Alpha Bank Advances Buyback Programme and Declares Interim Dividend

Alpha Bank has intensified its share repurchase activity while simultaneously rewarding investors with a significant interim dividend for the current financial year.

The lender confirmed that between September 22 and September 26, 2025, it acquired a total of 1,399,761 of its own shares through transactions on the Athens Stock Exchange. The average purchase price came in at €3.5106 per share, with the overall cost amounting to €4,913,991.54. As a result of these latest buybacks, Alpha Bank’s treasury stock now accounts for 0.1213 per cent of its total share capital.

Alongside this, the board of directors approved an interim dividend worth €111.4 million for the 2025 financial year. The distribution corresponds to €0.048 gross per share, with payment scheduled for December 5, 2025, following the ex-dividend date on December 1 and the record date on December 2.

In practice, the majority of investors will receive just under €0.046 per share once the mandatory five per cent withholding tax has been applied. The bank cautioned, however, that “the precise dividend amount per share may be adjusted depending on the number of treasury shares it holds at the record date, since those are excluded from the distribution.”

Dividends will be paid in cash via the participants of shareholders’ securities accounts at the Hellenic Central Securities Depository. Special procedures are in place for certain cases: heirs of deceased shareholders will be able to claim their dividends directly from Alpha Bank upon presentation of the required documentation, while those whose holdings are tied to institutions under liquidation or placed in special transfer accounts will also be paid through the bank after direct contact is established.

Alpha Bank further reminded investors that the right to collect dividend entitlements expires if unclaimed within five years, after which any outstanding amounts revert to the Greek state.

The bank emphasized that the interim payout remains subject to the approval of the European Central Bank, underscoring the regulatory oversight required for such distributions within the eurozone’s banking framework.

By fLEXI tEAM