REG - Airtel Africa PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

Airtel AfricaAnnouncement

03/03/2026 07:00

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RNS Number : 0172V  Airtel Africa PLC  03 March 2026

 

 

Airtel Africa plc

 

('Airtel Africa', or the 'Company')

 

Transaction in Own Shares

 

London and Lagos, 03 March 2026: Airtel Africa announces today it has
purchased the following number of its ordinary shares of USD 0.50 each from
Barclays Capital Securities Limited pursuant to the authority granted by its
shareholders as part of its share buy-back programme, details of which were
announced on 22 September 2025.

Aggregate information:

 Date of purchase                                02 March 2026
 Aggregate number of ordinary shares purchased:  60,000
 Lowest price paid per share (GBp):              342.40p
 Highest price paid per share (GBp):             359.20p
 Volume weighted average price paid (GBp):       353.57p

 

The purchased ordinary shares will be held in treasury by the Company.

 

Following the purchase of these ordinary shares, the remaining ordinary shares
of USD 0.50 each in issue will be 3,654,881,028, including 9,438,490 treasury
shares. Accordingly, the total number of voting rights in the Company is
3,645,442,538. This figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for
the calculations by which they will determine whether they are required to
notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under
the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.

The purchases were made pursuant to the revised arrangements entered into with
Barclays Capital Securities Limited announced on 22 September 2025.

Aggregate information on shares purchased according to trading venues:

 

 Venue                  Volume-weighted average price  Aggregated volume  Lowest price per share  Highest price per share
 London Stock Exchange  353.34                         53,933             342.40                  358.80
 BATS Europe            354.64                         1,578              354.20                  355.00
 CHI-X Europe           355.88                         4,489              353.80                  359.20

 

Since the commencement of the first tranche of the $100m share buy-back
programme announced on 23 December 2024, the Company has purchased
 43,874,166 ordinary shares in aggregate, at a volume weighted average price
of 164.9203 GBp per ordinary share.

 

The table below contains detailed information of the individual trades made by
Barclays Capital Securities Limited as part of the buy-back programme.

 

Individual transactions:

 

