Uber Announces $1.5 Billion Accelerated Share Repurchase Program

By: Uber Technologies, Inc. via Business Wire

January 06, 2025 at 07:00 AM EST

Uber Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: UBER) today announced that it has entered into an accelerated share repurchase (“ASR”) agreement with Bank of America, N.A. (the “dealer”) to repurchase $1.5 billion of shares of Uber common stock, as part of its previously announced $7.0 billion share repurchase authorization.

“We are entering 2025 with considerable momentum and expect to continue scaling our free cash flows significantly, enabling us to return meaningful capital to shareholders while still investing in growth,” said Prashanth Mahendra-Rajah. “Our stock is undervalued relative to the strength of our business, and we plan to accelerate our buybacks under the existing authorization as a result. This ASR represents a value-enhancing deployment of capital, retiring over one percent of our market cap.”

Under the ASR agreement, on January 6, 2025, Uber will pay $1.5 billion to the dealer and expects to receive an initial delivery of 18,578,727 shares of Uber common stock, representing approximately 80% of the shares of Uber common stock it expects to repurchase under the ASR agreement. The total number of shares to be repurchased by Uber pursuant to the ASR agreement will be based on the volume-weighted average price of Uber common stock on specified dates during the term of the ASR agreement, less a discount, and subject to customary adjustments pursuant to the terms and conditions of the ASR agreement.

The transactions under the ASR agreement are expected to be completed during the first quarter of 2025.

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