# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0000889132
**File Stem:** 0001193125-23-073375
**Filing Date:** 2023-3
**Character Count:** 10642
**Document Hash:** 0a5b2388eb7777a147b0015d470911cb
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001193125-23-073375.hdr.sgml**: 20230317

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001193125-23-073375

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 6-K

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 1

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20230317

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20230317

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20230317

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** POSCO HOLDINGS INC.
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0000889132
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** STEEL WORKS, BLAST FURNACES  ROLLING MILLS (COKE OVENS) [3312]
- **IRS NUMBER:** 000000000
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 6-K
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-13368
- **FILM NUMBER:** 23740979

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** POSCO CENTER
- **STREET 2:** 440 TEHERAN-RO
- **CITY:** GANGNAM-GU, SEOUL
- **STATE:** M5
- **ZIP:** 06194
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 02-3457-0114

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** POSCO CENTER
- **STREET 2:** 440 TEHERAN-RO
- **CITY:** GANGNAM-GU, SEOUL
- **STATE:** M5
- **ZIP:** 06194

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** POSCO
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20020517

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** POHANG IRON & STEEL CO LTD
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 19930607

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**UNITED STATES** 

**SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION** 

**Washington, D.C. 20549** 

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**Form 6-K** 

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**REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER** 

**PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15D-16 UNDER** 

**THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934** 

**For the month of March, 2023** 

**Commission File Number: 1-13368** 

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## POSCO HOLDINGS INC.
**(Translation of registrant's name into English)** 

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**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.

Form 20-F [ <u>x</u> ] Form 40-F [<u> </u> ]

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): <u>_</u>

**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):<u> </u>

**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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**Decision on Disposal of Treasury Stock** 

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|:---|:---|:---|:---|
| 1. Number of shares to be disposed of | Common stock | Common stock | 27030 |
| 1. Number of shares to be disposed of | Different classes of stocks | Different classes of stocks | - |
| 2. Disposal price of shares (KRW) | Common stock | Common stock | 323000 |
| 2. Disposal price of shares (KRW) | Different classes of stocks | Different classes of stocks | - |
| 3. Estimated disposal amount (KRW) | Common stock | Common stock | 8730690000 |
| 3. Estimated disposal amount (KRW) | Different classes of stocks | Different classes of stocks | - |
| 4. Scheduled disposal period | Start date | Start date | March 20, 2023 |
| 4. Scheduled disposal period | End date | End date | April 14, 2023 |
| 5. Purpose of disposal | 5. Purpose of disposal | 5. Purpose of disposal | Providing stock grant to the executive officers of POSCO Holdings and subsidiaries |
| 6. Disposal method | Disposal in exchange (shrs.) | Disposal in exchange (shrs.) | - |
| 6. Disposal method | Off-hours block trading (shrs.) | Off-hours block trading (shrs.) | - |
| 6. Disposal method | Disposal in OTC (shrs.) | Disposal in OTC (shrs.) | 27030 |
| 6. Disposal method | Others (shrs.) | Others (shrs.) | - |
| 7. Entrusted brokerage company | 7. Entrusted brokerage company | 7. Entrusted brokerage company | Samsung Securities |
| 8. Treasury stock holdings before disposal | Acquisition within profits available for dividends (shrs.) | Common stock | Ratio(%) |
| 8. Treasury stock holdings before disposal | Acquisition within profits available for dividends (shrs.) | Different classes of<br>stocks | Ratio(%) |
| 8. Treasury stock holdings before disposal | Acquisition for other<br>reasons (shrs.) | Common stock | Ratio(%) |
| 8. Treasury stock holdings before disposal | Acquisition for other<br>reasons (shrs.) | Different classes of<br>stocks | Ratio(%) |
| 9. Date of board resolution (decision date) | 9. Date of board resolution (decision date) | 9. Date of board resolution (decision date) | March 17, 2023 |
| - Attendance of outside directors | - Attendance of outside directors | Present (No.) | 7 |
| - Attendance of outside directors | - Attendance of outside directors | Absent (No.) | 0 |
| - Attendance of auditors (members of Audit Committee who are not outside directors) | - Attendance of auditors (members of Audit Committee who are not outside directors) | - Attendance of auditors (members of Audit Committee who are not outside directors) | - |
| 10. Limit of buying order per day | 10. Limit of buying order per day | Common stock | - |
| 10. Limit of buying order per day | 10. Limit of buying order per day | Different classes of<br>stocks | - |
| 11. Other matters to be factored into investment decisions | 11. Other matters to be factored into investment decisions | 11. Other matters to be factored into investment decisions | - Above '3. Estimated disposal amount' (KRW) are based on the closing price of the shares on March 16, 2023 which is one working day prior to the board of directors' meeting.<br>- Above '6. Disposal method' is a method by which shares are transferred directly from the Company's treasury stock account to the payee's accounts on the date of issuance.<br>- All members of Audit Committtee are outside directors |

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**[Holding Amount of Treasury Stock before Decision on Treasury Stock Disposal]** 

(in shares.)

