Essity buyback reached 423,823 shares; October 13 close SEK 259.10
Published on 10/14/2026 at 07:48 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWSDates ahead
- Essity said on October 13, 2026, that it repurchased 423,823 B shares during October 5-9, 2026.
- Essity B closed at SEK 259.10 on Nasdaq Stockholm on October 13, 2026.
- The buyback program had accumulated 6,814,086 shares at an average price of SEK 267.93 by October 9, 2026.
Essity Aktiebolag (publ) said in a Cision release published October 13, 2026, that it repurchased 423,823 of its own B shares during the week from October 5 through October 9. Essity B had closed at SEK 259.10 on Nasdaq Stockholm on October 13, 2026.
October 13 closing reference
The October 13 closing price was shown with an intraday high of SEK 262.10 and a low of SEK 259.10 on Nasdaq Stockholm. The first price of the day is shown from the start of trading by the continuously updated real-time quote of Essity B stock.
What matters today
The next scheduled company date in the fetched material is October 22, 2026, when Essity is set to publish its third-quarter interim report at approximately 7:00 a.m. CET. The next round-number level is SEK 260.00, which is 0.35 percent above the October 13 closing price. Essity’s buyback program had accumulated 6,814,086 shares at a weighted average price of SEK 267.93 by October 9, 2026.
Buyback program totals
The purchases formed part of a SEK 3 billion program announced on April 22, 2026, and were executed on Nasdaq Stockholm by BofA Securities Europe SA for Essity. Following the purchases, Essity held 8,054,209 B shares in treasury as of October 9, 2026. The release said the company had 681,945,171 shares outstanding at the time, including 627,982,130 B shares. Placera carried the Cision release.
Market context: Market report OMXS30.
