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In addition to dividend payments, we intend to return cash to our shareholders on a regular basis through share buybacks or capital repayment, subject to our actual and anticipated level of liquidity requirements and other relevant factors.
The following graph shows the last five years of share buyback repurchased, cumulative from initial start in 2006, in million EUR:
Share buyback history table
Full details
| Year | Total amount paid (in EUR millions) | Total Number of Shares Purchased | Average Price Paid per Share (EUR) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Share buybacks | 2006 |
677
|
40,385,139
|
16.77
|
| Synthetic Share buybacks | 2007 |
1,012
|
55,093,409
|
18.37
|
| Share buybacks | 2007 |
360
|
17,000,000
|
21.16
|
| Share buybacks | 2008 |
88
|
5,000,000
|
17.52
|
| Share buybacks | 2011 |
700
|
25,674,576
|
27.26
|
| Synthetic Share buybacks | 2012 |
3,728
|
93,411,216
|
39.91
|
| Share buybacks | 2012 |
535
|
13,478,058
|
39.71
|
| Share buybacks | 2013 |
300
|
4,614,179
|
65.02
|
| Share buybacks | 2014 |
700
|
9,981,375
|
70.13
|
| Share buybacks | 2015 |
565
|
6,272,776
|
90.05
|
| Share buybacks | 2016 |
400
|
4,763,378
|
83.97
|
| Share buybacks | 2017 |
500
|
3,468,737
|
144.14
|
| Share buybacks | 2018 |
1,146
|
7,044,389
|
162.70
|
| Share buybacks | 2019 |
410
|
1,948,808
|
210.39
|
| Share buybacks | 2020 | 1,207 | 3,908,429 | 308.94 |
| Share buybacks | 2021 | 8,560 | 14,358,838 | 596.17 |
| Share buybacks | 2022 | 4,640 | 8,538,787 | 543.37 |
Previous share buyback programs
under the 2016 Market Abuse Regulation (Nr. 596/2014)
2022-2025 share buyback program
On 10 November, ASML announced its new share buyback program to be executed by 31 December 2025. ASML intends to repurchase shares up to an amount of €12 billion, of which we expect a total of up to 2 million shares will be used to cover employee share plans.
Details on the share purchase can be found in the Excel overview below:
Share buyback XLS
