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LexinFintech Launches $50M Share Buyback Plan, CEO Jay Xiao to Personally Invest Up to $10M

Benzinga·07/21/2025 10:04:42
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LexinFintech Holdings Ltd. ("Lexin" or the "Company") (NASDAQ:LX), a leading technology-empowered personal financial service enabler in China, today announced that its board of directors has authorized a share repurchase program under which the Company may purchase up to US$50 million of its shares over the next twelve months (the "Share Repurchase Program").

The Company's proposed repurchases may be made from time to time through open market transactions at prevailing market prices, in privately negotiated transactions, in block trades and/or through other legally permissible means, depending on the market conditions and in accordance with applicable rules and regulations. The timing and dollar amount of the repurchase transactions will be subject to the Securities and Exchange Commission Rule 10b-18 and/or Rule 10b5-1 requirements. The Company's board of directors will review the Share Repurchase Program periodically, and may authorize adjustments of its terms and size or suspend or discontinue the program.

In addition, Mr. Jay Wenjie Xiao, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Lexin, has informed the Company that he planned to use his personal funds to purchase the Company's American depository shares (the "ADSs"). Mr. Xiao intends to purchase up to US$10 million worth of the ADSs within the next twelve months, pursuant and subject to applicable laws and the Company's securities trading policy. Mr. Xiao makes his own independent decision on the share purchase and its terms. The share purchases by Mr. Xiao may be made from time to time in 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.