Company advances the second tranche of its EUR 1 billion capital return program
Fresenius Medical Care the world’s leading provider of products and services for individuals with renal disease, will accelerate its share buyback program and start the repurchase of the second tranche. The program – presented during the company’s Capital Markets Day on June 17, 2025 – has a total volume of EUR 1 billion. Under the second tranche, the company plans to repurchase its own shares for a total amount of around EUR 415 million from January 12 to May 8, 2026.
The first tranche of the company’s share buyback program was completed ahead of schedule on December 29, 2025. The share buyback program, which is part of the FME capital allocation framework within the ‘FME Reignite’ strategy, is expected to be completed significantly earlier than originally planned, in less than a year.
Helen Giza, CEO and Chair of the Management Board, said, “The successful acceleration of our EUR 1 billion share buyback program is supported by our strong financial performance and consistent execution against our ‘FME Reignite’ strategy, with a focus on value creation and delivering returns to our shareholders.”
Our strong cash-flow generation on the back of continued business momentum enables an acceleration of our share buyback program, demonstrating the effectiveness of our new capital allocation framework,” said Martin Fischer, CFO of Fresenius Medical Care.
About Fresenius Medical Care:
Fresenius Medical Care is the world’s leading provider of products and services for individuals with renal diseases of which around 4.2 million patients worldwide regularly undergo dialysis treatment. Through its network of 3,628 dialysis clinics, Fresenius Medical Care provides dialysis treatments for approximately. 294,000 patients around the globe. Fresenius Medical Care is also the leading provider of dialysis products such as dialysis machines and dialyzers.
