EQNR 6-K

UNITED STATESSECURITIES 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

January 16, 2025

Commission File Number 1-15200

Equinor ASA

(Translation of registrant’s name into English)

FORUSBEEN 50, N-4035, STAVANGER, NORWAY

(Address of principal executive offices )

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This Report on Form 6-K contains a press release issued by Equinor ASA on January 16, 2025, entitled "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 fourth tranche of the 2024 share buy-back programme for Equinor ASA (OSE:EQNR, NYSE:EQNR, CEUX:EQNRO, TQEX:EQNRO).

Date on which the buy-back programme was announced: 7 February 2024.

The duration of the buy-back programme: 15 February 2024 to 15 January 2025.

Size of the buy-back programme: The total purchase amount under the programme is NOK 1,774,000,000 and the maximum shares to be acquired is 16,800,000 shares, of which up to 7,400,000 shares can be acquired in the period from 15 February 2024 to 15 May 2024, and up to 9,400,000 shares can be acquired in the period from 16 May 2024 to 15 January 2025.

On 15 January 2025, Equinor ASA has purchased a total of 522,506 own shares at the Oslo Stock Exchange at an average price of NOK 288.9915 per share.

Overview of transactions:

Following the completion of the above transactions, Equinor ASA owns a total of 70,665,908 own shares, corresponding to 2.53% 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:

An overview of all transactions made under the buy-back tranche that have been carried out during the above-mentioned time period is attached to this report and available at www.newsweb.no.

Contact details:

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

This information is subject of the disclosure requirements pursuant to section 5-12 of the Norwegian Securities Trading Act.

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.