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3. Sabotage of "Point 2-1" Cumulative Voting)

◦ The Fact: The documents show they want to eliminate this vote because it's the only tool we have to get an external director in the future.
◦ The Action: If you're a shareholder (even with just 1 share), VOTE AGAINST point 2-1 on the electronic voting platform.
If you're not, make noise about the "lack of transparency and governance." Serious investors are terrified when a company eliminates voting rights, because that means the directors plan to do shady things without anyone stopping them.

4. The March 31 "Time Bomb"
• The Quote from the Minutes:
"Meeting commencement: March 31, 10:00 AM KST."
• The Strategy: On the morning of March 31, the Korean stock market (KOSPI) will open one hour before the board meeting.
That's the final hour. * If the boycott hashtag and the document proofs (like the ones you uploaded) are trending worldwide at that moment, shareholders will enter the meeting with their phones blowing up. No investor will vote for a director whose first official act caused a global firestorm and asset devaluation.

EXTRACTED FROM THE ATTACHMENTS

In the "Contingency Planning" files (Contingency Plans), there's a footnote that says: "In the event that market rejection exceeds the critical threshold before ratification, the Board reserves the right to modify or postpone the appointments to avoid mass withdrawal of institutional capital."

What does this mean? That if we pressure them hard enough, THEY CAN BACK DOWN. It's not irreversible until the minutes are signed on the 31st at noon. We have 8 days to make the threshold CRITICAL.

This isn't just complaining; it's hitting where it hurts: in the wallet and in legal reputation. If we can get Vanguard to see that Isaac Lee is 'toxic' for the stock, they'll kick him off the ship on the 31st itself. The company already foresaw that it could postpone the positions if the chaos was too much. Let's make the chaos
UNBEARABLE.

HYBE needs "stable operating…

2. The "Comfort Streaming" Trap
• The Direct Quote (Korean): "*HE
의 감정적 에너지를 스트리밍 및 디지털 구매로 유도하여 자본 흐름 유지."
• Translation: "Induce the fandom's emotional energy toward streaming and digital purchases to maintain capital flow."
◦ The Play: They expect that, out of "love for the boys," we'll keep up the massive streaming. They know streaming keeps the stock value stable. They expect our loyalty to finance their ratification on the 31st.

3. The "Blackout" of the Truth
• The Direct Quote (English):
"Strict moderation of dissenting narratives on internal platforms (WeVerse) to prevent 'echo chambers' of resistance from reaching institutional investors."
• Translation: "Strict moderation of dissenting narratives on internal platforms to prevent
'echo chambers' of resistance from reaching institutional investors."
• What they did: Delete
comments, silence hashtags, and use bots to "clean" the company's image on forums where Vanguard or NPS analysts check market sentiment.

4. The Underestimation of Fan Intelligence
• The Fact: In the Risk
Management documents, they classify us as "Emotional Consumer Base" (Emotional consumer base).
• Isaac Lee's Mistake: He believes we're not capable of reading a financial balance sheet or understanding Point 2-1. His plan assumes we'll stay stuck in
"feeling" and won't move to
"corporate action"

THE SCRIPT BROKE
"Isaac Lee and Kevin Mayer wrote a script where we surrendered on these specific days in March, tired of fighting and distracted by visual content.
They expected our 'love' to keep the stock price steady until the 31st. But they were wrong. We're not just 'emotional consumers'; we're shareholders, we're observers, and now we have their own documents in our hands.
The script said we'd be silent today. Today is when we’ll make the most noise.

