International Consolidated Airlines Group (IAG) has announced the purchase of 5,815,259 ordinary shares between August 3rd and August 7th, 2026, as part of its €500 million share buyback program. These shares, acquired on both the LON and MAD trading venues with prices ranging from £4.2130 to £4.5070 and €4.9240 to €5.2600 respectively, will be held in treasury pending cancellation. Following these transactions, IAG now holds 219,460,088 treasury shares, with its issued share capital, excluding treasury shares, standing at 4,392,209,439 shares.
IAG announces that from 03 August 2026 to 07 August 2026 it purchased a total of 5,815,259 ordinary shares of €0.10 each in the capital of the Company.
Date of Purchase
Number of shares purchased
Trading venue
Lowest price paid
Highest price paid
2026-08-03
707,158
LON
£4.3190
£4.4570
2026-08-04
705,474
LON
£4.2130
£4.3820
2026-08-05
700,694
LON
£4.3970
£4.4700
2026-08-06
689,480
LON
£4.4370
£4.5070
2026-08-07
686,349
LON
£4.3910
£4.4690
2026-08-03
471,440
MAD
€5.0520
€5.2060
2026-08-04
470,316
MAD
€4.9240
€5.1120
2026-08-05
467,130
MAD
€5.1320
€5.2120
2026-08-06
459,653
MAD
€5.1760
€5.2600
2026-08-07
457,565
MAD
€5.1280
€5.2080
The purchases were made pursuant to the €500 million share buyback programme (the "Programme") announced on 15 May 2026. Shares acquired pursuant to the Programme will be held in treasury, pending their cancellation, which was approved at IAG's Annual General Meeting.
Following the purchase, the Company holds 219,460,088 treasury shares and the Company's issued share capital (excluding shares held as treasury shares) consists of 4,392,209,439 shares.
The Company's issued share capital is 4,611,669,527 shares. This figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company to the Spanish National Securities Market Commission (CNMV).
In accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 (the Market Abuse Regulation), or, as the case may be, under any equivalent law or regulation applicable in the United Kingdom, a full breakdown of the individual trades made by Goldman Sachs Bank Europe SE (or any of its delegates) on behalf of the Company (acting as riskless principal and not as agent) as part of the share repurchase programme can be found at:
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