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HBX Group Announces up to €100 Million Share Buy-back and Intention to Commence Regular Dividends
HBX Group International plc ("HBX Group", "the Group" or "the Company"), today announces its intention to return cash to shareholders through a share buy-back programme and the commencement of payment of regular dividends. These two significant commitments to return capital to shareholders underscore the Group's commitment to maintaining an efficient capital structure and demonstrates the Group's confidence in the long-term value of its business.
About this update from Hbx Group International Plc
[{"type":"text","content":"LONDON, Jan. 16, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- HBX Group International plc ("HBX Group", "the Group" or "the Company"), today announces its intention to return cash to shareholders through a share buy-back programme and the commencement of payment of regular dividends. These two significant commitments to return capital to shareholders underscore the Group's commitment to maintaining an efficient capital structure and demonstrates the Group's confidence in the long-term value of its business.","length":531,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"image","alt":"HBX_Group_Logo","displaySize":"","headline":null,"caption":"HBX_Group_Logo","className":"","disableSlideshowImg":false,"size":{"original":{"width":400,"height":220,"url":"https://media.zenfs.com/en/prnewswire.com/233abc7a3796ecc408f29ebd57f23c52"},"resized":{"url":"https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/mp8PCalY3Js_nW1sImhd3w--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTcwNTtoPTM4ODtjZj13ZWJw/https://media.zenfs.com/en/prnewswire.com/233abc7a3796ecc408f29ebd57f23c52","width":400,"height":220}}},{"type":"text","content":"HBX Group intends to return up to €100 million through a share buy-back programme to purchase equity interests in the Company's ordinary shares (ISIN: GB00BNXJB679) (the "Shares"), subject to shareholder approval at the Annual General Meeting ("AGM") to be held on 12 February 2026. The buy-back will be executed by Bank of America during FY26 and FY27.","length":377,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":"In addition, the Group intends to commence regular dividends, starting with an interim dividend for FY 2026, based on a targeted 20% annual pay-out ratio of Group Adjusted Earnings (as per Alternative Performance Measures in the Group's Full Year Financial Accounts), subject to the availability of distributable profits and reserves.","length":338,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":"Both of these cash return commitments are in line with the Group's disciplined capital allocation strategy, as communicated in the Group's FY25 results: to invest in growth, maintain appropriate leverage, targeting adjusted net debt to adjusted EBITDA between 1 to 2 times, and return excess cash to shareholders,","length":321,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":"Nicolas Huss, Chief Executive Officer, commented: "Our strong financial p...