PART 16: WAR MANUAL (EACH PERSON DOES WHAT THEY DEEM FIT)

If Isaac Lee's documents say they budgeted for 30% "collateral damage," our goal is to make the damage 100%. ©
Kevin Mayer's docu…

1. The concept of "Fan Sentiment Volatility"
• The Exact Quote (English):
"Anticipated short-term decline in fan engagement and sentiment (25-30%) due to structural realignment of core IP units."
◦ Translation: "A short-term drop in fan engagement and sentiment (25-30%) is anticipated due to the structural alignment of the main units."
◦ What it means: They already measured that we were going to cry, scream, and fight. But for them, 30% hate is acceptable if the other 70% keeps buying the new units. They see us as a statistic of "collateral damage."
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◦ 2. The "Wear and Tear" Strategy
◦ • The Exact Quote (Korean): "$7|
◦ 팬덤의 반발은 약 3~4주간 지속될 것 으로 예상되며, 이는 후속 콘텐츠 배포 를 통해 점진적으로 상쇄될 것임."
◦ Translation: "The initial fandom reaction is expected to last approximately 3 to 4 weeks, which will be gradually offset through the distribution of subsequent content."
◦ • The Dirty Play: Their plan is to wear us out. They believe that if they bombard us with photos of the new units and "cute" content on WeVerse for a month, by the end of April we'll have forgotten Heeseung or the group's unity.
◦ They're betting on our short memories.
◦
◦ 3. The "Shield" of the March 31 Board
◦ • The Exact Quote (English):
◦ "Strategic timing of the announcement (March 10_ ensures that the peak of fan backlash occurs and stabilizes prior to the ratification of new board members on March 31."
◦ • Translation: "The strategic timing of the announcement (March 10) ensures that the fan reaction occurs and stabilizes before the ratification of the new board members on March 31."
◦ • What it reveals: They chose March 10 on purpose so that "the storm would pass" before the investors vote. They wanted that by the 31st, the fandom would already be exhausted and the stock would start recovering.
◦ They underestimated us thinking that by March 21 we'd already be quiet.
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◦ 4. "Mitigation through Autonomy Narrative"
◦ Isaac Lee's documents mention that the official narrative must foc…

The Objective: They want the fragmentation to become an “accepted fact" after the Board meeting. They aim for the fandom to give up in the face of the boys' lack of response, without realizing they're protecting their careers (and finances) from a lawsuit by their own company.

4. The March 31 Damage Control
The "Reputational Risk Management" documents establish that the period from March 10 to 31 is a "Red Zone."
◦ Nothing can come out of the official accounts that isn't promotional or "soft lifestyle" content.
◦ Any mention of "sadness" or
"disagreement" is deleted by WeVerse's moderation staff, who now report directly to the Global Content Strategy office.

SILENCE HAS A PRICE

"Don't expect a 'live' spilling the truth. The boys are under a strategic financial gag. The documents show that Isaac Lee and Kevin Mayer designed this silence period so investors believe everything is under control. Every 'happy' post you see is a marketing piece to keep the stock from tanking before they secure their positions on March 31. Their silence is proof they're trapped in an ironclad contract.

PART 12: THE "ATM" AND THE GLOBAL CAPITAL FLIGHT

What the documents from Isaac Lee and HYBE's financial team reveal is that they're not only moving money to other groups, but they're using the profits from THE GROUPS to fund infrastructure operations in markets where the boys don't even have active promotions.

1. The "Cross-Subsidization" Model
In the January-February 2026 Cash Flow Statement report, a technical concept called "Inter-company Loans" appears.
• The Fact: Net profits from merchandise and album sales of GROUPS in Korea and the U.S. are not being reinvested in the group's budget for 2026.
• The Reality: That money is being transferred as "internal loans" to HYBE Latin America's and HYBE
America's new offices. They're using the boys' sweat to pay the rents and salaries of executives in Miami and Los Angeles who are focused on developing local talent that has nothing to…

THE BIG LIE
◦ The documents don't lie:
◦ Heeseung's separation began to take shape in November 2025 as a cost-saving plan. It wasn't his decision, it was a board
◦ resolution signed behind closed doors on the morning of March 10 to maximize profits before the March 31 Board meeting. They used him as an 'inventory adjustment' to finance their expansion in Japan.

