REG - Airtel Africa PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

Airtel AfricaAnnouncement

04/03/2026 07:00

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RNS Number : 2007V  Airtel Africa PLC  04 March 2026

 

 

Airtel Africa plc

 

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

 

Transaction in Own Shares

 

London and Lagos, 04 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                                03 March 2026
 Aggregate number of ordinary shares purchased:  80,000
 Lowest price paid per share (GBp):              339.80p
 Highest price paid per share (GBp):             351.40p
 Volume weighted average price paid (GBp):       346.50p

 

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 9,518,490 treasury
shares. Accordingly, the total number of voting rights in the Company is
3,645,362,538. 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  347.10                         57,838             339.80                  351.40
 BATS Europe            344.40                         711                344.40                  344.40
 CHI-X Europe           344.13                         17,552             340.00                  350.20
 Aquis Exchange         348.62                         3,123              346.20                  350.80
 Turquoise              349.60                         776                349.60                  349.60

 

Since the commencement of the first tranche of the $100m share buy-back
programme announced on 23 December 2024, the Company has purchased
 43,954,166 ordinary shares in aggregate, at a volume weighted average price
of 165.2508 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
 03/03/2026        08:09:30  827     GBp       350.2000  CHIX           592104261086216000
 03/03/2026        08:09:30  711     GBp       350.2000  XLON           606178042120965000
 03/03/2026        08:17:35  1329    GBp       351.4000  XLON           592104261086422000
 03/03/2026        08:24:55  1062    GBp       350.4000  XLON           592104261086593000
 03/03/2026        08:35:17  261     GBp       348.8000  CHIX           592104261086847000
 03/03/2026        08:35:17  646     GBp       348.8000  CHIX           592104261086847000
 03/03/2026        08:47:42  1015    GBp       344.6000  CHIX           592104261087164000
 03/03/2026        08:47:42  590     GBp       344.6000  XLON           606178042121864000
 03/03/2026        08:47:42  121     GBp       344.6000  XLON           606178042121864000
 03/03/2026        08:56:08  963     GBp       342.2000  XLON           606178042122060000
 03/03/2026        09:10:36  1325    GBp       344.6000  XLON           606178042122435000
 03/03/2026        09:15:47  919     GBp       345.2000  XLON           606178042122628000
 03/03/2026        09:33:22  2343    GBp       345.6000  XLON           606178042123089000
 03/03/2026        09:37:27  782     GBp       344.6000  XLON           592104261088540000
 03/03/2026        09:46:52  292     GBp       341.0000  CHIX           592104261088736000
 03/03/2026        09:46:52  558     GBp       341.0000  CHIX           592104261088736000
 03/03/2026        10:01:24  781     GBp       344.4000  XLON           592104261089030000
 03/03/2026        10:01:24  711     GBp       344.4000  BATE           606178042123628000
 03/03/2026        10:08:38  979     GBp       344.8000  CHIX           606178042123767000
 03/03/2026        10:15:18  1262    GBp       342.0000  XLON           592104261089330000
 03/03/2026        10:27:09  110     GBp       340.2000  CHIX           592104261089582000
 03/03/2026        10:27:19  83      GBp       340.2000  CHIX           592104261089585000
 03/03/2026        10:29:17  869     GBp       340.2000  CHIX           592104261089625000
 03/03/2026        10:42:05  1431    GBp       340.2000  CHIX           606178042124523000
 03/03/2026        10:50:18  127     GBp       340.4000  CHIX           606178042124721000
 03/03/2026        10:56:13  134     GBp       340.4000  CHIX           606178042124838000
 03/03/2026        10:56:27  803     GBp       340.4000  CHIX           606178042124842000
 03/03/2026        11:08:03  967     GBp       339.8000  XLON           592104261090579000
 03/03/2026        11:18:04  1188    GBp       340.4000  CHIX           606178042125280000
 03/03/2026        11:31:54  745     GBp       340.0000  CHIX           606178042125540000
 03/03/2026        11:31:54  217     GBp       340.0000  CHIX           606178042125540000
 03/03/2026        11:47:35  166     GBp       340.0000  CHIX           592104261091366000
 03/03/2026        11:57:02  1849    GBp       340.8000  XLON           592104261091540000
