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Air China, Swire Group increase shareholding after Cathay Pacific Airways share buyback
March 2nd 2026
Cathay Pacific Airways has completed the share buyback program prompted by the Qatar Airways announcement it was relinquishing its 9.56% holding in the Hong Kong-headquartered airline. Read More » It represented 643.1 million shares. "The company is pleased to announce completion of the share buyback occurred on February 24, 2026 and the buyback shares will then be held by the company as treasury shares," Cathay said in a regulatory filing. While the shares held by shareholders are unchanged, their ownership stake has increased in percentage terms following the buyback given there are fewer shares on issue. The Swire Group’s equity has risen to 47.64%, from 43.08% previously. Air China’s shareholding has grown more than two percentage points to 29.97%, from 27.1%. Other independent shareholders have built their equity by 0.15 of a percentage point, to 22.4%. Finally, HSBC Life (International) Limited’s ownership was at 0.00033%, up from 0.00030%.