 Transaction Date  Time      Volume  Currency  Price     Trading Venue  Transaction Reference
 02/03/2026        08:09:43  2187    GBp       344.2000  XLON           592103935665657000
 02/03/2026        08:11:43  780     GBp       342.4000  XLON           592103935665771000
 02/03/2026        08:16:30  1023    GBp       344.8000  XLON           592103935666039000
 02/03/2026        08:22:05  1085    GBp       345.8000  XLON           606177688226115000
 02/03/2026        08:31:51  806     GBp       344.4000  XLON           606177688226484000
 02/03/2026        08:42:35  1074    GBp       345.0000  XLON           592103935667013000
 02/03/2026        08:48:33  292     GBp       346.4000  XLON           592103935667183000
 02/03/2026        08:52:24  922     GBp       347.2000  XLON           592103935667289000
 02/03/2026        08:57:30  822     GBp       349.0000  XLON           606177688227197000
 02/03/2026        09:20:40  646     GBp       351.8000  XLON           606177688227830000
 02/03/2026        09:20:40  566     GBp       351.8000  XLON           606177688227830000
 02/03/2026        09:39:25  823     GBp       352.8000  XLON           592103935668561000
 02/03/2026        09:40:27  903     GBp       352.4000  XLON           592103935668594000
 02/03/2026        09:50:48  912     GBp       349.8000  XLON           592103935668859000
 02/03/2026        10:18:28  2018    GBp       352.8000  XLON           592103935669564000
 02/03/2026        10:40:26  1582    GBp       353.6000  XLON           606177688229771000
 02/03/2026        10:50:15  1082    GBp       353.4000  XLON           606177688229996000
 02/03/2026        11:02:38  944     GBp       353.8000  CHIX           592103935670659000
 02/03/2026        11:21:06  934     GBp       353.8000  XLON           606177688230631000
 02/03/2026        11:50:37  1598    GBp       354.2000  XLON           592103935671663000
 02/03/2026        12:02:01  925     GBp       353.8000  XLON           606177688231463000
 02/03/2026        12:13:23  1135    GBp       353.4000  XLON           606177688231696000
 02/03/2026        12:28:36  1075    GBp       352.0000  XLON           606177688232007000
 02/03/2026        12:38:03  792     GBp       350.6000  XLON           592103935672682000
 02/03/2026        13:20:58  706     GBp       354.2000  CHIX           592103935673670000
 02/03/2026        13:20:58  1017    GBp       354.2000  XLON           592103935673670000
 02/03/2026        13:20:58  706     GBp       354.2000  BATE           606177688233127000
 02/03/2026        13:30:15  1018    GBp       354.4000  XLON           592103935673905000
 02/03/2026        13:40:36  982     GBp       353.6000  XLON           606177688233628000
 02/03/2026        13:55:15  1399    GBp       354.4000  XLON           592103935674582000
 02/03/2026        14:04:12  928     GBp       354.2000  XLON           606177688234234000
 02/03/2026        14:11:24  996     GBp       354.0000  XLON           592103935675051000
 02/03/2026        14:22:44  1139    GBp       353.8000  XLON           606177688234739000
 02/03/2026        14:30:33  1514    GBp       354.6000  XLON           592103935675665000
 02/03/2026        14:33:19  889     GBp       355.8000  XLON           592103935675818000
 02/03/2026        14:37:31  1344    GBp       356.6000  XLON           606177688235410000
 02/03/2026        14:43:28  1206    GBp       356.0000  XLON           606177688235717000
 02/03/2026        14:50:34  767     GBp       356.2000  XLON           606177688236035000
 02/03/2026        14:50:34  621     GBp       356.2000  XLON           606177688236035000
 02/03/2026        14:55:10  909     GBp       355.6000  XLON           606177688236228000
 02/03/2026        14:59:21  164     GBp       356.6000  XLON           592103935677099000
 02/03/2026        14:59:21  704     GBp       356.6000  XLON           592103935677099000
 02/03/2026        15:09:20  2304    GBp       358.2000  XLON           592103935677544000
 02/03/2026        15:15:48  238     GBp       357.6000  XLON           606177688237088000
 02/03/2026        15:15:48  1132    GBp       357.6000  XLON           606177688237088000
 02/03/2026        15:22:30  1544    GBp       354.4000  XLON           606177688237351000
 02/03/2026        15:30:51  706     GBp       355.0000  XLON           592103935678382000
 02/03/2026        15:30:51  729     GBp       355.0000  CHIX           606177688237656000
 02/03/2026        15:36:04  872     GBp       355.0000  BATE           606177688237846000
 02/03/2026        15:41:19  889     GBp       355.6000  CHIX           606177688238024000
 02/03/2026        15:47:54  1556    GBp       357.2000  XLON           606177688238234000
 02/03/2026        15:52:29  1174    GBp       357.4000  XLON           606177688238382000
 02/03/2026        15:57:36  986     GBp       357.0000  XLON           606177688238551000
 02/03/2026        16:01:21  1672    GBp       357.0000  XLON           606177688238686000
 02/03/2026        16:05:44  1135    GBp       357.2000  XLON           592103935679629000
 02/03/2026        16:14:00  1221    GBp       359.2000  CHIX           592103935679982000
 02/03/2026        16:16:43  1907    GBp       358.8000  XLON           592103935680117000

 

 

Enquiries

 

 Airtel Africa - Investor Relations

 Alastair Jones                                  +44 7464 830 011

 Investor.relations@africa.airtel.com            +44 207 493 9315
 (mailto:Investor.relations@africa.airtel.com)

 

 Airtel Africa - Group Company Secretary

 Simon O'Hara                             +44 207 493 9315

 

About Airtel Africa

Airtel Africa is a leading provider of telecommunications and mobile money
services, with operations in 14 countries in sub-Saharan Africa. Airtel Africa
provides an integrated offer to its subscribers, including mobile voice and
data services as well as mobile money services both nationally and
internationally. The company's strategy is focused on providing a great
customer experience across the entire footprint, enabling our corporate
purpose of transforming lives across Africa.

 

www.airtel.africa (http://www.airtel.africa)

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