Saint-Gobain cancelled 4,959,746 treasury shares purchased on the market.
Following this operation, the total number of shares composing the capital is 499 million and the number of shares outstanding is now 497 million compared to 502 million at the end of December 2023.
The group has allocated €420 million to buy back its own shares (net of employee shareholding transactions) in 2024.
With €2 billion in shares bought back since 2021, the group has achieved its target announced as part of its “Grow & Impact” plan (2021-2025), a year ahead of schedule.