PART 9: THE BLOW TO CORPORATE DEMOCRACY (Agenda Item 2-1)

This is the most technical part, but the most dangerous for us if we don't understand it. It's the
"legal shield" that Isaac Lee and Kevin Mayer are building so that, even if the fandom protests, they don't lose control
In the call for the March 31 Board meeting, there's an item that seems boring but is a declaration of war: the Elimination of Cumulative Voting.

1. What is Cumulative Voting and why does it matter to us?
It's a legal tool that protects minority shareholders (like fans who hold shares or small investment funds).
◦ How it works: If you need to elect 3 directors, and you have 10 shares, the cumulative system gives you 30 votes that you can put all on one single person.
◦ What it's for: It allows minorities to band together to get a director on the board who watches over the company, someone who defends the artists or K-pop ethics against the financial sharks.

2. The Board's Plan: Absolute Control
Agenda item 2-1 seeks to eliminate this right. Why do Isaac Lee and Kevin Mayer want this NOW?
• Without opposition: By eliminating cumulative voting, the majority shareholder (the current board aligned with the new model) will always win all the seats. No one will be able to "sneak in" a director who questions why they split up Heeseung or why they're sending the money to Japan.
• Shielding March 31: They want to ensure their ratification items 3-1 and 3-2) is a mere formality without resistance. If they eliminate this vote, they become legally untouchable for the next few years.

3. Why "Crashing the Stock" is our only real weapon
…

KEY POINTS OF THE FULL GROUP (ENHYPEN)

• March 10, 2026 (Resolution 2026-03-10): The document states that ENHYPEN enters "Phase 2: Profitability Maximization" (Phase 2:
Maximization of profits). This phase explicitly involves fragmentation into units to force the tan to buy multiple versions of the same concept.
• March 2026 (Points 2-1 and 3-1): the groups are the "backing" that guarantees bonuses for Isaac Lee and Kevin Mayer. If the group pertorms more (even at the cost of its health or unity), these executives collect millions in performance bonuses.
The documents demonstrate that each member has a "price tag" and a specific function in the plan of the new directors:
1 One is used for Japan (Ni-ki).
2 Others for luxury brands (Jungwon/Sunghoon).
3 Others to attract the gringo market without spending on planes (Jay/Jake).
4 And Heeseung is taken off the main board because he "gets in the way" in the logistics of the new units and generates more money as an independent asset.
It's not a conspiracy theory. The boys' names are in documents alongside terms like 'cost reduction', 'inventory liquidation' and 'asset transition',
For Isaac Lee and Kevin Mayer, they are not a group of friends or artists, they are pieces of a financial engine that they plan to
disassemble and reassemble on March 31 so that it yields more money

PART 8: THE ORIGIN OF THE COUP
The documents categorically debunk the official narrative of a “personal decision" or an "artistic break." Here the papers show that Heeseung's separation and the fragmentation of ENHYPEN is a financial engineering operation planned months in advance.
To understand the truth, you have to look at the dates in the high-level management
documents. It wasn't an impulse on March 10; it was an administrative construction.

1. When did it all start? (The seed of the cutback)
◦ Key date: November 10, 2025
◦ Document: Shareholder Letter - Q3 Fiscal Report.
◦ • What happened: On this date?
◦ CEO Jason Le…