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| Methods of acquisition |  |  | Type of shares | Beginning<br>balance | Change | Change | Change | Closing<br>balance | Remarks |
| Methods of acquisition |  |  | Type of shares | Beginning<br>balance | Acquisition<br>(+) | Disposal<br>(-) | Share<br>retirement<br>(-) | Closing<br>balance | Remarks |
| Amount of shares acquired within profits available for dividends | Direct Acquisition | <br> Direct acquisition in the exchange | <br> Common stock | <br> 5406179 |  |  |  | <br> 5406179 |  |
| Amount of shares acquired within profits available for dividends | Direct Acquisition | <br> Direct acquisition in the exchange | <br> Different classes of stocks | <br> —  |  |  |  | <br> —  |  |
| Amount of shares acquired within profits available for dividends | Direct Acquisition | <br> Direct acquisition in OTC | <br> Common stock | <br> —  |  |  |  | <br> —  |  |
| Amount of shares acquired within profits available for dividends | Direct Acquisition | <br> Direct acquisition in OTC | <br> Different classes of stocks | <br> —  |  |  |  | <br> —  |  |
| Amount of shares acquired within profits available for dividends | Direct Acquisition | Tender offer | <br> Common stock | <br> —  |  |  |  | <br> —  |  |
| Amount of shares acquired within profits available for dividends | Direct Acquisition | Tender offer | <br> Different classes of stocks | <br> —  |  |  |  | <br> —  |  |
| Amount of shares acquired within profits available for dividends | Direct Acquisition | Sub total (a) | <br> Common stock | <br> 5406179 |  |  |  | <br> 5406179 |  |
| Amount of shares acquired within profits available for dividends | Direct Acquisition | Sub total (a) | <br> Different classes of stocks | <br> —  |  |  |  | <br> —  |  |
| Amount of shares acquired within profits available for dividends | Acquisition by trust contract | <br> Number of shares indirectly held through trust contracts | <br> Common stock | <br> —  |  |  |  | <br> —  |  |
| Amount of shares acquired within profits available for dividends | Acquisition by trust contract | <br> Number of shares indirectly held through trust contracts | Different classes of stocks |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Amount of shares acquired within profits available for dividends | Acquisition by trust contract | <br> Number of shares directly held | <br> Common stock | <br> 3315874 |  |  |  | <br> 3315874 |  |
| Amount of shares acquired within profits available for dividends | Acquisition by trust contract | <br> Number of shares directly held | <br> Different classes of stocks | <br> —  |  |  |  | <br> —  |  |
| Amount of shares acquired within profits available for dividends | Acquisition by trust contract | <br> Number of shares directly held | <br> Common stock | <br> 3315874 |  |  |  | <br> 3315874 |  |
|  |  | <br> Sub total (b) | <br> Different classes of stocks | <br> —  |  |  |  | <br> —  |  |

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| <br> Amount of shares acquired for other reasons (c) | <br> Common stock | <br> —  |
| <br> Amount of shares acquired for other reasons (c) | <br> Different classes of stocks | <br> —  |
|  <br> Total (a+b+c) | <br> Common stock | <br> 8722053 |
|  <br> Total (a+b+c) | <br> Different classes of stocks | <br> —  |

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Note1) The above 'beginning balance' represents the number of treasury stocks as of January 1, 2023, and 'closing balance' represents the number of treasury stocks as of March 17, 2023.

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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.

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|  | <u>POSCO HOLDINGS INC.</u><br> (Registrant) | <u>POSCO HOLDINGS INC.</u><br> (Registrant) |
|  | <u>POSCO HOLDINGS INC.</u><br> (Registrant) | <u>POSCO HOLDINGS INC.</u><br> (Registrant) |
| Date : March 17, 2023 | By | /s/ Han, Young-Ah |
|  |  | (Signature) |
|  |  | Name: Han, Young-Ah |
|  |  | Title: Senior Vice President |

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