Samsung SDI said it would complete the merger with Cheil Industries by July 1 through a stock swap. Both firms are units of Samsung Group, South Korea's largest business conglomerate.
It follows various other restructuring efforts that have fuelled speculation that chairman Lee Kun-Hee, 72, is preparing to hand over control to his children - a third generation transfer in the family-run group.
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