REG - Rolls-Royce Holdings - Share buybacks of up to £2.5 billion in 2026

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26/02/2026 07:05

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RNS Number : 4366U  Rolls-Royce Holdings plc  26 February 2026

26 February 2026 7:05am

 

Rolls-Royce Holdings plc

SHARE BUYBACKS OF UP TO £2.5 BILLION IN 2026

 

Rolls-Royce Holdings plc (the Company) announces that it expects to return a
total of up to £2.5 billion to shareholders through share buybacks in 2026.
The Company will today commence a share buyback programme to return up to
£2.3 billion to shareholders (the Programme) which, together with the
Company's completed £200 million interim share buyback programme launched on
2 January 2026 (the Interim Programme), will deliver total returns of up to
£2.5 billion through share buybacks in 2026.

 

The Programme, which will be executed in tranches, will commence today and is
expected to complete no later than 23 December 2026. The Company has entered
into non-discretionary agreements (the Agreements) with Morgan Stanley &
Co. International plc (Morgan Stanley) and UBS AG London Branch (UBS) to
undertake the Programme on its behalf by making market purchases, as riskless
principal, of the Company's ordinary shares of 20p each (the Shares) on the
London Stock Exchange or another recognised investment exchange. Morgan
Stanley and UBS (together, the Purchasing Banks) will make trading decisions
under the Programme independently of the Company, subject to certain
parameters agreed between the Purchasing Banks and the Company prior to the
commencement of the Programme and to the Company's right to terminate each
Agreement in certain limited circumstances.

 

Shares acquired by the Purchasing Banks under the Agreements will be sold on
to the Company and will be cancelled. The purpose of the Programme is
therefore to reduce the Company's share capital.

 

Taking into account the total of 15,971,931 Shares acquired under the Interim
Programme, the maximum number of Shares that may be acquired under the
Programme pursuant to the authority granted by shareholders at the Company's
2025 Annual General Meeting on 1 May 2025 is 834,517,767.

 

Any purchase of Shares under the Programme will be executed in accordance with
the Company's general authority to repurchase Shares granted at its 2025
Annual General Meeting and (if applicable) any subsequent authority, the
Market Abuse Regulation 596/2014 and the Commission Delegated Regulation (EU)
2016/1052 (both as incorporated into UK domestic law by the European Union
(Withdrawal) Act 2018), and Chapter 9 of the Financial Conduct Authority's UK
Listing Rules.

 

Repurchases of Shares under the Programme will be announced no later than 7.30
a.m. on the business day following the calendar day on which the repurchase
occurred (or otherwise as required under the UK Listing Rules).

 

 

For further information, please contact:

 

Investors:

 

Jeremy Bragg

Head of Investor Relations, Rolls-Royce plc

Tel +44 (0) 7795 840875

Jeremy.Bragg@Rolls-Royce.com (mailto:Jeremy.Bragg@Rolls-Royce.com)

 

Media:

 

Media:

Richard Wray

EVP - External Communications & Brand, Rolls-Royce plc

Tel +44 (0) 7810 850055

Richard.Wray@Rolls-Royce.com (mailto:Richard.Wray@Rolls-Royce.com)

 

 

 

About Rolls-Royce Holdings plc

1.   Rolls-Royce is a force for progress; powering, protecting and
connecting people everywhere. Our products and service packages help our
customers meet the growing need for power across multiple industries; enable
governments to equip their armed forces with the power required to protect
their citizens; and connect people, societies, cultures and economies
together.

2.   Rolls-Royce has a local presence in 47 countries and customers in over
a hundred more, including airlines and aircraft leasing companies, armed
forces and navies, and marine and industrial customers.

3.   Through our multi-year transformation programme, we are building a
high-performing, competitive, resilient and growing Rolls-Royce. We are
building the financial capacity and agility to allow us to successfully
develop and deliver the products that will support our customers through the
energy transition.

4.    Annual underlying revenue was £20.1 billion in 2025, and underlying
operating profit was £3.46 billion.

5. Rolls-Royce Holdings plc is a publicly traded company (LSE: RR., ADR:
RYCEY, LEI: 213800EC7997ZBLZJH69).

 

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