As per its announcements of March 30, 2026 and April 1, 2026, Universal Music Group N.V. has commenced the implementation of a share buyback program to repurchase the Company’s own shares for an aggregate amount of €500 million.
Trading decisions will be made independently of the Company in accordance with an arrangement entered into by the Company with a single broker for the purchase of the Company’s own shares on Euronext Amsterdam, Turquoise Europe, Aquis Exchange Europe and CBOE Europe Limited. The share buyback program will be effected within certain contractually agreed parameters and is expected to be completed no later than October 1, 2026.
The maximum number of shares to be repurchased as part of the share buyback program is 50,000,000. The share buyback program will be executed within the existing authorization of the Board of Directors of the Company to repurchase the Company’s own shares as granted at the Company’s Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (AGM) held on May 14, 2025 and the authorization to be granted at future AGMs.
The Company will use the repurchased shares to meet its obligations under the 2022 Universal Music Group Global Equity Plan, and subplans thereof (the equity plan), and/or to reduce the share capital of the Company. The maximum number of shares that can be used for purposes of the equity plan will remain unchanged. The share buyback program may be suspended, modified, or discontinued at any time.
The share buyback program will be conducted in accordance with the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 and Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1052 (each as amended), including compliance with safe harbour provisions for such programs. The Company will inform the market of the progress of the share buyback program through regular press releases and updates on this page.
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| UMG Share Buyback Transactions press release week May 4-May 8, 2026 | 2026-05-11 | View | |
| UMG Share Buyback | 2026-05-11 | xls | View |
| UMG Share Buyback Transactions press release week April 27-April 30, 2026 | 2026-05-04 | View | |
| UMG Share Buyback Transactions press release week April 20-24, 2026 | 2026-04-27 | View | |
| UMG Share Buyback Transactions press release week April 13-17, 2026 | 2026-04-20 | View | |
| UMG Share Buyback Transactions press release week April 6-10, 2026 | 2026-04-13 | View | |
| UMG Share Buyback Transactions press release week April 1-2, 2026 | 2026-04-06 | View |