Transaction in Own Shares

Summary by AI BETAClose X

Jet2 plc has purchased 471,234 of its own ordinary shares from Jefferies International Limited between October 19 and October 23, 2026, as part of its share buyback program. These shares are intended for cancellation, which will reduce the total number of ordinary shares in issue to 184,731,441. The purchases occurred at prices ranging from £13.80 to £14.49 per share, with a volume-weighted average price across the period. This reduction in outstanding shares could positively impact earnings per share and shareholder value.

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Jet2 PLC
26 October 2026
 

26 October 2026

Jet2 plc (the “Group" or the “Company”)

Transaction in Own Shares

Jet2 plc, the Leisure Travel group, announces the purchase, in accordance with the authority granted by shareholders at the Company's Annual General Meeting on 3 September 2026, of 471,234 ordinary shares of 1.25p each in the capital of the Company (the “Ordinary Shares”) from Jefferies International Limited during the period 19 October 2026 to 23 October 2026 as part of the first tranche of the share buyback programme announced on 08 July 2026 (the "Programme").

The Company intends to cancel the Ordinary Shares.

Following the cancellation of Ordinary Shares, Jet2 will have 184,731,441 Ordinary Shares in issue and no Ordinary Shares are held in treasury. The figure of 184,731,441 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 under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.

Details of Purchases

Date of purchase:

19 October 2026

Number of ordinary shares of £0.0125 purchased:

101,846

Highest price paid per share (£):

14.1300

Lowest price paid per share (£):

13.8900

Volume weighted average price paid per share (£):

14.0230

MIC

Aggregated number of ordinary shares purchased

Volume-weighted average price per share (£)

Lowest price per share (£)

Highest price
per share (£)

AIM

41,204

14.0231

13.8900

14.1200

TRQX

8,474

14.0230

13.8900

14.1200

BATE

40,308

14.0226

13.8900

14.1200

AQXE

5,114

14.0246

13.8900

14.1300

CHIX

6,294

14.0220

13.8900

14.1200

 

Date of purchase:

20 October 2026

Number of ordinary shares of £0.0125 purchased:

98,219

Highest price paid per share (£):

14.4900

Lowest price paid per share (£):

13.9000

Volume weighted average price paid per share (£):

14.0690

MIC

Aggregated number of ordinary shares purchased

Volume-weighted average price per share (£)

Lowest price per share (£)

Highest price
per share (£)

AIM

39,722

14.0679

13.9000

14.4900

TRQX

8,450

14.0667

13.9100

14.4600

BATE

38,850

14.0710

13.9100

14.4700

AQXE

4,958

14.0692

13.9100

14.4800

CHIX 

6,187

14.0678

13.9100

14.4600

 

Date of purchase:

21 October 2026

Number of ordinary shares of £0.0125 purchased:

74,073

Highest price paid per share (£):

14.4900

Lowest price paid per share (£):

14.1100

Volume weighted average price paid per share (£):

14.2730

MIC

Aggregated number of ordinary shares purchased

Volume-weighted average price per share (£)

Lowest price per share (£)

Highest price
per share (£)

AIM

29,576

14.2735

14.1200

14.4900

TRQX

6,222

14.2698

14.1100

14.4800

BATE

29,248

14.2732

14.1500

14.4900

AQXE

3,565

14.2723

14.1100

14.4800

CHIX

5,462

14.2730

14.1400

14.4800

 

Date of purchase:

22 October 2026

Number of ordinary shares of £0.0125 purchased:

71,897

Highest price paid per share (£):

14.4800

Lowest price paid per share (£):

14.2100

Volume weighted average price paid per share (£):

14.3617

MIC

Aggregated number of ordinary shares purchased

Volume-weighted average price per share (£)

Lowest price per share (£)

Highest price
per share (£)

AIM

29,365

14.3622

14.2100

14.4800

TRQX

5,629

14.3621

14.2100

14.4800

BATE

28,026

14.3608

14.2100

14.4700

AQXE

3,321

14.3621

14.2300

14.4800

CHIX

5,249

14.3630

14.2300

14.4800

 

Date of purchase:

23 October 2026

Number of ordinary shares of £0.0125 purchased:

125,199

Highest price paid per share (£):

14.3400

Lowest price paid per share (£):

13.8000

Volume weighted average price paid per share (£):

13.9990

MIC

Aggregated number of ordinary shares purchased

Volume-weighted average price per share (£)

Lowest price per share (£)

Highest price
per share (£)

AIM

50,801

13.9995

13.8000

14.3400

TRQX

9,815

13.9993

13.8000

14.3300

BATE

48,635

13.9995

13.8000

14.3400

AQXE

5,782

13.9992

13.8000

14.2900

CHIX

8,941

13.9985

13.8000

14.3400

 

In accordance with the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 as it forms part of UK law, a full breakdown of the individual trades made by Jefferies International Limited on behalf of the Company as part of the Programme is set out in the attached: http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/3233A_1-2026-10-23.pdf

For further information, please contact:

Jet2 plc

Steve Heapy, Chief Executive Officer

Tel: 0113 238 7444

 

Gary Brown, Group Chief Financial Officer

 

 

Institutional investors and analysts:

Mark Buxton, Finance and Investor Relations Director

 

Tel:            0113 848 0242

 

Cavendish Capital Markets Limited – Nominated Adviser

Matt Goode / George Lawson

 

Tel:  020 7220 0500

Jefferies International Limited – Joint Broker

Ed Matthews / Jee Lee

 

Tel: 020 7029 8000

Canaccord Genuity Limited – Joint Broker 

Adam James / Harry Rees

 

Tel: 020 7523 8000

Headland Consultancy – Financial PR

Ed Young / Will Smith / Jack Gault

Tel: 020 3805 4822

 

Notes to Editors

Jet2 plc is a Leisure Travel Group, comprising Jet2holidays, the UK’s leading provider of ATOL protected package holidays to leisure destinations across the Mediterranean, Canary Islands and European Leisure Cities and Jet2.com, the UK's third largest airline by number of passengers flown, which specialises in scheduled holiday flights. In the financial year ended 31 March 2026, over 63% of flown passengers took an end-to-end package holiday with the remainder taking a flight-only.

Jet2 currently operates from 14 UK airport bases at Belfast International, Birmingham, Bournemouth, Bristol, East Midlands, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds Bradford, Liverpool John Lennon, London Gatwick, London Luton, London Stansted, Manchester and Newcastle.

 

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