As per its announcements of April 29, 2026 and August 6, 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 €250 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 the Euronext Amsterdam Stock Exchange, 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 September 10, 2026.
The maximum number of shares to be repurchased as part of the share buyback program is 25,000,000 shares. 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 UMG Annual General Meeting of Shareholders ("AGM") held on May 13, 2026 and the authorization to be granted at future AGMs.
The Company intends to 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 program through regular press releases and updates on this page.
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| Transaction History UMG August 2026 €250 Million Share Buyback Program | 2026-09-07 | xls | View |
As per its press release of July 27, 2026, the Company’s share buyback program to repurchase the Company’s own shares for an aggregated amount of €500 million, which was announced on March 30, 2026 and April 1, 2026, has been completed.
Trading decisions under the share buyback program were 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 was effected within certain contractually agreed parameters and was 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, which authorization was renewed at the AGM held on May 13, 2026.
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 was 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 has informed the market of the progress of the share buyback program through weekly press releases and updates on this page.
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| Transaction History UMG March 2026 €500 Million Share Buyback Program | 2026-08-10 | xls | View |