COSCO Shipping Holdings repurchases HK$41m in shares

COSCO Shipping Holdings Co., Ltd. (01919) submitted its Next Day Disclosure Return on December 3, 2025, detailing substantial share repurchases. On December 3, 2025, the company repurchased 3,000,000 ordinary H shares on the Exchange. The repurchase price per share ranged from HK$13.72 to HK$13.86, with an aggregate price paid of HK$41,372,460.

This repurchase forms part of a series of buybacks conducted by the company, with a total of 63,543,000 shares repurchased on the Exchange under a mandate granted on May 28, 2025. The total number of shares authorized for repurchase under this mandate is 287,981,950, representing 2.2065% of the issued shares (excluding treasury shares) as of the mandate date.

As of December 3, 2025, the company's closing balance of issued shares (excluding treasury shares) remains at 2,879,819,500. Shares repurchased for cancellation but not yet cancelled as of the closing balance date amount to 3,000,000, bringing the total number of repurchased shares awaiting cancellation to 42,643,000 since October 31, 2025. The moratorium period for any issue of new shares or sale/transfer of treasury shares after these repurchases extends up to January 2, 2026.