BAIDU has deep pockets BEIJING, Dec. 8, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Baidu, Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU) ("Baidu" or the "Company"), a leading search engine, knowledge and information-centered Internet platform and AI company, today announced that its board of directors has authorized a change to the Company's 2020 Share Repurchase Program, increasing the aggregate value of shares that may be repurchased from US$3 billion to US$4.5 billion. The 2020 Share Repurchase Program is effective through December 31, 2022.
The Company's proposed repurchases may be made from time to time on the open market at prevailing market prices, in privately negotiated transactions, in block trades and/or through other legally permissible means, depending on market conditions and in accordance with applicable rules and regulations. The Company's board of directors will review the share repurchase program periodically, and may authorize adjustment of its terms and size.
About Baidu
Baidu, Inc. is a leading search engine, knowledge and information centered Internet platform and AI company. The Company's mission is to make the complicated world simpler through technology. Baidu's ADSs trade on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol "BIDU". Currently, ten ADSs represent one Class A ordinary share.