NEW YORK, Aug. 08, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Flutter Entertainment plc (“Flutter”) (NYSE:FLUT; LSE:FLTR), the world’s leading online sports betting and iGaming operator, announces that it has entered into non-discretionary arrangements with Davy Securities UC to repurchase ordinary shares on Flutter’s behalf for an aggregate maximum consideration of up to $245 million on the New York Stock Exchange (the “Buyback”).
The Buyback will commence on October 1, 2025 on the New York Stock Exchange, and will end no later than December 31, 2025. The purpose of the Buyback is to reduce the share capital of Flutter. This Buyback is the fourth tranche of the multi-year share repurchase program of up to $5bn announced on September 25, 2024. In 2025, we expect to return approximately $1bn to shareholders via the program.
Davy Securities UC will conduct the Buyback on Flutter’s behalf and will make trading decisions under the Buyback independently of Flutter in accordance with certain pre-set parameters. The maximum number of ordinary shares which may be acquired pursuant to the Buyback is an aggregate of 17,674,003 ordinary shares less the total amount of ordinary shares acquired as part of the first tranche of our share buyback programme announced on November 13, 2024, the second tranche of our share buyback programme announced on March 5, 2025, and the third tranche of our share buyback programme announced on May 8, 2025.
The Buyback will be conducted within the parameters prescribed by (i) Rule 10b5-1 and Rule 10b-18 under the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended and (ii) the EU Market Abuse Regulation (596/2014) and Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1052 as such legislation forms part of law in the United Kingdom pursuant to the EU (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (as may be amended, extended and/or supplemented from time to time). The repurchased ordinary shares will be cancelled.
Any decision in relation to the amount and timing of any future buyback tranche will be based on an ongoing assessment of the capital needs of the business and general market conditions.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including with relation to our share repurchase program. These statements reflect our current expectations as to future events based on certain assumptions and include any statement that does not directly relate to any historical or current fact. In some cases, you can identify these forward-looking statements by the use of words such as “outlook”, “believe(s)”, “expect(s)”, “potential”, “continue(s)”, “may”, “will”, “should”, “could”, “would”, “seek(s)”, “predict(s)”, “intend(s)”, “trends”, “plan(s)”, “estimate(s)”, “anticipates”, “projection”, “goal”, “target”, “aspire”, “will likely result”, and or the negative version of these words or other comparable words of a future or forward-looking nature. Such forward-looking statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties. Accordingly, there are or will be important factors that could cause actual outcomes or results to differ materially from those indicated in these statements. Factors that could cause the Company’s results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements can be found in Part I, “Item 1A. Risk Factors” of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and other periodic filings with the SEC, which are accessible on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Accordingly, there are or will be important factors that could cause actual outcomes or results to differ materially from those indicated in these statements. These factors should not be construed as exhaustive and should be read in conjunction with the other cautionary statements that are included in the Company’s filings with the SEC. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or review any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise, except as required by law.
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