◦ Why is this alarming for March 31st?
◦ The documents show that the company has a "Replacement Plan." If a group becomes "expensive" or "difficult to manage" (like a united group demanding rights), the strategy of the new executives is:
◦ - Cut their budget (Speed adjustment).
◦ - Fragment them (Profitability review).
◦ - Redirect that money to new groups or external partners in Japan.
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◦ It's not just ENHYPEN. On paper, the company is classifying every group based on how much money they can squeeze out of them at the lowest possible cost. ENHYPEN has been selected for the fragmentation experiment because they believe our loyalty will fun their expansion in Japan. On March 31st, they’ll legalize this way of treating them like mere numbers. This means that Isaac Lee and Kevin Mayer will have legal power over ALL the names mentioned above (BTS, TXT, NewJeans, etc.) to decide who continues, who gets fragmented, and who loses budget so it can be given to Japan.
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◦ Part 6.2: We need to separate the mentions by type of document and financial context, because HYBE doesn't name the groups out of the goodness of their hearts, but to justify money movements to investors.
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◦ FILE 1: Letter to Shareholders (Shareholder Letter - Nov 2025/ Feb 2026)
◦ This is the document where the CEO and the board justify why they need Isaac Lee and Kevin Mayer.
◦ • BTS: Mentioned as the "2026 Profitability Beacon." Their name is used to calm the panic over the current stock drop. They promise that their return will offset any adjustment" made today.
◦ • SEVENTEEN: Mentioned as * Pillar of Continuity." Their ability to generate massive cash flow (tours) is highlighted to finance the company's digital transition.
◦ • ENHYPEN: Mentioned under the concept of "IP Asset Optimization." This is where the idea begins to take shape that the group needs "new
◦ monetization avenues" (sub-units/ fragmentation) to maintain its profit margin amid rising operational costs in Korea.
◦ • …

For this Part 6, we're going to split it into 2 parts: 6.1 and 6.2. We're diving into the realm of "asset strategy." In the official documents (especially the March 2026 Business Report and the Letter to Shareholders), the company doesn't talk about music—it talks about business units.

PART 6.1: THE CHESSBOARD (Groups, Dates, and Corporate Speculations)

For the new executives, the groups aren't artists—they're IP (Intellectual Property) that must be optimized. Here's what the official papers say:

1. BTS: The "Life Insurance" for 2026
• Mention: Letter to Shareholders (November 10, 2025) and March 2026 Report.
• What it says: The company admits to losses today but reassures investors by promising that in 2026, with BTS's return, there will be “dramatic expansion of profitability."

• The speculation: They're using them as a distraction. While everyone's eyes are on BTS's 2026 comeback, the company takes advantage to make the "dirty" cuts and aggressive restructurings in the other groups right now.

2. ENHYPEN: The "Profitability Review Asset"
• Mention: Internal strategy documents and Annex of March 10.2026.
What it says: It's mentioned under the concept of "Profitability Review." It's the only group where the "structure adjustment" narrative aligns with Isaac Lee's entry.

• The speculation: The company thinks the group has hit a "ceiling" on per-fan spending in its current format. The new executives' solution is to fragment them. They speculate that the fandom is loyal enough to pay for 2 or 3 separate units, doubling the revenue with the same number of people.

3. SEVENTEEN: The "Operational Support"
• Mention: Annual Results Report (December 2025/March 2026).
• What it says: They're recognized as the engine that kept the company afloat during BTS hiatus.

The speculation: Despite their success, the company fears the remaining military enlistment period. That's why the documents mention the need to "diversify" quickly into Japan before this cash flow dries up.…

◦ The ultimate goal: Use that surplus money (clean Korean profit) to finance the purchase of other companies and artists abroad without having to take out loans that lower the stock value.

4. The trap of “New Contracts”
The executives know that the old group contracts have protection clauses. By creating “units” or new projects under this “temporary management” before March 31:
- they can draft contract addendum’s where the company takes a higher percentage share of digital sales and merchandising.
- if the group is united, it has bargaining power. If the group is fragmented, each member is more vulnerable to accepting the conditions imposed by the new bosses (Mayer and Lee).
- the new model seeks to make current K-pop groups work more with less budget, so that the “saved” money is used to turn HYBE into a tech giant of platforms in Japan and the West. ENHYPEN is the experiment to see if the fandom accepts this transition without the stock plummeting.

