National Bank of Greece S.A. has announced the purchase of 320,000 of its own common shares on the Athens Stock Exchange between January 2 and January 12, 2026. The average price per share was €13.9370, with a total cost of €4,459,833.
The buyback is part of the first tranche of a share repurchase program approved at the Annual General Meeting held on May 30, 2025. The program also received approval from the Single Supervisory Mechanism (SSM) of the European Central Bank on May 28, 2025. The bank has made several previous announcements about this ongoing buyback process throughout June to December 2025 and in early January 2026.
The transactions during this period were as follows:
– On January 2, 55,000 shares at €13.5429 each for a total of €744,859.50.
– On January 5, another 55,000 shares at €13.6202 each for €749,111.00.
– On January 7, an additional 55,000 shares at €13.7047 each for €753,758.50.
– On January 8, another set of 55,000 shares at €14.3408 each totaling €788,744.00.
– On January 9 and January 12 respectively: two batches of 50,000 shares each at prices just over €14 per share.
According to the resolutions passed by shareholders and relevant legal provisions under Law 4548/2018 regarding timing for cancellation procedures after such purchases are made public by listed companies in Greece’s regulatory framework—National Bank intends to cancel these acquired shares.
After these latest transactions are accounted for—the bank now directly holds a total of nearly eleven and a half million own shares—representing about one point two six percent (1.26%) of its overall share capital.
The announcement was issued in line with requirements under EU Regulation No 596/2014 concerning market abuse rules as well as Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1052 and specific Athens Exchange regulations governing disclosure practices for listed firms.
