Catch up on the essentials
- Equinor ASA disclosed on October 20, 2026 that it purchased 389,058 of its own shares at the Oslo Stock Exchange on October 15, 2026 at an average price of NOK 429.2415 per share, with a transaction value of NOK 166,999,840.
- The buy-back program was announced on February 4, 2026 and runs from February 13, 2026 to January 15, 2027.
- The disclosed treasury holdings include shares acquired under the current incentive program as well as shares bought under Equinor's separately disclosed buy-back programs, which are intended to reduce the company's issued share capital.
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Read on for the full pictureOctober 15 transactions under the employee-incentive program
Equinor ASA disclosed on October 20, 2026 that it purchased 389,058 of its own shares at the Oslo Stock Exchange on October 15, 2026 at an average price of NOK 429.2415 per share, with a transaction value of NOK 166,999,840. The disclosure was filed pursuant to the EU Market Abuse Regulation and Section 5-12 of the Norwegian Securities Trading Act. After the October 15 trades, Equinor holds 23,077,317 own shares, equivalent to 0.97% of its share capital, a figure that includes shares bought under earlier programs for employee incentives and prior programs intended to reduce issued share capital.
Program size, duration and prior accumulation
The buy-back program was announced on February 4, 2026 and runs from February 13, 2026 to January 15, 2027. Its stated size is NOK 1,971,000,000 in total purchase value and up to 19,600,000 shares, split into two tranches: up to 7,920,000 shares from February 13 to May 15, 2026, and up to 11,680,000 shares from May 15, 2026 to January 15, 2027. As of October 15, the program had accumulated 4,167,500 shares at a weighted average price of NOK 352.6927, with total transaction value of NOK 1,469,846,959.
Share split between incentive allocation and capital reduction
The disclosed treasury holdings include shares acquired under the current incentive program as well as shares bought under Equinor's separately disclosed buy-back programs, which are intended to reduce the company's issued share capital. Equinor did not provide a separate count of shares earmarked for capital reduction within the 23,077,317 total in the October 20 disclosure.
Reporting cadence and next milestone
Equinor publishes aggregated daily volume, weighted average price and total transaction value for each trading day covered by the program, with a detailed per-transaction appendix available at newsweb.no. The program remains open until January 15, 2027, and Equinor is obliged to continue disclosing transactions under the EU Market Abuse Regulation framework during that window.
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