---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000079879-24-000095"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PPG"
cik: "0000079879"
company_name: "PPG INDUSTRIES INC"
filed_at: "2024-04-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T21:18:47.324967+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# PPG board authorizes $2.5B share repurchase program; effective immediately

## Summary
- Board approved $2.5B common stock repurchase authorization; no expiration date.
- Adds to existing Dec 2017 authorization with ~$860M remaining as of March 31, 2024.
- Repurchases may be made in open market or private transactions at management's discretion.
- Program subject to market conditions, other cash uses, and acquisition pace.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000079879-24-000095
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PPG
- cik: 0000079879
- company_name: PPG INDUSTRIES INC
- filed_at: 2024-04-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/79879/000007987924000095/0000079879-24-000095-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/79879/000007987924000095/ppg-20240418.htm

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