International Consolidated Airlines Group (IAG) has announced the purchase of 4,420,043 ordinary shares between May 5th and May 8th, 2026, as part of its €500 million share buyback program. These shares were acquired on both the London Stock Exchange (LON) and Madrid Stock Exchange (MAD) at prices ranging from £3.64 to £3.925 and €4.207 to €4.541 respectively. Following these transactions, IAG now holds 148,083,473 treasury shares, with its issued share capital, excluding treasury shares, standing at 4,463,586,054 shares.
IAG announces that from 05 May 2026 to 08 May 2026 it purchased a total of 4,420,043 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
2026-05-05
1,788,836
LON
£3.6400
£3.7150
2026-05-06
678,362
LON
£3.7540
£3.8770
2026-05-08
193,265
LON
£3.8810
£3.9250
2026-05-05
1,192,557
MAD
€4.2070
€4.3000
2026-05-06
438,181
MAD
€4.3530
€4.4570
2026-05-08
128,842
MAD
€4.4830
€4.5410
The purchases were made pursuant to the €500 million share buyback programme (the "Programme") announced on 27 February 2026. Shares acquired pursuant to the Programme will be held in treasury, subject to the approval of their cancellation at IAG's Annual General Meeting.
Following the purchase, the Company holds 148,083,473 treasury shares and the Company's issued share capital (excluding shares held as treasury shares) consists of 4,463,586,054 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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