The repurchasing would be carried out through a buy-back programme for cancellation purposes. Swiss Re has announced its first ( $ 999 million ) public share buyback of more than 100 million shares , authorised at the 2018 annual meeting and which had to be completed by the 2019 meeting in April . The company said the repurchases were made on the SIX Swiss Exchange with Zurcher Kantonalbank as agent .
Swiss Re has announced its first ( $ 999 million ) public share buyback of more than 100 million shares , authorised at the 2018 annual meeting and which had to be completed by the 2019 meeting in April . The company said the repurchases were made on the SIX Swiss Exchange with Zurcher Kantonalbank as agent .