PART 5: The Diversion of Funds (why they’re sacrificing Korea for Japan)

This is the most revealing part, because here is where the numbers confess what the company truest disguise as an “artistic decision.” According to the Letter to Shareholders (2025.11.10)., and the Asset Segmentation reports, HYBE has stopped being an agency that develops talent to become a manager of musical investment funds.
If you’re wondering where the money generated by the groups in Korea is going, the documents have the answer: it’s moving toward a low-cost, high-profitability model abroad.

1. The “Speed Adjustment” Confession
- In the official letter signed by CEO Jason Lee, the company admits its first Operating Loss. It’s immediate solution wasn’t to improve treatment of its artists, but:
- “Adjusting the speed” — a corporate terms for saying they’re going to cut the budget in North America, Europe, and, by extension, in the current groups they no longer consider “high-margin novelties”
- Redirection of “finite resourc…

4. The Window of Fight
We are in the home stretch because the book closes on March 31. If they are ratified, their management contracts become firm, and the dismantling of the groups will be unstoppable under their "cold corporate vision."

• March 10 was the announcement, but March 31 is the verdict. * That's why it's vital to demonstrate NOW that their plan is not profitable. If we take the money out of their pockets before the 31st, we take away their legitimacy to assume the role.

"They are not fixed in their positions. March 10 was a move of arrogance to see if the fandom would surrender and to demonstrate that 'assets' can be modified without major economic impact, since if done in the 'right' way, fans end up yielding due to sentimentality.

March 31 is the legal vote. If we arrive at that date with the stock in the gutter, their 'ratification' is in danger. Don't give them the vote of confidence.

PART 4: The New Model: From "Artists Agency" to "Ecosystems Platform"

The old K-pop model was based on the artist: the group was the center and the company invested to make it grow. The new model from Isaac Lee and Kevin Mayer inverts the hierarchy:
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◦ 1. The Platform (WeVerse) is the center. Artists are just "content providers" to feed the app.
◦ Key difference: Before, if a group didn't release music, the company didn't earn. Now, they want the fan to spend money 24/7 on subscriptions, games (like those from Binary Korea, mentioned in the merger files) and digital content, whether there's new music or not.
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◦ 2. The "Speed Adjustment" and the diversion of funds to Japan
◦ The documents say verbatim that they are "adjusting the speed" (i.e., cutting budget) in their current operations to move the "finite resources" toward:
◦ They mention YOASOBI, imase and Mrs. GREEN APPLE.
◦ Why? Because the Japanese market is the second largest in the world and, most importantly, it's much cheaper to maintain. A Japanese fan spends more per head and is more loy…

◦ 4. The Fandom's “Desensitization"

◦ It's pure social engineering. By slipping him into content as the group fragments, they train the fans' eyes to accept "incomplete" or "different" versions. They want | that by March 31, when the change is irreversible, the fandom is already worn out and used to seeing him only halfway.

◦ DON'T let a banner or a new product fool you. It's not consideration—it's residual exploitation. They're using his image to bankroll the transition to their new business model in Japan. REMEMBER THAT MARCH 31 IS THE PERIOD CHANGE.

◦ PART 3: THE "TEMPORARY APPOINTMENT" TRAP
◦ There is something that the official documents reveal, and it is vital that everyone understands it: Isaac Lee and Kevin Mayer are not yet the definitive owners of their positions.

◦ 1. The "Coup" of March 10
◦ Heeseung's departure and the group's fragmentation were executed on March 10.
◦ Why?
◦ Because on that date, the Board of Directors (which was already aligned) signed the resolution.
◦ It was an aggressive move to demonstrate that these new executives "are in charge."
◦ By releasing the news on the same day, they created a fait accompli so that the market and fans would think there was no turning back

◦ 2. The Ratification of March 31 (The Legal Trial)
◦ However, the document "Notice of Convocation of the 21st Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders" is clear: the appointments of Isaac Lee (1-LH 0|1+- Internal Director and Kevin Mayer (기타비상무이사- Non-Executive Director) are MATTERS TO BE VOTED ON (Agendas 3-1 and 3-2). Until 10:00 AM on March 31, they are not legally ratified by the General Assembly. The March 31 meeting is where shareholders decide whether to accept this new vision or reject/ modify it.

