Philips to repurchase up to 6 million shares to cover long-term incentive plans

Philips has announced that it will repurchase up to 6 million shares to cover certain of its obligations arising from its long-term incentive plans. At the current share price, the shares represent an amount of up to approximately EUR 125 million.

The repurchases will be executed through one or more individual forward transactions, to be entered into in the course of the second and third quarter of 2025, in accordance with the Market Abuse Regulation and within the limits of the authorization granted by the company’s General Meeting of Shareholders on May 8, 2025, according to a media release.

Philips expects to take delivery of the shares in 2027. 

Philips also announced that the exchange ratio for the dividend for the year 2024 is 1 new common share for every 23.6353 existing common shares. This ratio was based on the volume weighted average price on Euronext Amsterdam of May 30, June 2, and 3, 2025, of EUR 20.0600 and was calculated in a manner that the gross dividend in shares will be approximately equal to EUR 0.85. As a result, Philips will issue a total number of 22,980,748 new common shares.

Shareholders have been given the opportunity to make their choice between a dividend in shares or (subject to certain conditions) in cash. The aggregate cash election result was 41.4%, which is below the 50% maximum as adopted in the General Meeting of Shareholders and therefore shareholders will receive the dividend in accordance with their election, the company said.

Delivery of new common shares, with settlement of fractions in cash, if required, and payment of the cash dividend will take place from June 6, 2025. Upon distribution, the total issued share capital will amount to EUR 192,584,026, representing 962,920,132 common shares.