International Consolidated Airlines Group (IAG) has announced the purchase of 4,789,835 ordinary shares between September 1st and September 4th, 2026, as part of its €500 million share buyback program. These shares were acquired on both the LON and MAD trading venues at prices ranging from £4.1760 to £4.3280 and €4.8780 to €5.0320 respectively. Following these transactions, IAG now holds 241,649,536 treasury shares, with its issued share capital, excluding treasury shares, standing at 4,370,019,991 shares.
IAG announces that from 01 September 2026 to 04 September 2026 it purchased a total of 4,789,835 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
2026-09-01
709,770
LON
£4.2290
£4.2990
2026-09-02
721,528
LON
£4.1760
£4.2770
2026-09-03
727,357
LON
£4.2120
£4.2860
2026-09-04
715,967
LON
£4.2650
£4.3280
2026-09-01
473,180
MAD
€4.9390
€5.0160
2026-09-02
481,018
MAD
€4.8780
€4.9840
2026-09-03
484,904
MAD
€4.9020
€4.9840
2026-09-04
476,111
MAD
€4.9720
€5.0320
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 241,649,536 treasury shares and the Company's issued share capital (excluding shares held as treasury shares) consists of 4,370,019,991 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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