other. Worked calculations at a 20,000 won offer price and 1,000-to-1 ratio.

Personal FinanceSep 2, 20265 min

Korea IPO Equal Allocation: How Subscriber Count Sets Your Shares

Korea's equal allocation splits half the retail IPO tranche across every subscriber. In one case with 336,294 applications, each share of the pot came to 0.84 shares. Here is where the one-share line breaks, and what a proportional share actually costs.

Personal FinanceAug 1, 20266 min