◦ 3. Why Did They Split the Group on the 10th?
◦ They decided this before being ratified as a show of strength.
◦ They wanted to arrive at March 31 with the plan already in place.

They wanted to arrive at March 31 with the plan already in motion…

Why did they decide to separate the group?

The March 10 decision was not for "artistic growth."

1 New Contracts: By dividing the group, new operational units are created with contractual conditions that benefit the company more than the original full-group contract.
2 Double Money Stream: It's more profitable to have two units selling "mini-albums" and merchandise separately than a single group album. They maximize fan spending for every dollar invested in production.

3. Total Control: A united and large group has more bargaining power.
Small and separate units are much easier to control administratively by these new executives.

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PART 2: THE "RESIDUAL ASSET" STRATEGY (Why Heeseung Is Still on WeVerse?)

Many are wondering: "If they kicked him out, why does he keep showing up in banners, merchandise, and collaborations?".

It's not because they've had a change of heart— it's because Isaac Lee and Kevin Mayer are experts at squeezing every last penny out of an asset before legally discarding it.

1. Inventory Doesn't Get Tossed, It Gets Liquidated

In the company's financial statements, all the Heeseung merchandise that's already been produced is listed as "Inventory".
• If they wiped it out overnight, that inventory would become a multimillion-dollar net loss that would show up on the balance sheet before March 31

• The play: They keep his image alive to deplete the stock. They're leveraging the fandom's affection to clear out their warehouses so the next quarter's report doesn't show red ink from "dead merchandise"

2. The "Shield" Against Market Panic

Kevin Mayer (ex-TikTok/Disney) knows that Churn Rate (app abandonment rate is what scares investors like Vanguard the most.
If Heeseung vanished completely today, traffic on WeVerse would tank before the Board Meeting. Keeping him in "collaborations" and group photos creates a false sense of transition. They need active user metrics to stay high until March 31 so they can tell shareholders: "…

securing profitability is HYBE's top priority for 2026, Isaac Lee laid out five tasks he says HYBE has to accomplish this year, per Asia Business Daily:

- verifying the viability of new businesses and IP
- establishing the sustainability of IP and expanding the fan base through "innovation we haven't tried"
- designing a new experience model based on scarcity
- securing leadership in the Al-based prosumer market
- implementing true global governance

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To ensure the thread has a solid foundation and everyone understands that this is not an "artistic decision" but an aggressive corporate restructuring, we must start with the names behind the board.

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PART 1: THE EXECUTORS OF THE NEW MODEL

To understand why they are dismantling the structure of our groups, we need to look at who signed the March 10 resolution. They are not music producers; they are profitability engineers.

1. ISAAC LEE (The King of "Standardization")

• Background: Former Content Director at Televisa and Univision.

◦ His Method: Isaac Lee is an expert in maximizing massive audiences by reducing production costs. In the world of television, his strategy was always monopolization and the creation of generic content that could be sold across the entire Hispanic market without distinction.

◦ Why he's dangerous today: For him, an artist is not a unique identity; it's an "audience generator." His vision in the company is to transform K-pop into a repeatable industrial product.

Separating groups into units is his specialty: fragmenting content to fill more advertising slots and sell more licenses.

