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Posted on March 11, 2025
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Add as preferred source on GoogleHenkel announces a €1 billion share buyback program to reduce its capital stock, targeting both preferred and ordinary shares from April 2025 to March 2026.
(Reuters) - German consumer goods company Henkel on Tuesday said it would repurchase shares for up to 1 billion euros ($1.08 billion), with the aim to potentially cancel them and reduce its capital stock accordingly.
The company said it would buy back preferred shares in the company for up to 800 million euros and ordinary shares for up to 200 million euros, corresponding to about 2.7% of the company's share capital.
The share buyback is to run from April 2025 to end of March 2026, it said in a statement, adding it would initially hold the repurchased stock as treasury shares.
($1 = 0.9227 euros)
(Reporting by Linda Pasquini, Editing by Friederike Heine)
Henkel plans to repurchase shares for up to 1 billion euros, which is approximately $1.08 billion.
Henkel will buy back preferred shares for up to 800 million euros and ordinary shares for up to 200 million euros.
The share buyback program is set to run from April 2025 to the end of March 2026.
Initially, Henkel will hold the repurchased stock as treasury shares, with the potential to cancel them later.
The buyback corresponds to about 2.7% of the company's share capital.
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