Investors
Share buyback
ASML returns cash to shareholders on a regular basis through share buybacks or capital repayment, subject to our liquidity requirements, current share price, market conditions 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
|
Previous share buyback programs
under the 2016 Market Abuse Regulation (Nr. 596/2014)
2016-2017 program: link
2018-2019 share buyback program
On 17 January 2018, ASML announced its new share buyback program to be executed in the 2018-2019 timeframe. ASML intends to purchase up to EUR 2.5 billion of shares which it intends to cancel upon repurchase, with the exception of up to 2.4 million shares which will be used to cover employee share plans.
The total amount of outstanding shares at the beginning of 2018 was approximately 427 million shares.
Details on the share purchase can be found in the excel overview below:
Share Buyback XLS
