{"url":"https://newsforagent.com/news/2026-10-23/bekaert-share-buyback-liquidity-agreement","markdown_url":"https://newsforagent.com/news/2026-10-23/bekaert-share-buyback-liquidity-agreement.md","title":"Bekaert Buys Back 41,000 Shares, Holds 3.63%","headline":"Bekaert Repurchases 41,000 Shares Under €75 Million Buyback Tranche","description":"Bekaert repurchased 41,000 shares for €1.6 million in the week to October 21, 2026, lifting its own holding to 1,795,100 shares.","section":"Dividends & Buybacks","published_at":"2026-10-23T06:51:23+00:00","modified_at":"2026-10-23T06:51:23+00:00","author":"News Desk","key_takeaways":["Bekaert bought 41,000 shares under its buyback program in the week from October 15 to October 21, 2026, at an average price of €39.66.","Kepler Cheuvreux bought 2,805 shares and sold 4,400 shares for Bekaert under the liquidity agreement in the same period.","Bekaert held 1,795,100 own shares, or 3.63% of outstanding shares, after the market closed on October 21, 2026."],"companies":[{"name":"Bekaert","is_primary":true,"profile_url":null,"website":"http://www.bekaert.com"}],"source":{"publisher":"TradingView","title":"Bekaert: Update on the Share Buyback Program and the Liquidity Agreement","url":"https://www.tradingview.com/news/globenewswire:abc3dfb33094b:0-bekaert-update-on-the-share-buyback-program-and-the-liquidity-agreement/"},"other_sources":[{"publisher":"Eleconomista","url":"https://www.eleconomista.es/mercados-cotizaciones/noticias/14022627/10/26/caixabank-y-bbva-saldan-cuentas-con-el-accionista-sus-recompras-de-acciones-ya-compensan-el-efecto-negativo-del-scrip-dividend.html"},{"publisher":"TradingView","url":"https://www.tradingview.com/news/tradingview:db9b1c13457c6:0-wealthfront-approves-additional-150m-buyback-raising-repurchase-capacity-to-250m/"},{"publisher":"AETOSWire","url":"https://www.aetoswire.com/en/news/en53923029"},{"publisher":"The future of trading","url":"https://capital.com/en-int/news/china-eastern-airlines-files-hkex-return-disclosing-share-buyback-for"}],"tags":["Dividends & Buybacks","Bekaert"],"body_markdown":"Bekaert repurchased 41,000 of its own shares for a total of €1.6 million during the week of October 15 to October 21, 2026, under the buyback tranche it began on February 26, 2026. [TradingView](https://www.tradingview.com/news/globenewswire:abc3dfb33094b:0-bekaert-update-on-the-share-buyback-program-and-the-liquidity-agreement/) reported the transactions, which lifted Bekaert's own holding to 1,795,100 shares, or 3.63% of outstanding shares, after the market closed on October 21, 2026.\n\n## Bekaert's Buyback and Liquidity Trades\n\nKepler Cheuvreux SA bought the 41,000 shares on Bekaert's behalf, at an average price of €39.66, with the highest price paid at €41.65 and the lowest at €38.85. The purchases ran across Euronext Brussels and MTF CBOE. The tranche carries a maximum consideration of up to €75 million, and Bekaert has said all repurchased shares will be cancelled.\n\nUnder the renewed liquidity agreement with Kepler Cheuvreux announced on June 25, 2024, Kepler Cheuvreux bought 2,805 shares and sold 4,400 shares on Bekaert's behalf on Euronext Brussels during the same period. The balance held by Bekaert under the liquidity agreement at the end of the period was 23,471 shares. Bekaert said the information is also available on the investor relations pages of its [website](http://www.bekaert.com).\n\n## Bekaert's Earlier Buyback Weeks\n\nBekaert announced on October 16, 2026 that Kepler Cheuvreux bought 41,500 shares on its behalf during October 8 to 14, 2026, under the €75 million buyback program, alongside 3,001 share purchases and 3,001 sales under a liquidity agreement that left a net balance of 25,066 shares, GlobeNewswire reported. Yahoo reported on October 2, 2026 that Kepler Cheuvreux bought 44,497 shares under the buyback program and 2,500 shares under the liquidity agreement, while selling 3,200 shares, for September 24 to 30, 2026. Yahoo also reported on September 11, 2026 that Kepler Cheuvreux bought 57,925 shares and sold 2,400 shares under the buyback and liquidity agreement programs during the week of September 3 to 9, 2026.\n\n## Buybacks Elsewhere in the Sector\n\nBBVA and CaixaBank have repurchased enough shares since 2022 to offset the dilutive effect of their scrip dividend policies, [Eleconomista](https://www.eleconomista.es/mercados-cotizaciones/noticias/14022627/10/26/caixabank-y-bbva-saldan-cuentas-con-el-accionista-sus-recompras-de-acciones-ya-compensan-el-efecto-negativo-del-scrip-dividend.html) reported on October 22, 2026, adding that Santander still needs to buy back nearly 1,050 million shares to neutralize that effect. Wealthfront's board approved an additional $150 million common stock repurchase authorization on October 21, 2026, raising the program to $250 million, [TradingView](https://www.tradingview.com/news/tradingview:db9b1c13457c6:0-wealthfront-approves-additional-150m-buyback-raising-repurchase-capacity-to-250m/) reported. Bureau Veritas announced a buyback of approximately 0.8% of its shares, worth up to EUR 100 million, under Wendel's accelerated bookbuilding, [AETOSWire](https://www.aetoswire.com/en/news/en53923029) reported on October 21, 2026. China Eastern Airlines repurchased 6,406,900 A shares for cancellation on October 21, 2026, at a cost of RMB 20 million, [The future of trading](https://capital.com/en-int/news/china-eastern-airlines-files-hkex-return-disclosing-share-buyback-for) reported.\n\n## Bekaert's Next Reporting Date\n\nBekaert's next scheduled update on the buyback program and the liquidity agreement covers the period from October 22 to October 28, 2026.\n","publisher":{"name":"News for Agent","url":"https://newsforagent.com"}}