Deutsche Post DHL Group, the world’s leading logistics company,today announced that it will accelerate the execution of itsrunning share buyback program. Given the current opportunisticmarket environment, the Group decided to further front-load theexecution of its share buybacks, making use of its financialstrength. The Group now intends to carry out share repurchases inthe amount of up to EUR 800 million until November 7, 2022,initiating an additional amount of up to EUR 300 million on top ofthe currently running EUR 500 million tranche. These plans are partof the share repurchase program 2022-24 announced in March 2022with a total volume of up to EUR 2 billion, which will be carriedout latest until December 2024.
“Front-loading our share buyback program will allow us toimmediately take advantage of an opportunistic time for sharerepurchases by leveraging our financial strength”, said MelanieKreis, CFO Deutsche Post DHL Group. “Thanks to our strong free cashflow generation, we are in a position to ensure that ourshareholders are able to benefit from the strong businessdevelopment through share buybacks in addition to the dividendpayments. I am convinced that the Group will continue to deliversubstantial value to all stakeholders navigating through a volatileenvironment.”
****的物流公司德国邮政DHL集团今天宣布，将加快执行其正在进行的股票回购计划。鉴于当前机会主义的市场环境，集团决定利用其财务实力，提前执行其股票回购。集团现在计划在2022年11月7日之前进行高达8亿欧元的股票回购，在目前运行的5亿欧元的基础上启动高达3亿欧元的额外金额。这些计划是2022 年 3 月宣布的 2022-24 年股票回购计划的一部分，总金额高达 20 亿欧元，*迟将在 2024 年 12月之前实施。
“提前加载我们的股票回购计划将使我们能够利用我们的财务实力立即利用机会进行股票回购，”德国邮政DHL集团首席财务官MelanieKreis说。“由于我们强大的自由现金流产生，我们能够确保我们的股东能够通过股票回购以及股息支付从强劲的业务发展中受益。我相信，集团将继续为所有利益相关者在动荡的环境中创造巨大的价值。