Press Release: Execution of a share buyback agreement for up to €2 billion
Execution of a share buyback agreement for up to €2 billion
Paris, February 7, 2025. On January 30, 2025, Sanofi announced its intention to execute a share buyback program in 2025 of €5 billion, preferably through block trades and in the open market with the purpose of cancellation.
A first tranche of this program was announced on February 3, 2025, and executed on February 5, 2025, for an amount of €3 billion, through an off-market block trade with the long-standing shareholder L’Oréal.
On February 6, 2025, Sanofi has entered into a mandate with an investment service provider for the second tranche of this program. Under the terms of this mandate, Sanofi will repurchase its own shares for a total consideration of up to €2 billion, between February 7, 2025 and December 31, 2025 at the latest1.
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1 Subject to the renewal, as the case may be, of the buyback and cancellation resolutions by the 2025 shareholders meeting.
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