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Results of placing shares in Wizz Air Holdings Plc
Indigo Partners LLC, through its investment funds Indigo Hungary LP and Indigo Maple Hill, L.P., has successfully sold 10,000,000 ordinary shares in Wizz Air Holdings plc via an accelerated bookbuild process to institutional investors, raising approximately £125 million in gross proceeds at a price of 1,250 pence per share. Following this placement, the sellers will retain 14,684,895 shares, representing about 14.2% of the company's issued share capital. The sale was driven by investors seeking to realize their investment, and Indigo Partners is subject to a 90-day lock-up period on further share sales without consent from the joint bookrunners, Morgan Stanley and J.P. Morgan. The company itself is not selling any shares and will not receive any proceeds from this transaction. Disclaimer*
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n27 February 2026\nNot for release, publication or distribution, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, in or into the United States, Australia, Canada, Japan or South Africa or in any other jurisdiction in which the release, publication or distribution would be unlawful or require registration.\nThis announcement does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to purchase the securities described herein, nor shall there be any sale of the securities referred to herein in or into any jurisdiction where such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.\nNeither this communication nor anything contained herein shall form the basis of, or be relied upon in connection with, any offer or commitment whatsoever in any jurisdiction. Any offer to acquire shares pursuant to the Placement (as defined below) will be made, and any investor should make its investment decision solely on the basis of, publicly available information.\n \nPRESS RELEASE\n\nResults of secondary placing of ordinary shares in Wizz Air Holdings Plc by investment funds managed by Indigo Partners LLC\nFurther to the announcement released on 26 February 2026 by Indigo Partners LLC (\"Indigo Partners\"), Indigo Partners announces that Indigo Hungary LP and Indigo Maple Hill, L.P. (the \"Sellers\"), being investment funds managed by it, have sold in aggregate 10,000,000 ordinary shares in Wizz Air Holdings plc (the \"Company\" or \"Wizz Air\"), by way of an accelerated bookbuild process to institutional investors (the \"Placement\") at a price of 1,250 pence per share, raising gross proceeds of approximately £125 million.\nFollowing completion of the Placement, the Sellers will hold 14,684,895 ordinary shares in the Company, representing approximately 14.2% of the issued ordinary share capital and voting rights in the Company. The Sellers also hold, and will continue to hold, convertible shares and convertible notes in the Company as detailed in Wizz Air's 2025 Annual Report and Accounts and subsequent relevant regulatory filings.\nThe Placement was driven by certain investors in the funds managed by Indigo Partners seeking to realise their investment following an extended holding period.\nThe Sellers have engaged Morgan Stanley & Co. Internati...