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Samsung Electronics Co. is in the early stages of exploring a potential offering of American depositary receipts, according to people familiar with the matter.
The company has held preliminary discussions with banks, but hasn’t yet made a decision about whether to proceed, the people said, asking not to be identified discussing private deliberations. Samsung will monitor the volatile memory chip stocks as part of the decision making, they said. If the company moves ahead with a US listing, its sprawling business portfolio and recurring labor disputes could pose challenges in structuring the deal, according to the people.