08:39 AM EST, 12/18/2025 (MT Newswires) -- ATS (TSX and NYSE: ATS) on Thursday said that the Toronto Stock Exchange approved the company's notice of intention to make a normal course issuer bid (NCIB).

Under the bid, the company will have the ability to buy back for cancellation up to a maximum of 8.2-million common shares, about 10% of the public float of 82.3-million common shares that were issued and outstanding as of December 10. The company had a total of 98.1-million common shares issued and outstanding as of Dec. 10.

Buys under the bid will be made during the twelve-month period starting on Dec. 22, 2025, and ending on or before Dec. 21, 2026. The company said that some buys under the bid may be made pursuant to an automatic purchase plan that has been entered into between ATS and its broker.

U.S.-listed shares of the company were last seen up 1% at US$26.87 in pre-market trading.