Equinor ASA: Buy-back of shares to share programmes for employees
February 05 2025 - 1:00AM
Equinor ASA (OSE: EQNR, NYSE: EQNR) has on 5 February
2025 engaged a third party to conduct repurchases of the company’s
shares to be used in the share-based incentive plans for employees
and management for the period from 14 February 2025 until 15
January 2026.
Shares acquired under the buy-back programme from 14 February
2025 to 15 May 2025 is based upon the authorization from the annual
general meeting on 14 May 2024, registered in the Norwegian
register for business enterprises. According to the authorization,
the maximum number of shares to be purchased in the market is
12,400,000, the minimum price that can be paid per share is NOK 50,
and the maximum price is NOK 1,000. Share buy-back after 16 May
2025 is subject to a new authorization from the annual general
meeting in 2025.
The buy-back programme is time-scheduled, and the share
purchases shall take place on specific dates in the period from 14
February 2025 until 15 January 2026 with a determined purchase
amount on each date, as set out in the buy-back programme.
The total purchase amount under the share buy-back programme is
NOK 1,992,000,000. The maximum number of shares to be acquired is
19,080,000 shares, of which up to 8,040,000 shares can be acquired
in the period from 14 February 2025 to 15 May 2025, and up to
11,040,000 shares can be acquired in the period from 16 May 2025 to
15 January 2026.
The shares shall be used to meet obligations towards employees
who participate in the company’s share-based incentive plans.
Shares will be purchased on the Oslo Stock Exchange. The share
buy-back programme is conducted in accordance with applicable safe
harbour conditions, and as further set out in the Norwegian
Securities Trading Act of 2007, EU Commission Regulation (EC) No
2016/1052 and the Oslo Stock Exchange's Guidelines for buy-back
programmes and price stabilisation February 2021.
Further information from:
Investor relationsBård Glad Pedersen, senior vice president
Investor Relations,+47 918 01 791
MediaSissel Rinde, vice president Media Relations,+47 412 60
584
This is information that Equinor is obliged to make public
pursuant to the EU Market Abuse Regulation and subject to the
disclosure requirements pursuant to Section 5-12 the Norwegian
Securities Trading Act.
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