LINCOLNSHIRE, Ill.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Zebra Technologies Corporation, an innovator at the edge of the enterprise with solutions and partners that enable businesses to gain a performance edge, today announced the company’s Board of Directors has authorized the repurchase of $1 billion shares of Zebra Technologies Corporation Common Stock. This authorization augments the previous $1 billion purchase authorization which was announced on July 30, 2019.
“Zebra’s prospects to drive sustainable, profitable growth as we digitize and automate our customers’ operations have never been brighter. Our strong balance sheet and free cash flow profile provide us the flexibility to return capital to shareholders while continuing to pursue organic and inorganic investment opportunities that advance our Enterprise Asset Intelligence vision. We have returned more than $800 million of capital to our shareholders via share repurchases since July 2019,” stated Anders Gustafsson, Zebra’s Chief Executive Officer. “This action underscores our Board’s confidence in Zebra’s ability to drive value creation and gives us a total of nearly $1.2 billion of authorization, providing us ample flexibility to prioritize capital allocation.”
Repurchases may be made through a variety of methods, which may include open market purchases executed at the discretion of management and 10b5-1 plans. The repurchase authorization does not have an expiration date and may be amended, suspended, or discontinued by the company’s Board of Directors at any time.
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Zebra (NASDAQ: ZBRA) empowers organizations to thrive in the on-demand economy by making every front-line worker and asset at the edge visible, connected and fully optimized. With an ecosystem of more than 10,000 partners across more than 100 countries, Zebra serves customers of all sizes – including 94% of the Fortune 100 – with an award-winning portfolio of hardware, software, services and solutions that digitize and automate workflows. Supply chains are more dynamic, customers and patients are better served, and workers are more engaged when they utilize Zebra innovations that help them sense, analyze and act in real time. Zebra recently expanded its industrial automation portfolio with its Fetch Robotics acquisition and increased its machine vision and AI software capabilities with the acquisitions of Adaptive Vision and antuit.ai. Zebra is #25 on Newsweek’s inaugural list of America’s 100 Most Loved Workplaces and #79 on Forbes’ list of America’s 500 Best Midsize Employers. Learn more at www.zebra.com or sign up for news alerts. Follow Zebra’s Your Edge blog, LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook, and check out our Story Hub: Zebra Perspectives.