AIA Group Limited disclosed a Next Day Return showing simultaneous share issuance and buyback activity on 12 May 2026.

The insurer allotted 0.29 million new ordinary shares at an exercise price of HKD 80.25 each following the exercise of options granted under the 2020 share option scheme. The issuance expanded the company’s outstanding share base by 0.0028%, lifting total issued shares (excluding treasury shares) to 10.45 billion. No treasury shares were outstanding.

On the same day, AIA repurchased 2.90 million shares on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange at prices ranging from HKD 86.05 to HKD 87.60, for an aggregate consideration of HKD 250.32 million. All repurchased shares are earmarked for cancellation.

Including transactions conducted between 4 and 11 May, the company now holds 13.44 million shares—equivalent to approximately 0.13% of its issued share capital—pending cancellation.

Under the buy-back mandate approved on 23 May 2025, AIA is authorised to repurchase up to 1.07 billion shares; 196.60 million shares (1.84% of the shares outstanding at the mandate date) have been bought back to date. AIA is restricted from issuing, selling, or transferring shares until 11 June 2026 under Hong Kong listing rules following the latest repurchase.