Equinor buys back NOK 167M in shares on October 15

Cumulative programme purchases reached 4,167,500 shares, with total transaction value of NOK 1,469,846,959 compared with the stated NOK 1,971,000,000 programme amount.

Rhea-AI Filing Summary

Equinor ASA (EQNR) purchased 389,058 of its own shares on October 15, 2026, at the Oslo Stock Exchange, at an average price of NOK 429.2415 per share; the transaction value was NOK 166,999,840. The employee and management share-based incentive programme has a total purchase amount of NOK 1,971,000,000 and a maximum of 19,600,000 shares, and runs from February 13, 2026 to January 15, 2027.

Total purchases under the programme reached 4,167,500 shares, with a total transaction value of NOK 1,469,846,959. Following the October 15 transactions, Equinor owned 23,077,317 own shares, corresponding to 0.97% of its share capital; that figure includes shares bought under earlier programmes for employee incentives and programmes intended to reduce issued share capital.

Key Figures

Shares purchased on October 15: 389,058 shares Average share price: NOK 429.2415 per share Transaction value: NOK 166,999,840 +5 more

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Shares purchased on October 15 389,058 shares October 15, 2026

Average share price NOK 429.2415 per share October 15, 2026 purchases

Transaction value NOK 166,999,840 October 15, 2026 purchases

Total programme purchases 4,167,500 shares Cumulative under the programme

Total programme transaction value NOK 1,469,846,959 Cumulative under the programme

Programme total purchase amount NOK 1,971,000,000 Stated programme amount

Maximum programme shares 19,600,000 shares Maximum shares to be acquired under the programme

Own shares after transactions 23,077,317 shares; 0.97% of share capital Following the October 15, 2026 transactions

Key Terms

buy-back programme, own shares, share-based incentive programmes, weighted average share price

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buy-back programme financial

"transactions made under the buy-back programme"

A buy-back programme is when a company uses cash to repurchase its own shares from the market, reducing the number of shares available to investors. Like a store buying back its own gift cards to concentrate value, buy-backs can raise earnings per share and signal management’s confidence but also use cash that might have funded growth or dividends—details investors watch to judge impact on value and risk.

own shares financial

"owns a total of 23,077,317 own shares"

Shares a company owns in itself are pieces of its stock that it has bought back or is holding in a treasury account instead of being owned by outside investors. For investors this matters because those held shares reduce the number of shares available on the market and can change per-share metrics and voting power—like a shop removing some items from the shelf, which alters the supply and how value is divided among remaining owners.

share-based incentive programmes financial

"used in the share-based incentive programmes"

weighted average share price financial

"Weighted average share price (NOK)"

The weighted average share price is the average price of a stock calculated by giving each recorded trade price a weight proportional to the number of shares traded at that price (or, more generally, by the relevant share quantity for each price). It is computed as the sum of (price × shares) for all transactions divided by the total shares traded, so prices with larger volumes have a bigger effect than low-volume prices; this contrasts with a simple (unweighted) average that treats every price equally.

FAQ

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How many shares did EQNR buy back on October 15, 2026?

Equinor purchased 389,058 own shares at the Oslo Stock Exchange on October 15, 2026, at an average price of NOK 429.2415 per share. The total transaction value was NOK 166,999,840.

How many shares has EQNR bought back under this programme?

Total purchases under the programme reached 4,167,500 shares, with a total transaction value of NOK 1,469,846,959. The programme’s stated total purchase amount is NOK 1,971,000,000, and its maximum share amount is 19,600,000.

What are the share limits for each period of EQNR’s buy-back programme?

Up to 7,920,000 shares can be acquired from February 13, 2026 to May 15, 2026. Up to 11,680,000 shares can be acquired from May 15, 2026 to January 15, 2027.

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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

For the month of October 2026

Commission File Number: 1-15200

Equinor ASA
(Translation of registrant's name into English)

FORUSBEEN 50, N-4035, STAVANGER, NORWAY
(Address of principal executive office)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
Form 20-F [ X ]      Form 40-F [   ]

This Report on Form 6-K contains a press release issued by Equinor ASA on October 20, 2026, entitled “Equinor ASA: Buy-back of shares to share programmes for employees”. 

Equinor ASA: Buy-back of shares to share programmes for employees

Please see below information about transactions made under the buy-back programme for Equinor ASA (OSE:EQNR, NYSE:EQNR) for shares to be used in the share-based incentive programmes for employees and management.

Date on which the buy-back programme was announced: 4 February 2026.

The duration of the buy-back programme: 13 February 2026 to 15 January 2027.

Size of the buy-back programme: The total purchase amount under the programme is NOK 1,971,000,000 and the maximum shares to be acquired is 19,600,000 shares, of which up to 7,920,000 shares can be acquired in the period from 13 February 2026 to 15 May 2026, and up to 11,680,000 shares can be acquired in the period from 15 May 2026 to 15 January 2027.

On 15 October 2026, Equinor ASA has purchased a total of 389,058 own shares at the Oslo Stock Exchange at an average price of NOK 429.2415 per share.

Aggregated overview of transactions per day:

Date	Aggregated volume (number of shares)	Weighted average share price (NOK)	Total transaction value (NOK)
15 October 2026	389,058	429.2415	166,999,840
Previously disclosed buy-backs under the programme (accumulated)	3,778,442	344.8107	1,302,847,119
Total buy-backs under the programme	4,167,500	352.6927	1,469,846,959

Following the completion of the above transactions, Equinor ASA owns a total of 23,077,317 own shares, corresponding to 0.97% of Equinor ASA’s share capital, including shares purchased under the previous buy-back programme for the share-based incentive programmes for employees, and shares purchased under Equinor’s disclosed buy-back programmes which will be used to reduce the issued share capital of the company.

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,
+47 918 01 791

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

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)
Date: October 20, 2026		/s/ TORGRIM REITAN
		Torgrim Reitan
		Chief Financial Officer