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 billion), Sky News reported on Sunday. Reuters could not immediately verify the report. Rolls-Royce declined to comment. Rolls-Royce upgraded its full-year profit guidance […]
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Rolls-Royce to return as much as $2 billion to shareholders in buyback, Sky News reports
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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 billion), Sky News reported on Sunday.
Reuters could not immediately verify the report. Rolls-Royce declined to comment.
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.
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(Reporting by Disha Mishra in Bengaluru; Editing by Ros Russell and Edmund Klamann)