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Posted on February 22, 2026
1 min readLast updated: April 2, 2026
Add as preferred source on GoogleSky News says Rolls-Royce plans a share buyback exceeding £1bn this week. Reuters has not independently verified the report. The potential return equals about $1.35bn at the stated exchange rate.
Feb 22 (Reuters) - Rolls-Royce Holdings is expected to announce alongside its annual results this week that it will launch a fresh share buyback worth as much as 1.5 billion pounds ($2.02 billion) to investors, Sky News reported on Sunday.
Reuters could not immediately verify the report. Rolls-Royce did not immediately respond to a request for comment outside regular business hours.
Rolls-Royce upgraded its full-year profit guidance at the half-year stage last July, increasing the top end of its operating profit guidance by 300 million pounds to 3.2 billion pounds and its free cash flow by 200 million pounds to 3.1 billion pounds, according to its latest guidance.
Rolls-Royce had launched a 1 billion pound share buyback around this time last year, as it reported results.
($1 = 0.7417 pounds)
(Reporting by Disha Mishra in Bengaluru; Editing by Ros Russell)
A Sky News report claims Rolls-Royce will unveil a share buyback exceeding £1 billion this week. Reuters notes it has not independently verified the report.
The reported sum is a little over $1.35 billion, based on the article’s exchange rate of $1 = £0.7417.
Sky News suggests an announcement this week. Reuters could not verify as of Feb 22, 2026. Rolls-Royce is due to report FY25 results on Feb 26, 2026, when further capital return plans may be outlined.
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