Nordea Bank Plans Up to EUR500 Share Buyback

04:13 AM EST, 12/16/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Nordea Bank (NDA-DK.CO, NDA-FI.HE) intends to launch a share repurchase program worth up to 500 million euros as soon as Thursday, according to a Tuesday release. The buyback, which will run until May 8, 2026, is intended to maintain the lender's "efficient" capital structure and boost shareholder returns. The program follows approval from the European Central Bank. The Nordic lender appointed a third-party broker to execute the repurchases on Nasdaq Helsinki, Nasdaq Stockholm, and Nasdaq Copenhagen. Shares bought back under the program will be canceled on a monthly basis.