International Consolidated Airlines Group (IAG) has announced the purchase of 5,920,278 ordinary shares between August 17 and August 21, 2026, as part of its €500 million share buyback program. These shares, acquired on both London and Madrid trading venues with prices ranging from £4.1680 to £4.4610 and €4.8710 to €5.2160, will be held in treasury pending cancellation. Following these transactions, IAG now holds 231,020,745 treasury shares, with its issued share capital, excluding treasury shares, standing at 4,380,648,782 shares.
IAG announces that from 17 August 2026 to 21 August 2026 it purchased a total of 5,920,278 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
2026-08-17
688,580
LON
£4.3700
£4.4610
2026-08-18
698,705
LON
£4.2740
£4.3540
2026-08-19
717,221
LON
£4.2380
£4.3180
2026-08-20
716,738
LON
£4.1680
£4.2860
2026-08-21
731,366
LON
£4.2010
£4.2540
2026-08-17
459,053
MAD
€5.1140
€5.2160
2026-08-18
465,802
MAD
€5.0040
€5.0880
2026-08-19
478,147
MAD
€4.9580
€5.0460
2026-08-20
477,089
MAD
€4.8710
€4.9960
2026-08-21
487,577
MAD
€4.9010
€4.9650
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 231,020,745 treasury shares and the Company's issued share capital (excluding shares held as treasury shares) consists of 4,380,648,782 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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