Report of Foreign Issuer Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 (6-k)

 UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 6-K

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

June 13, 2023 
Commission File Number 1-15200

Equinor ASA

(Translation of registrant’s name into English)
FORUSBEEN 50, N-4035, STAVANGER, NORWAY
(Address of principal executive offices )

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This Report on Form 6-K contains a press release issued by Equinor ASA on June 13, 2023, entitled "Equinor ASA: Share buy-back".

 

Equinor ASA: Share buy-back

Please see below information about transactions made under the share buy-back programme for Equinor ASA (OSE:EQNR, NYSE:EQNR).

Date on which the second tranche of the share buy-back programme for 2023 was announced: 4 May 2023.

The duration of the second tranche of the buy-back programme for 2023: 11 May to no later than 25 July 2023.

Size of the buy-back programme: Up to 94,000,000 shares, with a maximum total consideration for the second tranche: USD 550,000,000.

From 5 June to 9 June, Equinor ASA has purchased a total of 2,800,000 own shares at the Oslo Stock Exchange at an average price of NOK 302.9357 per share.

Aggregated overview of transactions per day:

Date	Aggregated volume (number of shares)	Weighted average share price (NOK)	Total transaction value (NOK)
5 June	500,000	302.2044	151,102,200.00
6 June	700,000	295.6301	206,941,070.00
7 June	520,000	301.6491	156,857,532.00
8 June	530,000	307.8362	163,153,186.00
9 June	550,000	309.3926	170,165,930.00
Previously disclosed buy-backs under the second tranche of the 2023 programme	6,128,860	296.8010	1,819,051,923.68
Total buy-backs under second tranche of the 2023 programme (accumulated)	8,928,860	298.7248	2,667,271,841.68

 

Following the completion of the above transactions, Equinor ASA owns a total of 73,517,703 own shares, corresponding to 2.32% of Equinor ASA’s share capital, including shares under Equinor’s share savings programme.

This is information that Equinor ASA is obliged to make public pursuant to the EU Market Abuse Regulation and subject to the disclosure requirements pursuant to Section 5-12 of the Norwegian Securities Trading Act.

Appendix:
A detailed overview of all transactions made under the buy-back programme that have been carried out during the above-mentioned time period is attached to this report and available at www.newsweb.no.

 

Further information from

Investor relations
Bård Glad Pedersen, senior vice president Investor Relations,
[phone]

Media
Sissel Rinde, vice president Media Relations,
+ 47 412 60 584

 

This information is subject of the disclosure requirements pursuant to section 5-12 of the Norwegian Securities Trading Act.

Signatures

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

	EQUINOR ASA (Registrant)
Dated: June 13, 2023	By:	___/s/ Torgrim Reitan Name: Torgrim Reitan Title:     Chief Financial Officer

This regulatory filing also includes additional resources:

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