European Firms Report Major Share Buybacks

A number of European-listed companies reported active share buyback programmes in late October/early November 2025 aimed at reducing capital, covering share plans and returning cash to shareholders. London Stock Exchange Group launched a programme to repurchase up to £1.0 billion of ordinary shares via an irrevocable arrangement with Citigroup, with purchases to run immediately and end no later than 25 February 2026 and repurchased shares to be cancelled. dsm‑firmenich increased its programme to €1.08 billion and repurchased 441,421 shares during Oct. 27–31 at an average €73 (€32.2m), bringing total repurchases to 11,097,500 shares for €950.1m to date and scheduled to complete no later than 30 January 2026. ING disclosed repurchases averaging €21.88 totalling €25,667,333.18 to date, while Technip Energies reported declared purchases during Oct. 27–31 and Nekkar renewed a NOK 100m programme that bought 231,000 shares in week 44, leaving it with 9,128,694 treasury shares (8.498%). Eimskip bought 175,000 shares in week 44, increasing its holding to 2,555,000 shares, equivalent to 1.54% of issued shares.