2. KEVIN MAYER (The Architect of "Ecosystems")

• Background: Former high-level executive at Disney (creator of Disnev+) and former CEO of TikTok.
• His Method: Mayer doesn't sell art; he sells subscriptions and retention.
At Disney, his focus was acquiring brands (Marvel, Star Wars, Fox) to feed a platform. At TikTok, he perfected the use of algorithms to keep people consuming non-stop.
• Why he…

based on publicly and officially released corporate documents, this isn't an "artistic decision", It's a calculated corporate restructuring driven by pure profit. the executives behind it aren't music producers, but business strategists.
Isaac Lee built his career on standardizing content to maximize reach and reduce costs, treating artists as scalable audience generators. Kevin Mayer, known for platforms like disney+ and ttk (tiktok), focuses on retention and monetization keeping fans constantly engaged and spending.
from this perspective, artists are no longer seen as unique identities, but as distribution channels within a larger system.
the group wasn't divided for artistic growth. splitting them into units allows the company to introduce more favorable contracts, generate multiple streams of revenue through separate releases and merchandise, and reduce the group's collective bargaining power making them easier to control. in the end, the logic is clear: more fragmentation means more profit, more control, and more ways to monetize fans.

HYBE has repeatedly underperformed expectations, with Q4 FY25 being the most severe. Analysts projected a profit of +1,407.10, but the company reported a -6,363.00 loss (a gap of over -7,700), signaling serious financial weakness and declining investor confidence

In the same report, HYBE applies impairment testing to its Korean labels using the same method. Their perpetual growth rates are as follows:
BigHit Music (BTS), 1.0%
Source Music (LE SSERAFIM), 1.0% Pledis Entertainment (SEVENTEEN), 1.0% KOZ Entertainment (Zico), 1.0% ADOR (NewJeans), 1.0% Belift Lab (ENHYPEN), 1.0%
All six Korean labels are set at 1.0%, while only Ithaca is set at 2.5%.
Within the same company, the same report, and audited by the same accounting firm, the loss-making U.S. subsidiary was assigned a growth rate 2.5 times higher than the Korean labels.
- Revenue projections are also lower for Ithaca
Another oddity: Ithaca's projected average revenue growth over the next five years is 9.2%. Pledis is similar at 9.5%, but ADOR is 36.9% and KOZ is 21.1%. Korean labels have significantly higher projections.
The same goes for operating margins. Ithaca's 11.7% is lower than Belift Lab's 23.9% and KOZ's 18.3%.
Despite having lower revenue growth and profitability projections, Ithaca alone is assigned a much higher perpetual growth rate. HYBE justified this only by stating that it "does not exceed the expected growth rate in industry reports."
- 398 billion KRW hinges on 0.5%
The report itself shows how sensitive this figure is. In the "sensitivity analysis" section, it simulates how goodwill changes when the perpetual growth rate shifts.

[Summary]
1. Big revenue, bigger losses:
HYBE made 2.65 trillion KRW but lost 254 billion KRW, 75x more than last year.
2. Accounting tricks hide losses:
Ithaca lost 323 billion KRW, but HYBE only wrote down 21 billion KRW, keeping 823 billion KRW on the books.
3. Growth assumptions are suspicious:
Ithaca is assigned 2.5% "forever growth," much higher than Korean labels (1%), to make losses look smaller.
4. Stock market reacts: BTS's comeback crowd was much smaller than expected, and HYBE stock dropped 14.4% in one day.
This shows that it may look good on stage, but in the numbers it's messy.

HYBE stock price down 21.87 percent over past 5 days as of March 24, 2026 to low of 293,000

IF IT'S NOT BTS OR THE BOYCOTT, WHY IS HYBE FALLING?
1. It was NOT something spontaneous
Recent events make it clear that:
- These decisions were already planned
-The changes didn't come out of nowhere
-There's a strategy behind all of this
In short, this wasn't random or spontaneous, it was a strategic decision by the company.
2. Conflict of visions within the company
There's a clear clash between two directions that shareholders may be pushing:
-Long-term vision:
What is happening with HYBE Corporation is not simple, nor is it caused by a single factor
• Sustainable growth
• More artistic freedom
• Preserving the artists' image
-Short-term vision:
• Constant content releases
• Maximizing quick profits
• Fully capitalizing on the artists' current momentum
This conflict creates internal tension between investors and management. It's a combination of strategic decisions, internal conflicts, and a loss of trust.

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2026-03-23

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