SK hynix begins Nasdaq ADR trading after second-largest U.S. share sale

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SK hynix began Nasdaq ADR trading at $170 per share, above its $149 initial price, marking the second-largest U.S. share sale.
CEO Kwak Noh-Jung highlights the ADR listing as expanding global investor access and strengthening U.S. market relationships, especially in AI.
SK hynix claims nearly 60% global high-bandwidth memory market share, positioning the company centrally amid rising AI hardware infrastructure demands.

Nasdaq debut expands capital access

As reported by Nasdaq, the Icheon-based memory chipmaker opens for trading at $170 per American Depositary Share, above its initial pricing of $149, in a move the company presents as a new route to international investment.

Chief Executive Kwak Noh-Jung says the ADR listing opens access to investors around the world and broadens the company's global shareholder base. He says the U.S. is the center of AI, with key customers, ecosystem partners and industry talent concentrated there, making the listing a stronger link to that market.

Nasdaq President Nelson Griggs says the transaction shows how international technology companies use the exchange as part of a broader growth strategy tied to future infrastructure needs. At the opening bell ceremony in Times Square, executives from both sides mark what they describe as a strategic relationship that goes beyond a single listing event.

AI infrastructure demand supports strategic move

The ADR structure allows SK hynix shares to trade in U.S. dollars and settle through standard American market systems, reducing currency conversion hurdles, time zone complications and other frictions for cross-border investors. That gives institutional and retail buyers a more direct way to gain exposure to the chipmaker while preserving its home-market identity.

SK hynix positions the Nasdaq entry as part of a wider push to align itself with the companies, capital and market visibility shaping the AI buildout. The company says a U.S. listing does not replace its domestic base, but extends its reach to more technology-focused investors.

The move arrives as the AI investment cycle shifts toward hardware constraints and the heavy capital demands of building physical computing infrastructure. SK hynix says it stands near the center of that trend, with nearly 60% of the global high-bandwidth memory market, a category of advanced chips used to feed data into AI processors.

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