a.s.r. aims to offer its shareholders an attractive total capital return comprising of progressive dividends, supplemented by share buybacks. On 27 June 2024, a.s.r. announced a share buyback (SBB) programme of € 525 million spread over the 3-year plan period. The SBB programme is progressive and divided into amounts of € 125 million, € 175 million and € 225 million to be executed in respectively 2025, 2026 and 2027. The (progress of) execution of the programme is presented below. All repurchased shares will be cancelled.
On 19 February 2025, ASR Nederland N.V. (a.s.r.) announced a share buyback programme of € 125 million. This share buyback programme was completed on 6 May 2025.
In total, 2,403,923 shares of a.s.r. have been repurchased at an average price of € 52.00 per share. At 7 May 2025 there are 211,326,978 shares issued of which 4,699,914 shares are held in treasury by a.s.r. An independent broker, appointed by a.s.r., carried out the repurchase.
The repurchase of own shares falls within the scope of the authorisation granted to the Executive Board by the General Meeting of Shareholders of a.s.r. on 29 May 2024. a.s.r. will seek approval from the General Meeting of Shareholders in 2026 to cancel the repurchased shares.
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On 23 February 2022, ASR Nederland N.V. (a.s.r.) announced a share buyback programme for the amount of € 75 million.
The repurchase period of own shares started on 24 February 2022 and was completed on 24 May 2022. This repurchase of shares is within the authorisation of the General Meeting of Shareholders of a.s.r. granted to the Executive Board on 19 May 2021.
The progress of the purchases will be announced weekly on this webpage. Download the repurchase transaction Excel file for detailed transaction information.
ASR Nederland N.V. (a.s.r.) has completed the share buyback program, which was announced on February 18, 2021.
On 19 February 2020, ASR Nederland N.V. (a.s.r.) announced the repurchase of own shares for an amount of € 75 million.
a.s.r. may at any point in time initiate a share buyback if deemed appropriate. For example, a.s.r. announced and executed a share buyback for an amount of € 100 million in Q4 2024, after the sale of Knab. Additionally, a.s.r. may also repurchase its own shares as part of an Aegon Ltd.’s sell-down to facilitate successful market placements. All repurchased shares will be cancelled.
On 7 November 2024, ASR Nederland N.V. (a.s.r.) announced a share buyback program of €100 million in own shares following the successful completion of the sale of Knab to BAWAG. The buyback program was completed on December 11, 2024.
In total there are 2.213.413 shares of a.s.r. repurchased at an average price of €45.18 per share. An independent broker, appointed by a.s.r., carried out the repurchase.
The repurchase of own shares falls within the scope of the authorisation granted to the Board of Directors by the General Meeting of Shareholders of a.s.r. on 29 May 2024. a.s.r. will seek approval from the General Meeting of Shareholders on 21 May 2025 to cancel the repurchased shares.
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a.s.r. will repurchase 300,000 own shares in the period from 16 June 2025 up to and including 16 July 2025, at the latest. The number of shares to be repurchased falls within the authorisation granted to the Executive Board by the General Meeting of Shareholders of a.s.r. on 21 May 2025. The number of repurchased shares represents a cash amount of approximately € 16 million, based on the closing price of the share on 13 June 2025 of € 54.36.
An independent broker has been appointed to execute the repurchase program. The exact timing is determined by the broker, independently and without the intervention of a.s.r. The execution of the repurchase program is subject to market conditions.
a.s.r. reports on the progress of the repuchase programme on this website, in accordance with the European Market Abuse Regulation (MAR, No. 596/2014/EU). Download the repurchase transaction Excel file for detailed transaction information.
On 22 January 2024, ASR Nederland N.V. (a.s.r.) announced its share buyback programme for the amount of 300,000 shares. The repurchase was completed on February 7, 2024. Read the press release for more information.
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On 18 January 2023, ASR Nederland N.V. (a.s.r.) announced a share buyback programme for the amount of € 10 million. The repurchase was completed on 31 January 2023. Read more in the press release.
a.s.r. reports on the progress of the repuchase programme on this website, in accordance with the European Market Abuse Regulation (MAR, No. 596/2014/EU). Download the repurchase transaction Excel file for detailed transaction information.
On 15 January 2021, ASR Nederland N.V. (a.s.r.) announced the repurchasing programme for the share option plan for a.s.r. employees and its wholly-owned subsidiaries for an amount of € 7.5 million. The period of repurchase of own shares started on 18 January 2021 and ended on 28 January 2021.
On 16 July 2019, ASR Nederland N.V. (a.s.r.) announced the repurchasing programme for the share option plan for a.s.r. employees and its wholly-owned subsidiaries for an amount of € 12.5 million.The period of repurchase of own shares started on 17 July 2019 and ended on 25 July 2019.