"It is quite apparent that 2016 has not been the best year for Samsung. The company had to recall two of its products this year - Galaxy Note 7 and washing machines - and this left customers worldwide disappointed and outraged. However, they were not the only ones feeling dissatisfied with the company. Investors have shareholders are persuading the company to make some very compromising decisions for its future.

These decisions are set to be revealed in a press conference. Here, Samsung will announce the changes that will ensure increased profit for investors. These changes might include dividing the company into two - one as a holding company, the other an operating company. Holding 0.6 percent share in Samsung is the American activist fund Elliot Management. It also wants Samsung to have three independent board members and pay its shareholders a dividend of $26 billion.

The reason for demanding these changes is that investors have become worried about how the Korean company works. The Samsung Galaxy Note 7 had to be called back because its battery could not handle great workload and often caught fire. This was a terrible setback for Samsung. Not only this, the company has to recall 2.8 billion washing machines too. This resulted in the worst losses for Samsung, with Note 7 alone causing a loss of $5 billion. Moreover, the company’s offices in Seoul were raided twice this year for some relation to a political scandal.

This is not the first time investors force a company into making drastic changes. Activist investors are often more involved in forcing companies to make such decisions. Carl Icahn, a billionaire has forced Apple, eBay and Dell into taking measures that lead to increased dividend for shareholders or have a great impact on their futures. Chris Sacca persuaded Twitter to announce a permanent CEO in 2015 and Starboard Value made Yahoo reorganized its board.

Samsung has clearly had an unsuccessful year. In its earnings report for the third part of 2016, the company had to cut down $4.5 billion, down almost 30 percent. This can be recorded as the company’s worst result in two years.

The company has not made any statement about considering the split but the press conference this might be the result of Samsung’s financial troubles this year. An anonymous source told Seoul Economic daily that the company is considering it. "