 03/03/2026        12:03:05  907     GBp       340.6000  XLON           592104261091666000
 03/03/2026        12:17:14  1008    GBp       342.4000  XLON           592104261091944000
 03/03/2026        12:22:34  860     GBp       342.6000  XLON           606178042126463000
 03/03/2026        12:36:55  1078    GBp       341.6000  XLON           592104261092318000
 03/03/2026        12:48:08  974     GBp       341.6000  CHIX           606178042127034000
 03/03/2026        13:01:25  972     GBp       342.6000  CHIX           592104261092974000
 03/03/2026        13:03:51  804     GBp       342.0000  CHIX           592104261093027000
 03/03/2026        13:23:31  1420    GBp       345.0000  XLON           592104261093479000
 03/03/2026        13:35:26  1879    GBp       345.4000  XLON           592104261093726000
 03/03/2026        13:43:05  1411    GBp       344.8000  XLON           592104261093970000
 03/03/2026        13:51:30  752     GBp       345.8000  XLON           606178042128471000
 03/03/2026        13:57:10  754     GBp       346.2000  CHIX           592104261094294000
 03/03/2026        14:05:19  1407    GBp       345.6000  XLON           606178042128801000
 03/03/2026        14:11:56  753     GBp       346.2000  AQXE           606178042128967000
 03/03/2026        14:23:22  1527    GBp       347.2000  XLON           592104261095021000
 03/03/2026        14:23:22  755     GBp       347.2000  AQXE           592104261095021000
 03/03/2026        14:27:44  1293    GBp       349.0000  XLON           606178042129428000
 03/03/2026        14:32:44  1305    GBp       349.0000  XLON           592104261095395000
 03/03/2026        14:36:13  1313    GBp       349.0000  XLON           606178042129812000
 03/03/2026        14:40:02  1048    GBp       349.4000  XLON           592104261095745000
 03/03/2026        14:42:13  876     GBp       349.0000  XLON           606178042130092000
 03/03/2026        14:46:11  1231    GBp       348.6000  CHIX           592104261096028000
 03/03/2026        14:49:52  1110    GBp       348.6000  XLON           592104261096179000
 03/03/2026        14:59:05  780     GBp       349.4000  XLON           592104261096574000
 03/03/2026        14:59:05  1607    GBp       349.4000  XLON           592104261096574000
 03/03/2026        15:00:52  1309    GBp       350.0000  XLON           592104261096692000
 03/03/2026        15:07:48  1075    GBp       349.8000  XLON           592104261096990000
 03/03/2026        15:07:48  738     GBp       350.0000  CHIX           606178042131198000
 03/03/2026        15:16:28  747     GBp       349.8000  XLON           606178042131515000
 03/03/2026        15:16:29  1284    GBp       349.6000  XLON           592104261097320000
 03/03/2026        15:19:55  1191    GBp       349.0000  XLON           592104261097437000
 03/03/2026        15:23:10  1057    GBp       348.8000  XLON           592104261097552000
 03/03/2026        15:27:46  1258    GBp       347.8000  XLON           592104261097717000
 03/03/2026        15:34:58  2109    GBp       349.8000  XLON           606178042132147000
 03/03/2026        15:40:04  1295    GBp       349.2000  XLON           606178042132327000
 03/03/2026        15:44:21  700     GBp       347.8000  XLON           592104261098309000
 03/03/2026        15:44:21  436     GBp       347.8000  XLON           592104261098309000
 03/03/2026        15:48:38  1533    GBp       348.4000  XLON           592104261098457000
 03/03/2026        15:53:06  1308    GBp       348.4000  XLON           606178042132762000
 03/03/2026        16:00:06  798     GBp       350.0000  AQXE           592104261098943000
 03/03/2026        16:00:26  776     GBp       349.6000  TRQX           606178042133100000
 03/03/2026        16:02:39  781     GBp       350.2000  XLON           592104261099117000
 03/03/2026        16:06:32  950     GBp       351.0000  XLON           606178042133526000
 03/03/2026        16:06:40  817     GBp       350.8000  AQXE           606178042133538000
 03/03/2026        16:08:23  717     GBp       350.8000  XLON           606178042133643000
 03/03/2026        16:10:57  765     GBp       350.2000  CHIX           592104261099701000
 03/03/2026        16:11:50  737     GBp       350.0000  XLON           592104261099757000
 03/03/2026        16:12:57  776     GBp       349.0000  XLON           592104261099831000
 03/03/2026        16:15:55  863     GBp       349.6000  CHIX           606178042134119000
 03/03/2026        16:16:09  772     GBp       349.4000  XLON           606178042134128000
 03/03/2026        16:19:15  1218    GBp       349.4000  XLON           592104261100173000

 

 

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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