Salesforce's $25 Billion Accelerated Share Repurchase Settles

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~~Salesforce paid~~ The accelerated repurchase was signed on 11 March 2026 with five banks (Santander, Bank of America, Citibank, JPMorgan Chase and Morgan Stanley), with J. Wood Capital Advisors advising Salesforce; it is described as the largest ASR ever It is half of a $50 billion repurchase programme the board approved in February 2026, which includes amounts left under earlier authorisations, so another $25 billion ~~up front on March 16, 2026~~ remains available Salesforce prepaid the $25 billion on 16 March and ~~received about~~took roughly 103 million ~~shares, roughly 80% of those expected;~~ shares at once, about 80 percent of the ~~rest arrive~~shares expected at ~~final settlement The final number~~ the 11 March closing price, an average of $198.34 each The remaining shares ~~depends~~depend on the volume-weighted average price over the ~~term,~~term less a ~~discount, so~~discount; the banks may deliver more ~~shares~~shares, or Salesforce may ~~owe~~ choose to deliver shares or pay cash ~~Salesforce expected final settlement in October 2026, within the third quarter~~ The 8-K says the money came from a concurrent senior-notes offering, with about $24.885 billion of estimated net proceeds; Fortune reports $25 billion of new debt, which cut the fiscal 2027 ~~The~~ free-cash-flow growth guide to 4 to 5 percent from 9 to 10 percent Fortune adds that the ASR ~~used half of~~ trimmed diluted share count by about 10 percent year on year and lifted first-quarter non-GAAP EPS by 23 cents, to $3.88 Timing guidance narrowed over time, from the ~~$50 billion repurchase authorisation of February~~ third or fourth fiscal quarter in March to October 2026 in the second-quarter results; company guidance excludes any share-count effect from the final settlement
- Salesforce Commences Largest-Ever $25 Billion Accelerated Share Repurchasesalesforce.com98% CONFIDENCE
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sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1108524/000119312526107403/d887663dex991.htm
sec.gov· Posted Sep 24, 2026· Starts Oct 31, 2026· 23% of score
Estimated: the Q2 FY2027 release says "Final settlement of the company's $25 billion ASR is expected in October 2026", so the pin takes the month's last day; the March release had said "the third or fourth quarter of Salesforce's^[5] FY27".
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Salesforce Form 10-Q for the quarter ended July 31, 2026
sec.gov· Published Aug 27, 2026· 21% of score
Final settlement of each ASR transaction is expected in the third quarter of fiscal 2027 (August-October 2026).^[1]
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Salesforce Delivers Record Second Quarter Fiscal 2027 Results (8-K Exhibit 99.1, August 26, 2026)
sec.gov· Published Aug 26, 2026· Starts Oct 31, 2026 ✓· 20% of score
Says "Final settlement of the company's $25 billion ASR is expected in October 2026."^[1]
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Salesforce turbocharges $25 billion stock-buying spree with debt, cuts cash flow guidance in half
fortune.com· Published May 27, 2026· 14% of score
Independent trade-press account of the debt funding, guidance cut and EPS effect.^[1]
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Salesforce Commences Largest-Ever $25 Billion Accelerated Share Repurchase
salesforce.com· Published Mar 16, 2026· 11% of score
Company press release with banks, share count, authorisation and executive quotes.^[1]

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